• ESG Africa Conference

    04 - 06 October 2023

    Sandton Convention Center

  • ESG Africa Conference

    04 - 06 October 2023

    Sandton Convention Center

  • ESG Africa Conference

    04 - 06 October 2023

    Sandton Convention Center

  • ESG Africa Conference

    04 - 06 October 2023

    Sandton Convention Center

  • ESG Africa Conference

    04 - 06 October 2023

    Sandton Convention Center

The organizers of the ESG Africa Conference, are proud to offer people in the ESG and sustainability space a platform to network, share ideas, and connect with other industry professionals from across the continent. Join our ESG community by registering as a member.

ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Africa Conference

Empowering Leaders in Africa to Drive a more Sustainable Future

The ESG Africa conference aims to create a platform for industry leaders and experts across Africa to discuss, debate and find solutions to some of the common challenges faced in embedding ESG practices within organisations.  The main theme of the conference is a ‘Sustainable Future Through Leadership’; highlighting the significant role leaders can and should play in ensuring their organisations better integrate ESG principles into their value system and overall organisational strategy.

How is this Conference different?
  1. Existing conferences focus on one aspect of ESG, with most focusing on the investment and financing aspects linked to ESG.  This conference will take a more integrated and systemic approach to this topic.
  2. The conference will aim to unpack issues across ESG and how these principles can be made more relevant from an African and developing world perspective.
  3. The theme of the event will be ‘A sustainable future through African leadership’ and topics will focus on how leaders can play a bigger role in driving ESG. This makes it unique in terms of its approach to this topic.
  4. The organisers are planning a series of master classes before and after the conference, to delve into some of these topics in greater detail and help ensure that there is a common understanding as to what ESG is, why it is important and how to go about driving it’s adoption.
  5. The organisers aim to create a dialogue and to have specific outcomes at the end of each event, which could be monitored and reviewed over time to ensure the event does not become a ‘talking shop’
  6. Community of practise  which we launched in 2022, and includes a series of educational platforms, networking events and online groups, to help professionals with an interest in ESG to network, learn and grow.  

Change Through Leadership

Reflecting on the past, discussing the present, driving the future of ESG

The world has fundamentally shifted over the last few decades. Looking at profit and financial considerations is no longer enough. Stakeholders including shareholders, investors, customers and government are expecting more. ESG is the latest trend in sustainability reporting and it is changing the way in which we allocate capital, run our operations and develop our strategies. This requires a different leadership mindset that does not see ESG as an add-on or compliance exercise, but something that provides competitive advantage, transformative innovation and puts stakeholder capitalism at the heart of our actions.

Helping organisations tackle some of the common challenges faced. How do you collect and maintain data hosted in silos across the organisation? Are common reporting standards achievable?

Discussing trends and challenges as well as ways in which Africa can better attract direct investment, by taking a leading role in its adoption of ESG standards

What are the changes taking place in the regulatory environment? How will this impact trade in the future? What role is ESG activism playing in terms of holding organisations to account?

It is essential to take a more systemic and transformative approach to ESG, which goes beyond “just reporting”, looking at the way ESG should influence business strategy, business culture (from board level, investors, CEOs, leadership team and any employees), leadership mindset.

2022 Highlights

64
Speakers

97 Virtual Atendees

257
Atendees

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The organizers of the ESG Africa Conference, are proud to offer people in the ESG and sustainability space a platform to network, share ideas, and connect with other industry professionals from across the continent. Join our ESG community by registering as a member.

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