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Education as a foundation for Sustainability

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Overview of the CSR School

The CSR School aims to provide advanced training regarding the identification of sustainability-related business opportunities and the inclusion of responsibility in the core of one’s business strategy, in order to achieve sustainable value and formulate a more resilient organization.

The training program is envisioned as a journey that will cover all major identified areas that relate to the responsible management of sustainability. Within 6 weeks, during which a minimum of 48 hours of sustainability-related knowledge and management experience will be shared, trainees will gain an up-to-date overview of major developments around the largest environmental, social and governance challenges affecting businesses nowadays.

During the 12-part Webinar series, the participants will attend lectures by distinguished academic faculty members, discuss relevant case studies, learn about best practices that have been implemented by experienced senior professionals and exchange views and thoughts around the incorporation of relevant theory into the CSR initiatives of their own organization.

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WHY ATTEND THE CSR SCHOOL

Learn from world-class experts

Work on real-case scenarios

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Discover “how-to” through best practices

Join a broad network of professionals

Earn 10 ECTS

Learn from world-class experts

Work on real-case scenarios

Earn a professional certificate

Accelerate your career

Discover “how-to” through best practices

Join a broad network of professionals

Earn 10 ECTS

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TOPICS OF THE CSR SCHOOL

Day 1:
Sustainable Value Creation

Day 2:
Sustainable Corporate Governance

Day 3:
Legal Aspects of CSR

Day 4:
Responsible Human Capital Management

Day 5:
Responsibility and sustainability driven marketing

Day 6:
Climate change & energy transition

Day 7:
Circular business models

Day 8:
Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Day 9:
Social Capital, Corporate Relationships & Stakeholders Management

Day 10:
Servant leadership towards responsibility and sustainability

Day 11:
Sustainable Finance & Responsible Banking

Day 12:
Future of Work

LECTURES OF THE CSR SCHOOL

Scope: 
To highlight the business case of sustainable development and the value of introducing sustainability and responsibility in the corporate DNA through business model innovations within an action plan towards sustainable shared value.

Learning objectives / outcomes

  • Highlight the business opportunities and benefits of sustainable development.
  • Present the roadmap and the steps towards the development of a business responsibility action plan.
  • Present the structure of a CSR action plan and its link to administrative practices.
  • Demonstrate how business responsibility enhances corporate competitiveness.

Contents:

  • Introduction: Business as usual.
  • The business case of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Strategic corporate responsibility and shared value towards SDGs.
  • Identifying material issues for a strategic corporate responsibility agenda.
  • Development of an action plan addressing the relevant material issues and proper transformations (identify the relevant goals and objectives; create a plan for how to achieve them; implement the proper transformations; evaluate the performance).
  • From sustainable and shared value to responsible and sustainable business through sustainable competitive advantages.

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Contents:

  • IA roadmap to a sustainable business model: the approach is changing
  • Open Innovability to manage the next normal
  • A robust structure of sustainability process and the role of stakeholders
  • Sustainability Strategy and systemic view, including finance and remuneration

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    Location: Online


Scope: 
To introduce sustainability related issues within corporate governance structures, in the context of “Sustainable Corporate Governance - A European Commission Initiative”.

Learning objectives / outcomes

  • Identify the firm specific sustainability challenges to be introduced in its corporate governance..
  • Develop a business oriented action plan supporting the introduction of sustainability related issues within a firm’s corporate governance.

    • Contents:

  • Corporate Governance fundamentals
  • Sustainability boards (Committees, etc)
  • How to establish / What are the key criteria that should be considered in selection / Roles / Functions / Executives or non-, etc.
  • What are the tasks will be undertaken by the Committee and what are the mechanisms of monitoring progress and achievement of time bounded goals, what are the evaluation / compensation systems…

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    Location: Online

    Scope: What is coming next? Environmental and social issues will take the center stage and will become the new standards of corporate governance practices. You can see how Epson has put ESG in action. From vision to execution.

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    Scope:

  • to present the current normative frameworks for CSR.
  • to highlight the CSR functions, within corporate governance, as an informal legal context for self‐regulation.
  • to explore the conjunction between ethics and law in corporations surviving in a globalized environment.

    • Learning objectives / outcomes:

  • Present the current normative EU frameworks for CSR. 
  • Introduce voluntary CSD functions and commitments within the formal framework of corporate governance.
  • Discuss the future of CSR: Its continuing impact on the environmental and social conditions of the corporate environment.

