<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="7604FB13-9E23-4058-8CF4-CAEFD8320F4D" height="126" width="180" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:43E6C101-3C53-4271-9C9C-04ADB9648E5E@nyc.rr.com" class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Panel Discussion </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">..........................................................................................................................................<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><font color="#993300" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">‘Working for Less: Gender Inequality in the Workplace' </span></font></font></i></b><span class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">'</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><font size="2" color="#993300" face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></i></b><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………</span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><b class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Host<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Baruch College </b></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity</b></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">RSVP</font></b></strong><font color="navy" face="Calibri" class="">: <a href="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" title="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" class="" style="color: purple;">events@sustainabilitypractice.net</a></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><b class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;"><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><b class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;">Date:</b><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;"> April 28, 2015</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><p class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Time:</b> 6:00 – 8:00pm<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Venue:</b> </span></font><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity - </span><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Room 750, 151 E. 25</span><sup class="" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">th</sup><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> Street (between Lex and 3</span><sup class="" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">rd)</sup></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><sup class="" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br class=""></sup></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Moderator:</b><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> Ann Goodman, Ph.D, President, Telesis </span></span></div><font class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"></span></font><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""> </font></o:p><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><b class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 15px;">Panelists:</b><span class=""><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 15px;">Tulsi Byrne, Women’s Empowerment Principles, UN Global Compact; Rebecca Ruf, VP Programs, Global Banking Alliance for Women;</span></span></span></font><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><font class=""> </font>Susan Meirs, Director, COO, Equity and Funds Structured Markets Sales, Americas Barclay’s Capital Inc; <span class="" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Heather Kipnis </span><span class="" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Entreprenuership Lead, Gender Secretariat at IFC - International Finance Corporation.</span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Topic</b>: '</span></font><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;">Working for Less: Gender Inequality in the Workplace'</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px; font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px;">The call for equal pay in the workplace is being heralded from all corners of society.</span><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px;"> </span><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px;">The omnipresent nature of the topic was even on full display at the Oscars.</span><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px;"> </span><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px;">In her acceptance speech, American actress Patricia Arquette brought the issue to millions of viewers demanding "It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America.</span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px;">”</span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px;"><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px;">Despite the increased spotlight, there is much work to be done. </span>As the deadline to achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) fast approaches, the world is debating an even more comprehensive set of universal targets and goals to drive investment and action. Known as the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, these new global – and universal – targets will touch millions of lives. With an emphasis on equitable development, the economic empowerment of women will be pivotal to the UN’s Post-2015 Development Agenda. Yet women across the world lag behind men in realizing their full potential as economic actors. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">In a recent study by the World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the United States ranked 65<sup class="">th</sup> out of 131 countries in a wage equality survey. Women in the United States earned 66% of what men earned. Although this reflects a 1% increase over 2013, women still only earn roughly two-thirds of what men earn for similar work. This report also shows that on a global level there is no country in which a woman earns as much as a man. Investing in women is good business. So why are women being left behind? What are the barriers to achieving wage equality and how can we break them down?</span></font></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><strong class="">About SPN:</strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">The Sustainability Practice Network (SPN) is a New-York-based forum for professionals working with corporate responsibility and sustainability issues to build community based on learning, discussion, information and idea exchange. 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