The concept of sustainable development as a model for economic growth, social equality, and environmental protection was proposed by the UN as far back as the 1980s. Nevertheless, it has only recently become generally adopted business practice and a subject of national and international discussions as it relates to the economic development agenda. The global transformation underway today is both a driver for strategic corporate development and a challenge demanding a long-term and responsible approach. Accessibility of resources, consumer demand, investor pressure, the need to attract and retain talent, the appearance of new markets, and the disappearance of old ones are only some of the factors influencing businesses. All companies must eventually confront the challenges of sustainability. Incorporating the principles of harmonization of management and consumption into business strategies allows companies to reduce costs, establish new consumer bases, as well as attract and develop talent. In addition, companies adopting the principle of sustainable development are setting a long-term goal that reflects on their daily activities and efficiency, inspires consumer and investor confidence, motivates employees and other stakeholders. Is the idea of sustainable development today a responsible approach to management, a fashionable trend, or a competitive strategy? What are the real business advantages of applying sustainable development strategies in Russia and globally? What is the experience of global and Russian companies? Is it possible to calculate the benefits of long-term investments in sustainable development using traditional economic approaches?
Moderator Evgeny Primakov,
General Director, Russian Humanitarian Mission
Evgeny Primakov
General Director, Russian Humanitarian Mission
CEO and founder of Russian Humanitarian Mission; author and presenter of Global Review program (Russia 24); member of the Civic Chamber of Russian Federation; Council of Foreign and Defense Policy - member of the general committee; Press-secretary of JSC "RTI-Sistema". Born Apr. 29, 1976 MA in History, Russian State University for Humanities. Communication Officer and Urban Policy Advisor (UNHCR) (2011-2014) Chief of Middle East Bureau of NTV Channel (2007-2009) and Channel One Russia (2009-2011) Expert in international relations and Russian foreign policy.
Panellists Jens Birgersson,
President, Chief Executive Officer, ROCKWOOL International A/S Andrey Varichev,
Chief Executive Officer, Management Company METALLOINVEST LLC; Member of the Management Board, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Alexey Kornya,
President, MTS Vasyl Latsanych,
Chief Executive Officer, PJSC VimpelCom Alexander Machkevitch,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eurasian Resources Group S.a.r.l. (ERG) Juvencio Maeztu Herrera,
Chief Financial Officer, IKEA Alexey Mordashov,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal Larisa Ovchinnikova,
Chairman of the Governing Board, National Network of the Global Compact Ashok Rammohan,
President for Affiliates in Russia and Belarus, Philip Morris International (PMI) Jean-Pierre Thomas,
President, Thomas Vendome Investment Vadim Shvetsov,
General Director, Member of the Board of Directors, SOLLERS Jan-Willem Scheijgrond,
Vice President, Global Head of Government and Public Affairs, Royal Philips David Iakobachvili,
President, Orion Heritage
Jens Birgersson
President, Chief Executive Officer, ROCKWOOL International A/S
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Member of the Registered Directors (in Danish: Direktionen) of ROCKWOOL International A/S. Member of Group Management: 9 February 2015 Born 3 March 1967. Nationality: Swedish Education: 2013: Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School, Boston, USA 1992: MSc, Engineering (Physics), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden 1992: BSc, Economics, University of Stockholm, Sweden Main points of career: 2015 - : President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ROCKWOOL International A/S 2008 - 2015: Group Senior Vice President, Head of Business Unit Network Management, ABB, Switzerland 2005 - 2008: Executive Vice President, Head of Performance Minerals and Pigments, Imerys, Belgium 2004 - 2005: Group Senior Vice President, Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals, ABB, Switzerland 2002 - 2004: Group Senior Vice President, High Voltage Products, ABB, Switzerland 2001 - 2002: Business Area Unit Manager, High Voltage Products, ABB, Sweden 1998 - 2001: Business Area Controller, T&D Management, ABB, Switzerland
Andrey Varichev
Chief Executive Officer, Management Company METALLOINVEST LLC; Member of the Management Board, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Education: 1991 — Graduated from the aviation and mechanical faculty of Moscow Institute of Aviation Technology named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky (MATI) as aircraft mechanical engineer. Professional experience: From Oct. 2013 CEO of METALLOINVEST Management Company. 06.2009 — 06.2014 CEO of METALLOINVEST Holding Company JSC. Feb. — June 2009 CEO of METALLOINVEST Management Company. 2006 — 2008 Commercial Director of METALLOINVEST Management Company. 2005 — 2006 CEO of Mikhailovsky GOK. 2003 — 2004 First Deputy Sales Director of Ural Steel LLC; from 2004 – Deputy General Director of Ural Steel LLC for commercial matters. 2001 — 2002 Deputy Director and afterwards Export Sales Director at TD NOSTA-OKhMK LLC 1991 — 2001 Held senior positions at a number of Russian iron and steel companies, including ZAO InterUral and NTMK JSC.
