High-Level Business Dialogue “Corporate Social Responsibility Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 14:00-18:30 Moscow time
Offline and online
HSE Graduate School of Business, 26-28, Shabolovka, Moscow, Russia
DESCRIPTION
The HSE Graduate School of Business and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with the support of the UN Global Compact Network Russia, are organizing a business dialogue to discuss CSR in Europe and Central Asia through the prism of the pandemic.
Significant health, economic and social problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will have a long-term impact on global demographic trends and the well-being of citizens, especially on the most vulnerable groups of the population: the elderly, women and people with disabilities.
At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the focus of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and fueled greater private sector involvement in sustainable development initiatives. Many business structures have adjusted and changed their CSR strategies and policies in response to the challenges of the pandemic, paying attention to the well-being of both employees and society as a whole. Companies can leverage this experience by moving towards more coordinated and focused corporate social responsibility activities.
Within the event of the HSE Graduate School of Business and UNFPA, participants will discuss CSR development priorities after the COVID-19 pandemic and exchange international best practices on creating and changing CSR strategies to meet the needs of older people, women and people with disabilities.
PROGRAMME
14:00 –15:00 Welcome coffee and networking
15:00 –15:15 Opening remarks
Speakers:
• Valery Katkalo, First Vice Rector of HSE, Dean of HSE Graduate School of Business
• Ivan Prostakov, Vice Rector of HSE
• Alanna Armitage, Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at UNFPA
15:15 –16:00 CSR as a competitive advantage for business: during COVID-19 and beyond
Speakers:
• Marina Vashukovva, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Russia
• Louise Dann, Partnerships Advisor, UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Chistova Evgeniya, Head of Sustainable Development, Beeline (VimpelCom)
16:15 –18:00 Roundtable 1: COVID-19 and older people. CSR strategies to increase awareness and inclusion of older people
Moderator: Elena Topoleva-Soldunova, Director of Agency for Social Information, Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
Speakers:
• Valeria Marshalova, Sustainable Business Partner, Ingka Centres (Europe, Russia, China), IKEA
• Dmitry Guzun, Vice President and Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Kimberly-Clark
• Elena Seregina, Director of Corporate Social Responsibilit, MTS
• Irina Strajescu, Executive Director, Moldcell Foundation
• Ekaterina Kurasheva, Co-founder, Young Old
16:15 –18:00 Roundtable 2: COVID-19 and women. Designing corporate policies that support women at the workplace
Moderator: Anna Rudakova, Founder, Woman Who Matters Forum and Award
Speakers:
• Irina Musina, Head of the Sustainable Development Practice in Russia and Kazakhstan, Accenture
• Tatiana Andreeva, HR-director, VOLVO Russia
• Elena Philippova, Head of Marketing Russia, Coface
• Polina Khabarova, Business Transformation Director, HR-director, CROC
16:15 –18:00 Roundtable 3: COVID-19 and people with disabilities. Empowering the integration of people with disabilities.
Moderators: Alexander Dynin, Vice-Dean, and Ekaterina Ivanova, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic and International Management, HSE Graduate School of Business
Speakers:
• Ekaterina Pechatkina, HR-director, SAP CIS
• Irina Arkhipova, Director for Corporate Relations and Sustainable Developmen, Coca Cola HBC Russia
• Elvira Silyutina, Manager for Talent Development and Organizational Effectiveness in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, Unilever
• Duygu Kayaman, Accessibility Lead, and Aslı Arbel, Corporate Communication Manager, Microsoft
18:00-18:30 Summing-up
• Valery Katkalo, First Vice Rector of HSE, Dean of HSE Graduate School of Business
• Ivan Prostakov, Vice Rector of HSE
• Alanna Armitage, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at UNFPA
• Elena Topoleva-Soldunova, Director of Agency for Social Information, Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
• Anna Rudakova, Founder, Woman Who Matters Forum and Award
• Alexander Dynin, Vice-Dean, HSE Graduate School of Business
• Ekaterina Ivanova, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic and International Management, HSE Graduate School of Business
Registration
The event is free for all participants. It will be conducted offline and online with simultaneous translation into English and Russian.
Pre-registration is required to participate in the event. You can register using the links:
In English:
https://gsb.hse.ru/en/announcements/513339887.html
In Russian:
https://gsb.hse.ru/announcements/513339887.html 
