Strategic Session “ESG Principles: Opportunities for the Development of the Arctic in the New Geopolitical Realities”
Today, support for socio-economic stability, import substitution, cost reduction, renewal of supply chains and diversification are coming to the fore.
It is worth noting that the ESG strategies of companies are inextricably linked with risk management, and the vast majority of experts agree that the greatest dangers and threats await us from the environment and climate change. This is especially true for Arctic ecosystems, where natural recovery processes are slow and the nature of the extractive industries business has extreme, unforeseen, irreversible consequences.
Environmental regional problems caused by the "fragility" of the ecosystems of the Arctic territories and the need to develop very nature-intensive industries, as well as the region's infrastructure problems, will lead to difficulties in the implementation of Arctic investment projects and contradictions between ambitious, strategically important projects and socio-environmental, economic and infrastructure regional problems.
Overcoming these contradictions is possible with the development of responsible investment, taking into account ESG factors in the development and implementation of projects in the regions of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation.
In the focus of the discussion::
New approaches to the sustainable development agenda in the new macroeconomic realities
Pressing directions and opportunities for the development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation in the framework of fulfilling the tasks of creating domestic import-substituting products that comply with the principles of sustainable development
Infrastructure projects implemented to achieve the strategic goals of sustainable development in the Arctic regions
Regulatory policy aimed at the formation of state support measures to promote the sustainable development agenda and responsible financing in the Arctic
Green tools of financial institutions and their role in the transition to the principles of sustainable development in the Arctic zone
Green bonds as a promising tool for financing infrastructure projects in Yakutia
Moderator:
Ekaterina Kuzmina, Head, Directorate of Sustainable Development, PSB Bank (Moscow, Russia)
Part 1.
Invited to participate:
Kirill BYCHKOV, First Deputy Chairman, Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) – in person
Marina BOGOSLOVSKAYA, Chairman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) – in person
Elena TEPLYAKOVA, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Development of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) – in person
Andrey SHARONOV, Director General, Alliance for Sustainable Development – online
Nikolai DOLGUNOV, Chairman, Almazergienbank JSCB – in person
Alexey DYACHKOVSKY, Deputy General Director, ALROSA JSC
Anna STRUCHKOVA, Director General, Agency for Attracting Investments and Supporting Exports of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) – in person
Mikhail KUZNETSOV, Director, Vostokgosplan Federal Scientific Institution Development of Transport and Infrastructure in the Arctic as the Basis for Sustainable Development of the Region – online
Anatoly NIKOLAEV, Biology Doctor, Rector, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Russia) ESG-Transformation of the University in the Face of Growing Uncertainty in the Environment – in person
Сирченко Александр Александрович, туроператор FUN&SUN (ex. TUI РОССИЯ) – «Потенциал построения туристского бизнеса по принципам устойчивого развития»
Корчунов Николай Викторович, посол по особым поручениям МИД РФ, Председатель комитета старших должностных лиц Арктического совета
Dzhulustan KHON, First Deputy Minister of Ecology, Nature Management and Forestry of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) - welcome address and discussions
Part 2.
Invited to participate::
Anna TSEPA, Programme Head, Department of Regional Development, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation – online
Alexey KORNILOV, Chief Analyst, Otkrytie Investments JSC ESG Principles: Relevance for Making Investment Decisions – in person
Vladimir TOSHCHENKO, Director General, Arctic Power Capital LLC Project Financing of ESG Projects (Construction of Hybrid Power Plants) in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation – online
Тюкавкина Наталья Владимировна, руководитель Управления по устойчивому развитию АО АКБ «Алмазэргиенбанк». Тема – «Финансовые и нефинансовые сервисы АКБ «Алмазэргиенбанк» AO для развития устойчивого бизнеса в РС(Я)»
Natalia VINOKUROVA, Deputy Director for Industrial Logistics, Nawinia Company, Chairwoman of the Board, Women in Energy Association, Skolkovo Science and Technology Institute Possibilities of Consulting as Support for ESG Transformation – online
Vladislav TEREKHOV, Director General, Svetocultura Research and Production Centre High-Precision Agriculture based on Digital Technologies – a Foundation for Ensuring Food Security and Development of the Arctic and Northern Regions of the Russian Federation – in person
Vera MYASOEDOVA, Chemistry Doctor, Professor, Expert, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician, Russian Engineering Academy, Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Senior Researcher, Federal Research Centre for Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director General, IK VM LLC – in person Transfer of Independent Technologies and Higher Investment Attractiveness of Arctic Enterprises – in person
Pavel MARINYCHEV, Director General, Almazy Anabara JSC On the Experience of Almazy Anabara JSC Interaction with the Indigenous Peoples in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) - in person
14:30 – Кофе
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