Alexey Kornya
President, MTS
Vasyl Latsanych
Chief Executive Officer, PJSC VimpelCom
Vasil Latsanich was born in 1972. Became top manager of MTS Ukraine since March, 2011. In October 2005 became MTS Marketing Director. In 2001 – 2005 was head of marketing of MTS Ukraine. Between 1996 and 2001 was employed by Coca-Cola Ukraine and Coca-Cola Bottlers Siberia in a variety of marketing and general management positions. Graduated Lvov’s Lisenko University in 1995. Since 2010 Vasil Latsanich is a co-chariman of Tele-committee of American Commerce Chamber in Ukraine.
Alexander Machkevitch
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eurasian Resources Group S.a.r.l. (ERG)
Co-founder, shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Managers of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading diversified natural resources producer. Headquartered in Luxembourg, ERG has a portfolio of production assets and development projects in 14 countries crossing four continents, and is represented by more than 75,000 people globally, being a major employer in the industry. Education: 1978 - Kyrgyz State University. 1981 - Kyrgyz Institute of Pedagogy. Master of Philology followed by Doctor of Philosophy. Professional experience: 1980s - Dean, Kyrgyz Institute of Pedagogy. Starting from 1994 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board (Board of Directors), CJSC ‘Eurasian Bank’. Starting from 1999 - Member of the Supervisory Board, Kherson oil refinery complex. Starting from 1999 - Member of the Foreign Investors' Council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Member of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President of the Equestrian Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Patron of arts and philanthropist.
Juvencio Maeztu Herrera
Chief Financial Officer, IKEA
Juvencio Maeztu was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO in February 2018 Education: Master in Business Administration. IESE Business School, Economist Work Experience: 2012-2017: CEO, IKEA India Pvt. Ltd 2009-2012: Store Manager of IKEA Flagship store and member of UK Country Board. 2006-2009: Country HR Manager, IKEA Spain and Portugal 2001-2006: Store Manager in existing and new markets Before joining IKEA: Managing Director. Spanish Retailing company. Finance Manager in Engineering company. Personal: Born in 1968. Married with 2 children.
Alexey Mordashov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal
Born in 1965, Alexey Mordashov has been working for Severstal since 1988. He started his career as a senior economist, becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1992. In December 1996, he was appointed as Severstal’s Chief Executive Officer. Between 2002 and 2006 he served as CEO of Severstal Group and was Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors. Since the introduction of the new structure of corporate governance in December 2006 Mr. Mordashov has been CEO of Severstal. From December 2014 till June 2015 Alexey served as CEO of AO "Severstal Management" - managing organization of PAO Severstal. In May he was elected as Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors. Vice-Chairman of World Steel Association. Head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs’ Committee on Integration, Trade and Customs Policy and WTO. Serves on the Entrepreneurial Council of the Government of Russian Federation. Co-chairman of the “Trade as a Global Driver” Taskforce of the “Business 20” of “Group of Twenty”. Co-chairman of the Northern Dimension Business Council. Vice-President of Russian-German chamber of commerce, member of the Russian-German workgroup responsible for strategic economic and finance issues. Member of the EU-Russia Business Cooperation Council. Alexey earned his undergraduate degree from the Leningrad Institute of Engineering and Economics. He also holds an MBA degree from Newcastle Business School of Northumbria University (UK).
