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SESSION OVERVIEW

With the growth of conscious consumption, it is said that over 66% of the customers consider sustainability when making a purchase. Being more responsible and sustainable has become a key USP for many brands and service providers. Having the right Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy is one part and the other is measuring, reporting, and communicating the same with your stakeholders.

In addition, responsible investing is the trend followed by many large investors who want to consider both financial returns and social and environmental benefits in their investment decisions. This new investment approach recognizes the importance of ESG factors to the investor, as well as the long-term health and stability of the market as a whole.

ESG has quickly moved from the corporate and shareholder periphery to centre stage, and the time for disclosure is now. Investor demand for ESG information has increased massively. Reporting on the company’s impact on society, the environment, and overall governance is becoming an inseparable part of the business. Developing business model tailored to manage environmental, social, and governance risks.

ESG in the GCC: What’s important for businesses?

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WHY ATTEND?

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    Listen

    to experts helping organisations in the Asia Pacific and Europe create impactful sustainability profiles.

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    learn

    about the latest developments in reporting frameworks and what is the optimal framework for the organization.

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    connect

    and network with sustainability professionals from APAC.

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    participate

    in live demo and case study about sustainability platform trusted by largest brands.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

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    develop

    concrete targets that can be measured from beginning.

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    Gather

    ESG data in a practical and auditable way.

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    Incorporate

    ESG issues in internal and external reporting.

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    Build

    credibility through transparent sustainability profile.

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    learn

    about some of the effective ways to communicate your efforts to your consumers and investors.

Who should attend?

Senior management whose roles and responsibilities include helping their company adopt sustainable business practices and developing and tracking activities to improve their company’s environmental and social impacts.

agenda

10:00 Opening remarks
10:05 Panel Discussion: Enhancing ESG Performance: Measuring and Managing for Improved Business Resilience and Accountability.
  • Basics of ESG framework
  • Selecting ESG reporting framework
  • Existing compliance and reporting requirements

Maha Hasebou, Sustainable Finance Expert
Nadia Ibrahim, Board of Director, UNGC, UAE Chapter
Dr. Sangeeta Sharma, Program Manager CSR and Sustainability, Dubai Chamber of Commerce, and Industry
Ghada Hammouda, Chief Sustainability & Marketing Officer, Qalaa Holdings
11:00 How to manage, track, report, and communicate your sustainable activities and ESG scores
Martin Púček, MBA, Business Development Manager, SmartHead
11:15 Q&A session
11:30 Closing remarks from session moderator

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speakers

Aruna Narayanan
Senior Advisor, ESG & Sustainability,
The Partnerships Advisory
She is a sustainability enthusiast and strategic thought leader with a passion for driving prosperity through people empowerment and planet protection.

She is a highly accomplished results driven professional with two decades of corporate experience. She focuses on sustainability, ESG, impact investing, innovative waste management and recycling, marketing communications and corporate social responsibility. With previous leadership positions at organisations including Purecog Holdings, Dulsco, Accenture and Ocwen Financial Corporation, she is adept at supporting companies and their clients on sustainability journeys with lasting positive impact across multiple stakeholders.

Presently Aruna serves on the advisory board for various companies guiding them on embedding sustainability into their businesses by leveraging the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She also serves as the President of the Alumni Network of Harvard Women (UAE Chapter).
Bhavya Sharma
Sustainable Finance Expert
Bhavya has over 15 years of infrastructure, leveraged structuring and M&A experience with public and private institutions across the EMEA. She is adept in stakeholder management, valuation, financial modelling, legal documentation for senior and subordinated lending, risk sharing , covenant drafting for cash-flow and asset backed/ securitised lending, client interaction and presentations. Passionate advocate of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance.
Ahmed Medhat
Director of Sustainability Mawared Industries (S.A.E)
He was involved in executing various multi-million-dollar projects funded by development agencies in Egypt (UNDP, GIZ, WB, IFC, EBRD, KfW, UNEP, UNIDO, etc.). The role involved designing, implementing, and monitoring the different aspects of the project's cycle. This ranged from the development and integration of effective Environmental and Social Performance Management systems, raising awareness, training, and developing business partnerships, market need analysis, operational plans, fundraising, and successful and effective implementation to monitoring and evaluation
Martin Pucek
Martin Púček
MBA, Business Development Manage
SmartHead


Martin Púček, MBA is a Business Development Manager at SmartHead. He has over ten years of professional experience in the software and consulting related industry in various sectors and company sizes, with focus on business development and understanding and reflecting the client needs. His personal asset and experience relates to his focus on sustainability and ESG reporting, with addressing and understanding the needs of the clients from different regions of the world, based on the local specifics.

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SmartHead is a cloud-based software tool for companies of all sizes to manage, track, report, and communicate their sustainability activities and ESG in one place. Publicly accessible company Sustainability Profiles ensure stakeholders have easy access to sustainability information. Optionally companies can keep their Sustainability profile in private mode only for internal purposes. SmartHead is currently in the process of certification by GRI (GRI Software & Tool Partner) and is trusted by companies such as Dell Technologies, EY, Tesco, McDonald’s, Wolt, Kaufland, IBM, Henkel, BMW, and others.

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The Carbon Collective Team collaborates with businesses to support them in working towards bringing positive impacts on climate change, ecosystems, and communities worldwide. We work with our clients to remove the complexity out of their decarbonisation journeys.

We create and plan decarbonisation goals and strategies for organisations to achieve their objectives at the various phases of their decarbonisation journeys, allowing our clients to continue operating efficiently, effectively and most importantly, sustainably.

Playing a crucial role in making business sense of ESG for business owners, investors and C-suite executives across all sectors, we make sustainability a common practice among organisations to curb climate change globally.

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