    • Contents:

  • Can we identify legal dangers for shareholders and investors?
  • Sustainability legal frameworks (mandatory) VS Guiding Principles (normative) VS standards (voluntary).
  • CSR as soft law (it is seen as obligatory by most corporations because of consumer expectations and internal norms).

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    Location: Online

    Contents:

  • The issue of “parental liability” as a result of ESG disclosures and obligations through the lens of the landmark decision Vedanta Resources Plc and Konkola Copper Mines Plc v Lungowe and Others [2019] UKSC 20.
  • The changes that take place in the EU landscape for multinational companies’ liability for their subsidiaries’ conduct (EU sustainable finance package and draft directive to deal with corporate accountability and mandatory supply chain ESG due diligence).

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 
    To highlight the role of inclusive working environments and responsible human capital management as key drivers towards CSR.

    Learning objectives / outcomes:

  • Introduce key issues related to responsible human capital management for sustainable organization-building.
  • Discuss how responsible human capital management can support the CSR strategy by leveraging internal competencies and contributing to a positive, healthy and fair work environment.
  • Outline the key elements of a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) strategy for inclusive and respectful work environments.

    • Contents:

  • Socially responsible human capital management: The interface between CSR and HRM.
  • Key HRM practices (e.g., recruitment, performance management, talent management) that support the CSR strategy and contribute to improving the work and quality of life of employees.
  • Diversity and Inclusion frameworks and key pillars of a D&I strategy.
  • Aligning organizational systems and policies and implementation challenges.
  • Best practices and organizational examples.

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    Location: Online

    Contents:

  • Policy 
  • Business Continuity 
  • Testing 
  • Case Monitoring 
  • Control Mechanisms 
  • KPIs 
  • Vaccination Process – Herd Immunity 
  • Key Learnings (Positive and Negative)  

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 
    To identify the links between CSR reporting, marketing (ethics), and analytics.

    Key learning outcomes — at the end of this session students should be able to:

  • Define CSR or ESG performance as a key stakeholder satisfaction metric.
  • Present the industry of CSR or ESG rating agencies.
  • Identify the challenges in choosing and implementing an ESG measuring and reporting system.
  • Offer research-based advice on how to communicate ESG.
  • Review and experience survey-based instruments to measure ESG performance.
  • Understand and analyze the role of Marketing Analytics tools like Positioning Maps in helping firms differentiate from competition and broadly compete on ESG performance.
  • Review and experience how AI and Big Data disrupts ESG scoring with implications for greenwashing and marketing ethics (including for example selling practices & product labeling)

    • Contents:

  • Marketing Reframed: Stakeholder Satisfaction & CSR Performance.
  • Danone Case: Adopt Integrated Reporting or Not?
  • CSR meets Marketing Analytics (Case: CSR positioning maps of Big Tech – competing on CSR)
  • Truvalue Platform™ Demonstration (Artificial Intelligence, ESG Firm Scoring, and Marketing Ethics scoring). Truvalue Labs™ an awarded Fintech, applies Artificial Intelligence to massive volumes of unstructured data and scores firms on ESG behavior that has a material impact on company value. We will also focus on how AI allows firms to be monitored 24/7 on marketing ethics including customer privacy, access & affordability, product quality & safety, customer welfare, and selling practices & product labeling.

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    Location: Online

    Contents:
    Materiality analysis in practice. Presenting:

  • OTE Group’s approach aligned with the Enterprise Risk Management methodology,
  • How the process of the materiality analysis shapes our company’s sustainability strategy and defines our reporting, 
  • How it is also an important tool to meet the expectations of our stakeholders.

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 

    To highlight the shared value from the sustainable use of resources and identify the business opportunities related to low-emission technologies, sustainable products and services.

    Learning objectives / outcomes:

    • Highlight the value from transforming the economy towards climate neutrality.
    • Introduce climate change within corporate risk management.
    • Identify and introduce emissions related material issues within a CSR strategy.
    • Identify a corporate portfolio with transformations, tools and investments, from a decarbonization point of view, towards increasing energy efficiency at the lowest possible cost.
    • Development of an action plan addressing the relevant material issues, transformations, tools and investments (identify the relevant goals and objectives; create a plan for how to achieve them; implement the proper transformations; evaluate the performance).

