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Elena Feoktistova

Deputy Chair of the Steering Committee. The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Managing Director, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Social Entrepreneurship

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RSPP Recommendations on maintaining and promoting the Sustainable Development Agenda in today’s Russian practice

25 January. The Bureau of the RSPP Board approved as RSPP's Position the RSPP Recommendations on maintaining and promoting the Sustainable Development Agenda in today’s Russian practice.

Russian business is recommended to develop the application of principles and standards of responsible business and sustainable development on the basis of priority directions on environmental, social and managerial aspects of activity. The tasks of development of effective national infrastructure for sustainable development - a system of evaluation, verification, certification, standardization in the field of sustainable development are outlined. It is noted that an important factor is to maintain a balance between the localization of national tools and maintaining the connection with international platforms and tools and the vector of movement towards sustainable development goals adopted by the international community.

RSPP calls on business associations to support this Position and promote it widely in the business community and within the framework of interaction with stakeholders.


Elena Feoktistova. Farther away from the brink

That is a very important thing - what we once created, works for the good without us. What I'm doing now is certainly inspiring. The content, amazing meetings, people who leave a mark on your soul and life...

Bio

Graduated the economy department and post-doc studies from Lomonosov Moscow State University. Work at the Ministry of Social Protection of the Russian Federation, held a position of a department director, collegial member of the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation, coordinated a World Bank project ‘Facilitating Structural Transformation of the Social Protection System’. Member of the Russian Tri-lateral Commission on managing social and labour relations, Co-chair of the Commission Working Group on social protection, social insurance, social areas, Board member on trusteeship in the social sphere under the Government of the Russian Federation.
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Joining the Global Compact Network Russia – the Association “National Network of the Global Compact” – opens for the UN Global Compact participants additional opportunities – those mentioned above and stated below.