IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas attended the “Green Growth and Sustainable Development Summit” jointly organised by Bahçeşehir University International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL Istanbul), UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Bahçeşehir University Centre for Economic and Social Research (BETAM), Giresun University, Ordu University at Giresun Zifin Hotel on 18 February 2022.

Speaking in the session titled “Green Growth from the Perspective of Firms and NGOs”, Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas gave information about IKV’s activities on green growth and the European Green Deal. IKV Secretary General Nas pointed out that the European Green Deal, which was launched by the EU at the end of 2019, also had significant outputs for Turkey as an EU candidate country and a Customs Union partner. Assoc. Prof. Nas stressed that the green transition would cause important changes in almost every sector and underlined that production and consumption processes and habits were rapidly transforming in line with the circular economy principles. The other speakers of the session, moderated by Dean of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Economic, Administrative and Social Sciences Prof. Yavuz Günalay, were Philip Morris Corporate Affairs Manager Assoc. Prof. Süleyman Hançerli, nature and environment TV show producer Güven İslamoğlu and BAU Global and Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions Communication Commission member Saygın Şenel.