CSR Asia Summit 2019 — Schedule
The Summit’s two days center around strategy for results, supply chain innovation and effectiveness, and emerging issues and impact. The Summit is preceded by the Pre-Summit Training Day on 17 September 2019.
Pre-Training Sessions
17 September
Day 1
18 September
Day 2
19 September
09:00 – 12:00 | Morning Pre-Summit Training Sessions
Training 1: Building and Implementing a Sustainability Strategy
This practical session is aimed at companies who want to make their sustainability strategies truly strategic and embedded into the organization. We will look at how companies can develop sustainability roadmaps and move from sustainability initiatives to a coherent sustainability strategy. We will examine the structures and systems that need to be put in place in an organization to create value and enable integration of sustainability issues into business planning and processes. The course will build on a strategic framework that has been tried and tested with a number of CSR Asia clients. It will look at successful implementations plans and how to get employee buy-in through “champions”.
Training 2: Understanding Effectiveness and Impact of Community Investment and CSR Programs
This session will go through step-by-step the Theory of Change methodology to help attendees first understand the effectiveness of their program design and accordingly determine what else is needed for their CSR programs to achieve positive impact. Participants will be able to apply the methodology during the training on their own CSR programs to ensure relevance and practicality of session.
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12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 | Afternoon Pre-Summit Training Sessions
Training 3: Integrated Reporting and Integrated Thinking
Integrated Reporting is the next phase in the evolution of corporate reporting. The process that began with the requirement to report on sustainability (along with financial reporting) has now reached its next natural phase – linking financial performance to sustainability. Integrated Reporting and Integrated Thinking are crucial in understanding and communicating the links between sustainability strategies and investment decisions and lead to better decision making within an organization, effective disclosures for investors and improved communication for an organization’s stakeholders.
Training 4: Creating Shared Value
Creating Shared Value (CSV) compliments CSR, through implementing initiatives that enhance the competitiveness of a company while also advancing the economic and social conditions in which that company operates thereby, meeting social needs. The CSV approach represents an exciting new wave of social responsibility and community investment that can enhance the long-term viability of projects.
Register USD
Register THB
09:00 – 10:30 | Welcome and Keynotes
World Ballroom, 23/F
Archana Kotecha, Asia Region Director and Head of Legal, Liberty Shared
Regulation, Risk and Opportunity: Our next steps in dismantling human trafficking and forced labor
Named one of the top ten innovative lawyers in Asia-Pacific by the Financial Times in 2017, Archana Kotecha has produced multiple best practices and reports, involved in policy and advocacy and educated human rights practitioners, financial institutions and governments on trafficking in persons including legal and anti-money laundering frameworks.
Rob Kaplan, CEO and Founder, Circulate Capital
Rob Kaplan is the Founder and CEO of Circulate Capital, an investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing companies that prevent the flow of ocean plastic waste to the world’s oceans and advance the circular economy in South and Southeast Asia. Rob has two decades of experience in corporate sustainability and impact investing with industry leaders ranging from Walmart to Closed Loop Partners.
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
11:00 – 12:30 | Leadership Panel
World Ballroom, 23/F
This session will look towards the practical actions that businesses can undertake to tackle some of the most pressing sustainability challenges. It will examine global trends that are shaping sustainability and the role of technology in finding solutions. It will include discussion about climate change, supply chain challenges, migration, human rights and the move to a more circular economy.
Alan Aicken, Vice President Procurement, Chief Sustainability Officer Supply Chain, Huawei
Dana Graber Ladek, Chief of Mission, IOM
Glenn Maguire, Principal Asia-Pacific Economist, Visa
Moderator: Richard Welford, Chairman, CSR Asia
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch
Dynasty Restaurant, 24/F
The World Restaurant, 24/F
14:00 – 15:30 | Breakout Sessions
Sustainability Context and Business Model Evolution
World Ballroom A, 23/F
This session will explore the link between organizational business models / strategies / performance management and the context in which they operate. Panelists will also explore how business models can integrate multiple capitals in their purpose and value creation proposition.
Mara Chiorean, Johnson & Johnson
Moderator: Felipe Arango, BSD Consulting
Responsible Sourcing Trends 2019
World Ballroom B, 23/F
This 90-minute kick-off session will be an engaging discussion with industry experts on global trends in responsible sourcing led by Ian Spaulding. The topics are identified based on innovation, industry trends and key insights within supply chains.
