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The top
Corporate Social Responsibility event ever held in Greece, took place on
the 27th and 28th of April 2007, at Stratos Vassilikos
Hotel in Athens, with the participation of Mr. Ralph Thurm, Chief
Operating Officer of the GRI
(Global Reporting Initiative) and the scientific coordination of the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE)
Source: CSE
The CSR Congress 2007,
‘The Invitation of Quality to the Challenges of Society’, was organised by Eco-Q magazine, and
held under the auspices of the Ministry
of Development and the Ministry of
Health and Welfare. More than twenty distinctive speakers from
corporations, NGOs, and Academic Institutions shared their knowledge and expertise
with more than 200 participants,
placing this conference at the top, as far as Greek Corporate Social
Responsibility events of this magnitude are concerned.
The Conference was greeted by Mr. Spiros
Papadopoulos, General Secretary of the Ministry of Development, while the
Chairman of the event, Mr. Nikos Avlonas, Managing Director of CSE, held a
speech pertaining to strategy and international standards of Corporate Social
Responsibility as they are formed in the contemporary business agenda.
The event included important international guest
speakers such as Mr. Ralph Thurm, Chief Operating Officer of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Mr. Thomas Achelis,
President of the Forum for International Communication, along
with Greek representatives of corporations
and organisations such as Halyx Cement,
Vodafone, OPAP, Siemens, OTE, Mesogios SOS, Athens International Airport,
Greenpeace, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, Centre of Renewable Energy
Sources, Hellenic Federation, SDE, among
many others.
Microsoft and Siemens were sponsoring the event, while EuroCharity, ‘KERDOS’
newspaper, ‘go natural’ magazine, Actclick and the Greek Centre for
Volunteerism Promotion, Anthropos.gr were
supporting as media partners. |
