In addition to the monthly meetings of the Sustainability Manager Club on the subjects of "Data & Repoting", "Stakeholders & Greenwashing" and "Awareness & Change Management", IMS, in partnership with Alexandros Kostopoulos, is hosting a thematic webinar on each of these subjects. These webinars, in English, will be an opportunity to deepen your knowledge on the subject, exchange on the latest news and highlight interesting reports and figures.
Support from the top is necessary for proper awareness raising on sustainability. Once leadership alignment is ensured, it becomes a powerful force for embedding sustainability into many other areas of the organisation, apart of the sustainability department or team. A focus on sustainable change must look beyond simply effecting the change or just meeting legislative requirements and market demands on sustainability, focusing in dealing with the potential existence of the organisation and the same for its people. While the objective of sustainability projects and programs is to enhance change, that is not always performed. To that end for sustainability change to be successful it is of paramount importance to remove approaches, mechanisms, and tools of the past, implementing at the same time new processes to sustain the desired future state.
The live discussion of the SMC will act as a dialogue and brainstorming session in order to exchange views and opinions but also express ideas and share thoughts on change management from the sustainability angle. Participants will have the opportunity to elaborate on, share their practice, and discuss about the approaches and ways to build upon educational efforts, coaching/mentoring, review, and evaluation best practices, in order to embed sustainability in each and everyone within the organisation making them understand the evolving impacts of change for their careers itself and for the potential of the organisation that they belong to. Assisted by the facilitator of the SMC, participants will be creating skills and techniques to ensure the investment of time and other resources to sustaining the change.
When? Thursday 12th of October from 11.00 to 12.30
Where? By videoconference (connection links will be sent in due course)
For whom? Anyone involved in both reflecting on or implementing ESG / CSR within their organisation
Event in English.
No replay will be available after the event.
Photos will likely be taken at the event intended to be published by IMS Luxembourg in written or digital media. Please inform the host at the beginning of the event if you do not wish to be in the photos.
Alexandros Kostopoulos is a sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) expert with over 20 years of experience. He believes that businesses can drive the transition towards sustainability, and has held senior management positions in organisations that specialise in sustainability and CSR.
He served as the General Director of CSR HELLAS and was a member of the Board of Directors of CSR Europe, contributing to the development of pan-European actions to promote sustainability. He has also coordinated numerous European and national funded programs, studies, research, and conferences on CSR, including the preparatory working group for the development of the Greek National CSR Strategy. Kostopoulos has supported businesses in understanding the CSR dimension and incorporating sustainability into their strategies through the application of transformation tools, coordinating training initiatives and programs implemented across Europe. He writes regularly in the press and participates in international publications on sustainability and business responsibility. Currently, he is the Sustainable Development Manager for a large listed Greek company in the energy and metal sectors.