Didier Bergeret,The Consumer Goods Forum
Hilde-Gunn Vestad, Lidl Hong Kong
Moderator: Ian Spaulding, CEO, ELEVATE
Clearing the Air: The Role of Business in Driving Down Air Pollution
World Ballroom C, 23/F
The impacts of air pollution are as invasive as the particulates that more than 9 in 10 people living in Asia are breathing at unsafe levels. The health implications range from premature deaths and asthma-related emergency room visits to mental ill-health.
Peter Galli, Nissan Motor Thailand
Moderator: Mabel Wong, ELEVATE
15:30 – 16:00 | Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
16:00 – 17:30 | Breakout Sessions
Investors and ESG Data
World Ballroom A, 23/F
Investors increasingly integrate ESG factors into investment decisions. Between 2012 and 2016, ESG assets under management in Asia ex. Japan grew by 16%, spurred by the implementation of national stewardship codes and ESG disclosure requirements.
Moderator: Ruhi Mukherji, CSR Asia
Ethical Recruitment & Southeast Asia Supply Chains
World Ballroom B, 23/F
Migrant workers face increased risks of forced labour within supply chains. This is why brands are focused on embedding responsible recruitment practices within their supply chain to eliminate worker fees and other indicators of forced labor.
Moderator: Jessie Fisher, ELEVATE
Doing Good While Eating Well: How Consumers & Corporates Galvanize One Another on Food Sustainability
World Ballroom C, 23/F
Asian consumers are increasingly using their spending power to do good while eating well. Companies too are influencing consumer behavior and leveraging new opportunities in food waste, plant-based foods, and healthier options.
Thirach Rungruangkanokkul, AFMA
Moderator: Tess Zinnes, CSR Asia
Working on Supply Chain Sustainability with Small Scale Producers
Lotus Suite 7, 22/F
Worldwide small scale farmers are key suppliers in many value chains. Yet often when companies work with small scale producers, both parties can experience challenges …
William Wyn Ellis, Sustainable Rice Platform
Moderator: Richard Welford, Chairman, CSR Asia
17:30 – 19:30 | Networking Reception
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
07:00 – 09:00 | Breakfast Roundtable
Breakfast Roundtable: Children’s Rights in the Agricultural Sector (Invitation only)
Lotus Suite 9, 22/F
The agricultural sector in Southeast Asia is a major regional force, both as a driver of GDP as well as a formal and informal employer. However, with the combination of growing populations, migrant workforces and the threat of climate change, agrobusiness in Southeast Asia is at a crossroads, particularly for its largest and most vulnerable population: children.
Cajsa Wiking, Global Child Forum
Nina Vollmer, Global Child Forum
09:00 – 10:30 | Breakout Sessions
Measuring Business Impact on SDGs
World Ballroom A, 23/F
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) needs to accelerate as only a decade remains to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Engaging the private sector is crucial to the fulfilling the SDGs. While the private sector has shown increased awareness of the SDGs – as evidenced by annual sustainability reports – a majority of companies seem to be simply connecting SDGs to sustainability and / or CSR initiatives.
Moderator: Jonathan Tong, ELEVATE
Sustainability & Agriculture – A Social Lens
World Ballroom B, 23/F
Implementing social compliance at the commodity level requires a different a set of tools than at tier 1. This session will focus on actions brands are taking to understand and address commodity-specific challenges within their supply chain and how they are engaging workers.
Akkaphan Rammanee, adidas Sourcing
Andi Sitti Asmayanti, Mondelez International
Moderator: Erin Lyon, ELEVATE
Developing Tomorrow’s Resilient Workforce Today
World Ballroom C, 23/F
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is rapidly changing the nature of work across industries. While technological-driven change is displacing jobs and threatening to exacerbate global inequalities by creating a tech divide, this disruption is also creating opportunities…
Euan Wilmshurst, IBM Asia Pacific
Ichiro Miyazawa, UNESCO Bangkok
Moderator: Tess Zinnes, CSR Asia
Sustainable Finance through a Gender Lens
Lotus Suite 7, 22/F
In 2019, Asia will account for half the world’s GDP growth. Governments and investors in the region are increasingly seeing sustainable finance as an important tool to mitigate the environmental and social impacts of rapid economic development.
