The Africa CEO Roundtable on Conference on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility (AR-CSR)

The Africa CEO Round-table & Conference on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility (AR-CSR™)provides a platform which brings business leaders, experts and practitioners together to engage on issues of sustainability, social responsibility and sustainable development within Africa. As a foremost industry flagship event, it continues to attract the crème of Africa’s leading figures and decision makers in order to commence and sustain best practices on sustainable development in Africa.

The quality of the resource persons and participants, satisfactory feedback from participants, intellectual exchanges, learning experiences - both for personal development and corporate strategy - carves a niche and makes this an important event in the African Business Calendar.

Past editions of the AR-CSR™ with the themes: ‘The Business Case for CSR and its impact on African Economies’ and ‘Sustainable Development: Expanding Economic Opportunities through Public-Private Synergy’ held in 2011 and 2012. H.E. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland & President, Mary Robinson Foundation and Prof. Craig Smith, INSEAD Chaired Professor on Ethics and Responsibility; Dr. Gro Brundtland, two-time, first & only female Prime Minister of Norway, former Director General, World Health Organisation, Chairman, UN World Commission on the Environment and Development (aka Brundtland Commission) and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change and Graham Sinclair, President, Africa Sustainable Investment Forum and Principal; SinCo; participated as Keynote Speakers and Lead Discussants amongst other leading experts across the continent and beyond.

The 2013 AR-CSR™ will feature the following activities:

- CEO Round-table

- Conference

- Sustainable Solutions Showcase

- AR-CSR™ Gala

- High-Level Networking Cocktails