Events Calendar
On November 21, the ASEAN-Korea Centre is organizing the ASEAN-Korea ESG Forum in celebration of launching our publication “ESG Practices in ASEAN and Korea: Pathways Towards Sustainability.” Expanding on the above publication, this event brings together ESG experts from ASEAN and Korea to raise awareness on ESG initiatives of both regions, examine the current landscape, and discuss ways forward.
If
you are a stakeholder in ESG initiatives and interested in ventures across ASEAN
and Korea, please register here.
[Program
Outline]
Date
& Venue: 21 November (Tue), Grand Ballroom, JW Mariott Dongdaemun Square,
Seoul, Korea
Session
1: Briefing on Publication
- Key
findings and implications presented by the Asia School of Business, Malaysia
Session
2: Increasing ESG Impact for Sustainable Development in ASEAN
1. ASEAN
Taxonomy and ESG Initiatives in ASEAN (Securities Commission Malaysia)
2. ASEAN
Businesses’ Journey Towards a Sustainable Supply Chain (PwC Asia Pacific)
3. ASEAN-Korea
Sustainability Trends and Enablers (National University of Singapore)
4. Green
Development for ASEAN SMEs (TBC)
Session
3: ESG as a Key Facilitator for Sustainable ASEAN-Korea Partnership
1. Strengthening
Capacity of SMEs for Green Transition and Enhanced Access to Climate Finance (Global
Green Growth Institute)
2. Current
Trends and Issues of ESG (Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
3. ASEAN-Korea
Cooperation in Sustainable Supply Chain (Korea Institute for Industrial
Economics and Trade)
4. ESG
Practices of Global Companies in ASEAN – Opportunities and Challenges (Kyung
Hee University, Korea)
Simultaneous
interpretation of Korean and English will be provided and recorded clips of the
event will be posted on AKC’s YouTube channel after the event.