Showing posts with label The Hellenic Initiative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hellenic Initiative. Show all posts

Sunday, June 23, 2013

27 June 2013-3rd Annual Capital Link CSR Forum in Greece: «Ο Άνθρωπος για τον Άνθρωπο»


 H CAPITAL LINK με ιδιαίτερη χαρά σας προσκαλεί στο

3ο Ετήσιο Συνέδριο ΕΤΑΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΥΘΥΝΗΣ

με θέμα :

«Ο Άνθρωπος για τον Άνθρωπο»
και τη συμμετοχή 100 ΜΚΟ απ’ όλη την Ελλάδα

την Πέμπτη, 27 Ιουνίου 2013

στην Αίγλη Ζαππείου.

ΩΡΕΣ ΔΙΕΞΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟΥ 14:00 – 20:00

Cocktail Reception  - Aegli Garden: 20:00 -22:00

Η παρακολούθηση είναι δωρεάν


Κεντρικός ομιλητής στο Συνέδριο είναι ο κ. Γιώργος Λογοθέτης, Πρόεδρος και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος του Libra Group.

Το Libra Global Internship Program είναι το μόνο πρόγραμμα πρακτικής άσκησης του είδους του στην Ελλάδα.

Σε συνεργασία με το Deree College και το Greek American Foundation, το πρόγραμμα αυτό αποτελεί χαρακτηριστικό παράδειγμα του πνεύματος υποστήριξης που είναι τόσο απαραίτητο στην Ελλάδα, βοηθώντας κάθε χρόνο 35 με 40 ταλαντούχους νέους ανθρώπους να δουν τον κόσμο μέσα από το πρίσμα ενός διεθνούς επιχειρηματικού Ομίλου. Κάθε ασκούμενος λαμβάνει μία θέση εργασίας για διάστημα έως 6 μηνών στον Όμιλο Libra ή σε μία από τις θυγατρικές του παγκοσμίως.

Υπό την ηγεσία του κ. Γιώργου Λογοθέτη, ο Όμιλος Libra έχει  επίσης ιδρύσει και διαχειρίζεται το Ελληνικό Βραβείο Επιχειρηματικότητας (Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award).

Έχοντας δεσμεύσει για το σκοπό αυτό κεφάλαιο  € 5.000.000, ο Όμιλος Libra επιδιώκει να δημιουργήσει ευκαιρίες τόσο για έμπειρους όσο και για εκκολαπτόμενους επιχειρηματίες στην Ελλάδα, παρέχοντας στους νικητές καθοδήγηση, χρηματοδότηση και ένα πλήρες φάσμα υπηρεσιών υποστήριξης για επιχειρήσεις.

Τον Απρίλιο αυτής της χρονιάς τέσσερις επιχειρήσεις επιλέχθηκαν ανάμεσα σε 300 υποψήφιες, ως οι νικητές αυτού του πολυπόθητου βραβείου για το 2013.

Το Συνέδριο θα τιμήσουν με τη παρουσία τους και ομιλία τους :

    ο Υφυπουργός Ανάπτυξης, Ανταγωνιστικότητας, Υποδομών, Μεταφορών και Δικτύων κ. Θανάσης Σκορδάς ο οποίος υποστηρίζει από κυβερνητικής πλευράς κάθε προσπάθεια δημιουργίας νέων προοπτικών για νέες επενδύσεις και νέες ευκαιρίες για όλους

    ο Δήμαρχος Αθηναίων κ. Γιώργος Καμίνης

    ο Πρόεδρος της Κ.Ε.Ε.Ε. και του ΕΒΕΑ κ. Κωνσταντίνος Μίχαλος

Participation is free

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 Capital Link continues to support the sustainable development in Greece by promoting and presenting both the initiatives from the business side, as well as the activities and needs of NGOs and organizes the 3rd Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Conference scheduled to be held in Athens at the Aegli Zappiou, on Thursday, June 27th, 2013 under the Auspices of the City of Athens and Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Keynote Speaker at this year’s conference is Global Greek Mr. George Logothetis, Chairman and CEO of the Libra Group. The Libra Global Internship Program is the only internship program of its kind in Greece. In collaboration with the Deree College and the Greek America Foundation, this program exemplifies the spirit of support that is so needed in Greece by helping 35 to 40 talented young people each year to see the world through the eyes of an international business group. Each intern receives a work placement of up to 6 months with the Libra Group or one of its global subsidiaries.

Under George Logothetis’s leadership, the Libra Group has also founded and is managing the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award. With a commitment of €5 million Libra seeks to create opportunity for both experienced and budding entrepreneurs in Greece by providing winners with mentoring, funding and a full range of business support services. In April this year four businesses selected from 300 applicants were selected as the winners of this coveted award for 2013.

The Deputy Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Mr. Thanasis Skordas will participate at the forum and will address the audience. The Minister supports from the government side, every effort aiming to create new prospects for new investments and opportunities for everyone. Also the Mayor of Athens, Mr. George Kaminis as well as Mr. Constantine Michalos, President of the Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTATION OF NGOs FROM ALL OVER GREECE

During the 3rd Annual CSR FORUM, there will also be a specially designed space where NGOs will be able, through their representatives, to communicate their programs, objectives and needs and achieve new collaborations and partnerships.

This is an initiative of Capital Link which can be realized thanks to the support of the companies participating at the Forum aiming to create live and direct interaction of all CSR stakeholders.

