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On September 29 – 30 , 2021 the first Ecumene Congress on sustainable development in the financial sector was held in Skolkovo Moscow School of Management under the auspices of the United Nations. More than 70 speakers from 16 countries of the world took part in the Congress. Broadcast sessions of the Congress were watched by more than 110,000 viewers from 50 countries.

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COUNTRIES – ECUMENE 2021 PARTICIPANTS

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United States of America

Singapore

China

United Kingdom

Holland

France

Germany

Switzerland

Abkhazia

Afghanistan

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Canada

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Dominican Republic

Finland

Greece

India

Ireland

Italy

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldavia

Norway

Pakistan

Philippines

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Serbia

South Africa

Sweden

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

AMONG ECUMENE 2021 PARTICIPANTS

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Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation

Agency for Strategic Initiatives

Ak Bars Bank PJCS

All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation

ALROSA

Apatit JSC

Arctic Economic Council

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Aton Capital Ltd.

Baker McKenzie

Baltic Chemical Complex Ltd

Bank of Russia

Biocad CJSC

British Embassy

Cherkizovo Group CJSC

CICERO

Citibank Russia JSC

Climate Policy Initiative

Composite cluster of Saint-Petersburg

Convention on Biological Diversity

Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic

Credit Bank of Moscow

Delimobil

Deloitte

Deutsche Bundesbank

DOM.RF

DZ Bank

Eco-Service Ltd.

Embassy of Canada

Embassy of Germany

Etalon Group

EU Delegation to Russia

Eurasian Development Bank

Eurasian Economic Commission

EuroChem Northwest

European Commission

Federal Agency for Water Resources (Rosvodresursy)

Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation

Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System PJSC

Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources

Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Forum Analytical Center

Gazprom Neft PJSC

Gazprom-Media Holding

Gazprombank JSC

Gazprombank-Asset Management

Globus

Greenpeace

Harvard University

Henkel Rus Ltd.

HSE University

IKEA

Ile de Beauté

Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (IPACS RANEPA)

Inter RAO PJSC

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Irkutsk Oil Company

KAMAZ

Kommersant

KPMG

Krasnaya Polyana Resort

Kumi Analytics Pte Ltd

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Louis Vuitton

LSR Group CJSC

LUKOIL

Luxembourg Treasury

Magnit

Mail.ru Group

Mann Ivanov and Ferber

MARS

McDonald’s

Megafon PJSC

Metalloinvest

Metalloinvest Ltd.

MGIMO University

Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

Moscow School of Management Skolkovo

Mosgortrans

National Chamber of Technology

National Geographic Society

National Rating Agency

National Technology Initiative Platform JSC

NK Rosneft PJSC

NK RussNeft PJSC

Nobel Foundation

Nordgold Ltd.

Northwest Peat Company, Ltd.

NOVATEK

NUST MISIS

NYU

Otkritie Bank

PhosAgro, PJSC

Polyus PJSC

Power Machines JSC

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Project Office for Arctic Development

Promsvyazbank PJSC

Prosperity Capital Management

Raiffeisenbank JSC

River Capital Club

Rockefeller Capital Management

Rosatom Technical Academy

Rosbank PJSC

ROSSETI PJSC

Rosvodokanal

Rusatom Energy International JSC

RusHydro PJSC

Russian Agricultural Bank JSC

Russian Energy Agency

Russian Export Center JSC

RUSSIAN RAILWAYS JSC

Russian Water and Wastewater Association

SBER Legal Ltd.

SberBank PJSC

Severstal PJSC

SIBAGRO JSC

Siberian Bio Coal Ltd.

SIBUR Ltd.

Sistema Public Joint Stock Financial Corporation

Societe Generale

SOYUZEXPERTIZA CCI RF (SOEX)

St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg State University of Economics

State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (ROSATOM)

State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency

State Corporation Rostec

SUEK-Kuzbass JSC

Sustainalytics

T Plus PJSC

Tatneft-AZS-Northwest Ltd.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation

The Earth Institute at Columbia University

The Far East High Technology Fund Ltd.

The Government of Moscow

The Industrial Development Fund

The Internet Initiatives Development Fund

The Russian Direct Investment Fund

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

The Sapienza University of Rome

The Skolkovo Foundation

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)

Tinkoff Bank JSC

UN

UN Women

UNDP

UNEP

UNEP FI

UniCredit

UNIDO

United Company RUSAL

United Metallurgical Company JSC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Wagon Company (RPC UWC) PJSC

Universite Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne Sorbonne

University of Amsterdam

University of Cambridge

US - Russia Business Council

VEB.RF

Vedomosti

Vnesheconombank Institute

VTB Bank PJSC

World Bank

World Wildlife Fund Arctic Programme

WWF Russia

X5 Retail Group

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The Congress’s Venue

Congress Hall, SKOLKOVO Campus, 100 Novaya Street, Skolkovo, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Region