ESG Integration Forum
Asia

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Virtual event: Live

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About the forum

Stand out in the new era of ESG reporting!

The ESG landscape has changed radically in recent times; the formation of the ISSB and the mergers between framework providers are accelerating ESG’s movement into the mainstream.

Furthermore, current market forces are causing investors to re-examine their approach to ESG investing, subsequently changing their expectations for corporate sustainability reporting, disclosures and communications.

Develop an integrated approach when responding to investor ESG expectations

Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine partnered together on this event to help companies respond to the growing demand for improved ESG practices and disclosures with an integrated approach to environmental, social and governance-related risks.

The ESG Integration Forum brought together investor relations, finance, sustainability, governance, risk and compliance experts to explore the underlying factors that have driven the rise of ESG, learn about investor expectations on ESG, deepen shareholder engagement, help companies identify and act on material risks, and better manage shareholder proposals.

AN INTERACTIVE, VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE

This event will take place as a virtual experience using our bespoke, cutting-edge technology.

Our virtual event platform closely replicates attending in-person by facilitating interaction with speakers, one-to-one networking with fellow IR and governance professionals, and group roundtable discussions. Going virtual helps you connect with a wider network from the comfort of your desk.

Agenda

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09:15 AM
Platform opens
09:35 AM
Welcome to the IR Magazine Forum - ESG Asia
09:45 AM
The changing landscape of ESG across Asia: Knowing what to prioritize
As investor expectations around ESG continue to grow, keeping up-to-date with recent developments is crucial. In this session our speakers will provide an overview of key ESG trends, both in Asia and beyond, and share advice on how to build a comprehensive and forward-looking ESG strategy.
- An overview of the current landscape of ESG investing, integration and sustainable finance
- Progress update on taxonomies across Asia and how they will interact with the EU taxonomy
- Identifying which ESG pressures are materially significant to your business
- How are companies adapting and transforming operations in-line with global net-zero goals?
10:30 AM
Working with ratings agencies to improve your ESG scores
In this session our panellists will take a closer look at how ESG ratings companies make their decisions, which aspects of ESG they rank highly, how they are changing and how to present ESG information in a way that matches their criteria.
- Giving yourself the best chance of achieving better ratings
- Responding to and prioritizing surveys given limited time and resources
- How do investors integrate ESG ratings into their investment decisions?
11:15 AM
Networking break
11:30 AM
Navigating new ESG disclosure requirements and standardizing your reporting processes
Around the world, investors, consumers and policy-makers are looking for ways to easily assess and compare companies’ ESG information. Recently, the formation of the ISSB marks the most significant step towards a globally recognized reporting standard, reshaping and integrating existing standards in a bid to increase transparency and comparability.
- Identifying which current standards are most applicable to your sustainability reporting needs
- Knowing what information to submit in line with current and expected regulations
- Assessing the impact of the ISSB on Asian companies and reporting best practices
- How will the internationalization of ESG metrics change existing reporting processes?
12:15 PM
Manging your company’s social impact: what do investors want to see?
This panel focuses on the ‘S’ of ESG, and how public companies can manage relationships with their workforce, political environments and the society in which they operate. How to effectively collect and disclose potentially sensitive information on workforce composition? And what are some of the best ways to communicate your company’s societal impact to investors?
- How has the pandemic changed the conversation around human capital management?
- Monitoring your company’s societal impact: what metrics and standards does the industry prefer?
- Improving board diversity: turning targets into timelines and timelines into action
13:00 PM
Focussing on the ‘G’ of ESG: what does good governance look like?
With so much attention given to the environmental and social responsibilities of public companies, he ‘G’ of ESG is sometimes overlooked. As the idea of ‘stakeholder capitalism’ gains momentum, company purpose, structure and oversight is becoming increasingly important to investors.
- Identifying and responding to key governance risks and opportunities
- Adopting more forward-looking compliance policies as ESG disclosures become increasingly mandatory
- Assessing the roles and responsibilities of your board in relation to ESG issues
- Compensation and oversight of executive compensation during periods of market instability
13:45 PM
Networking break
14:00 PM
Developing an ESG toolbox: Making data-driven decisions around ESG issues
For many companies, the biggest challenge to sustainability action and reporting remains the barrier to accessing reliable data. This problem can be linked to lack of resources, but also to lack of appropriate software, allowing companies to streamline the way they monitor and collect ESG information. This session will explore the ways other organizations are managing their data burden.
- Accurately quantifying and measuring your company’s ESG performance
- What tools and technology do investors and issuers prefer?
- Taking a proactive approach: ensuring data readiness for future disclosure requirements
14:45 PM
Buyside perspective: Bridging the gap between Asian companies and investors
Keeping up-to-date with changing ESG rules and trends is crucial to mitigating against material risk, but adopting strong ESG policies also presents one of the fastest avenues for growth this decade. In this panel we’ll take a look at how Asian companies are leveraging ESG to grow their shareholder base and exactly what ESG information different investors are looking for.
- What sort of ESG information impact your investment decisions in 2022?
- How are domestic investors integrating ESG considerations into their portfolios?
- What do European firms want to see from Asian companies?
15:30 PM
Closing remarks and end of forum

