From Commitment to Impact: One Month to Global CSR Forum 2026

The Forum opens in Riyadh on 5 October and builds on its 2024 debut, expanding to 3,000+ participants, 100+ speakers, and 40+ sessions across two days

RIYADH, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, September 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- - Global CSR Forum 2026 opens in Riyadh on 5–6 October, one month from today
- This year's edition builds on the Forum's 2024 debut, expanding to 3,000+ participants, 100+ speakers, and 40+ sessions across two days


With one month remaining until the Global CSR Forum opens in Riyadh, organizers today shared a look at this year's programme, ahead of the event's second edition.

Held under the theme "From Commitment to Impact," the Forum will convene C-suite executives, government leaders, regulators, standards bodies, institutional investors, academics, and civil society across three stages — the Global CSR Plenary, the main stage for keynotes, ministerial interventions, and panel discussions across both days; the CSR Impact Stage, hosting expert-led masterclasses grounded in real-world, global perspectives; and the CSR Standards Stage, bringing together thought leaders for moderated conversations on shared challenges and best practices — spanning six strategic pillars: Strategy & Integration; Climate, Nature & the Just Transition; People, Talent & Social Impact; Responsible Innovation; Digital Transformation & Corporate Responsibility; and Governance, Trust & Standards.
This year's conversations will range from board-level accountability and enterprise risk to the economics of aligning corporate responsibility with institutional investment, to candid, practitioner-level discussions on where implementation actually stalls inside large organizations — moving the dialogue beyond commitments toward what leading companies are doing differently in practice.

The programme will also host the CSR Awards Ceremony, recognizing companies across the Kingdom that have translated commitment into demonstrated, measurable impact — one of the Forum's central mechanisms for benchmarking real progress, not just intent.

"One month from now, Riyadh opens its doors to some of the most inspiring voices in global business, people who aren't just talking about responsible business, but actively building it. That's exactly the energy this Forum was built to capture, and we're looking forward to the kind of constructive dialogue that leaves every participant with real, practical takeaways to bring home" said Dr. Mubarak Albogami, Director General of Social Responsibility, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.



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About HRSD's Role in Corporate Social Responsibility
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) serves as the steward of Saudi Arabia's national corporate social responsibility agenda. Alongside its core mandate to develop the Kingdom's human capital and labor market, HRSD has developed a national strategy for social responsibility to reduce barriers to corporate engagement, and recognizes leading organizations through initiatives such as the Saudi National CSR Award. This work embeds social responsibility within the Kingdom's Vision 2030 agenda, positioning the private sector as an active partner in national development.

Mohammed Bin Saeed
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development
m.binsaeed@hrsd.gov.sa
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