Great leaders and experts gathered to discuss the importance and impacts of environmental practices, social and governance (ESG) in the corporate environment, in the third edition of theESG Forum, of LIDE Paraná, what happened on the last day of August 21 in Curitiba (PR). The meeting, what happened at UniCuritiba, it aimed to connect and inspire professionals to adopt sustainable and socially responsible practices, bringing a series of lectures, panels and presentations of success stories from companies and social organizations, like Renault, Reciclex, Engie, Copel, Environmental Star, RDP Energy, Friends of Good and ChildFund Brazil
On the panel about Social Responsibility, Elisabete Waller, president of the Board of Directors of ChildFund Brazil, shared the stage with Luciane Pedro, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager at ENGIE Brazil, and Graziela Pontes, Coordinator of Social Responsibility and Impact at Renault Institute, that shared their main projects, they talked about the importance of social partnerships and gave a brief presentation on their actions focused on ESG
"The great challenge for Brazil today is the S", for a very simple reason: we are champions in social inequalities and here [at the event] we saw sectors that are working to break these cycles, and that we can increasingly unite ourselves, to have more strength, because we must give back to society a positive impact, "whether in the environmental form and in the social commitment", highlights Elisabete
To the president of the Board of Directors of ChildFund Brazil, the union between companies, society and organizations are fundamental for social and environmental transformation. "We have a social commitment". Society must come together to balance the cycles of inequalities and bring about positive transformation. The more companies engage in this movement, the more strength we will have to make a difference. We have been in Brazil for 58 years and what we need most are partnerships that join us to reach more and more people. If we can impact the 20 million children that exist in Brazil who need to be impacted, this is our dream. And whoever wants to come with us, we are at your disposal, highlighted Elisabete during the event, that after a successful career as an executive, found in volunteering, for 15 years in the organization, your great vocation
Keynote lectures with FAS, Friends of Good and Dengo Chocolates
The ESG Forum also featured three panels with talks from highlights, how the opening with Virgílio Viana, from the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS), focused on the development of the Amazon territory. Alcione Albanesi, of Friends of Good, presented the social impact of the institution in the Northeast, that serves 150 thousand people and maintains a school with a high performance index in IDEB. At the end, the event was closed by Estevam Sartorelli, from Dengo Chocolates, that addressed the transformation of the country through sustainable business and direct support to farmers
The meeting was broadcast online and live on the YouTube channel of LIDE Paraná. To watch the event and the panels in full, clickhere
