Corporate Responsibility magazine & NYSE Euronext hosted an Executive Summit on Sept. 27 as part of the COMMIT!Forum: the gathering of leaders improving business and society, featuring successful practices from the world’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens. (LIST at www.TheCRO.com)

At this concurrent gathering of senior executives — including HIP Investor’s CEO R. Paul Herman — across business, government, academia, and NGOs, leaders shared ideas and innovations that are re-shaping how corporate responsibility and sustainability drive sales, save money, and improve asset values.

In honor of the occasion, John Ruggie, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard University rings The Closing BellSM , along with a dozen leaders, including executives from HIP Investor, Manpower, JP Morgan Chase, Environmental Defense Fund, U.S. Department of State, University of Michigan, CNN International, and more:

READ media release: http://www.nyse.com/about/newsevents/1316772014912.html

VIEW the Closing Bell photo:   http://www.nyse.com/events/1317033146512.html

WATCH the Closing Bell video (1:12):  http://exchanges.nyx.com/en/new-york-stock-exchange/corporate-responsibility-magazine-nyse-euronext-host-commitforum