Online Forums
Online webinar-style discussions on topics of current interest to the BSRT community, with invited thought leaders and BSRT member company case studies. Organized every two to three months as topics and opportunities arise. Open to all interested staff of BSRT subscriber companies.
Past Online Forums
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Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, Exec. Director, Global Patient Engagement at Novartis, explores Patient engagement (PE) as a key topic within the ESG landscape, and its connections to long-term success.
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Our 5th annual update with EcoFact on global regulatory and ESG policy developments and trends salient for the biopharma sector. The discussion focuses on topics where ESG policy and regulation is evolving rapidly and the changes will affect biopharma companies, directly or indirectly.
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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW) — A conversation about their new ESG Framework for Healthcare. In early 2023, IFPW launched its ESG Framework for Healthcare to help create global alignment and consistency across the pharmaceutical sector on how to effectively communicate and report the impact of environmental, social, and corporate governance initiatives that advance the supply chain.
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Bob Eccles, Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Founding Chairman of SASB
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Dennis Ostwald, CEO of the WifOR Institute, and Sonja Haut, Head Impact Valuation at Novartis, take us on a deep dive into health from the perspective of its economic impact, how Novartis is implementing impact valuation, and what this approach could mean for the Biopharma sector.
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Jens Reissmann, Project Lead for EU Taxonomy Reporting at Bayer, shared insights and practical learnings from Bayer's work on fulfilling these critical new reporting requirements, and put it into the wider context of embedding Sustainability/ESG in management accounting, and preparing for ‘still to come’ external disclosure requirements.

ESG Standards and Regulatory Progress with ECOFACT, an update on global policy developments around ESG that will affect biopharma directly or indirectly in the near-term. Fourth in an ongoing series tailored for BSRT participants.
Request link to Forum PresentationHealth Outcomes Observatory (H2O) with Meni Styliadou, H2O Founder and Co-Leader, Distinguished Fellow of the Data Sciences Institute and VP of Government Affairs, Public Policy, and Sustainable Healthcare at Takeda.
In conversation with Francesco Patalano, H2O Working Group Leader and Head of Pediatric and Patient Reported Outcomes Centers of Excellence at Novartis, and Madeleine Brady, H2O Communications (Moderator).
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20+ Years of Sustainability Leadership – A conversation with Lars Rebien Sørensen