Monday, August 31, 2026, at 1pm – 5pm.

With ever-increasing stakeholder pressure, it is becoming increasingly difficult for boards and executive leadership to strike the right balance between shareholder returns, the company’s long-term interests, stakeholder expectations from customers, employees and suppliers, and the broader overarching Why.

Several high-profile cases are known to the public – among them Chr. Hansen’s retreat on otherwise strong company values in the United States, Carlsberg’s withdrawal from Russia due to the war against Ukraine, Jerry Greenfield’s resignation from Ben & Jerry’s following disagreements with owner Unilever, and Meta’s capitulation to Trump just weeks before the presidential inauguration in January 2025.

The cases mentioned include examples both of holding firmly to stated values – but also situations where economic consequences suddenly outweighed the value framework.

You can look forward to, among others, an address by Carlsberg CEO Jacob Aarup-Andersen.