Programme
The draft programme on the topics that will be on discussion during the Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010 can be downloaded on this page. There will be several side events including Summit Workshops.
STREAM 1: Business Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility and Social Investment
STREAM 2: Renewable Energy and Clean Technologies
STREAM 3: Green Economy and Sustainable Development
STREAM 4: Sustainable Urbanization, Green Building and Architecture
Session Topics
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation: what is Africa’s role?
• How can the African business community best support the creation of sustainable economic opportunities that benefit local people?
• Developing all-inclusive business-fronted sustainable development projects
• Progress on delivering the promise of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as sustainability model.
• Realizing the benefits of a green revolution for Africa through the delivery of sustainable economic models
• Mapping the future need for sustainability: Identifying choke points in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Africa.
Facilitating thought and action for strengthening environmental policymaking in Africa
And many more…
Go to Day 1 Programme page
Day 1 Highlights:
Official Welcome Address by Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, EGH, MP, Prime Minister, Republic of Kenya (Invited)
Tour of the Exposition by the VIP Group and Registered Attendees
Keynote address on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: What is Africa’s Role? by Dr R. K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Panel Discussion: Pushing Africa’s Drive toward Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Special Session on Creating successful Public Private Partnerships for Business Sustainability Moderator: Dr. James Mwangi, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Equity Bank, Kenya
Panel Discussion: African Corporate Leadership in Sustainability
Sustainability Good Practice and Green Product Showcase at the Expo
Go to Day 2 Programme page
Day 2 Highlights:
Keynote address on Sustainability Risk Management as Component for Business, by Yulanda Chung, Head of Sustainable Business, Standard Chartered Bank, UK
Panel Discussion: Achieving a Win-Win Situation with Sustainable Business Practice
PANGEA Biofuels Workshop on “Trade, not Aid: Links with Brazil and India”, presented by Meghan Sapp, Secretary General, Partners for Euro-African Green Energy (PANGEA)
Components: Linking the African Market with Brazilian and Indian Biofuel Industries; Maximizing on Africa’s Bio-energy Potential and Trade Opportunities; Insights on EU Policy Framework
Keynote address on Social and environmental responsibility of aviation industry in Africa, by Dr Risa Morimoto, Professor in Environmental Economics, Toulouse Business School
Panel Discussion: The role of aviation industry in addressing key challenges to sustainable development
Presentation on LEED system and the process of certification
Panel Discussion: Green building in Africa: issues, opportunities and challenges
GRI Workshop 1 – “Sustainability Reporting Using the GRI G3 Framework”, presented by Leontien Plugge, Senior Manager Regional Networks, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Components: GRI G3 Sustainability Reporting Framework; Sustainability Reporting Guidelines; Changes in business context & the drivers for sustainability for organizations; Identify the five phases of the sustainability reporting process
Presentation on New Approach to Carbon Offsets and CDM – Introducing Carbon Manna System, by David Palella, Founder/ President, Carbon Manna Unlimited
Go to Day 3 Programme page
Day 3 Highlights:
Keynote address on Examples of Best Practice in Partnerships for Sustainable Development
Panel Discussion: Eradicating poverty in Africa with mutually beneficial partnerships, while creating positive public perception
Presentation on Mobile Money Revolution at the Bottom of the Pyramid: The Case of Safaricom’s M-PESA
Panel Discussion: Implementing Bottom of the Pyramid Strategies in Business
GRI Workshop 2 – “Sustainability Reporting Using the GRI G3 Framework”, presented by Leontien Plugge, Senior Manager Regional Networks, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Components: GRI G3 Sustainability Reporting Framework; Sustainability Reporting Guidelines; Changes in business context & the drivers for sustainability for organizations; Identify the five phases of the sustainability reporting process
Keynote address on Drawing a Roadmap for Sustainable Business for Africa’s Economic Growth and Social Uplift
Panel Discussion: The potential for government, business, consumers and other stakeholders in the new green economy
Keynote address on Roadmap to Africa’s Green Revolution
Panel Discussion: Climate change effects on food production and security in Africa
Presentation on Toward effective Environmental Governance and Sustainability, by Prof Maria Ivanova, Director, Global Environmental Governance Project, Yale Center for Env. Law & Policy
Panel Discussion: Facilitating thought and action for strengthening environmental policymaking in Africa
Note: This is a tentative programme and is subject to change as dictated by circumstances.
