Global Sustain presented the Yearbook 2015/16

Global Sustain proudly presented the 9^thYearbook entitled “Sustainable Consumption and Production: Towards a Circular Economy”. The presentation took place on Thursday June 30^th, at the “Excelixi” Conference Center, in the presence of business leaders and Global Sustain stakeholders.

This year's carbon neutral edition is in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and specifically with the Regional Activity Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC), Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP).

Mr. Michael Spanos, Managing Director, Global Sustain, welcomed the attendees and presented this year’s edition with reference to its articles and its contributors. 

Mr. Gaetano Leone, Coordinator, Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention / UNEP, referred to the international framework on sustainable consumption and production, with particular reference to cooperation with Global Sustain and the Yearbook initiative.

During the event, other Yearbook participants presented their vision and experiences with the audience. More specifically, among speakers were: Mr. Philippe Sauer, Country President South-east Europe, Schneider Electric, Mr. Dionisis Ammolohitis, CEO, Manifest Services, Mr. Ioannis Kallias, CEO, TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS, Mr. Alex Athanassoulas, President & CEO, Stirixis Group, Dr Eric Soderquist, Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business. Moreover, key findings of a special survey focused on circular economy in Greece, conducted by EY, were presented by Dr Markos Loukogiannakis, General Manager, SEV Business Council for Sustainable Development, Mrs. Kiara Konti, Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY and Mr. Apostolos Vorras, partner of EY.

Other events will follow in Brussels, Berlin and Barcelona.

Media Partners of the event were: Business Wire, CSR Review, CSR Week, Marketing Week, Daily Fax and Think +. Online Media Partners are: Capital.gr, CSRnews.gr and MarketingWeek.gr. CO₂ Offset Partner: Green Evolution. Cocktail Sponsor: Athenian Brewery. 

About the Yearbook series
Yearbook series aim at highlighting critical sustainability issues and constitute a catalyst for constructive dialogue and positive change. This annual global publication is trusted by top companies and important stakeholders from all around the world. Each year, Global Sustain selects a topic of universal interest relevant to the people-planet-profit concept and analyses all the aspects through the views of internationally renowned personalities, business leaders, politicians, visionaries and academia. Industry opinion formers and decision makers across the world contribute with policy and business intelligence to the publication, while leading corporations showcase their best practices and flagship products and services in the sustainability field. The hard copy publication is presented every year in special events and venues, with high level participants and is distributed to a worldwide targeted audience. To date, Yearbooks have been distributed in more than 50 countries on 5 continents, profiling more than 200 CEOs.

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About Global Sustain

Founded in 2006, Global Sustain with offices in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, London, New York and Nicosia, creates awareness and inspires and supports companies and organisations to embody sustainability, through advisory, communications, networking and training, with a focus on the people-planet-profit philosophy. Its members include corporations, non-governmental and non-profit organisations, municipalities and local authorities, educational foundations, media, professional bodies, think tanks and other public or private entities. Global Sustain is a signatory to the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a GRI Data Partner and Organisational Stakeholder (OS), an affiliated member of the Academy of Business in Society, Social Value International, Institute of Directors, CEO Clubs and EFQM. www.globalsustain.org / www.globalsustaingroup.com

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