 FORUM TOPICS

Our theme for this year is «People for the People». We live in an era of global economic crisis with particularly negative consequences for our country and our society. Both personal and social lives of many of our fellow citizens have been badly affected. Greek businesses are struggling to face the serious consequences of the crisis. Furthermore, the deep crisis of institutions and values has caused a general feeling of unreliability and lack of confidence.

At the center of all this is the Greek citizen, the driving force of this country, although “wounded”- more than ever is deeply aware of the importance of volunteerism, the personal effort, the private initiative and above all the human solidarity towards a better and sustainable future.

The conference aims to highlight just that. In order to be effective and profitable in todays global and connected world, companies need a global vision of “who they are” and what they want to be with regard to globally responsible products/services, the right communications strategy, committed employees and customers who are engaged in and supportive of CSR programs. These can and do provide some of the glue to hold these various piece parts together.    The conference will discuss current pressing issues such as:

   •global water scarcity
   •renewable energy
   •solid waste management
   •supply chain management
   •volunteerism and commitment of employees
   •socially responsible investments, etc.

There will also be presentations about SMEs , the effective communication policy regarding CSR strategy and new trends on reporting practices etc.


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At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows!
© GlobalGreekWorld 2013 All Rights Reserved

Monday, December 3, 2012

Global Greek Andrew Liveris, Founder of the Hellenic Initiative Awarded Capital Link Leadership Award 2012

 Capital Link President Nicholas Bornozis with
Andrew Liveris
Founder of The Hellenic Initiative
President, Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company and Greek Ambassador to the USA, Christos P Panagopoulos,

New York's prestigious Harvard Club was recently the venue for a very special event for Hellenism.

Prominent Global Greek Andrew Liveris, President and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company and co founder of The Hellenic Initiative, was honoured with The Capital Link Leadership Award for 2012 at the dinner marking Capital Link's 14th New York Investor Forum 'Building a New Greece'.

In a moving and inspiring speech from the heart, Andrew Liveris stressed the pivotal role the diaspora can play if we all come together to help Greece, the main concept behind The Hellenic Initiative's Oloi Mazi Campaign... All Together.

Andrew Liveris emphasised the need for the everyone in the diaspora to join together to help Greece rebuild, echoing what we have been saying for a long time - the same concept that is behind  Global Greek World and our project Global Greeks for Greece .

Greece's dynamic and resourceful diaspora, a pretty well untapped and underutilised asset, coming through for our homeland... 

Greece needs every single one of us right now, and every little bit that we can do to help counts -  no matter how small it is and from whichever part of the world that that help comes.


The Hellenic Initiative is a global non-profit, non-governmental secular organization that aims to provide critical funding to inspire entrepreneurship, business development and investment in Greece. By mobilizing and engaging Greek diaspora and philhellenes from around the world, they hope to make a lasting impact and to help empower the Greek people toward long-term prosperity.

The Hellenic Initiative  was officially launched on July 22 in Athens, at an event attended by President Bill Clinton, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, members of the Greek government, and representatives of the global Greek diaspora and philhellenic community. 

Recently, The Hellenic Initiative founded the annual Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award in partnership with The Libra Group,  to provide interest-free start-up funding, expert mentoring, and business support services to experienced and budding entrepreneurs in Greece. Read more about how the award works and how to apply.


 
 Andrew Liveris
Founder of The Hellenic Initiative
President, Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company

About Andrew Liveris

Born in Darwin, Australia, to Greek immigrant parents, Andrew N. Liveris currently serves as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, a $60 billion global specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics company based in Midland, Michigan.. During his tenure as CEO, Mr. Liveris guided the company through the widespread economic crisis in addition to creating unprecedented periods of progress and expansion.

Liveris' 37-year Dow career has spanned roles in manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing, business and general management. He began his Dow career in 1976 in Australia, and has spent a large proportion of his career in Asia where his formative roles included 14 years in Hong Kong, general manager for the company's operations in Thailand, and president of all Asia-Pacific operations. Liveris became a member of Dow's Board of Directors in February 2004, and was named CEO in November 2004. He was elected as Chairman of the Board effective April 1, 2006.

An advocate for the criticality of manufacturing to the long-term health of a nation's economy, Liveris is the author of Make It in America, a book which presents a comprehensive set of practical policy solutions and business strategies that outlines the Company's vision for an 'Advanced Manufacturing' economy (updated in paperback January 2012), and served as co-chair of U.S. President Obama's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership in the United States. In recognition of his efforts in this area, Liveris has been honored with the Distinguished Performance Award for Excellence in Public Policy from the Committee for Economic Development (2011), and the International Leadership Award from the United States Council for International Business (2011).

In addition to his work at Dow, Liveris’ breadth of experience and expertise is broadly represented across business, government, academic and non-profit sectors. He sits on the board of directors of IBM and the Special Olympics, is chairman of the U.S. Business Council, vice chair of the Business Roundtable, a member of the U.S. President's Export Council, and was a foreign co-chair of the 2012 China Development Forum. Liveris is a member of the US-India CEO Forum, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the American Australian Association. He is a founder and chairman of the Board of The Hellenic Initiative and serves on the board of trustees for The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, USCIB, and Tufts University.

An established thought leader in his field, Liveris has been honored with the International Palladium Medal from the Société de Chimie Industrielle (2013), the Inspired Leadership Award from The Performance Theater (2012), the Aristeio Award in Business from the American Hellenic Council (2012), and the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence (2012. He was named a BOSS True Leader by the Australian Financial Review (2012),), a “Legend in Leadership” by the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute (2011), Platts Global Energy Awards CEO of the Year (2011) and as one of the most influential people in the global chemical markets (ICIS Chemical Business magazine (December 2010/2011).


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