VI ecological
forum Uralsk Green
Forum

VI Uralsk Green Forum 2023

Online broadcast of the forum (zoom and youtube)

Objectives

  • Review of opportunities to apply ESG principles for sustainable development of regions
  • Opportunities for potential development of carbon offsets projects in the region
  • Analysis of opportunities to improve waste management practices and application of BAT

Participants

  • Representatives of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Deputies of the Committee for Ecology and Natural Resources Use of the RoK Majilis of the Parliament
  • Representatives of government agencies at regional level
  • Representatives of natural resources user companies of public and private sectors
  • Industry and specialized associations, agencies
  • Experts and specialists in ecology, natural resources use, green energy and other experts in related spheres
  • Students
  • Republican and regional mass media
Offline participation in the forum

Forum topic:

«New trends in integration of ESG and sustainability principles»

Location:

Republic of Kazakhstan, Uralsk, Atameken Palace of Culture

Forum program

09:00 - 10:00

Registration, welcome coffee break

Moderator – Mankeyev Mukhtar Nauryzbayevich- Vice General Director

Welcoming speech:

  • Toregaliyev Nariman Toregaliyevich - Akim of West Kazakhstan Oblast
  • Giancarlo Ruiu / Adam Lowmass- KPO B.V. General Director / KPO Deputy General Director Operations Director
  • Yementayev Askar Mamanovich - Director of the Department of Environmental Regulation of KAZENERGY LLC

ESG PRINCIPLES IN POLICY-MAKING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS

  • Ecosystem Approach Development Prospects in Kazakhstan

Speaker: Skakova Ayzhan Amangeldyevna - Ph.D. in Geology, environmentalist-expert of the Public Chamber of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan

  • ESG: whats it all about and why it is matter?

Speaker: Yerlik Karazhan– PhD. in Economics, International Consultant on Sustainable Development

  • KPO Green Strategy. Encouragement to sustainable development in the region: sewage water case

Speakers: Saltanat Mukasheva - KPO Senior Development Engineer

  • Implementation of the E-factor as a mechanism for sustainable development of WKO

Speaker: Yelemessova Akmaral Nurzhanovna - RoK State Technical Regulation System Expert on Environmental Management System, Head of ECOHUB

 

  • Sustainability report: A tool for dialogue with KPO stakeholders

Speaker: Irina Bakhtiyarova, KPO Environmental Control and Data Assurance Manager / Gaukhar Aimukhambetova, KPO Sustainability Reporting Specialist

11:10 - 11:20

Questions and answers from all Forum participants, menti survey

11:20 - 11:30

Signing of Memorandum of Intent

11:30 - 11:45

Environmental Workers Awards Ceremony

11:45 - 12:15

Coffee break

CARBON OFFSET: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IN WKO

Moderator: Damesh Bektaliyeva – Operations Regulatory and Transition Manager, KPO

  • Overview of potential environmentally-oriented offset projects in WKO

Speaker: Aida Maksut - Director, SSDC LLP

  • Agriculture in WKO: challenges and opportunities

Speaker: Umashev Denis Moldagaliyevich, Deputy Head of the State Institution "WKO Department of Agriculture” 

  • Carbon certification: a market-based tool for solving climate problems

Speaker: Alimzhan Sailybayev - Qazaq Carbon Fund

  • Business case of the agricultural offset project implementation

Speaker: Natalya Vasilyeva - Business Development Manager, Shell (online)

SUSTAINABILITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

Moderator: Yelemessova Akmaral Nurzhanovna RoK State Technical Regulation System Expert on Environmental Management System, Head of ECOHUB

  • Main challenges and opportunities in waste management within West Kazakhstan Oblast

Speaker: Yermekkaliyev Murat Shymangaliyevich - Head of Department of Environmental Regulation of WKO KERC MENR

  • KPO Approach to Sustainable Waste Management

Speaker: Aigul Kireyeva – Sustainability Manager, KPO

  • Regional experience: recycling and recycled material production

Speaker: Krylov Valeriy Yuryevich - Uralsk Trade Industrial Company LLP

  • Successful case study: Recycling and reuse of chemical waste

Speaker: Suanbayev Yerkebulan Assanovich – Director of «Alem Tynysy» LLP

13.45 - 14.00

Closure / Forum resolution

Sustainable Business and the Basics of ESG

Speaker: Yerlik Karazhan – PhD. in Economics, International Consultant on Sustainable Development



Resolution

Multimedia

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