Kick Off 2024

Antwerp, Wednesday 28 February

CONCEPT

On February 28th, we marked the closure of our Jubilee year with the grand KICK OFF of 2024. Hosted within the chambers of the Antwerp Provincial Council, the event unfolded in two distinct acts. Firstly, we showed a first glimpse of our company video and our Impact Report.

Delving deeper, sessions on our PCA2030 trajectory, stakeholder engagement, and ESG initiatives aimed to spark inspiration amongst participants. Following this, the Province of Antwerp segment shone a spotlight on our collective commitment to sustainability initiatives.

KICK OFF Programme 2024

Networking lunch

SDG Infostand

Welcome

Word of welcome by Ingrid Lieten, Vice-Chair CIFAL Flanders and CEO Verso

Thank you!

Thank you Wouter Van Gulck, General Manager Belgian Chambers, for your valuable contributions of last years to the CIFAL Flanders’ Board of Directors

10 years of impact in numbers

Overview of 10 Years of CIFAL Flanders: Insights from Peter Wollaert, Managing Director CIFAL Flanders and UNITAR Fellow

ISO SDG Management System Standard

Marijke Janssens, Project Manager CIFAL Flanders, interviews Bernard Fieremans, expert NBN, on the new ISO SDG Management System Standard

Become SDG Pioneer! Meet our trajectory partners

Rob de With, Co-founder Global Goals Community

Bart Van Herck, Managing Director IDEA Consult

Philippe Barras, President CCI Wallonie

Helen Jacobs, Project Manager Voka

Christina Campo, Project Manager CIFAL Flanders

How to organise a stakeholder panel?

Alex Van Loon, Advisor Province of Antwerp

Peter Wollaert, Managing Director CIFAL Flanders and UNITAR Fellow

Bridging the SDGs and ESG principles: get inspired by the new Sustainability Report of Blue Gate Antwerp

Marijke Janssens, Project Manager CIFAL Flanders

Dimitri Torfs, Business Development Manager BGAD

Closing Reflections

Closing Reflections by Birgit Van Hout , Director United Nations Population Fund Brussels Office (UNFPA), about the UN’s mission and significance of the global framework of the SDGs

2 new sdg champions

Welcome

Word of welcome by Luk Lemmens , First Vice-Governor of the Province of Antwerp

New Sustainability Report Blue Gate Antwerp

Dimitri Torfs presents second Sustainability Report Blue Gate Antwerp

Sustainability Ambitions Province of Antwerp

Introduction to sustainability policy and initiatives of the Province of Antwerp by Maarten Puls, Secretary-General of the Province of Antwerp

Award Ceremony

Introduction to the SDG Champion Ceremony of Province of Antwerp and Blue Gate Antwerp by Peter Wollaert, Managing Director CIFAL Flanders and UNITAR Fellow