UNIC Webinar: “Working with Veterans within a Company’s ESG Strategy”

How can responsible businesses integrate veteran support into their strategy — as part of long-term sustainability, trust, and inclusion? During the webinar, experts will share practical cases and institutional approaches to implementing veteran initiatives within the ESG framework — both in internal company policies and in interaction with clients and society.

Key discussion points:

• How companies adapt internal processes to meet veterans’ needs
• Employment barriers and systemic ways to overcome them
• Existing solutions applied by leading Ukrainian companies

Speakers:

• Maryna Sokolova, business consultant on veteran policies and employment — on building systemic support within companies
• Kateryna Melnyk, Kyivstar — on implementing the veteran program “4.5.0. Finally Home”
• Tetiana Karavaieva & Anastasiia Altunina, KERNEL — on internal culture and veterans’ adaptation in the company
• Yarema Dul, Ukrzaliznytsia — on veteran policy, reintegration, and employment

Date: June 17, 2025
Format: Online
Registration (free of charge): https://forms.gle/NVAbgZfZb8Bqxks26

This event is part of the UNIC Business Integrity Month 2025, an annual series of events launched in 2019. The 2025 theme — “Integrity Growth: Crisis as a Driver for Development” — is aimed at building a culture of trust and competitiveness through transparent dialogue between business, government, and communities.

The event is organized with the support of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI) – the leading EU-funded anti-corruption program in Ukraine, co-financed and implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.