Member of the B20 on a personal capacity since January 2021, SIGA’s Global CEO Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros is taking the floor at the 28th edition of the CII Partnership Summit, held in New Delhi, from 13-15 March 2023, under India’s Presidency of the G20/B20. SIGA will use this opportunity to underscore the critical importance of establishing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) frameworks in Sport and the wider global economy for a sustainable and prosperous future.
The Summit is being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry in partnership with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, under India’s presidency of the G20/B20. Engaging over 2000 in-person delegates and thousands following online via live streaming, the Summit aims at furthering the agenda of strengthening partnerships and shaping new economic collaborations between countries, as well as among businesses – download the event programme.
The SIGA Global CEO will participate in the high-level panel entitled “Good Corporate Governance – Imperative for ESG Compliance” this Tuesday, 14 March 2023, taking place from 11:15 to 12:15 local time (06:45-07:45 am CET).
The session will address the importance of good corporate governance and explore how to ensure impactful ESG frameworks are implemented to deliver viability and sustainability. It will also underscore SIGA’s commitment to progressive reform in the critical areas of ESG and to enabling Sport and the wider global industry to evolve in positive ways through collaborative, multi-shareholder and supported reform.
The speakers’ line up is composed of the following personalities:
- Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros
Global CEO of SIGA, Chairman & CEO of SIGA AMERICA, Executive Chairman of SIGA EUROPE and Chairman & CEO of SIGA LATIN AMERICA
- Julia Charlton
Founder & Principal Partner, Charltons Law
- Nelson Cunningham
Vice Chair and Co-Founder, McLarty Associates (USA)
- Sanjeev Kumar Singhal
Central Council Member, Chairman, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, Vice Chairman, Sustainability Reporting Standards Board, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
The panel discussion will be moderated by Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO of Stewardship Asia Centre, Temasek Trust, and will be streamed live on YouTube, here.
Member of the “B20 Task Force on Inclusive GVCs for Resilient Global Trade and Investment”, Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros will also participate in its second meeting, on Wednesday, 15 March.
The setting for the Summit could not be timelier, as SIGA is rapidly expanding its global role and membership base. During his trip to India, Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros will also participate in several meetings with global business leaders, international organisations and local SIGA partners with the aim of further strengthening action-oriented cooperation and advancing greater Sport Integrity across Asia and around the globe.
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Funded by its members, SIGA is the only organisation to bring together all key stakeholder groups – Sport, Government, International Organisations, Global Business and Civil Society – from every region in the world, around one critical, fundamental Cause: to foster greater Integrity throughout Sport.
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