    Contents:

    • Energy and Climate Change.
    • Energy efficiency First Principle.
    • Energy and Sustainable Financing: A key pillar towards Climate Neutrality (EU Taxonomy, ESG).
    • Sustainable Energy Financing tools and methods: DEEP and triple database, Triple A toolbox.
    • Energy Efficiency Case Studies and Example.

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    Location: Online

    Contents:

  • Integration of sustainability into Signify’s new strategy and how the UN Sustainable Development Goals work as our strategic compass.
  • How Signify will double its positive impact on the environment and society through the Brighter Lives, Better World 2025 program.
  • Key to successes: Governance, reporting and engagement.

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 
    To highlight the business opportunities of the circular economy and promote the development of business models innovations towards sustainable and affordable goods and services.

    Learning objectives / outcomes

    • Identify and introduce circularity related material issues within a CSR strategy.
    • Identify a corporate portfolio with transformations, tools and investments, from a decarbonization point of view, towards sustainable and affordable goods and services.
    • Development of an action plan addressing the relevant material issues, transformations, tools and investments (identify the relevant goals and objectives; create a plan for how to achieve them; implement the proper transformations; evaluate the performance).

    Contents:

    • Circularity in production processes and value chains.
    • Circular business models.
    • Circularity strategies.
    • Circularity entrepreneurship and SMEs.
    • Consumers’ awareness and willingness to pay for circular goods and services.

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    Location: Online

    Contents:

  • New  Law 4736/2020 Incorporation of Directive (EU) 2019/904: Legal obligations for the reduction of disposable plastics
  • OTE Group goes #ZEROPLASTIC:  Where did we stand ? What did we manage?
  • Moving forward – What’s next

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 
    To identify the links and highlight the importance of CSR within the supply chain management.

    Learning objectives / outcomes:

  • Identify and introduce material issues related to responsible human capital management, within in a CSR strategy.
  • Development of an action plan addressing the relevant material issues and proper transformations (identify the relevant goals and objectives; create a plan for how to achieve them; implement the proper transformations; evaluate the performance).

    • Contents:

  • Defining sustainable supply chain management.
  • The importance of supply chain relationships for sustainability.
  • Governance of sustainability in supply chains.
  • The European Commission’s study on the due diligence requirements through the supply chain.

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    Location: Online

    Contents:

  • TITAN's Approach for Materiality and Targets 2025 (as introduction).
  • Sectoral Approach and the leverage and adaptation for TITAN.
  • TITAN's strategic plan and actions as practitioner.

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    Location: Online

    Scope:
    To highlight the role of partnerships aligning competing (private-private; private-public) or cooperative priorities.

    Learning objectives / outcomes
  • Integrate, analyze, evaluate, and manage the different aspects of innovative strategic partnerships at an organizational, local, and global level.
  • Identify and introduce stakeholders’ related material issues within in a CSR strategy.
  • Development of an action plan addressing the relevant material issues and proper transformations (identify the relevant goals and objectives; create a plan for how to achieve them; implement the proper transformations; evaluate the performance).

    • Contents

  • How to align private sector interest with public sector priorities?
  • Partnerships that go beyond the traditional models of public-private partnerships (partnerships with competitors; development organizations; donor agencies; foundations; and NGOs).
  • Innovative partnerships and finance: How to move from “billions” to “trillions” in investments for financing the SDGs?
  • Strategic collective action: From project based to long-term initiatives
  • The challenge of implementation and leadership.

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    Location: Online

    Scope:
    To highlight the role of partnerships aligning competing (private-private; private-public) or cooperative priorities.

    Learning objectives / outcomes
  • Integrate, analyze, evaluate, and manage the different aspects of innovative strategic partnerships at an organizational, local, and global level.
  • Identify and introduce stakeholders’ related material issues within in a CSR strategy.
  • Development of an action plan addressing the relevant material issues and proper transformations (identify the relevant goals and objectives; create a plan for how to achieve them; implement the proper transformations; evaluate the performance).

    • Contents

  • How to align private sector interest with public sector priorities?
  • Partnerships that go beyond the traditional models of public-private partnerships (partnerships with competitors; development organizations; donor agencies; foundations; and NGOs).
  • Innovative partnerships and finance: How to move from “billions” to “trillions” in investments for financing the SDGs?
  • Strategic collective action: From project based to long-term initiatives
  • The challenge of implementation and leadership.