Caterina Meloni, USAID Green Invest Asia
Moderator: Richard Welford, CSR Asia
10:30 – 11:00 | Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
11:00 – 12:30 | Breakout Sessions
Biodegradable Bags and Plastic Straw Bans – Looking Beyond the Trends in Plastic Pollution Reduction
World Ballroom A, 23/F
Awareness and action is increasing to fight plastic pollution. We know the issues: That plastic may one day out number fish in the sea and that we may be consuming a credit card’s worth of plastic each week. How do we move the conversation forward?
Meridith Beaujean, Sands China
Moderator: Janet Salem, UNEP
Sustainable Capacity-Building at Site Level: What Incentives & Opportunities?
World Ballroom B, 23/F
Market dynamics, business needs, and new technologies and data are coming together in ways that are enabling – perhaps for the first time ever – truly scalable and sustainable capacity building at factories and farms. Common program themes are workplace safety, gender (from harassment to empowerment), social dialogue, and management systems…
Shelly Heald Han, Fair Labor Association
Moderator: Heather Canon, ELEVATE
Big Data, Technology and Sustainability in the Age of Digital Transformation
World Ballroom C, 23/F
From real-time supply chain optimization and the internet of things (IoT), to blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), Asia is ahead of most regions in the age of digital transformation. Whilst technology and the use of data and AI have been lauded for its ability to enhance productivity and innovation, it has equally been in the spotlight for a series of less appealing outcomes including unemployment, increased inequalities as well as issues relating to data privacy and resulting diminishing public trust …
Moderator: Dr. Kevin Franklin, ELEVATE
Collaborative Strategies to Positively Impact Mental Health in Asia (Roundtable with limited seating)
Lotus Suite 7, 22/F
The global impact of mental illness is staggering as the attributable burden of disease is on the rise. Challenges such as lack of resources and trained healthcare providers, inaccurate assessment and social stigma compound the inability to address the mental health epidemic effectively.
Mara Chiorean, Johnson & Johnson
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch
Dynasty Restaurant, 24/F
The World Restaurant, 24/F
ELEVATE Strategic Partner Lunch Gathering (Invitation only)
Dynasty Meeting Room, 24/F
The annual ELEVATE Strategic Partner Gathering provides an opportunity to reconnect and network, and to get the latest insights on Strategic Partner program plans and activities. The gathering is exclusive to ELEVATE Strategic Partners. Lunch will be served.
The ELEVATE Strategic Partner program is a network that connects leading sustainability practitioners. We bring global sustainability expertise with a focus on Asia. To learn more, click here.
14:00 – 15:30 | Breakout Sessions
Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Sustainability in Thailand, and beyond
World Ballroom A, 23/F
There is no shortage of innovative ideas in Thailand for improving sustainability and quality of life. And the ideas are also—imagine this!—profitable. Their objective is clear: to benefit communities while working to preserve the planet’s resources, with the Sustainability Development Goals as guide and inspiration. This involves real-world challenges of the kind that entrepreneurs excel in tackling, and they are doing just this in Thailand today.
Boonyarit Soonphonrai, Hybrid Aerator
Moderator: Alex Mavro, Sasin School of Management
Beyond Policies and Targets: What’s Next in Gender Equality
World Ballroom B, 23/F
A study by the Asian Development Bank estimated that if women’s participation in the workforce rose by 10%, Asia’s economy could see a 30% growth in income per capita in just one generation. Achieving gender parity is not only good for the economy but also good for business…
Moderator: Samantha Woods, CSR Asia
Climate Prosperity – Building Business Success under Changing Climate
World Ballroom C, 23/F
Join this session to gain insights from industry leaders who have adopted frameworks including the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), and learn how establishing climate action plans can guide economic development for companies from various industries.
Sameer Chopra, Bank of America
Moderator: Candice Low, CDP
15:30 – 16:00 | Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
16:00 – 17:00 | World Café
Rethinking the Future – New Approaches to Innovation and Transformation
World Ballroom, 23/F
In this session, we would explore two new perspectives – Zoom out, Zoom in, and Scaling Edges, on driving institutional innovation and transformation. The session will end with an exercise of putting these perspectives into practice for a topic that is relevant to you.
