Representatives of businesses, NGOs and academia on Wednesday discussed the opportunities and challenges of achieving sustainability for industry and society in the context of ESG standards for environmental, social and corporate governance within the three-day Green Transition Forum on new perspectives for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
"Sustainability means something that survives over time and remains," said Elen Vasilina, founder and president of the Trocadero Forum Institute. She pointed out that sustainability means using resources intelligently and efficiently so as to move towards a circular model of activity. She pointed out that there are also difficulties in financing the green transition, but stressing that when thinking about sustainability, we need to work on long-term investments in human capital.
Briseida Gjoza, co-founder of ConsciESG, pointed out that sustainable activity must also generate profit. According to her, not everyone is ready to implement sustainable practices in their operations because for this to happen, these principles need to be incorporated into the core strategy and all procedures of the operation.
Konstantin Delisivkov, Managing Director of Energeo Ltd, a member of the Geotechmin Group, said that the company's mission is to guarantee its customers a bundled service linked to secure low-emission supplies at competitive prices. According to him, buisnesses need security and competitively priced supply.
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