Standards Webinar | Corporate Sustainability Reporting Standards
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3rd Standards Webinar
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Standards
Humanity is facing serious problems in sustainable development—from climate change with droughts, fires, floods, and biodiversity reduction to social responsibility for wars, inequities, and violation of human rights and economic problems such as reductions in critical materials, waste recycling, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, etc. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, the circular economy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and sustainability reporting are just some of the responses imposed.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has accepted many standards from the ESG area. Governments require companies to disclose information on the risks and opportunities arising from social and environmental issues and the impact of their activities on people and the environment. Last year, the European Union (EU) accepted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)—companies subject to the CSRD will have to report according to European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Many other international and national standards have been prepared for the ESG and SDG purposes.
The following Standards webinar will provide an overview what has been achieved or is being prepared around the theme of ESG and SDG standards. During the webinar, we shall present information on what action must be taken immediately to enable nature and humanity’s survival.
Date: 13 November 2024
Time: 2:00 pm CET | 8:00 am EST | 9:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 829 8417 7326
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
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Important Dates
- Registration end dateNov 13, 2024
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Voicu Dragomir
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania;
Prof. Dr. Voicu D. Dragomir is a Professor of Accounting at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and a PhD supervisor. He earned his PhD in Accounting in 2010 and holds a BA in Psychology. His research and teaching areas include corporate governance, circular economy models, research methodologies, and corporate strategy. He has published his works in prestigious journals published by Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, MDPI, and Emerald. He has published a book with Springer on the topic of corporate environmental strategy. He serves as a reviewer for several high-profile journals and has coordinated multiple research projects.
Prof. Dr. Ilija Djekic
Food Safety and Quality Management Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;
Prof. Dr. Ilija Djekic is a full professor at the Faculty of Agriculture – University of Belgrade. His teaching portfolio covers quality and environmental topics in food science, and he conducts lectures in various courses at all three levels of study. To date, he has lectured to over 1,200 students and supervised 30+ PhD and master's theses. During his research and scientific consulting activities, he has participated in 20+ (inter)national scientific projects, and his contracted scientific consulting was performed in 100+ food companies in southeastern Europe. He has also performed 700+ second- and third-party audits covering different management systems (QMS, EMS, and FSMS) and verifications (GHG emissions). His scientific portfolio is focused on evaluating food industry performance by using existing and/or developing new diagnostic models and tools for analyzing food quality/food safety/sustainability performance at product, process, and company levels and identifying improvement possibilities throughout the food supply chain. Prof. Dr. Ilija Djekic has (co-)authored more than 250 full papers, out of which (170+) were published in journals included in the ISI Web of Knowledge, as well as ten chapters and five books. He has international experience in over ten countries and serves as an Editor of different peer-reviewed journals. He was included in the Stanford University's list of the "World's Top 2%" scientists in the fields of food science and environmental science in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Ms. Anette- Iudit Balint
Journal Relations Specialist of Standards, MDPI;
Ms. Anette-Iudit Balint has been a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, since 2020. She joined MDPI in June 2021 as an Assistant Editor. Later, she worked as a Special Issue Editor and a Section Managing Editor for the journal Animals, and she served as a mentor for two of her colleagues. She currently works as a Journal Relations Specialist for Electronics, Standards, Electricity, and Magnetism and has hosted a webinar on Recent Progress in Semiconductor Devices.
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After a short introduction by the Chair, three topics were presented at the webinar. In the first presentation, Prof. Dr. Voicu D. Dragomir from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, presented the European Union Taxonomy and its relevance for research. He presented the Taxonomy Regulation and its aligned activities, some recent conceptual and empirical articles dealing with the EU Taxonomy, and future research activities. The second topic, “Challenges in Corporate Social Responsibility in the Food Chain”, was presented by Prof. Dr. Ilija Djekic from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Data-based verification and standards for reporting are very important, especially in the food and beverage industry. The third speaker, Dr. Anette Balint (Heghedus), Romania, Journal Relations Specialist, presented about the MDPI journal Standards, as well as its achievements and future activities. A short discussion followed. Certificates of attendance were distributed to those who attended the webinar.
The webinar was hosted via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found below. In order to learn about future webinars, you can sign up to our newsletter by clicking “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Sustainable Development Standards
Edited by Prof. Dr. Peter Glavič
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024