Over a thousand participants from more than fifty countries, 40% from outside Europe, attended each of the first two biennial conferences in 2006 and 2008.

The conference attracts executives from:

• CSR Departments
• Marketing Communications
• Human Resources
• Internal communications
• Corporate governance
• Auditing
• Accountancy
• Asset Management
• Insurance
• Law
• Regulators
• Government and Policy
• Labor
• Academia
• NGOs and Civil Society

A breakdown of corporate participants shows that overall 10% were CEO / Board of Directors level, and over 30% were Vice Presidents, Senior Managers, or Heads of Departments of leading companies. Industries represented included automotive, IT, oil and gas, construction and real estate, media, telecommunications, and logistics.

Alongside them was representation from all the other members of GRI’s stakeholder coalition: consulting firms, accounting and standard setting bodies, a range of NGOs, government, multilateral, and regulatory bodies, as well as academics and students.