At the regional conference "Core days 2024: Response to ESG challenges", Begović pointed out that with this comes increasing awareness, as well as regulatory pressure from consumers, and by including ESG principles, companies not only improve their performance and performance, but also contribute to the achievement of goals sustainable development. The minister noted that at the moment only 17 percent of the sustainable development goals are achievable by 2030, which is worrying. We need the private sector, and "Core days" represent an invaluable platform for companies and experts, as well as government representatives who come together to design the strengthening of environmentally responsible and sustainable practices, she said. The main theme of the meeting is encouraging the green transition, sustainable business, as well as the opportunities and obstacles that domestic companies face in trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in their supply chains. At the opening of the conference, the Ambassador of Great Britain to Serbia, Edward Ferguson, the head of the Department for Development Cooperation at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden, Anne Charlotte Malm, and the executive director of NALED, Violeta Jovanović, also spoke. ESG principles are a set of standards that guide corporate policies to be consistent with the concepts of sustainable development in the areas of environment, social responsibility and corporate governance.

Source: srbija.gov.rs