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Stakeholders' Workshop on Operationalizing Sustainability & Circular Economy AfriKairos P r e s e n t s STAKEHOLDERS’ WORKSHOP ON OPERATIONALIZING SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING, MONITORING, REPORTING, IMPACT INVESTING, ESG RATINGS. Chief Chris O. Okunowo, F.IoD Mr. Oscar Onyema, OON, F.IoD Dr. Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien President & Chairman, Governing Council Group Chief Executive Ocer, Partner, Afrikairos & Chair, Hon. Sam Egube IoD Nigeria Nigerian Exchange Group Plc Circular Economy Innovation Partnership, Honourable Commissioner, Economic Growing Businesses Group Planning and Budget, Lagos State. CHIEF HOST KEYNOTE ADDRESS MODERATOR HOST STATE KEYNOTE Patrick Kabuya Prof. Kenneth Amaeshi Dr. Dolapo Fasawe Senior Governance Specialist, President, Association of Sustainability Director General, World Bank Professionals (ASPN) Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency GOODWILL MESSAGE WAY FORWARD KEYNOTE ADDRESS Thursday, April 22, 2021 3pm - 7pm Registration: http://bit.ly/SustCirEco2021 CIRCULAR ECONOMY supported by... INNONATION PARTNERSHIP AfriKairos P r e s e n t s STAKEHOLDERS’ WORKSHOP ON OPERATIONALIZING SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING, MONITORING, REPORTING, IMPACT INVESTING, ESG RATINGS. Chief Chris O. Okunowo, F.IoD Mr. Oscar Onyema, OON, F.IoD Patrick Kabuya Hon. Sam Egube Dr. Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien Partner, Afrikairos & Chair, President & Chairman, Governing Council Group Chief Executive Ocer, Senior Governance Specialist, Honourable Commissioner, Economic Circular Economy Innovation Partnership, IoD Nigeria Nigerian Exchange Group Plc World Bank Planning and Budget, Lagos State. Growing Businesses Group CHIEF HOST KEYNOTE ADDRESS KEYNOTE ADDRESS HOST STATE KEYNOTE MODERATOR/HOST GOODWILL MESSAGES Prof. Kenneth Amaeshi Ms. Saeeda S. Rashid Dr. Iheanyi Anyahara, FCA Dr. Innocent Okwuosa Dr. Innocent Onah Dr. Oliver Everling President, Association of Sustainability Lead Governance Specialist, Acting Executive Secretary/CEO Chairman, Climate & Green Growth Expert, AfDB; CEO Rating Evidence, Professionals (ASPN) World Bank, Nigeria Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Nigerian Integrated Reporting Coordinator, Nigeria Circular Economy GmBH, Europe Committee Working Group PANEL SESSION 1 CORPORATE PERSPECTIVE Mrs. Uto Ukpanah Nwamaka Onyemelukwe Doerte Weidig Eunice Sampson Clem Ugorji Agharese Onaghise Company Secretary, Director, Public Aairs, Chief Executive Ocer, GM/Head, Sustainability, Founder/Lead Advisor, Executive Secretary/CEO, 4-5 PM MTN Nigeria Communications & Sustainability, IPC GmbH Dangote Cement Plc Circularium Africa Advisory Food & Beverages Recycling Coca-Cola Nigeria Alliance (FBRA) PANEL SESSION 11 INVESTORS’ PERSPECTIVE Kola Aina Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan Richard Wall Benedikt Homann Gerrit Ledderhof Folashade Ambrose-Mebedem, General Partner, Head of Sustainability, Co-founder/Chief Executive Ocer, Managing Partner, Responsible Investment Manager, Nigerian Senator, 5-6 PM Ventures Platform Emex Software Limited Afrikairos Aegon Asset Management, World Business Angels Forum & Access Bank Plc. Netherlands Investor, Rising Tide Africa WAY FORWARD 6-7 PM Dr Natalie Beinisch Inês Valle Prof. Serge Miranda Prof. Nat Ofo, F.IoD Dr. Dolapo Fasawe Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke ED Circular Economy Founder Director Founder/Director eMBDS Chairman, Research & Director General, Professor of Environment and the CERA PROJECT Mobiquitous, Big Data & Systems Advocacy Committee, Lagos State Environmental Development in the Global Development Innovation Partnership Integration Masters & Innovation Lab, Research Division, IoD Nigeria Protection Agency Growing Businesses Group University of Nice University of Reading, United Kingdom Thursday, April 22, 2021 3pm - 7pm Registration: http://bit.ly/SustCirEco2021 CIRCULAR ECONOMY supported by... INNONATION PARTNERSHIP AfriKairos STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP ON OPERATIONALIZING SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING, MONITORING, REPORTING, IMPACT INVESTING, ESG RATINGS. Background A sustainability report provides information on an organization's economic, environmental, and social performance against set guidelines or an established framework. Since the past few decades, business performance has been approached from a multi-dimensional perspective. This is based on the fact that a pro-active corporate sustainability reporting system for assessing the financial performance of an organization should at least address impacts at the organization and community levels, as well as the resulting associated social impacts. As a result, leaderships of companies and stakeholders have continued to see sustainability reporting as part of the company's annual report that helps it to measure environmental performance and develop its own corporate sustainability measures. In other words, sustainability reporting is