Duleesha Kulasooriya, Deloitte Center for the Edge
17 September
09:00 – 12:00 | Morning Pre-Summit Training Sessions
Training 1: Building and Implementing a Sustainability Strategy
This practical session is aimed at companies who want to make their sustainability strategies truly strategic and embedded into the organization. We will look at how companies can develop sustainability roadmaps and move from sustainability initiatives to a coherent sustainability strategy. We will examine the structures and systems that need to be put in place in an organization to create value and enable integration of sustainability issues into business planning and processes. The course will build on a strategic framework that has been tried and tested with a number of CSR Asia clients. It will look at successful implementations plans and how to get employee buy-in through “champions”.
Training 2: Understanding Effectiveness and Impact of Community Investment and CSR Programs
This session will go through step-by-step the Theory of Change methodology to help attendees first understand the effectiveness of their program design and accordingly determine what else is needed for their CSR programs to achieve positive impact. Participants will be able to apply the methodology during the training on their own CSR programs to ensure relevance and practicality of session.
Register USD
Register THB
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 | Afternoon Pre-Summit Training Sessions
Training 3: Integrated Reporting and Integrated Thinking
Integrated Reporting is the next phase in the evolution of corporate reporting. The process that began with the requirement to report on sustainability (along with financial reporting) has now reached its next natural phase – linking financial performance to sustainability. Integrated Reporting and Integrated Thinking are crucial in understanding and communicating the links between sustainability strategies and investment decisions and lead to better decision making within an organization, effective disclosures for investors and improved communication for an organization’s stakeholders.
Training 4: Creating Shared Value
Creating Shared Value (CSV) compliments CSR, through implementing initiatives that enhance the competitiveness of a company while also advancing the economic and social conditions in which that company operates thereby, meeting social needs. The CSV approach represents an exciting new wave of social responsibility and community investment that can enhance the long-term viability of projects.
Register USD
Register THB
18 September
09:00 – 10:30 | Welcome and Keynotes
World Ballroom, 23/F
Archana Kotecha, Asia Region Director and Head of Legal, Liberty Shared
Regulation, Risk and Opportunity: Our next steps in dismantling human trafficking and forced labor
Named one of the top ten innovative lawyers in Asia-Pacific by the Financial Times in 2017, Archana Kotecha has produced multiple best practices and reports, involved in policy and advocacy and educated human rights practitioners, financial institutions and governments on trafficking in persons including legal and anti-money laundering frameworks.
Rob Kaplan, CEO and Founder, Circulate Capital
Rob Kaplan is the Founder and CEO of Circulate Capital, an investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing companies that prevent the flow of ocean plastic waste to the world’s oceans and advance the circular economy in South and Southeast Asia. Rob has two decades of experience in corporate sustainability and impact investing with industry leaders ranging from Walmart to Closed Loop Partners.
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
11:00 – 12:30 | Leadership Panel
World Ballroom, 23/F
This session will look towards the practical actions that businesses can undertake to tackle some of the most pressing sustainability challenges. It will examine global trends that are shaping sustainability and the role of technology in finding solutions. It will include discussion about climate change, supply chain challenges, migration, human rights and the move to a more circular economy.
Alan Aicken, Vice President Procurement, Chief Sustainability Officer Supply Chain, Huawei
Dana Graber Ladek, Chief of Mission, IOM
Glenn Maguire, Principal Asia-Pacific Economist, Visa
Moderator: Richard Welford, Chairman, CSR Asia
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch
Dynasty Restaurant, 24/F
The World Restaurant, 24/F
14:00 – 15:30 | Breakout Sessions
Sustainability Context and Business Model Evolution
World Ballroom A, 23/F
This session will explore the link between organizational business models / strategies / performance management and the context in which they operate. Panelists will also explore how business models can integrate multiple capitals in their purpose and value creation proposition.
Mara Chiorean, Johnson & Johnson
Moderator: Felipe Arango, BSD Consulting
Responsible Sourcing Trends 2019
World Ballroom B, 23/F
This 90-minute kick-off session will be an engaging discussion with industry experts on global trends in responsible sourcing led by Ian Spaulding. The topics are identified based on innovation, industry trends and key insights within supply chains.
