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- ESG • Past Present & Future
Peter Bakker•Carolynn Chalmers•Mervyn King•Mpho Mookapele•Andre FourieWhat have been the key developments in ESG over the past 10 years, where are we now and what does the future hold? The world has
fundamentally shifted over the last few decades and looking at prot and nancial considerations is no longer enough. Stakeholders including
shareholders, investors, customers and government are expecting more. ESG is the latest trend in sustainability reporting and how is it
changing the way in which we allocate capital, run our operations and develop our strategies? Is ESG investing whilst looking good on paper,
growing because of nancial inows rather than actual growth? Are vanity metrics disguising actual performance? Is ESG just a phase?
Peter Bakker
President & CEO of World Business Council for Sustainable Development WBCSD
Carolynn Chalmers
CEO of Good Governance Academy
Mervyn King
Chair Emeritus of the King Committee at Good Governance Academy
Mpho Mookapele
Chief Executive at EWSETA
Andre Fourie
Vice President of Sustainability at AB Inbev
- Transformative ESG -Integration into strategy, people and culture
Andrey Bogdanov•Cathie Lewis•Esha Mansingh•Chris Maroleng•Wendy PoultonHow do we encourage organisations to not see ESG as an annoying add on once they have done their strategy but to be used to shape their
strategies and therefore avoid negative perceptions and reactions and maximise the opportunities of positive risks? Being proactive in
developing strategy means better prots in the long run and companies are taking new and innovative approaches to set themselves up in
niche markets and be more agile and competitive. What does this mean for leadership approaches? Diversity and inclusion
Andrey Bogdanov
Principal & CEO of Risk Insights Co-Chair at WEF New Champions South Africa Country Chapter
Cathie Lewis
Founder of Earth Energy
Esha Mansingh
Business Leader & Member of the Executive Committee at Imperial Logistics
Chris Maroleng
SADC Executive Director of Good Governance Africa
Wendy Poulton
Owner of Strategic Mindsets Chairperson of SANEA
- Refreshment Break
- Board Awareness • How to increase awareness and drive change across the organisation
Tracey Davies•Kuda Mukova•Ziyanda Ntshona•Karin IretonHow do we encourage organisations to not see ESG as an annoying add on once they have done their strategy but to be used to shape their
strategies and therefore avoid negative perceptions and reactions and maximise the opportunities of positive risks? Being proactive in
developing strategy means better prots in the long run and companies are taking new and innovative approaches to set themselves up in
niche markets and be more agile and competitive. What does this mean for leadership approaches? Diversity and inclusion play a critical role
here what sp we need to do to make sure that diversity issues, including issues relating to women are included? As Boards drive strategy and
provide oversight on governance, they need to drive and champion ESG. A number of companies still however lack a clear policy and
understanding of ESG. What are they key things Boards should know and do? Should board members' remuneration be linked to ESG
performance? This session will focus on our discussions on the latest trends around ESG board awareness and their future role in ESG.
Tracey Davies
Executive Director of Just Share
Kuda Mukova
Partner at IQbusiness
Ziyanda Ntshona
Partner at Webber Wentzel
Karin Ireton
Non Executive Director of Exxaro Resources
- How to Balance the E and S in ESG
Adam Craker•Marie Parramon Gurney•Gabi Mkhatswa•Zingisa Motloba•Zinzi MgolodelaThere are cases where Environmental and Social compliance topics in ESG can be at loggerheads. What do companies do, in situations where
reducing carbon emissions leads to increases in poverty and unemployment? Which pillar takes priority and why? Can companies really
expect to comply in equal measure, across all pillars and is the social pillar receiving the attention it should? Why including social aspects is so
vital in Africa.