Larisa Ovchinnikova
Chairman of the Governing Board, National Network of the Global Compact
Born in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovskaya Oblast. Graduated from the Department of Geography at Lomonosov Moscow State University, from Moscow State Law Academy and from the Department of Psychology at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Began her career in international business. In 2000 she started working on law (legal consultant of the Consortium of Economic Development and Cooperation TOPR GRUP (Director General of Real Estate Regional Centre LLC – part of the consortium); Head of the Legal Department of the Association for Economic Cooperation and Security). 2002–2011 an attorney, a member of the Moscow City Chamber of Lawyers and Interregional Bar Association of Moscow. 2011–2012 served as Executive Director and First Deputy Executive Director of the Russian Geographical Society All-Russian Public Organization, while being a member of the Steering Board and a member of the Presidium of the Academic Council of the Russian Geographical Society. 2012–2013 Adviser pro bono to Sergei Ivanov, the Head of the Presidential Executive Office. Awarded the Badge of Honour of the President of the Russian Federation, the Certificate of Merit from the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation and the Letter of Appreciation signed by Dmitry Medvedev.
Ashok Rammohan
President for Affiliates in Russia and Belarus, Philip Morris International (PMI)
Ashok Rammohan started his PMI career in 1996 as project analyst in Hong Kong, which was followed by several job positions with increasing responsibilities in the company’s finance, planning and business development department, such as General Manager in Thailand. In 2010, he was appointed PMI’s Director Reduced Risk Products in Switzerland. In 2014-2017, he was Director Reduced Risk Products Commercialization in Japan. October 5th, 2017 Ashok Rommohan was appointed President of PMI affiliates in Russia and Belarus. His efforts on the new post will be focused on replacing conventional cigarettes with smoke-free products that can be a much better alternative for millions of adult smokers in the world, compared to continued smoking. Mr. Rammohan was born in 1970 in Salem, India. In 1990, he graduated from the Anna University (Tamil Nadu, India) with a degree in industrial engineering. In 1995, he got an MBA in the Asian Institute of Management (Manila, Philippines). Married, two children.
Jean-Pierre Thomas
President, Thomas Vendome Investment
2013: creation of his own company “THOMAS VENDÔME INVESTMENT”: private Equity, Real Estate Investments and advisory especially for European and Russian companies. 1998 – 2013: LAZARD partner. Former representative of French President Nicolas Sarkozy – French – Russian economic cooperation. March 2012: report on the creation of an economic Euro – Russian area. Appointed by the French Ministry of the Economy to follow cross-boarder investments and programme of privatizations between France and Russia within C.E.F.I.C. (Conseil Economique, Financier, Industriel et Commercial). Political career. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: one of the leaders in Republican Party. Member of Finance Committee : spokesman on the Economy and the Budget, Special Finance Committee reporter. Author of the Thomas Law (March 1997) for creating pension funds in France. The Euro : Representant of the Parliament at the Euro Committee. Privatisations: in 1998, as a Member of the Parliament, he wrote a book “Les privatisations”. Member of the International Advisory Board of RUSAL, member of the board of RECYLEX Group. Advisor of SANOFI. Senior Advisor of the president of AMUNDI. Member of the “Cercle de l’Union Interalliée”. Born in 1957 in Vosges (France).
Vadim Shvetsov
General Director, Member of the Board of Directors, SOLLERS
He was born on August 30, 1967 in Cherepovets (Vologda region). In 1992, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (Branch of Study: "Electric Drive and Automation of Industrial Installations and Technological Complexes). In 2001, he received MBA degree at the Business School of Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK). He came to Severstal Company (back then — Cherepovets Steel Mill) for the first time before going to the institute. After his graduation, he was appointed the Head of Young Employees Department. In 1993, he was appointed the Commercial Director and then — the Director General of Severstal-Invest. In 1997, he became the Director for Sales of Severstal, JSC. In this position, he created a sales system of Severstal, JSC in domestic and export markets. Starting from 2001, he is the First Deputy Director General of Severstal, JSC. In 2002, he was appointed the first Deputy Director General of Severstal-Group and the Director General of Sollers, PJSC (back then — Severstal-Auto, JSC). From 1996 till 2000, he was a Deputy of the City Council of Cherepovets city. From March, 2003 till 2004, he served as the Chairman of the Board of the Association of Russian Automakers, the biggest public organization of the Russian car industry. Since October, 2012 He is the Director General of UAZ, LLC. He was awarded with the Medal for Service to the Motherland of the 2nd degree. He has a command of English. He is fond of racing, particularly riding a motorcycle, as well as airplanes piloting.