Didier Bergeret,The Consumer Goods Forum
Hilde-Gunn Vestad, Lidl Hong Kong
Moderator: Ian Spaulding, CEO, ELEVATE
Clearing the Air: The Role of Business in Driving Down Air Pollution
World Ballroom C, 23/F
The impacts of air pollution are as invasive as the particulates that more than 9 in 10 people living in Asia are breathing at unsafe levels. The health implications range from premature deaths and asthma-related emergency room visits to mental ill-health.
Peter Galli, Nissan Motor Thailand
Moderator: Mabel Wong, ELEVATE
15:30 – 16:00 | Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
16:00 – 17:30 | Breakout Sessions
Investors and ESG Data
World Ballroom A, 23/F
Investors increasingly integrate ESG factors into investment decisions. Between 2012 and 2016, ESG assets under management in Asia ex. Japan grew by 16%, spurred by the implementation of national stewardship codes and ESG disclosure requirements.
Moderator: Ruhi Mukherji, CSR Asia
Ethical Recruitment & Southeast Asia Supply Chains
World Ballroom B, 23/F
Migrant workers face increased risks of forced labour within supply chains. This is why brands are focused on embedding responsible recruitment practices within their supply chain to eliminate worker fees and other indicators of forced labor.
Moderator: Jessie Fisher, ELEVATE
Doing Good While Eating Well: How Consumers & Corporates Galvanize One Another on Food Sustainability
World Ballroom C, 23/F
Asian consumers are increasingly using their spending power to do good while eating well. Companies too are influencing consumer behavior and leveraging new opportunities in food waste, plant-based foods, and healthier options.
Thirach Rungruangkanokkul, AFMA
Moderator: Tess Zinnes, CSR Asia
Working on Supply Chain Sustainability with Small Scale Producers
Lotus Suite 7, 22/F
Worldwide small scale farmers are key suppliers in many value chains. Yet often when companies work with small scale producers, both parties can experience challenges …
William Wyn Ellis, Sustainable Rice Platform
Moderator: Richard Welford, Chairman, CSR Asia
17:30 – 19:30 | Networking Reception
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
19 September
07:00 – 09:00 | Breakfast Roundtable
Breakfast Roundtable: Children’s Rights in the Agricultural Sector (Invitation only)
Lotus Suite 9, 22/F
The agricultural sector in Southeast Asia is a major regional force, both as a driver of GDP as well as a formal and informal employer. However, with the combination of growing populations, migrant workforces and the threat of climate change, agrobusiness in Southeast Asia is at a crossroads, particularly for its largest and most vulnerable population: children.
Cajsa Wiking, Global Child Forum
Nina Vollmer, Global Child Forum
09:00 – 10:30 | Breakout Sessions
Measuring Business Impact on SDGs
World Ballroom A, 23/F
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) needs to accelerate as only a decade remains to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Engaging the private sector is crucial to the fulfilling the SDGs. While the private sector has shown increased awareness of the SDGs – as evidenced by annual sustainability reports – a majority of companies seem to be simply connecting SDGs to sustainability and / or CSR initiatives.
Moderator: Jonathan Tong, ELEVATE
Sustainability & Agriculture – A Social Lens
World Ballroom B, 23/F
Implementing social compliance at the commodity level requires a different a set of tools than at tier 1. This session will focus on actions brands are taking to understand and address commodity-specific challenges within their supply chain and how they are engaging workers.
Akkaphan Rammanee, adidas Sourcing
Andi Sitti Asmayanti, Mondelez International
Moderator: Erin Lyon, ELEVATE
Developing Tomorrow’s Resilient Workforce Today
World Ballroom C, 23/F
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is rapidly changing the nature of work across industries. While technological-driven change is displacing jobs and threatening to exacerbate global inequalities by creating a tech divide, this disruption is also creating opportunities…
Euan Wilmshurst, IBM Asia Pacific
Ichiro Miyazawa, UNESCO Bangkok
Moderator: Tess Zinnes, CSR Asia
Sustainable Finance through a Gender Lens
Lotus Suite 7, 22/F
In 2019, Asia will account for half the world’s GDP growth. Governments and investors in the region are increasingly seeing sustainable finance as an important tool to mitigate the environmental and social impacts of rapid economic development.
