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BEN-AFRICA CONFERENCE, 9-10  November 2017, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Deadline: 4 August 2017.

 
We are happy to anounce the first call for papers for the BEN-Africa conference, which will take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
BEN-Africa invites business practitioners, stakeholders from the private sector, the public sector, non-profit organisations and academia to participate in the 16th Annual BEN-Africa Conference. Scholars and other experts from around the world are invited to submit industry and academic papers and posters that address the theme of Ethics & Energy!
 
The conference is a platform to discuss and to respond to the opportunities and challenges related to promoting ethics, governance and sustainability in African contexts.
 

Call for papers:

The theme of the conference is Ethics & Energy.
 
Within the framework of this broad theme, a number of subthemes have been identified:
 
  • The role of Ethics Functions (or Ethics Officers) of companies in the oil, gas and petroleum industry; and the mining and minerals industry
  • The role of Social & Ethics Committees of companies in the oil, gas and petroleum industry; and the mining and minerals industry
  • Energy-related trade-offs between sustainability and development.
  • Applying King IV in the energy sector.
  • Implications of regulatory compliance for the energy sector.
  • Exploring the sustainability agenda: challenges and opportunities for developing African contexts.
  • Measuring operational effects on the environment and the communities vs a focus on ROI.
  • The link between governance, ethics and environmental sustainability in the oil, gas and petroleum industry; and the mining and minerals industry.
  • Transparency in the reporting on social and ethics performance.
  • The state of integrated reporting in the energ
 
The conference language is English.
 
Deadline for abstract submissions: August 4, 2017.
 
 
16th ANNUAL BEN-AFRICA CONFERENCE
 
TIme: 9-10 November 2017
Venue: Stellenbosch, South Africa
 
Check more details and the full version of the Call for Papers  click here. (PDF)
 
 

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