Responsible Business Asia 2023 | Reuters Events | 22 May 2023 | Online

Business is currently tasked with navigating turbulent geopolitically conditions, sustain commercial success AND implement significant changes to the business to achieve their [sustainability] business goals.

Sustainability is key for long-term profitability and action must accelerate on initiatives to secure the long-term survival of the business. To ensure action on climate accelerates in challenging times, integration of sustainability into every department is vital; sustainability needs to be central to your business model.

Businesses are now examining their products, value chains, systems and processes to ensure they support the net-zero transition while building resilience to future economic, social and environmental shocks. The task that you, and your peers face, has never been more pressing and fraught with difficulty.

We will help you understand how to overcome near-term pressures and uncover the true potential for business, centered around long-term, profitable and sustainable decisions. We will give you the ideas, tools and strategies to help you accelerate your transition to a sustainable business, whilst sustaining commercial success.

2023 Speakers

Wern-Yuen Tan
CEO, APAC, PepsiCo

Sanda Ojiambo
CEO, UN Global Compact

Juan Aranols
Nestlé CEO, Malaysia & Singapore Region, Nestlé

Emmanuel Faber
Chair, ISSB

Ahmed Mazhari
President, Asia, Microsoft

Kawal Preet
President, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (AMEA), FedEx Express

Esther An
Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Ltd

Helge Muenkel
Chief Sustainability Officer, DBS Bank

Takako Ohyabu
Chief Global Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, Takeda

Eric Lim
Chief Sustainability Officer, UOB

Naresh Tyagi
Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail

Roger Sharp
Chief Sustainability Officer & Corporate Affairs Officer, Bupa Asia Pacific

Edua Dickerson
VP ESG & Finance Strategy, ServiceNow

Jonathan Jong
Group Chief Sustainability & Risk Officer, ComfortDelGro Corporation

Carmel Giblin
CEO & President, Ethical Toy Program

Gloria Dickie
Climate and Environment Correspondent, Reuters

Sumi Dhanarajan
Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Forum for the Future

Ruben Langbroek
Head of Asia Pacific, GRESB

Dr. Premkumar Rajagopal
President, Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST), ISCEA

2023 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSOR:
• ServiceNow

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• ITCI Ethical Toy program
• GRESB
• Carbon Tracker
• ASSIST
• ISCEA
• EARTH 5R