NEW YORK, November 7, 2012 3BL Media - Laurence Pessez, Head of Corporate Responsibility at BNP Paribas sat down for an interview at the BSR Conference 2012, which took place from October 23-26 in New York City. br br This year’s 20th anniversary BSR Conference gathered an estimated 1,000 senior business, civil society, and policy leaders, and featured: br br Global leaders, including Marks & Spencer Chief Executive Marc Bolland, Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta, Princeton Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, EDF President Fred Krupp, and Head of Native Organic Products Leontino Balbo Jr., among others. br More than 35 interactive sessions on cutting-edge sustainability issues. br Media briefing on the “State of Sustainable Business”: BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer were available for media interviews in person at the event: 3-3:45 p.m. Thursday October 25 at the Grand Hyatt New York (Chrysler room, mezzanine level).