Webinar "Business leadership in disability-inclusive responses to COVID-19" 24 June 2020

Leaders in private sector companies can play a decisive role in making sure that the immediate and socio-economic responses to the global COVID-19 crisis are inclusive of persons with disabilities and their needs. The ILO Global Business and Disability Network and The Valuable 500 teamed up to take a closer look. Moderated by Caroline Casey (Founder, The Valuable 500), Paul Polman (Chair and Co-founder, IMAGINE) and Matthias Thorns (Deputy Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers (IOE)) discussed what business leaders can and should do to make COVID-19 responses inclusive of persons with disabilities. The panel discussion was followed by presentations by: Tomas Malango – Experimentation & Technology Support Director, Repsol Sarbani Chakravarty – Director, India Business and Disability Network (IBDN) Elham Youssefian – Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Advisor, International Disability Alliance (IDA) The webinar ended with short interventions by: Yves Veulliet – Global Disability & Inclusion Leader, IBM Don Watson – Vice-President Global Workplace and Enterprise Services, Merck Manisha Mehta – Global Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Unilever Diane Lightfoot – CEO, Business Disability Forum (BDF) UK International Sign interpretation and live captioning were provided. Learn more about the ILO Global Business and Disability Network: http://www.businessanddisability.org/