Caterina Meloni, USAID Green Invest Asia
Moderator: Richard Welford, CSR Asia
10:30 – 11:00 | Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
11:00 – 12:30 | Breakout Sessions
Biodegradable Bags and Plastic Straw Bans – Looking Beyond the Trends in Plastic Pollution Reduction
World Ballroom A, 23/F
Awareness and action is increasing to fight plastic pollution. We know the issues: That plastic may one day out number fish in the sea and that we may be consuming a credit card’s worth of plastic each week. How do we move the conversation forward?
Meridith Beaujean, Sands China
Moderator: Janet Salem, UNEP
Sustainable Capacity-Building at Site Level: What Incentives & Opportunities?
World Ballroom B, 23/F
Market dynamics, business needs, and new technologies and data are coming together in ways that are enabling – perhaps for the first time ever – truly scalable and sustainable capacity building at factories and farms. Common program themes are workplace safety, gender (from harassment to empowerment), social dialogue, and management systems…
Shelly Heald Han, Fair Labor Association
Moderator: Heather Canon, ELEVATE
Big Data, Technology and Sustainability in the Age of Digital Transformation
World Ballroom C, 23/F
From real-time supply chain optimization and the internet of things (IoT), to blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), Asia is ahead of most regions in the age of digital transformation. Whilst technology and the use of data and AI have been lauded for its ability to enhance productivity and innovation, it has equally been in the spotlight for a series of less appealing outcomes including unemployment, increased inequalities as well as issues relating to data privacy and resulting diminishing public trust …
Moderator: Dr. Kevin Franklin, ELEVATE
Collaborative Strategies to Positively Impact Mental Health in Asia (Roundtable with limited seating)
Lotus Suite 7, 22/F
The global impact of mental illness is staggering as the attributable burden of disease is on the rise. Challenges such as lack of resources and trained healthcare providers, inaccurate assessment and social stigma compound the inability to address the mental health epidemic effectively.
Mara Chiorean, Johnson & Johnson
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch
Dynasty Restaurant, 24/F
The World Restaurant, 24/F
ELEVATE Strategic Partner Lunch Gathering (Invitation only)
Dynasty Meeting Room, 24/F
The annual ELEVATE Strategic Partner Gathering provides an opportunity to reconnect and network, and to get the latest insights on Strategic Partner program plans and activities. The gathering is exclusive to ELEVATE Strategic Partners. Lunch will be served.
The ELEVATE Strategic Partner program is a network that connects leading sustainability practitioners. We bring global sustainability expertise with a focus on Asia. To learn more, click here.
14:00 – 15:30 | Breakout Sessions
Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Sustainability in Thailand, and beyond
World Ballroom A, 23/F
There is no shortage of innovative ideas in Thailand for improving sustainability and quality of life. And the ideas are also—imagine this!—profitable. Their objective is clear: to benefit communities while working to preserve the planet’s resources, with the Sustainability Development Goals as guide and inspiration. This involves real-world challenges of the kind that entrepreneurs excel in tackling, and they are doing just this in Thailand today.
Boonyarit Soonphonrai, Hybrid Aerator
Moderator: Alex Mavro, Sasin School of Management
Beyond Policies and Targets: What’s Next in Gender Equality
World Ballroom B, 23/F
A study by the Asian Development Bank estimated that if women’s participation in the workforce rose by 10%, Asia’s economy could see a 30% growth in income per capita in just one generation. Achieving gender parity is not only good for the economy but also good for business…
Moderator: Samantha Woods, CSR Asia
Climate Prosperity – Building Business Success under Changing Climate
World Ballroom C, 23/F
Join this session to gain insights from industry leaders who have adopted frameworks including the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), and learn how establishing climate action plans can guide economic development for companies from various industries.
Sameer Chopra, Bank of America
Moderator: Candice Low, CDP
15:30 – 16:00 | Break
Pre-Function Area, 23/F
16:00 – 17:00 | World Café
Rethinking the Future – New Approaches to Innovation and Transformation
World Ballroom, 23/F
In this session, we would explore two new perspectives – Zoom out, Zoom in, and Scaling Edges, on driving institutional innovation and transformation. The session will end with an exercise of putting these perspectives into practice for a topic that is relevant to you.
Duleesha Kulasooriya, Deloitte Center for the Edge