Tobias Webb, founder, Innovation Forum and Stakeholder Intelligence

Tobias Webb is founder of both Stakeholder Intelligence and Innovation Forum. Stakeholder Intelligence is a training and facilitation business, working with large companies all over the world to facilitate events and run training. Innovation Forum is an events, analysis and publishing business founded in 2014. IF works on areas of sustainable and responsible business where innovation is paramount. Areas of focus for IF in 2014/15 are deforestation, business and human rights, sustainable cotton and sustainable business leadership in the Middle East. P Prior to founding Innovation Forum, Toby set up, developed and built Ethical Corporation from 2001-2014. He lectures MSc. Students at Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability at Birkbeck, University of London for the last six years. From January – April 2015 he will also be teaching corporate responsibility at Kings College London as a visiting lecturer. Since 2001 Toby has worked with many of the world’s largest companies as an advisor, trainer and critical friend, providing advice, strategic help and critical commentary to companies such as Alliance Boots, BP, Sainsbury’s, Nestle, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Interface, Schlumberger, Yara, Unilever, Exxon Mobil, Intersport, Metro Group, APP, Interface, Astra Zeneca and many many others. He’s overseen the research, agendas, speakers and running of more than 100 business conferences since 1999 and authored research for the World Bank as well as overseeing numerous research reports, 9000 articles and writing 1500 blog posts on sustainable and ethical business since 2001. From 2006-9 he created and co-chaired the Independent Working Group on Corporate Responsibility, which reported to David Cameron in May 2008 with policy suggestions now being implemented. He blogs regularly at http://tobiaswebb.blogspot.com / Twitter: @webb_tobias Contact him at tobias.webb @innovation-forum.co.uk or on +44 (0) 7867416646.