Programme

Tuesday 30^th September 2025 at Xara Lodge, Rabat, Malta

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08:30

Registration & Coffee

09:00

Welcome & Introduction

Inġ Mark Azzopardi, Co-Founder at Working Town

Event Leader: Carl Zammit La Rosa, Manager at PwC

09:10

Is the EU's Green Deal still on?

Antonina Maria Woźna, Legal assistant at DG FISMA, European Commission

"The latest on the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Omnibus Process, how this will affect your business, and what it means for the EU's Green Deal."

This keynote will be delivered online

09:45

Sustainability Strategy. What now?

Maria Alexiou, Founding Partner at Alma

"Does the EU's re-dimensioning of ESG reporting requirements mean businesses should now not care? No, it doesn't!"

10:20

Panel Discussion - ESG: Burden or Business?

Led by Norbert Vella, Partner at PwC Malta

Panelists: Maria Alexiou, Founding Partner at Alma | Brian Cardona, Founder at ElectroWaste | Margaret Cassar, Chief Policy & Strategy Officer at the Climate Action Authority | Claire Cordina Borg, Deputy Director Environment and Resources at the Environment & Resources Authority | Matteo Privitelli, Assistant Director (Environmental Sustainability) at the Ministry for the Environment, Energy & Public Cleanliness | Kenneth Spiteri, Director of Innovation at Melita

"Sustainability as a Strategy. Is sustainability really important for our competitiveness, as the EU has been telling us for decades?"

11:20

Coffee Break

11:45

Panel Discussion - ESG: Financing & Voluntary Reporting

Led by Michael Dingli, Manager at PwC Malta

Panelists: Clint Azzopardi Flores, Head of ESG at Bank of Valletta | Elisa Bevilacqua, Senior Sustainability Technical Manager at EFRAG | Luc Hendrickx, Former Director of Enterprise Policy and External Relations at SMEunited | Dr Roberta Lepre, Founder & Managing Director at Weave Consulting | Matthew Swain, Head of Sustainability at APS Bank