Jan-Willem Scheijgrond
Vice President, Global Head of Government and Public Affairs, Royal Philips
Jan-Willem Scheijgrond, is the Head of International Partnership for Royal Philips. He heads up the partnerships with international partners such as the United Nations and the World Economic Forum. In that role he is focusing on partnerships that strengthen health systems and improve mother and childcare. He is also a member of the WEF Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Development which focuses on the role of the private sector in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Jan-Willem holds several Board memberships: Partnership for Maternal and Newborn Child Health (PMNCH), Global Finance Facility Investors Group, Maastricht School of Management and recently he was appointed chairman of the Dutch UN Global Compact Network, a call to companies to align strategies and operations with ten universal principles on human rights, labour, enivornment and anti-corruption and takes actions that advance societal goals. Until 2015 Jan-Willem headed up the global Business to Government network at Philips that engages with governments and stakeholders to address societal challenges in particular in the area of large scale health care transformations. He joined Philips in 2009 as Senior Director as part of the Corporate Sustainability Office with responsibility for risk and reputation management. Jan-Willem started his career at the United Nations Environment Program, where he developed best practices guides related to cleaner production for emerging markets. Subsequently, he held a number of sustainability and government related functions at the BLC Leather Confederation, Epson, and Hewlett-Packard. Jan-Willem holds a Masters degree in Environmental Technology from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Jan-Willem is married and has two children.
David Iakobachvili
President, Orion Heritage
David Iakobachvili is one of the founders of the largest Russian company JSC Wimm-Bill-Dann the manufacturer of dairy products, juices and beverages. The company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2002. In 2001 - 2010 he held the position of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of this company. In 2011 the company was acquired by PepsiCo. At present David Iakobachvili is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OrionService Ltd (David Iakobachvili private museum). He is a member of the steering bodies of influential Russian and international organizations. David Iakobachvili is the Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE), Head of RUIE Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and Demographic Policy, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Ethics, member of the RUIE workgroup on President of the Russian-American Business Council, joint proprietor of Petrocas Energy Holding Ltd, Chairman of the Directors Board of RusBrand non-commercial partnership, independent member of the Board of Directors of Sistema JSFC, a member of the General Council of "Delovaya Rossia" LLC, member of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Chairman of B20 Task Force on Job Creation, Employment and Investment in Human Capital, member of the International Business Advisory Council (established by B20 in 2015), member of the Association Dialogue Franco-Russe, member of the expert council on provision security, member of the President's Global Council at New York University (NYU), Presidium Member of the Russian Jewish Congress, member of the Public Council at the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation, is an active member of the Musical Box Society of Great Britain. David Iakobachvili is the founder and an active member of the boards of trustees of a number of educational, cultural and charitable societies and organizations: Mstislav Rostropovich Scholarships Foundation, Maria Charitable Society, Family Education Boarding House, Foundation for Support of the Children in Difficult Life Circumstances, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, State Hermitage, Faberge Museum, Russian National Decorative Arts Museum, Higher School of Economics, Business School of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Higher School of Economics, RUIE Busienss School, Russian Military History Society, French University College in Russia. Speaks English, French, Swedish and Georgian.
Front row participants Alexander Shokhin,
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Anna Yanchevskaya,
President, Chairman of the Management Board, Sistema Charitable Foundation
Alexander Shokhin
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Alexander N. Shokhin was born 25 December, 1951. Graduated from the Moscow State University in 1974. Doctor of Economics, Professor. Twice, in 1991-1994 and in 1998, Mr. Shokhin held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. In 1991-1994 he also held positions of Minister of Labor, Minister of Economics, Chairman of the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development. From 1994 to 2002 – Deputy of the State Duma, with the posts of First Vice Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the Duma party bloc 'Our Home is Russia', Head of the Duma Committee on Credit Institutions and Capital Markets. Since 1995 - President of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics. From 2002 to 2006 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Group "Renaissance Capital". From 2005 to 2009 – member of the RF Public Chamber. Since 2005 – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Mr. Shokhin is a member of several deliberative bodies under the Russian President and Government. He is also an independent director on the Boards of several companies, including ALROSA, Russian Railways, TMK and others.
Anna Yanchevskaya
President, Chairman of the Management Board, Sistema Charitable Foundation
