Name: Congressional Plenary: Building the Conditions for Shared Prosperity
Start: 2026-09-17T14:20:00-0400
End: 2026-09-17T15:20:00-0400

Congressional Plenary: Building the Conditions for Shared Prosperity

Thursday September 17, 2026 2:20pm - 3:20pm EDT

Grand Ballroom

For more than two decades, the sustainable business movement has shown that companies can build lasting value for shareholders, workers, communities, and the environment. The B Corporation movement now includes thousands of certified companies operating across more than 100 countries and 160 industries. Stakeholder-focused business is no longer merely aspirational; it is a demonstrated business model.

Meanwhile, our nation is navigating significant economic, political, and institutional uncertainty. These challenges cannot be addressed by any one sector acting alone, and this moment calls for more than a return to the previous economic and political normal. It invites a broader question: How do we build an economy that consistently creates lasting value for people, communities, businesses, and the natural systems on which we all depend?

This plenary will bring Members of Congress into direct dialogue with the sustainable business community about what must change for broadly shared and lasting value creation to become the norm, and what business and public leadership need from one another to help drive that transformation.

Speakers

U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan

Houlahan is an Air Force veteran, engineer, entrepreneur, educator, and nonprofit leader. She is serving her fourth consecutive term representing the people of Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District, which encompasses Chester County and southern Berks County. Houlahan is the... Read More →

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin

Rep. Jamie Raskin proudly represents Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Raskin was sworn into his fifth Term at the start of the 119th Congress on January 6, 2025.
Rep. Raskin is the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary in the 119th Congress. Elected to Congress the same night in 2016 Donald Trump was first elected president, Rep. Raskin has battled Trump’s authoritarian policies daily for a decade. He was named the... Read More →