Adam Craker
CEO of IQbusiness
Marie Parramon Gurney
Chief Transformative Impact Officer at SKULTCHA
Gabi Mkhatswa
Senior Manager for Climate Change & Sustainable Development at Eskom
Zingisa Motloba
Advisory Committee Member at IUCN
Zinzi Mgolodela
Director Corporate Affairs of Woolworths
- ESG & Investment • Trends and Challenges
Frank Aswani•Saphira Patel•Lee Swan•Gwendolyn ZornImpact investing was estimated at $750 billion globally in 2020 and much of it is needed for Africa. Does this approach require new business
models, new ways of addressing nancial risk and possibly new regulation? What needs to be put in place to make sure Africa is the
investment destination of choice? The global investment community have been one of the leaders in ESG and impact investing, to manage
risks in their investments. How do they navigate the myriad of reporting requirements for example like the EU's Sustainable Finance
Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) if they have global portfolios? What are the trends and best practice?
Frank Aswani
CEO of Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance
Saphira Patel
Head of Environmental and Social Sustainability Unit, at Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Lee Swan
Business Sustainability Advisor at Emergent
Gwendolyn Zorn
Head of Impact at Phatisa
- Lunch Break
- ESG Reporting
Aimee Girdwood•Helle Bank Jorgensen•Ian Mackintosh•Marina Madale•Loshni NaidooThere is a drive globally to standardise ESG reporting given the plethora of standards that are emerging. Can there be common standards across dierent
industries or countries? How do we get to some level and standard that would allow comparisons between companies and countries. Compiling reports covering
all aspects of ESG is a challenging task and not all data is of the same quality. Partly because information for each element could be hosted in dierent
departments across the company. How do you consolidate this data and ensure data accuracy going forward? Is external auditing going to become more
important?
Aimee Girdwood
Co-Founder of Stor-E
Helle Bank Jorgensen
CEO of Competent Boards
Ian Mackintosh
Chair at Corporate Reporting Dialog
Marina Madale
General Manager: at Sustainability & Shared Value MTN Group
Loshni Naidoo
Senior Director of FTI Consulting
- ESG and the law • regulation and the risk of legal disputes
Ernst Muller•Lili Nupen•Gary Rapson•Lesego Rayi•Justine Sweet•Chris de JagerThere is a growing trend globally to regulated ESG reporting and disclosures. What are the major regulatory changes that are on the horizon? What do these mean
for developing countries? How government can play a more active role in setting policy and regulation to ensure companies adopt ESG more proactively? As
regulation increases does this mean the number of legal cases related to ESG will also rise? Will legal cases realted to misleading buyers and greenwashing
especially when rating criteria are not clear become the norm as well as claims against the corporate? Isses such as individual director liability, non-compliance to
contractual or legal requirements and stakeholders exercising their rights are likely to increase. What are the key legal risks and how can they be managed?
Ernst Muller
Senior Associate ESG & Natural Resource Law Specialist at Herbert Smith Freehills
Lili Nupen
Director Mining/Environmental Focus of NSDV
Gary Rapson
Partner at Webber Wentzel
Lesego Rayi
Advocate of the High Court South Africa at Exxaro Resources
Justine Sweet
SHE Legal Consultant
Chris de Jager
Legal Principal at Anglo American South Africa
- ESG Through the African Lens
Chule Qalase•Joseph Rohm•Marcus Ter Haar•Thiru PillayIn this interactive session, delegates will take on the learning journey of the previous day and give the feedback received via the app and other mechanisms. They
will be asked to give any further feedback about what they think are key issues that are unique to Africa, major barriers to progress and opportunities.
A panel will discuss the outcomes of this feedback as well as debate What are the unique issues in ESG investment in Africa? How do we ensure that African
specic needs and circumstances are recognised and integrated into investment approaches? What are the successes we can recognise and build on to ramp up
change and increase resilience?
Chule Qalase
Senior Manager Sustainability& CSI at Isuzu South Africa
Joseph Rohm
Sustainable Finance, ESG, Climate Change Partner at ERM
Marcus Ter Haar
Executive Director of Five6 Consuting
Thiru Pillay
Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO, Board Member of Platform Capital Investment Partners
- Diversity and inclusion an essential element of ESG in Africa
Gugu Mclaren•Lwazi Ngubevana•Igazeuma Okoroba•Andy Tambwe•Fatima VawdaDiversity and inclusion is an essential element of ESG in Africa not only because of the need to redress inequities of the past but also the critical need for diversity
of thinking. Diversity is not enough on its own, true inclusion of diversity into company processes is where the true value lies by attracting investment,
understanding customer needs, retaining talent, innovation and saving costs, amongst others. ESG strategy needs to recognise and encompass all these facets
and how can this be done effectively?
