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is now set to host the United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change;
Dr. Gro Brundtland when she visits Nigeria to headline the 2012 Africa
CEO Round-table & Conference on Corporate Sustainability &
Responsibility (AR-CSR™) scheduled to take place at the Tinapa Business
Resort, Calabar, Cross River State from June 28-29, 2012, as Keynote
Speaker.
The
youngest ever, Two-time, First & Only Female Prime Minister of
Norway, Former Director General, World Health Organisation, Chairman, UN
World Commission on the Environment and Development (aka Brundtland Commission)
will be joined by Graham Sinclair, President, Africa Sustainable
Investment Forum and Principal, SinCo. In a statement by the conveners,
ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited; the speaker line up ranges from
international and continental experts on various fields relating to
sustainable development.
The
very impressive line-up of speakers include: Dr. Deogratias
Brakamfitiye, Country Director for Senegal, Institute for Security
Studies; Barr. Ekpo Nta, Acting Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices
& other related offences Commission (ICPC); Ms. Chantal Uwimana,
Regional Director for Africa, Transparency
International; Mr. Olusegun
Aganga, Honourable Minister for Trade & Investments; Chairman,
Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Foluso Phillips; Dr. Kasirim Nwuke,
Chief, Quality Assurance Section, Office of Planning & Management,
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); Dr. Alex Otti,
Group Managing Director/CEO, Diamond Bank Plc; Mumo Kivuitu, Executive
Director, Ufadhili Trust, Kenya; Humphrey Harrison, Managing Director,
EEE Mediation Limited, United Kingdom; Steven Evans, CEO, Etisalat
Nigeria; Bob White, President, BRI International Inc. Canada; Engr.
Ernest Nwapa, Director General, Nigeria Content Development Board; Dr.
Joseph Odumodu MFR, Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria
(SON); Barbara James; CEO, Henshaw Capital Partners amongst many others.
The 2012 Africa CEO Round-table and Conference on CSR (AR-CSR™), with the theme: ‘Sustainable Development: Expanding Economic Opportunities for Public-Private Synergy’ is an industry flagship, all-inclusive
CSR & Sustainability management event of the year and the first of
its kind in Africa. Leaders from a variety of sectors from far and wide
within and outside the continent will gather to share their expertise
and experiences on an array of Business and Development topics.
A
high-level roundtable session strictly for CEOs, GEDs, Captains of
Industries and Board Chairmen around the continent, followed by a
one-and-a-half-day conference that will be open to participation by all
interested professionals; organisers say will certainly spark off
fireworks of sustainable ideas. Other activities include the Sustainable
Solutions Showcase (an exhibition on Sustainability & Sustainable
solutions in partnership with the Nigeria Leadership Initiative),
Eco-Tourism Tour, and Cocktails & Gala Dinner amongst other
inspiring and intellectually stimulating activities.
According
to the Lead Consultant/CEO of ThistlePraxis Consulting; Ini Onuk; ‘the
choice of Dr. Brundtland is very instructive and is intended to mark the 20th
year of the first global platform on Sustainable Development which was
inspired by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and
Development, chaired by our Keynote Speaker and renamed the Brundtland
Commission’.
ThistlePraxis
Consulting Limited, an Assessments and Strategy Firm, is presenting the
2012 AR-CSR™ in strategic partnership with Friends of the Global Fund,
Africa (Friends Africa) and CAPPS Consult. The Cross River State
Government is also partnering with this agenda-setting event, as
Official Host.
In further comments, Ini Onuk re-iterated the essence of this gathering; ‘…from
a business perspective, sustainable development favors an approach
based on capturing system dynamics, building resilient and adaptive
systems, anticipating and managing variability and risk, and earning a
profit.’
Friends
of the Global Fund, Africa; CAPPS Consult, Nigeria Leadership
Initiative, Lagos State Signage & Advertising Agency (LASAA), Khumo
Marketing Group South Africa, Connect Marketing Services, JustMeans and
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) are event partners.
The last edition of the event with the theme: ‘The Business Case for CSR and its impact on African Economies’
held in June 2011. Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and
President, Mary Robinson Foundation and Prof. Craig Smith, INSEAD
Chaired Professor on Ethics and Responsibility participated as Keynote
Speaker and Lead Discussant, respectively.
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