Czech & Slovak Sustainability Summit
The Czech & Slovak Sustainability Summit focuses on cooperation between science and business and the role of company management in the field of sustainability. At the same time, it highlights the best examples from practice: twelve sustainable projects with proven results that are chosen by the Scientific Council of the summit.
The first edition of this event took place on April 20, 2023, at the WPP Campus in Prague. The goal of the summit was for people who deal with sustainability in their companies to meet and share information about projects with participants from other companies, often from completely different industries and fields. The summit also connected the business and scientific communities dealing with sustainability. The quality of the conference program was guaranteed by the Scientific Council composed of leading scientists and experts, which evaluated the projects with the aim of revealing the real benefits for the environment or society.
The conference program featured top sustainability experts who gave inspiring presentations and debated in panel discussions on various topics related to sustainability and business. Furthermore, the program included the 12 best case studies ("best practices") in the field of sustainability, which were selected by the Scientific Council of the summit from a total of 36 nominated projects (the projects not chosen for inclusion in the conference program were presented in the poster gallery). A side program was the Science Café, in which scientists from the field of sustainability were able to present their work. In the evening, the winners were presented with trophies and awarded the title Sustainability Star 2023 at a gala ceremony.
Among the awarded projects were, for example, a floating solar-power plant on the reservoir of a hydroelectric plant, emission-free delivery in city centers, a prevention program for the resilience of the landscape against floods, the reduction of plastics in the assortment of a retail chain, and a deposit system for bottles and cans.
The event was attended by 351 sustainability professionals, the conference program featured 42 speakers, moderators and panelists, and the summit was supported by 41 partners.