Under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency Minister of Environment Mr. Fadi Jreissati, IPT organized a roundtable on the 10th of May in its headquarters in the presence of 30 figures, to discuss its CSR 2018 report. Member of Parliament Simon Abi Ramia participated in addition to the General Director of the petroleum directorate at the MOEW Eng. Aurore Feghali, the Prosecutor General of the Audit bureau Judge Fawzi Khamis, Mayor of Amchit Municipality Dr. Antoine Issa, General Director of Total Liban Mr. Daniel Alvarez, Programme Manager of the energy and environment programme at the UNDP Mrs. Jihane Seoud, General Director and President of Board at the LCEC Eng. Pierre Khoury, Director of the International Center of Human Sciences Dr. Darina Saliba, General director of LIBNOR Eng. Lena Dergham and specialists in the fields of sustainability and development.
IPT Vice Chairman, Dr. Toni Issa explained in his introductory speech that what IPT has done so far might not be perfect, and the goal of this round table is not to show what IPT has achieved, but it is to criticize, evaluate and listen to different opinions, observations and ideas, first to validate IPT CSR strategy, and second to improve its performance in the area of sustainability and social responsibility in the future.
Minister Fadi Jreissati assured that the responsibility to protect the environment and achieve sustainability depends on Municipalities and related Ministries at the first place and on the private sector initiatives in second place. Jreissati added that “Dr. Issa is a role model and a leading example of responsible business practices and social and economic responsibility that we strongly support.
The attendees then discussed IPT CSR 2018 report and strategy under the direction of Head of CSR at Bank Audi Mrs. Hasmig Khoury. The dialogue concluded into helpful suggestions and experience exchange in the field of social responsibility.
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