On January 12, 2025, Yury Blagov, Director of the CSR Center at GSOM SPbU, took part in the traditional winter conference of the North-West Regional Committee of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) "Corporate Culture — the Basis for Business Sustainability in the Regions of Presence". The conference was attended by managers of AEB member companies, representatives of the Committee for Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg, the State Labor Inspectorate in St. Petersburg, the Agency for Economic Development of the Leningrad Region and higher education institutions.

Yury Blagov moderated the session "The Path to Business Results through Trust and Openness, Formation of an Inclusive Environment". Summing up the session, he emphasized the need for a systematic approach to forming an inclusive environment, which must be interpreted in a broad sense — as an environment that provides equal opportunities and equal access for all people. At the same time, the development of the "external contour" of an inclusive environment by the company, including through corporate charity and corporate volunteering, is inextricably linked with the development of the "internal contour". As a result, a stable "good company" is formed, which is attractive to the best representatives of all stakeholders, including employees..

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