Business in Society: New Reality and the Implementation of Corporate Sustainability Strategies

 

In cooperation with ABIS — The Academy of Business in Society

Track Chairs:

 

Track dates: 

October 6–7, 2021

 

The aggravation of the entire range of global problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic, complicates the achievement of the UN SDGs and requires extraordinary efforts from business to adapt to the New Reality. The core of these efforts is the development and implementation of adequate corporate sustainability strategies based on ESG mainstreaming. It is indicative that the very concept of CSR is increasingly interpreted via language of corporate sustainability and ESG. The New Reality as such is truly a global phenomenon. However, meeting its strategic challenges also requires companies to consider regional and national specificities.

The one-day track “Business in Society: New Reality and the Implementation of Corporate Sustainability Strategies” provides participants with the unique opportunity to discuss the current issues in the field on the example of Emerging Markets. We invite paper proposals that address theoretical aspects of corporate sustainability transformations, as well as analysis of current companies' practices and experiences.

Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) the following: 

• impact of the New Reality on the CSR/corporate sustainability agenda in Emerging Markets; 
• impact of Emerging Markets on the global CSR/corporate sustainability agenda and approaches to achieve the UN SDGs in the New Reality; 
• models of corporate sustainability and their transformation;
• corporate sustainability strategies development and implementation;
• mainstreaming ESG in company strategy and operations;
• social entrepreneurship development; 
• current issues of management development and management education in the area of business and society interrelations in Emerging Markets context. 

Keywords presenting the track: New Reality, UN Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDGs), ESG, corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate sustainability, social entrepreneurship, emerging markets, management development, management education. 

The track will start on October 6, 10 am with a presentation of Prof. em. Dr. Thomas Dyllick on the flagship concept of “True Business Sustainability”.

Dr. Thomas Dyllick is a Professor emeritus in Sustainability Management, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland;  Director of the Institute for Business Sustainability, Lucerne; and a  Co-Founder and member of the Supervisory Board, Positive Impact Rating for Business Schools.

 

Round table «Sustainable business: transformation of the strategies» / «Устойчивый бизнес: трансформация стратегий»

October, 7 (Th.) 11 am - 1 pm 

Working language - Russian

Круглый стол посвящен обсуждению вопросов практического применения актуальной концепции «Подлинной устойчивости бизнеса» (True Business Sustainability/Business Sustainability 3.0), представленной на заседании трека Business in Society ее автором, профессором Томасом Дилликом 6 октября 2021 г. (презентация будет сопровождаться синхронным переводом).

Speakers:

К дискуссии приглашены руководители и менеджеры профильных подразделений ведущих российский компаний, включая ПАО «Северсталь», ОК РУСАЛ, ПАО «ГМК “Норильский Никель”», ПАО «Газпром».

Questions:

1. Релевантность концепции «Подлинной устойчивости бизнеса» реалиям современной России: на каком этапе мы находимся?
2. Какие проблемы необходимо решить для более эффективного продвижения модели 3.0?
3. Как интеграция принципов устойчивого развития и факторов ESG в стратегию компаний может способствовать совершенствованию модели корпоративной устойчивости?

Moderators: Юрий Благов, доцент кафедры стратегического и международного менеджмента ВШМ СПбГУ, директор Центра корпоративной социальной ответственности ВШМ СПбГУ