2022 Speakers

Esther An
Chief sustainability officer
City Developments Limited

Esther An is a pioneer CSR practitioner for over 20 years and a member of the UN Global Compact Network Singapore. She has been instrumental in building up City Developments Limited (CDL) leadership in Sustainability. CDL is the first Singaporean company to be included on 3 leading global sustainability listings, namely the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2002, the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World since 2010 and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2011. A signatory of the UN Caring for Climate initiative and a champion in green building, Esther is a member of the World Green Building Council’s Corporate Advisory Board.
Shounak Bagchi
ESG investment manager
Cartica
Ralph Dixon
Director of environmental investments
YTL Corporation Berhad

Ralph Dixon is the Director of Environmental Investments at YTL Corporation Berhad, one of the top 30 companies listed on the Malaysian stock exchange. The YTL Group’s core businesses are ownership and management of regulated utilities and other infrastructure assets, and serves more than 12 million customers in three continents. Ralph has been with YTL for more than ten years, and is also the CEO of their carbon consulting subsidiary (YTL-SV Carbon) and managing the environmental investment and sustainability divisions for the Group.
Andrew Lau
Director, ESG advisory
Colliers International Hong Kong

Andrew has over 18 years’ experience in driving ESG and Sustainability leadership for MNC in Asia Pacific. He has managed carbon reduction and sustainability program for corporate clients and investors across Asia, including Greater China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippine, Thailand and Malaysia. Appointed as Director of ESG Advisory for Colliers in Asia, Andrew leads a professional team in providing ESG advisory including REITs, occupiers, developers, banks and investors across all asset types. The projects that Andrew delivered has saved over 60 GWh of electricity up-to-today. Andrew has advised or managed green projects such as major air-conditioning system retrofit, lighting upgrade and redesign, renewable energy system, green roof, building automation and control system.
Bin Luo
General counsel
Baozun

Bin LUO, General Counsel of Baozun Inc., a leading brand e-commerce service partner and dual-listed in Nasdaq and Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Bin is heading the company’s Legal & Risk Management department, with a wide responsibility covering corporate governance, listing compliance, corporate internal control and ESG compliance. In his over 17 years’ experience in both private practice and in-house legal & compliance function, Bin has served both multinational companies and China domestic company, covering B2B and B2C sectors.
Affryll Teo
Head of investor relations and sustainability
Tune Project Group

Affryll oversees the Investor Relations and Sustainability function of Tune Protect Group. He kick started his career as an external auditor with a Big Four firm and eventually tried his hands doing business finance, corporate planning, business development and strategy. Throughout his 18 years of experience, Affryll has worked mainly in the financial services sector with both local as well as a foreign bank in Malaysia. The past 6 and a half years were spent performing the Investor Relations role firstly with a FBM KLCI Banking institution and a few years later with his current employer. In early 2021, Affryll was given the added responsibility to head up the sustainability function of Tune Protect Group.
Lily Tsen
General counsel
Amcor Flexibles Asia
Rakesh Vazirani
Head of sustainability services
TÜV Rheinland