Gugu Mclaren
NBI
Lwazi Ngubevana
Director of African Energy Leadership Centre
Igazeuma Okoroba
Head of Sustainability at Institute of Corporate Governance, Nigeria
Andy Tambwe
Head of Technical Services at IDC
Fatima Vawda
Founder of 27Four Group
- ESG and trade how is this impacting developing countries?
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair•Tonderai Leonel Njowera•Colleen Theron•George Wilson•Alison van den BergWith many countries and, now the European Union, looking to implement regulation that would prohibit or tax products imported from countries that do not
meet certain standards and require due diligence, how can those operating in developing countries comply? How do we protect the right to develop?
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
Senior Economist at Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies
Tonderai Leonel Njowera
Managing Director of ImpactVest Metrics
Colleen Theron
Solicitor and founder of Ardea International
George Wilson
Head Institutional Trade Finance at Investec
Alison van den Berg
Specialised Customs & littigation Attorney at Alison van den Berg Attorneys
- Refreshment Break
- Africa's reliance on extractive industries and ESG investing
Nicolas Marsay•Themba George Nkosi•Sifiso Skenjana•Matthew BurrnellAs Africa is a source of many fuels, minerals and metals, many countries heavily rely on extractive industries to drive their economies and provide jobs. Will the
trend in ESG investing mean a shift in their economic mix? Can they transition without major impacts on their citizens? How do we reap the benets of impacting
investing where it can have the greatest impact?
Nicolas Marsay
ESG & Circular Economy Specialist at NSDV
Themba George Nkosi
Chief Sustainability Officer at Sibanye-Stillwater
Sifiso Skenjana
Founder of ESG Analytics
Matthew Burrnell
Partner at White & Case
- ESG and climate change
Shamini Harrington•Jayne Mammatt•Clémence Mcnulty•Steve Nicholls•Ruwadzano MatsikaCountries and companies around the worlds are committing to 'net zero' greenhouse gas emission strategies. This will require setting realistic targets and then
monitoring and reporting on them. How will these requirements and guidelines like the TCFD integrate with ESG reporting? What are the common
pitfalls/opportunities?
Shamini Harrington
Vice President Climate Change at Sasol
Jayne Mammatt
Partner at Deloitte
Clémence Mcnulty
Partner - Sustainability & Climate Change at Ernst & Young
Steve Nicholls
Head of Mitigation at South Africa's Presidential Climate Commission
Ruwadzano Matsika
Analyst on at Quadrature Climate Foundati
- Lunch Break
- Promoting transformative ESG Practices • taking an African stance on ESG
Dominic Gaobepe•Vimbai Gwata•Matlou Setai•Mutemwa Ushewokunze•Cicelia Van Rooi•Joanne Yawitch•Rethabile MelamuGiven the discussions over the last two days how can we use the knowledge gained and networks created to harness the potential ESG has to change Africa's
future in a positive manner? How do we ensure this happens by promoting transformative ESG practices. How does ESG help get us to the Africa 2063 vision?
How do we increase Africa's agility and resilience in the face of unprecedented change? What message do we want to send?
Dominic Gaobepe
Managing Director of Cohesive Collective
Vimbai Gwata
General Manager at Akello
Matlou Setai
Executive at CGCSA
Mutemwa Ushewokunze
Commercial Director and Head of CIB at First Capital Bank Zimbabwe
Cicelia Van Rooi
Sales Director, Dow Industrial Solutions Middle East, Africa & India Managing Director Dow Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd of Dow Industrial
Joanne Yawitch
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Business Initiative (NBI)
Rethabile Melamu
CEO of SAPVIA