The 13th Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development Forum is held this year in light of the serious steps taken by the Egyptian government – under directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi – to realize sustainable and balanced development at all dimensions; economic, social and environmental. Egypt’s efforts for sustainable development were crowned by launching Egypt’s National Climate Change Strategy 2050 and an investment roadmap of green projects as well as hosting the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November 2022 – under the rubric of “From Pledges To Implementation”.
Event Agenda
H. E. Dr. Soha Nashed Guendy
Minister of immigration
Ms. Ramona Canaan
Advisor for Minister of Social Solidarity
Dr. Hassan Mostafa
Chairman of CSR Egypt
Dr. Ehab Shalaby
Chairman of D-Carbon
Mr. Malek Sarieddine
Regional Head of Business Development – ACCA Middle East
Dr. Naser Ayoub
Co-founder & CEO EPD Egypt
Dr. Maali Qasem
CEO & Founder of Schema
Dr. Anastasia Kyrmanidou
Senior Sustainability Analyst at KERAMIDA Inc
Dr. Amber Greaney
Livable City Solutions Manager, KERAMIDA
Dr. Mai Elwani
Senior Consultant/Strategies & Social Impact Assessment Expert
The session aims to provide a summary of the most important methodologies in which
sustainable development reports are prepared, such as the GRI – ESG – TCFD – Carbon
footprint, and explain the relationship between them and how the business community
can apply and integrate them within the work system to ensure its sustainability.
Dr. Dalia Abdelkader
Chief Sustainability Officer – Commercial International Bank (CIB)
Ms. Marwa Nabil
Managing Director & Executive Board Member SMEs (Tamweely Microfinance)
Mr. Mohamed Morsy
Country Head (Finance In Motion GmbH)
Mr. Bedeir Rizk
CEO at PARAGON Developments
Ms. Maha Nabulsi
Private Sector Cooperation Advisor (Access to Finance) – GIZ
Dr. Riccardo Ambrosini
Lead – Sustainable Energy Finance – Financial Institutions Group – Africa
This session aims to review financing products which consider sustainability dimensions
and stimulate the responsible investment. Which consider the environmental and social
dimensions.
Dr. Ashraf Sheta
CEO at Ashraf Sheta for Consultancy & Training And Assistant Professor at the AUC
Dr. Ehab Shalaby
Chairman of D-Carbon Egypt
This session discusses the importance of applying ESG standards inside institutions and companies in order to achieve sustainable growth that takes into consideration the social, economic and environmental dimensions. Session also reviews the most important challenges facing the sustainability
reporting teams and the importance of using creative methods to address these challenges.
Dr. Maali Khader
CEO & Founder of Schema
Data is the basis for preparing sustainability reports, and the method of collecting and obtaining them among the various departments is the most important step to ensure the completion of the preparation of reports, and the quality of data is a major indicator of the quality of results reached by the report.
Therefore, this session reviews the mechanisms and methods for collecting data from different departments to prepare reports for the ESG within institutions and companies
Dr. Amber Greaney
Livable City Solutions Manager, KERAMIDA
Dr. Anastasia Kyrmanidou
Senior Sustainability Analyst at KERAMIDA Inc
This session aims to shed the light on the effects of climate change on business models and the importance of resorting to limit and reduce thermal emissions and adopting clear policies and innovative plans to reduce thermal and carbon emissions by applying environmental sustainability standards.
This session discusses the concept of TCFD, and the mechanism of environmental risk management, and methodologies for preparing mitigation plans.
Eng. Raniem Rasheed
Communication & Marketing Manager at Geocycle EgyptLivable City
Ms. Aya Abo Zeid
Public Affairs and Sustainability Senior Manager Coca-Cola North Africa
Ms. Asmaa El Shiemy
Head of Schneider Sustainability Impact
Ms. Ghada Michael
Head of Communication, CSR, & PAG at Sanofi
Eng. Adham Elmahdy
General Manager at Geocycle Egypt
Moderator: Dr. Ehab Shalaby
Chairman of D-Carbon Egypt
This session aims to shed the light on the most important contributions of the Egyptian private sector and
its contributions during the Conference of the Parties concerned, and to review the most important studies
and practices that preformed during the conference.
Dr. Nasser Ayoub
Co-founder & CEO EPD Egypt
Dr. Nasser Ayoub
Dr. Marwa Mahgoub
Dr. Atef Kamel
Dr. Maali Khader
Dr. Anastasia Kyrmanidou
Dr. Amber Rose
Mr. Ashraf El Khatib
Advisory committee member at CFA Institute
This session discusses the importance of applying ESG standards inside institutions and companies in order to achieve sustainable growth that takes into consideration the social, economic and environmental dimensions. Session also reviews the most important challenges facing the sustainability
reporting teams and the importance of using creative methods to address these challenges.
Dr. Mai Elwany
Senior Consultant/Strategies & Social Impact Assessment Expert
Dr. Dina El Kayaly
Chief Operating Officer (COO) – CSR Arabia
Dr. Nasser Ayoub
Dr. Hoda Ibrahem
Dr. Atef Kamel
Prof. Dr. Andreas Igl
Role of Board of Directors and Management Team in ESG Implementation – A current international best practice