With the objective of connecting the dots between Risks (industry-specific, geographically-sensitive) AND Capital (Human, Material, and Environmental); Mr Rakesh Vazirani leads Sustainability Services for TUV Rheinland’s Products Business Unit spread across 12 countries. After completing his Bachelors of Engineering in India, Rakesh gained experience about Supply chain traceability and environmental compliance with GE Aircraft Engines and TOSHIBA, Digitisation of Food Safety with US Fresh Produce, and utilising Analytical data of Environmental performance to execute improvements for Textile industry. He has 15 years of international experience establishing solutions for ‘Product Environmental Compliance’, and ‘Responsible Sourcing’ while working in Germany and Japan. Rakesh is member of European Union (EU) Technical Advisory Board (TAB) on Environmental Footprint’ (Expert group E03710) and ANSI’s Virtual Technical Advisory Group Member (VTAG) ESG Ecosystem

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Cartica Management

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Columbia Banking System

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Why partner with us?

The ESG Integration Forum – Asia brings together some of the most influential people in the IR and governance communities.

The event offers an effective approach to targeting clients when they are exploring how they can improve their ESG practice. Through our unrivalled knowledge of the subject matters and commitment to in-depth agenda research, our events are guaranteed to attract a qualified audience.

The unique buzz we create at our hybrid events – a far cry from a traditional conference – makes them multi-faceted and highly interactive with great engagement in particular from heads of IR and governance teams. This allows our partners to have meaningful conversations with corporates who are deciding which parts of their ESG program to invest in, which service providers to engage and consultants to retain. By partnering with us on an event, you can generate leads, showcase your thought leadership and position yourselves as the partner of choice to the IR and GRC communities.

We’d love to have a chat with you about how you can get in front of a truly engaged and motivated audience at the ESG Integration Forum – Asia. Get in touch with Ross Ingram or call on +44 78265 38072.

In the last 12 months, IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary’s virtual events have attracted the highest, most diverse and senior attendees and experts in investor relations and governance

Who attends our events

Our attendees are leading Governance, IR and sustainability practitioners with an established track record and strategic role within their company.

Below is a sample of some of our attendees:

Job title	Company	Job title	Company
CEO	The Eastern Polymer Group	Head of IR	Petronas Chemicals Group
CFO	HK Electric Investments	Head of IR	Taishin Financial Holding
CFO	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	IR director	China Mengniu Dairy Company
CFO and executive director	Sa Sa International Holdings	IR director	China Resources Beer
Director	Sino-Ocean Land (Hong Kong)	IR director	Koolearn Technology Holding
Director, IR	AIA Company	IR director	Porton Pharma Solutions
Director, IR	Canbridge Pharmaceuticals	IR director	Stella International Holdings
Director, IR	CLP Holdings	IR director	Yue Yuen Industrial
Director, IR	Golden-Agri Resources	Senior director, IR	Suncity Group Holdings Limited
Director, strategic planning & IR	The Siam Cement	Senior director, IR	Yum China
Head of IR	Asia Aviation	VP, IR	Berli Jucker
Head of IR	Blue Moon Group Holdings Limited	VP, IR	Fraser Centrepoint Trust
Head of IR	Canvest Environmental Protection Group	VP, IR	Frasers Property Limited
Head of IR	Capitaland China Trust	VP, IR	Gulf Energy Development
Head of IR	Central Retail Corporation Public Company	VP, IR	Lenovo Group
Head of IR	Kunlun Energy	VP, IR	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
Head of IR	Major Cineplex Group	VP, IR	NagaCorp
Head of IR	Manila Water Company	VP, IR	PT Bank Central Asia
Head of IR	Megawide Construction	VP, IR	Sun Hung Kai & Co

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The early bird rate shown below will expire on Friday, May 27, 2022. After this date the price will increase to the standard rate of $195.

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