Tbilisi hosts international forum - promoting corporate social responsibility

Georgia’s capital Tbilisi will host an international, two-day conference in the middle of April dedicated to promoting of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Georgia. 

• CSR promotes a vision of business accountability to serve stakeholders – investors, shareholders, clients and staff – whereby a business operates in compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards, national or international norms for the good of the business and the environment.

The international event will be held on April 22-23 at Tbilisi Marriott Hotel and host about 100 Georgian and foreign delegates. The Global Compact Network Georgia will be established within the conference. 

The conference will touch on a range of issues such as international standards on corporate sustainability, international and Georgian practice in the field and future opportunities to develop CSR in Georgia.

The conference was organised by local non-governmental organisation Civil Development Agency (CiDA), Global Compact Network Georgia and the Human Rights Secretariat of the Administration of the Government of Georgia. 

The event was supported by the East-West Management Institute’s (EWMI) ACCESS project though USAID funding. Partners of the event are the United Nations Global Compact and the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia.

Foreign speakers invited to the conference include experts on corporate sustainability and business ethics from Ericsson and TeliSonera Group, Chief of Local Networks at the United Nations Global Compact - New York office, a delegation from the Global Compact Network in Poland and an OECD Responsible Business Conduct Policy analyst.