not only an instrument of public relations, but as an instrument capable of helping companies to become aware of their strengths and weaknesses and identify certain interdependencies within them. The matter is also reflected in the Nigerian Corporate Governance Code, which includes a comprehensive section on sustainability. Specifically, the code requires that Boards "establish policies and practices regarding its social, ethical, safety, working conditions, health and environmental responsibilities as well as policies addressing corruption." Boards are also responsible to monitor the implementation of these policies. Given the advance of Sustainability in the form of "ESG" and integrated reporting, which introduces environmental, social and governance KPIs to improve engagement and coordination on matters that address the question of the role that companies play in society, the Institute of Directors Nigeria has been involved in advocating the adoption of sustainability reporting, as part of its mandate in championing the tenets of corporate governance. Learning Objectives To introduce and emphasize the concept of sustainability reporting To provide tools for directors to meet their sustainability responsibilities To explore how sustainability reporting can be useful to build organizational resilience To gain insight on the requirements and benefits of sustainability reporting To understand the level of adoption of sustainability reporting by stakeholders in Nigeria To gain insight on board practice of sustainability reporting: lessons from domestic and international perspectives To be able to apply concepts of sustainable reporting to address sustainability challenges in organisations To be able to identify, act on, and evaluate professional and personal actions with the knowledge and appreciation of interconnections among economic, environmental, and social perspectives To have a deeper understanding of social responsibility and impact, both as directors and citizens To be able to embrace and improve sustainability and business performance To be able to motivate and engage directors and management towards adopting sustainability reporting and ESG Ratings Target Audience/Participants Chairmen, CEOs, Executive and Non-Executive Directors Company Secretaries and Legal Heads Chief Financial Ocers (CFOs) and Heads of Audits & Compliance Sustainability Managers and Heads of Risks, etc. CIRCULAR ECONOMY supported by... INNONATION PARTNERSHIP AfriKairos STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP ON OPERATIONALIZING SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING, MONITORING, REPORTING, IMPACT INVESTING, ESG RATINGS. CHIEF HOST Chief Chris O. Okunowo, F.IoD President & Chairman, Governing Council IoD Nigeria AfriKairos STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP ON OPERATIONALIZING SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING, MONITORING, REPORTING, IMPACT INVESTING, ESG RATINGS. Program Structure and Agenda: Theme: Stakeholder Workshop on Operationalizing Sustainability & Circular Economy: Measuring, Monitoring, Reporting, Impact Investing, ESG Ratings. Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Time: 3pm-6.30pm Venue: Zoom (Registration link to be provided) Expected no. of Participants: 600 participants (Members & Non-Members) CIRCULAR ECONOMY supported by... INNONATION PARTNERSHIP STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP ON OPERATIONALIZING SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING, MONITORING, REPORTING, IMPACT INVESTING, ESG RATINGS. Program Agenda 3pm - 6.30pm Time A ctivity Responsibility 1 5.00 – 1 5.05 Opening Remarks Moderator/Host: Dr. Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien Partner, Afrikairos & Chair, Circular Economy Innovation Partnership, Growing Businesses Group 1 5.05 – 15 .15 Welcome Speech Chief Chris O. Okunowo, F.IoD, P resident/Chairman of Council, I oD Nigeria 15.15 – 15.20 Host State Keynote • Hon. Sam Egube, Honourable Commissioner, Economic Planning and Budget, Lagos State. • Ms. Saeeda Sabah 15.20 - 15.45 Goodwill Messages Rashid, Lead Governance Specialist,World Bank • Prof K. Amaeshi, University of Edinburgh/President, Association of Su stainability Professionals, Nigeria Iheanyi Anyahara, • PhD , FCA Acting Executive Sec retary/CEO Financial Reporting C ouncil of Nigeria Dr Innocent Onah • Climate & Green Growth Expert, AfDB; Coordinator, Nigeria Circular Economy W orking Group • Dr. Oliver Everling CEO Rating Evidence G mBH CIRCULAR ECONOMY supported by... INNONATION PARTNERSHIP STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP ON OPERATIONALIZING SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING, MONITORING, REPORTING, IMPACT INVESTING, ESG RATINGS. A ctivity Responsibility Time • Dr Innocent Okwuosa Chairman, Nigerian Integrated Reporting Committee Session I (Corporate Perspective) 1 5.45 – 1 5.55 Keynote Address Mr. Oscar Onyema, Group CEO, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc 15.55 – 16.55 Panel Discussion A discussion moderated by Dr
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