The morning session will focus on ESG macro trends then the afternoon session will share attendees with micro and industry trends.

Agenda of the Summit

8:30 Morning Session: Registration & Networking (offline guests)

• MC: Heidi Berg, Head of Partnership Development, Nordic Innovation and Sustainability Shanghai (NISS)

9:00 Welcome Remarks:

• Ted Wan, Vice Chair, British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai
• Steven Zhong, Lead Partner – ESG Strategy, PwC

9:10 UN Video Message, Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China

9:25 Keynote: Chris Wood, British Consul-General Shanghai

9:40 Keynote: Jianli Guo, Director of Environmental Resources Division, Shanghai Municipal Development & Reform Commission

9:55 Keynote: Weimin Lv, Vice President, Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange Co., Ltd.; Chairman of Shanghai International Intellectual Property Operation Management Company., Ltd; Chairman of Shanghai Intellectual Property Exchange Co., Ltd.

10:10 Tea Break

10:25 Keynotes: Why is ESG important to businesses?

1. Alexious Lee | CFO, Lotus Tech; Member and Vice Chairman of Lotus ESG Committee
2. Dr. Eugene Qian | China Country Head, UBS AG; Chairman of UBS Securities Co. Ltd.
3. Aldous Wong | President, Asia Pacific, Halma Group

11:25 Short Break

11:30 Panel Discussion: ESG for asset management and what ideal ESG performances look like to investors?

• Moderator: Maria McDermott, China Representative, Jersey Finance
• Panelist: Debbie Lee, Managing Director, Apex China;
• Panelist: Tony Wang, Partner, Nordic Match;
• Panelist: Shing Zhu, Deputy Head of Equity Research, Fidelity International

12:10 End of the morning session

13:15 Afternoon Session Registration & Networking (offline guests)

• MC: Alex Roberts, Counsel, Linklaters LLP

13:30 Panel Discussion: ESG disclosure — from TCFD to ISSB

• Moderator: Rhys Gordon-Jones, Counsellor, Financial and Professional Services, British Embassy Beijing (dial-in)
• Panelist: Nana Li, Head of Sustainability & ESG, Asia-Pacific, Impax Asset Management (dial-in)
• Panelist: Jason Tu, Co-founder & CEO, MioTech
• Panelist: Wenhong Xie, Head of China Programme, Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)
• Panelist: Ling Zhu, Country Lead of Capital Markets, CDP China Office

14:35 Keynote: Industry-leading Practice Sharing

• Weiwei Kou, Sustainability Director of North Asia, Unilever

14:55 Panel Discussion: New Energy, Net Zero Energy Future

• Keynote: Sherry Fu, Managing Director, China, The University of Manchester
• Moderator: Timo Lei, Co-founder, Wufeng WebTech
• Panelist: Federico Di Credico, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, ACT Commodities Group (dial-in)
• Panelist: Brian Feng, Adjunct MBA Mentor of UoM China Centre, Professor of Practice with Shanghai International CTO School, Senior Adviser of GreenMorrow Fund;
• Panelist: Dr Bing Sun, Founder & CEO of Carbon Qicheng Technology (Shanghai), Ltd.; PhD at The University of Manchester; Research Fellow, Research Centre for Urban Environmental Management, Fudan University; Director of Carbon Neutrality Digital Intelligence Lab

15:35 Tea Break

15:50 Keynote: Impact of ESG Development on Global Supply Chain

• Gary Yang, Leadership Member, Dentons Global ESG Committee; Head of Environmental Practice Group, Dentons Shanghai

16:10 Panel Discussion: Value Chain Collaboration

• Moderator: Steven Zhong, Lead Partner – ESG Strategy, PwC
• Panelist: Lily Zhou, Chief Operating Officer, Sephora China, LVMH Group
• Panelist: Penny Cheung, Mainland China Leader, Arup China
• Panelist: Xuan Gui, Corporations & Supply Chain Lead, CDP China

16:50 Closing Remarks

• Eric Qin, BritCham Shanghai Executive Committee At-large Member; Partner, Shanghai Government Affairs Leader, PwC China
• James Dunn, Executive Director, British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai (dial-in)

17:00 Summit Ends

*The Chamber reserves the right to alter the above agenda at its sole discretion.

Note: ZOOM link will be shared with registrants via email in the afternoon the day before the Summit.

Tickets

• In-person tickets are limited and approval required;
• ZOOM link will be shared with PAID registrants via email in the afternoon the day before the Summit.
• Paid bookings are non-refundable.