Santo Domingo.- The Dominican-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canada’s Embassy announced a seminar on the Interchange on Corporative Social Responsibility, slated for March 23, aimed at analyzing the importance for companies to work with establishment norms and tools with corporative social responsibility as a demand to remain in business.

The forum, which will gather senior Government officials , political analysts and representatives of multilateral organisms and the business sector, will feature the participation of Louis Guay, the Canadian Government’s Coordinator of Corporative Social Responsibility for the Americas.

In a press conference Dominican-Canadian Chamber of Commerce president Eduardo Domínguez-Imbert, and Canada Ambassador Todd Kuiack said the event aims to promote debates on topics of interest for Canada as Dominican Republic.

They stressed that Business Council (Conep) president Lisandro Macarulla has confirmed his participation, among other important political and business leaders.

The seminar will also feature Guillermo Monroig, international sustainable development expert and member of the Government’s Economic Cabinet, and other academic leaders.

Kuiack and Domínguez-Imbert added that the seminar, slated for the Hotel Jaragua, will seek to promote the application of social responsibility policies at the public and private levels, as a national priority to contribute with the country’s economy and its sustainable development.