New Frontiers of Sustainable Investment: New Opportunities for the Financial Sector

• How banks can lead the CSR/SDGs journey in Egypt by transforming pressing­ development and sustainability challenges into business opportunities.
• How to access over $12 trillion Sustainable investment assets globally.
• How to make Blended Finance an important component of your risk management strategy.
• How to move from being a "passive investor" searching for Blended Products, to assisting potential clients to launch innovative products with high environmental, social, and governance impacts.
• How to build competitive advantage through financial inclusion, youth entrepreneurship, and disruptive technology.
• How to create high-impact Innovative Partnerships with key stakeholder and utilize the SDGs national strategy.

• Dr. Mohamed Omran, Chairman of Financial Regulatory Authority

CSR as driver of business transformation

The world around us is changing more rapidly than ever before. Whether it is new energy systems, disruptive technologies, changing demographics, hyper-transparency, or rising geopolitical uncertainty, the context for business is radically different than it was even ten years ago. What is the role of business today in this context? Are businesses the “enablers of solutions” or the “causes of trouble”? Is Corporate Social Responsibility the “bridge to connect with our stakeholders” or the “driver of business transformation”? What are the CSR trends at Global and EU level? What do stakeholders expect from corporations and what are the barriers for them?

Key note Speaker: Ms. Μaria Alexiou, Titan Cement Company - Group Corporate Social Responsibility Director, Board Member CSR Europe

Discussants:

• MR.Laurent de Boeck, Head of Mission – International Organization for Migration
• Dr. El Sayed Torky ,Founder, CSR MatchMakers

CSR & building a culture of empathy and purpose

Business has a critical role to play in ensuring the benefits of commerce extends to all aspects of society. Most recently "The Business Roundtable" the most preeminent corporate US body comprised of major CEOs also agreed that the purpose of corporations should not be to benefit just their shareholders but also to all stakeholders including customers, employees, suppliers, communities and shareholders.

Dr. Badshah led Microsoft philanthropy in its critical years helping develop its signature programs "Unlimited Potential and Youth Spark" and also help expand its employee giving programs to cross the $ 1 Billion mark. In his talk Dr. Badshah will reflect on his experience at Microsoft and why it is extremely important for companies to have CSR program in place and discuss why building a culture of empathy and purpose is beneficial to employees, customers, shareholders and the society.

Key note Speaker: Dr. Akhtar Badshah, Professor at University of Washington the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and at the Business School

Discussants:

• Eng: Tarek Tawfik, vice chairman – Federation of Egyptian Industries
• Dr. Aleksandar Bodiroza, UNFPA representative

Sustainability: challenges & opportunities

This session will focus on:
1. The Sustainability challenges
2. The Sustainability Opportunities – employment and sustainable growth
3. Examples of quick wins and longer term strategies from ABB
4. Why we should all see the Sustainability agenda as important

Key note Speaker: Michael Cooke, Senior Vice President, Global Head of HSE and Sustainability, ABB

Discussants:

• Dr. Khaled Abd EL Azim, Executive Director, Federation of Egyptian Industries

Moving from Charity to Sustainability: Innovations in Strategy and Partnerships

• How to better utilize your CSR resources, innovations, and entrepreneurship to make your CSR/SDGs Initiatives more strategic and effective? 
• How to design and implement Blended Products, which are commercially sound and address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, that would improve access to new sources of finance?
• How to craft and utilize quick wins - visible, high impact and scalable activities - as a base for mid- and long-term strategic sustainability initiatives?
• How to create high-impact Innovative Partnerships with key stakeholders, including the government, banks, NGOs, and international organizations.
• How that would improve your bottom line and put your organization on the international sustainability map?
• How Strategic Collective Action can improve the Ecosystem and create a level playing field?

• Mr. Alaa El Zoheiry, Chairman of the Insurance Federation of Egypt, Managing director of GI
• Dr. El Sayed Torky, Founder, CSR MatchMakers

Leveraging Industry 4.0 and upgrading skills to deliver the SDGs

Digitalization across all industries is creating new business models that address the goals of the SDGs for a more sustainable and inclusive society with economic opportunity, health and wellbeing for all. New business models can bring in new players and reconfigure value chains. Key industries such as agriculture are being transformed for more efficient production and there is huge potential to create a significant number of jobs by developing agribusiness.

Realizing this potential needs collaboration between business and government, especially to upgrade skills, and to develop infrastructures such as transport and financing instruments that enable local investment and promote start-ups.

For business this is an opportunity to integrate business and CSR objectives to deliver value. Celia Moore will draw on her experience leading IBM's Citizenship programs across EMEA to demonstrate how combining core business expertise and employee skills in partnerships with government and NGOs delivers benefits to the business and social development.

- such as the Pact4Youth partnership of CSR Europe with the European Commission

Key note Speaker: Ms. Celia Moore, Former Director of Corporate Citizenship, IBM EMEA. Honorary Member and former Chair of the Board, CSR Europe.

Discussants:

• Dr. Akhtar Badshah, Professor at University of Washington the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and at the Business School