Schedule & Pricing

Delegate Pass Options

Please note that all prices are per person, Excl VAT

R 5950

Available until 30 June 2023

Invitation to Gala dinner on the first night
Access to two full days of interactive conference content
Engage with over 40 top local and international speakers
refreshments and food
Network with industry professionals from across the continent

R 5500

For bookings of 5 or more people

Invitation to Gala dinner on the first night
Access to two full days of interactive conference content
Engage with over 40 top local and international speakers
refreshments and food
Network with industry professionals from across the continent

R 6500

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Invitation to Gala dinner on the first night
Access to two full days of interactive conference content
Engage with over 40 top local and international speakers
refreshments and food
Network with industry professionals from across the continent

Below is the ESG Africa Conference schedule, with the topics, times of each session and confirmed speakers. The conference will take place over two days.

*Programme subject to change. The organiser reserves the right to ammend the programme

First Day Schedule
Second Day Schedule

DAY 1

Day 1 will be future focused and will tackle some thorny issues coming down the road such as:

The changing leadership requirements and how with that leadership, ESG can help transform organisations rather than be a road block to progress. Being an ESG influencer is a critical skill we all need when engaging stakeholders, board etc.
Consumerism and how to deal with that versus resource use and cost. How do we grow in a more sustainable manner and what does that mean for our business model?
Working with our value chains and double materiality what do we need to do differently. This also links to the circular economy are we driving that sufficiently as well as trade issues
The changing role of stakeholders and how we can collaborate and co-create to add value best practice and challenges

Topic: Leadership

Welcome & Shaping the conversation

Keynote Presentation - Leadership in ESG what does it take?

Panel discussion on the new leadership value system and what leadership traits are needed at all levels in an organisation. What is the role of the CSO? How do we demystify ESG so everyone becomes an ESG leader?

Table discussions on leadership

Youth perspective on leadership

Refreshment Break

Topic: Consumerism

Keynote speaker on consumerism and ESG

Panel discussion on consumerism and how to deal with that versus resource use and cost. Consumerism opportunities can translate into economic growth through thinking differently. How do we grow in a more sustainable manner and what does that mean for our business models? How will the drive towards a circular economy impact consumerism and business models and bring new opportunity?

Table discussions on consumerism

Youth perspective on consumerism

Lunch Break

Topic: Value Chains

Keynote speaker on Value chains and ESG

Panel on working with our value chains and double materiality what do we need to do differently. This also links to the circular economy are we driving that sufficiently as well as trade issues

Table discussions on value chains

Youth perspective on value chains

Refreshment Break

Topic: Stakeholders

Keynote speaker on ESG and Stakeholders

Panel on the changing role of stakeholders and how we can collaborate and co-create to add value best practice and challenges

Table discussions on stakeholders

Youth perspective on stakeholders

Day 1 - Close

Register your interest

DAY 2

Day two will focus on the burning issues you have to deal with daily and this includes:

Sectoral breakouts in key sectors to flesh out wicked problems and potential solutions

Mining
Finance
Agriculture
Energy
ESG services
Retail
Infrastructure and logistics

Reporting including emerging trends, what technologies and processes can be put in place to help report and track implementation and how to calculate impact in the African context

SMME’s and their role in implementing ESG and along the supply chain. What partnerships and collaboration models can we use? How can it help diversity and inclusion? What does it mean for our skills development programmes?
Changing culture to support ESG what tactics can we use? How do we integrate this with other initiatives such as safety and quality?

Topic - Sectoral Breakouts

Welcome Day 2

Breakout sessions

* Sector overview from an ESG lens
* Discussion on key challenges and opportunities

Refreshment Break

Topic - Reporting

Keynote speaker on TCFD why it is becoming the new norm

Panel discussion on reporting including emerging trends, what technologies and processes can be put in place to help report and track implementation and how to calculate impact in the African context

Table discussions on reporting

Feedback from the Networking Forum on tools to help implement ESG frameworks

Lunch Break

Topic - Youth, Entrepreneurship & SMMES in ESG

Keynote speaker on SMMEs and ESG

Panel on youth, entrepreneurship and SMMEs and their role in implementing ESG and along the supply chain.

- What partnerships and collaboration models can we use?
- How can it help diversity and inclusion?
- What does it mean for our skills development programmes?

Table discussions on SMMEs

Youth perspective on SMMEs and ESG

Refreshment Break

Topic - Culture

Feedback from the Networking Forum on ESG as an agent of change

Panel on how to change culture to support ESG what tactics can we use? How do we integrate this with other initiatives such as safety and quality?

Table discussions on culture

Vote of thanks

Closure of Conference

Register your interest

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*Programme subject to change. The organiser reserves the right to ammend the programme

DAY 1

Topic: Leadership

Welcome & Shaping the conversation

Keynote Presentation - Leadership in ESG what does it take?

Panel discussion on the new leadership value system and what leadership traits are needed at all levels in an organisation. What is the role of the CSO? How do we demystify ESG so everyone becomes an ESG leader?

Table discussions on leadership

Youth perspective on leadership

Refreshment Break

Topic: Consumerism

Keynote speaker on consumerism and ESG

Table discussions on consumerism

Youth perspective on consumerism

Lunch Break

Topic: Value Chains

Keynote speaker on Value chains and ESG

Panel on working with our value chains and double materiality what do we need to do differently. This also links to the circular economy are we driving that sufficiently as well as trade issues

Table discussions on value chains

Youth perspective on value chains

Refreshment Break

Topic: Stakeholders

Keynote speaker on ESG and Stakeholders

Panel on the changing role of stakeholders and how we can collaborate and co-create to add value best practice and challenges

Table discussions on stakeholders

Youth perspective on stakeholders

Day 1 - Close

Register your interest

DAY 2

Topic - Sectoral Breakouts

Welcome Day 2

Breakout sessions* Sector overview from an ESG lens* Discussion on key challenges and opportunities

Refreshment Break

Topic - Reporting

Keynote speaker on TCFD why it is becoming the new norm

Panel discussion on reporting including emerging trends, what technologies and processes can be put in place to help report and track implementation and how to calculate impact in the African context

Table discussions on reporting

Feedback from the Networking Forum on tools to help implement ESG frameworks

Lunch Break

Topic - Youth, Entrepreneurship & SMMES in ESG

Keynote speaker on SMMEs and ESG

Panel on youth, entrepreneurship and SMMEs and their role in implementing ESG and along the supply chain. - What partnerships and collaboration models can we use? - How can it help diversity and inclusion? - What does it mean for our skills development programmes?

Table discussions on SMMEs

Youth perspective on SMMEs and ESG

Refreshment Break

Topic - Culture

Feedback from the Networking Forum on ESG as an agent of change

Panel on how to change culture to support ESG what tactics can we use? How do we integrate this with other initiatives such as safety and quality?

Table discussions on culture

Vote of thanks

Closure of Conference

Register your interest

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Breakout sessions

* Sector overview from an ESG lens
* Discussion on key challenges and opportunities

Panel on youth, entrepreneurship and SMMEs and their role in implementing ESG and along the supply chain.

- What partnerships and collaboration models can we use?
- How can it help diversity and inclusion?
- What does it mean for our skills development programmes?