Experts will today at Young Directors Forum (YDF) provide pragmatic solutions on how sustainability reporting and corporate governance strategies can be deployed to drive the continued existence and relevance of businesses.
The event in Lagos will focus on small and medium sized organisations as the engine of the economy and how they can leverage corporate governance and sustainability reporting to scale up their business from a successful business to a Sustainable Business.
According to a statement, the event, which would be hosted by the Chairperson, YDF CIoD, Folasade Akinmusire will feature speakers such as Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan, Head of Sustainability at Access Holding Plc;; James Ogunleye, Managing Director, Carbon Limits Limited, among others.
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“Experience over the years has shown that introducing sustainability strategies to address some of the challenges have assisted some start-ups that have now up-scaled their businesses and this conference hopes to point out to SMEs and startups the benefits of sustainability reporting, the strategising process and how to address the challenges in integrating sustainability strategies that are critical to long-term business success and sustainability”.
The conference the statement said also provides the opportunity for high-level engagement and networking amongst upcoming directors, business managers, CFOs, company secretaries, and budding entrepreneurs.
