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The development of green skills and sustainable development principles is a common goal of the Environment Commissioner's Office and the Cyprus Corporate Social Responsibility Network - CSR Cyprus, which is the national business network for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility in Cyprus. With this in mind and on the occasion of the election of the new Board of Directors of the Network, a meeting was held between the Environment Commissioner Dr. Maria Panayiotou and CSR Cyprus. During the meeting the next synergies and actions of the Environment Commissioner's Office and the Network were defined. More specifically, it was decided to conclude a Memorandum of Understanding and to organize workshops in 2023, in all provinces, on "Green skills and sustainable development principles in SMEs: design and implementation."
The workshops will start in October and will be open to the public. In particular, the workshops will include presentations by experts and/or enterprises already putting into practice the themes to be developed, thus covering relevant information as well as good practices of implementation through hands-on experiences. The aim is to help SMEs to develop green skills and sustainable development principles to enable them to respond to the new framework emerging through the European Green Deal. The themes of the workshops are. [*]Small and medium-sized enterprises and corporate social responsibility. How to avoid "Greenwashing". [*]How to measure and reduce the environmental footprint of my business. [*]Applying ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles to SMEs. [*]Green infrastructure and energy upgrading of buildings.
More details on the workshops will be announced in the short term.
At the end of the meeting the Environment Commissioner said:
"First of all I would like to congratulate the new Board of Directors of the Network and wish them every success in the work they are undertaking. The cooperation between the Environment Commissioner's Office and CSR Cyprus, which has existed since the Network's inception, continues through the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding and the holding of the workshops, in order to give practical support to the collective effort to develop green skills. Our aim is to inform citizens and in this case SMEs on how they can respond, practically and directly, to the new environment that has already been created, in order to have a reduced environmental impact, developed green skills and understand the multiple benefits of aligning themselves with the principles of sustainable development".
Subsequently, CSR Cyprus President Dr. Marinos Voukis said. It was a pleasure to meet with them as the new Board of CSR Cyprus and effectively inaugurate the start of the cycle of contacts with public bodies whom we consider important partners. The education actions mentioned by the Commissioner are high on the priorities of our Network, since by definition it is through education that change can be achieved. We agreed to join forces and put into practice the UN's 17th Sustainable Development Goal "Partnership for the Goals" in order to actively and positively contribute to the progress of our country. We will be in constant contact and the best is yet to come."
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