Maria Alexiou from CSR & TITAN gave a speech on sustainable construction, where she highlighted the need for a change in the current industrial revolution model that is based on mass production and consumption. The importance of having common sustainability rules applicable to all countries has been a global topic since 1987, with the increasing importance of globalization. The UN’s sustainable development goals are crucial as they are applicable globally, and a question arises as to whether a global economy can exist without common rules. It is stressed that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is merely an attempt to bring about change.
Μaria Alexiou, Chair BoD of CSR HELLAS, Vice-Chair BoD of CSR Europe, Senior ESG Advisor, TITAN Group; and member of the Secretariat of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) responsible for the European Sustainability Reporting Standards.
Graduated from the Law Department of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, and a master’s degree in International and European Law, specialized for Human Rights and Civil Liberties from the University of Leicester, U.K. Served as a Corporate Social Responsibility Director of TITAN Group (2003 – 2019); Corporate Relations and Social Responsibility Director in FANCO S.A. SPORTSWEAR MANUFACTURER (2000 – 2002), Human Resources Development and European Programs Manager (1996 – 2000).
As expert, she has worked for different organizations including among else the Greek Ministry of Labor, the Hellenic Organization of Manpower, the Department of Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Development, CSR Europe, the European Foundation for Improving of Working and Living Condition, and others.
