The 2026 Sustainability and ESG Africa Conference is framed around the theme Strengthening the Economics of Sustainability. The programme positions sustainability not as a separate compliance or reporting activity, but as a core part of business continuity, resilience, competitiveness and long-term value creation. This aligns with the conference’s public positioning as an executive platform focused on the business and economics of sustainability, showing how sustainability makes business sense in a changing African and global context. The programme is built around a stronger economic, strategic and practical sustainability agenda. Key themes include, sustainability as business continuity, resilience as a strategic capability, green industrialisation, systemic risk, climate and nature integration, reporting to performance, and the practical tools, skills and collaborations needed to move from ambition to implementation. A major emphasis is on helping organisations understand how sustainability affects costs, revenues, assets, capital access, insurance, procurement, operational resilience, competitiveness and long-term enterprise value.

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