PROGRAMME OF THE 1ST DAY

Monday, 23 September 2019

Sustainability Leadership and Responsible Organizations

by Prof. Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School

08:15 – 08:45 Arrival & Registration

08:45 – 09:00 Welcome Speech by CSR HELLAS, The American College of Greece and University of Crete representatives.

09:00 – 10:45 What do we mean by sustainability in a business context and why do companies today face increasing pressures from multiple and diverse stakeholders to conduct their operations more responsibly and sustainably? How have businesses traditionally responded to these pressures and what do we know about emerging best practices?

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:45 Is there really a business case for corporate sustainability? What is the latest academic evidence about the link between sustainability and profits? How do we distinguish between causality and correlation and how can we articulate a convincing argument for sustainability integration at our own organization?

12:45 – 13:45 Light Lunch

13:45 – 15:15 What exactly are the mechanisms through which sustainability can lead to higher profitability? How can we identify, develop and implement these mechanisms in our organization so as to generate a competitive advantage based on sustainability? We explore the case of DESSO in detail.

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 How can companies truly integrate sustainability into their corporate DNA, i.e. their organizational structure? What are the key organizational pillars that characterize and distinguish sustainable organizations and that allow the value creating mechanisms to materialize, and thus, establish competitive advantages?

17:00 – 17:30 Site Visit to APIVITA SA (bus transportation)

17:30 – 18:00 Welcome Speech by APIVITA SA

18:00 – 19:00 Visit to the production unit (guided tour)

19:00 – 20:15 Networking Dinner

20:15 – 20:30 Event Closing

20:30 – 21:00 Return from APIVITA SA (bus transportation)

Co-organizers

PROGRAMME OF THE 2nd DAY

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Global Compact

by Dr. Alexandros Antonaras (Associate Professor, University of Nicosia)

08:15 – 09:00 Arrival & Registration

09:00 – 09:15 Introduction

09:15 – 09:45 The Role of Business in Society

09:45 – 10:00 The 10 Principles of the UN Global Compact

10:00 – 10:15 The 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

10:20 – 10:45 Group Activity 1: Linkages

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30 Opportunities and Challenges

11:30 – 12:00 Group Activity 2: Prioritizing the SDGs

12:00 – 12:45 Integrating Sustainability in the Business Strategy

12:45 – 13:45 Light Lunch

13:45 – 14:15 A Case Study: Presentation

14:15 – 14:30 A Case Study: Q&As

14:30 – 15:15 A Case Study: Working Groups

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00 B Case Study: Presentation

16:00 – 16:15 B Case Study: Q&As

16:15 – 17:00 B Case Study: Working Groups

17:00 – 17:15 Event Closing

Co-organizers

PROGRAMME OF THE 3rd DAY

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Sustainable Value Creation

by Dr. Constantine Manasakis (Assistant Professor, University of Crete)

08:15 – 09:00 Arrival & Registration

09:00 – 10:45 Exploiting the business case of sustainable development through strategic corporate responsibility.

Guiding companies to identify material issues for the creation of shared and sustainable value.

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:45 Managerial analysis for each material issue from a shared and sustainable value point of view.

The management of responsible business and managerial practices aligned with the SDGs.

Linking shared and sustainable value with sustainable competitive advantages.

12:45 – 13:45 Light Lunch

13:45 – 14:15 A Case Study: Presentation

14:15 – 14:30 A Case Study: Q&As

14:30 – 15:15 A Case Study: Working Groups

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00 B Case Study: Presentation

16:00 – 16:15 B Case Study: Q&As

16:15 – 17:00 B Case Study: Working Groups

17:00 – 17:15 Event Closing

Co-organizers

PROGRAMME OF THE 4th DAY

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Business impact, accountability and reporting

by Dr. Pavlos A. Vlachos (Associate Professor, ALBA Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece)

08:15 – 09:00 Arrival & Registration

09:00 – 11:00 The rise of the dual-purpose business and the measurement of its impact (Lecturing + Discussion). Topics covered will include an introduction to standards and methodologies for measuring and reporting Corporate Social Performance/ESG (i.e., GRI, SASB, IIRC), third-party rating systems (B labs, MSCI, Thomson/Refinitiv, Truvalue Labs) and a latest academic findings on Corporate Social Performance/ESG reporting.

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:45 Truvalue Platform™ Demo (Artificial Intelligence and ESG Firm Scoring). Truvalue Labs™ applies Artificial Intelligence to massive volumes of unstructured data and scores firms on ESG behavior that has a material impact on company value.

11:45 – 12:00 Danone: Adopt Integrated Reporting or Not? (Case Intro). In 2013, Danone realized that its industry-leading sustainability efforts were largely discounted or ignored because the firm followed its own internal measurement and integrated reporting system. As a way to increase the credibility of its sustainability efforts the firm decided to work with the International Integrated Reporting Council to pilot that organization’s integrated reporting standard. This effort, however, proved to be problematic.

12:00 – 13:00 Danone: Adopt Integrated Reporting or Not? (Teamwork).

13:00 – 14:00 Light Lunch

14:00 – 15:15 Danone: Adopt Integrated Reporting or Not? (Case Debriefing-Discussion).

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00 Case Study: Presentation

16:00 – 16:15 Case Study: Q&As

16:15 – 17:00 Case Study: Working Groups

17:00 – 17:15 Event Closing

Co-organizers

PROGRAMME OF THE 5th DAY

Friday, 27 September 2019

Collaborative transformation of the value chain

by Jan Noterdaeme (Co-founder and Senior Advisor for CSR Europe, Member of the teaching team at the Louvain School of Management (UCL

- Université Catholique de Louvain)

08:15 – 08:45 Arrival & Registration

08:45 – 09:00 Welcome Speech by CSR HELLAS & LOULIS MILLS representatives

09:00 – 09:30 State of the Union on the SDGs: towards an overarching European Sustainability Strategy 2030?

“Men and Women in Business”!!!

09:30 – 10:45 Business Transformation through Transparency: bridging the gap with sustainable investment

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30 Business Transformation through Sector & Cross-sectorial Collaboration for scalable solutions

11:30 – 12:00 Business Transformation through Sustainability Dialogue and Diplomacy

12:00 – 12:45 Business Transformation through Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence

12:45 – 13:45 Light Lunch

13:45 – 14:15 A Case Study: Presentation

14:15 – 14:30 A Case Study: Q&As

14:30 – 15:15 A Case Study: Working Groups

15:15 – 15:30 Presentation by Loulis Mills: A 237 years History

15:30 – 16:00 B Case Study: Site Visit to LOULIS MILLS’ milling unit

16:00 – 16:40 B Case Study: Guided tour to LOULIS MILLS museum

16:40 – 16:50 B Case Study: Q&As

16:50 – 16:55 Farewell Speech by CSR HELLAS

16:55 – 17:00 Event Closing

Co-organizers

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