Business programme

Low-carbon energy is emerging as a major catalyst for manufacturing development across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. At the same time, the associated challenges have triggered a shift in current approaches, driven by the principles of sustainable development, resulting in a new industrial super-cycle. These transformative changes bring forth both challenges and opportunities. While economic restructuring and investments in technological upgrades, as well as new methods of international cooperation to combat climate change, necessitate significant investments for companies, the goals have been set, and the initial successful outcomes are already appearing on the strategic planning horizon. What are the prospects for establishing a single international carbon market within the framework of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement? How is the government-business partnership implemented in the context of the carbon market? How is the business sector responding to the introduction of carbon regulation mechanisms? Can sustainability standards from one country be implemented in other countries? What are the main problems, barriers and future prospects for the implementation of climate projects? Could the carbon market serve as a new platform for interaction between countries?

Moderator
Igor Korotetskiy, Head of the Group for the Provision of Services in the Field of Operational Risks and Sustainable Development, Kept

Igor Korotetskiy

Head of the Group for the Provision of Services in the Field of Operational Risks and Sustainable Development, Kept

Panellists
Denis Butsayev, General Director, Russian Environmental Operator Public Law Company
Serdar Joraev, Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan
Tatiana Zavyalova, Senior Vice President for ESG, Sberbank
Sergey Machekhin, Deputy General Director Project Engineering and International Cooperation, RusHydro
Mohamed Sayed, Senior Manager, African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank)
Ekaterina Salugina-Sorokovaya, First Vice President, Gazprombank
Ilya Torosov, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Wang Qi, Director, Institute for China-Russia Strategic Cooperation, Tsinghua University (online)
Ruslan Edelgeriyev, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation; Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues

Denis Butsayev

General Director, Russian Environmental Operator Public Law Company

Born 07.03.1977. City of birth Moscow. Education: Graduated from Kutafin Moscow State Law University in 1999 in Law. Family: Divorced. Father of two. Work experience:1998–2004: lawyer, head of legal at IBM EE/A, IBM EMEA. 2004–2005: head of legal for CIS and Eastern Europe at Hewlett Packard LLC, Hewlett Packard LLC EMEA. 2005–2007: head of legal for CIS and Eastern Europe, board member at Hewlett Packard LLC. 2008–2009: Member of the Expert Advisory Board under the Chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. 2010–2012: Director and Managing Partner at the PANORAMA investment group. 2013: advisor to the Governor of the Moscow Region. 2012–2013: CEO of PAT Technology project company of ROSNANO JSC. 2013–2014: Minister of Investment and Innovations of the Moscow Region. 2014–2015: Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region. 2015: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment and Innovations of the Moscow Region. February 2019 - General Director, Russian Environmental Operator Public Law Company.

Tatiana Zavyalova

Senior Vice President for ESG, Sberbank

Sergey Machekhin

Deputy General Director Project Engineering and International Cooperation, RusHydro

Ekaterina Salugina-Sorokovaya

First Vice President, Gazprombank

In 2006, Ekaterina graduated from the Law Faculty of the State University – Higher School of Economics.
Since 2006, she has worked in the Presidential State-Legal Directorate.
In 2014, she was appointed to the position of Adviser to the President of the Federal Notary Chamber on legislative work.
In 2015, she joined the State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency as Deputy Director of the Department of Public Relations.
In 2016, she took the position of General Director of the International and Comparative Law Research Center.
In November 2017, she assumed the duties of the Acting Director of the Department for Financial and Bank Operations and Investment Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
In February 2018, she was appointed Director of the Department for Financial and Bank Operations and Investment Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
From February 2019 to March 2020 she was Director of the Department of Regulatory Policy of the Government of the Russian Federation.
From April 2020 to April 2021, she served as Director of the Department of International Law and Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
Since April 2021 — General Director of the International and Comparative Law Research Center.
Ph.D. in Law.

Ilya Torosov

First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Born on 14 October 1982 in Moscow.
In 2004, graduated from the State University of Management.
2005–2006 Chief Economist, OAO Alfabank.
2006–2008 Chief Specialist, Senior Manager of Corporate Banking Development group in Central region of the Russian Federation, JSC Raiffeisenbank.
2008–2015 Head of the Department for High Profile and Corporate Customer Relations, MDM Bank.
2015–2017 Head of Corporate Customer Service and Financing Directorate, PJSC TransKapitalBank (TKB Bank).
2017–2018 Executive Director/ Executive Partner, UDR group of companies.
From January 2018 to March 2018 Advisor/Acting Deputy Chair of the Board, TROIKA-D BANK.
From 12 March 2018 Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
Candidate of economic sciences.

Ruslan Edelgeriyev

Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation; Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues

Born on December 4 1974, in Tsentoroi, Shalinsky District, Chechen-Ingush ASSR

2001: Graduated from Krasnodar Law Institute under the Interior Ministry, with a degree in Jurisprudence

2010: Graduated from Chechen State University, with a degree in Production Technology and Agricultural Products Processing

2014: Graduated from Kuban State Agricultural University, with a degree in Horticulture

1992–1994: Service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

1994–2004: Service in the law enforcement system

2007–2008: First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic

2008–2012: Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic and Minister of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic

2012–2018: Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic

2018 June 22 – present: Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation


Married, has six children.