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 
    To unfold around the fundamental practices that help boost mutual respect and collaboration in the era of disruption and digitalization, in order to build connections between servant leadership and sustainable leadership.

    Learning objectives / outcomes:

  • Understand the differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and explore the connection between the growth mindset and the servant mindset.
  • Explore the techniques, behaviors competencies connected with the growth mindset: curiosity, agility, openness, experimentation, vulnerability, dealing with risk and with failure, persistence, commitment and passion for continuous learning.
  • Reflect on the value of purpose as well as on the ways that they can co –create organizational and community contexts that promote value and purpose for sustainability, prosperity and growth.
  • To introduce Servant mindset, the values and competencies interrelating with it, as well as the core practices connected with a servant approach, such as empathizing, listening, unleashing the energy and intelligence of others, finding meaning, changing the pyramid from top to bottom, igniting growth and sharing foresight.

    • Contents:

  • Review of how Mindsets impact on effectiveness.
  • The connection between Servant Leadership and Sustainable leadership.
  • Identifying Meaning and Purpose in organizational life.
  • Using emotional regulation strategies in leadership. 

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    Location: Online

    Contents:

  • Human Rights in Business – United Nations
  • Code of Human Rights and Social Principles OTE Group
  • OTE Group respects Human Rights
  • 10 Fundamental Social Principles in OTE Group
  • OTE Group complies with internationally recognized norms, directives, standards
  • We respect Diversity
  • Human Rights Integrated Approach 

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 
    To highlight the role of finance towards CSR and shared value creation.

    Learning objectives / outcomes:

  • Understand the drivers affecting the transition from “finance” to “sustainable finance”.
  • Understand how CSR investments improve firms’ access to capital.
  • Identify macro-, meso-, and micro-ESG issues affecting corporate risk and the cost of capital.
  • Planning and financing responsible investments towards sustainable value creation.

    • Contents:

  • The inclusion of environmental and societal risks in finance.
  • Drivers affecting the transition from “finance” to “sustainable finance”.
  • Business opportunities within sustainable finance and the relevant returns.
  • Investment planning fulfilling the “Principles for Responsible Banking”.
  • Capacity building for SMEs.
  • Implementation of the “Principles for Responsible Banking”: The banking perspective.

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    Location: Online

    Scope:  to explain the need of SMEs and entrepreneurs to realize and adapt to the changes tied to CSR and ESG criteria, while presenting best practices of ESG incorporation in the public supplies sector.

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    Location: Online

    Scope: 
    Sustainability as a key driver for the Future of Work.

    Learning objectives / outcomes:
    Provide key insights on how we can develop the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in an ever-changing work environment, and unfolds around emerging trends with regards to the:

  • Utilization of technology, automation, and virtual reality.
  • Rise in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).
  • Importance of developing soft skills and the significance on valuable transferable skills.
  • Opportunities and challenges presented due to the imperative for sustainability.

    • Contents:

  • Impact of technological advancements, economic factors, demographic patterns, societal norms and sustainability on the organization of work.
  • Repercussions on the labour market, competencies in demand and emerging working models / forms of work.
  • Scope of intervention of alternative stakeholders (institutions, organizations, individuals) in ensuring decent and sustainable work for all.

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    Location: Online

    Contents:

  • What is Sustainable Value Creation and how it can change
  • Purpose, Mission, Vison, Value: moving beyond the sustainability jargon
  • Industry perspectives – approaching sustainable value creation in different sectors
  • Value Creation Insight: key topics in food supply chains
  • What is next? Tips to get started or get it going.

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    Who's Teaching

    Tutors of the CSR-School

    Dr. Djordjija Petkoski

    Dr. Djordjija Petkoski

    Lecturer and Senior Fellow, Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania

    Dr. Constantine Manasakis

    Dr. Constantine Manasakis

    Assistant Professor, University of Crete

    Dr. Anne Touboulic

    Dr. Anne Touboulic

    Associate Professor in Operations Management, Deputy Chair, Social Environmental Responsibility Group, PRME Lead, Nottingham University Business School

    Dr. Pavlos A. Vlachos

    Dr. Pavlos A. Vlachos

    Associate Professor, ALBA Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece

    Dr. Antonis Zorpas

    Dr. Antonis Zorpas

    Associate Professor, Open University of Cyprus

    Dr. Alexandros Antonaras

    Dr. Alexandros Antonaras

    Associate Professor and Vice President of Student Services, University of Nicosia

    Professor Kern Alexander

    Professor Kern Alexander

    University of Zurich and Queens' College, University of Cambridge

    Dr. Olga Epitropaki

    Dr. Olga Epitropaki

    Professor and Director of Research of the Management & Marketing Department, Durham University Business School

    Dr. Anthony Montgomery

    Dr. Anthony Montgomery

    Professor of Work & Organizational Psychology, University of Macedonia

    Dr. Aspasia Tsaoussi

    Dr. Aspasia Tsaoussi

    Associate Professor in Sociology of Law and Law & Economics, School of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

    Dr. Haris Doukas

    Dr. Haris Doukas

    Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens

    Dr. Eleni Lamprou

    Dr. Eleni Lamprou

    Research Fellow, ALBA Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece

    Expert Professionals of the CSR-School

    Mr. Fotis Kourmousis

    Mr. Fotis Kourmousis

    Special Secretary for Private Debt Management (NPL), Ministry of Finance & Board Member, Hellenic Development Bank

    Ms. Maria Alexiou

    Ms. Maria Alexiou

    Chair BoD, CSRHELLAS; BoD member, CSR Europe; ESG Senior Advisor, TITAN Cement Group

    Dr. Hakan Lucius

    Dr. Hakan Lucius

    Head of Corporate Responsibility and Civil Society Division, European Investment Bank

    Mr. Henning Ohlsson

    Mr. Henning Ohlsson

    Director Sustainabilty Epson Europe / Managing Director Epson Deutschland GmbH

    Ms. Giulia Genuardi

    Ms. Giulia Genuardi

    Board Member, Enel Americas S.A, Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, LUMSA

    Mr. Alkis Tsikardonis

    Mr. Alkis Tsikardonis

    Head of Corporate Responsibility, METRO AG

    Ms. Izabella M. Tsirba

    Ms. Izabella M. Tsirba

    Finance & Capital Markets Lawyer

    Mr. Yiannis Fotopoulos

    Mr. Yiannis Fotopoulos

    Crisis Management Director of Corporate COVID-19 Steering Committee, Hellenic Petroleum Group of Companies

    Ms. Juliette Gaussem

    Ms. Juliette Gaussem

    Global Sustainability Reporting Manager, Signify

    Ms. Stavroula Aggelopoulou

    Ms. Stavroula Aggelopoulou

    Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Director, OTE Group

    Mr. Goce Serafimov

    Mr. Goce Serafimov

    Group Category & Procurement Sustainability Manager, TITAN Cement Company S.A.

    Mr. Thanos Belalidis

    Mr. Thanos Belalidis

    Sustainability Implementation & Communication Specialist, Sympraxis

    Mr. George Kavathas

    Mr. George Kavathas

    Member of Corporate Covid 19 Steering Committee, HELLENIC PETROLEUM Group of Companies

    Mr. Aris Dimitriadis

    Mr. Aris Dimitriadis

    Executive Director Compliance, ERM & Insurance, OTE Group

    Guests of the CSR-School

    Dr. Christos Staikouras

    Dr. Christos Staikouras

    Minister of Finance, MP, Nea Demokratia, Hellenic Republic

    Mr. Yannis Tsakiris

    Mr. Yannis Tsakiris

    Deputy Minister for Development and Investments, Hellenic Republic

    Dr. Kostas Axarloglou

    Dr. Kostas Axarloglou

    Dean, ALBA Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece

    Ms. Claudia Carydis

    Ms. Claudia Carydis

    Vice President, Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

    Dr. Antonios Mountouris

    Dr. Antonios Mountouris

    Head of Environmental Management and Sustainable Development Department, Hellenic Petroleum Group

    Moderation & Administration of the CSR-School

    Mr. Alexandros Kostopoulos

    Mr. Alexandros Kostopoulos

    Business Development Manager, CSR HELLAS; BoD Member, CSR Europe

    Ms. Ariadne Stagkou-Bell

    Ms. Ariadne Stagkou-Bell

    CSR & Communications Specialist, CSR HELLAS

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