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Regional Conference on Corporate Responsibility:
"Why Responsible Business Conduct Matters"
Date
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2-3 November 2009 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizers
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ESCAP and OECD in cooperation with ILO, UN Global Compact and GRI
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Objective
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- Discuss the respective roles of governments, business and other stakeholders in promoting RBC/CSR in the OECD and Asian contexts.
- Learn from concrete experiences how firms in OECD and Asian countries engage in RBC/CSR activities and relate them to corporate governance, and discuss how the “business case” can be reinforced. A special focus will be given to climate change and financial issues.
- Discuss the supporting role of the leading international corporate responsibility initiatives in promoting international responsible business and plans for updating the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in 2010.
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Documentation
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Summary of key findings
Outcomes document
Programme
Presentations:
Monday, 2 November 2009 - Afternoon
 Key Note Opening Speeches:
Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the
United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
Issara Somchai, Minister, Ministry of Social
Development and Human Security, Thailand
Plenary session one - What responsible business conduct means
What "Responsible Business Conduct" means
Gerald Pachoud, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-
General's Special Representative on Business and
Human Rights
The Asian way to longevity and prosperity
Haruo Funabashi, Chief Executive Officer,
Sirius Institute
ASEAN Blueprint for the Socio-Cultural Community
2008-2015 Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility
Manasvi Srisodapol, Deputy Director-General,
ASEAN Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Thailand
The ILO and CSR – Why Responsible Business
Conduct Matters
Ricarda McFalls, Head, Multinational enterprises
Programme, ILO
Plenary session two - From Theory to Practice
Operationalising Responsible Business Conduct
Marinus W. Sikkel, Chief, Private Sector and
Development Section, Trade and Investment
Division, ESCAP
From theory to practice: Emerging trends in CSR
Richard Welford, Professor, Hong Kong University;
Chairman, CSR Asia
Responsible Businmess Conduct in Thailand
Pipat Yodprudtikan, Director, Thaipat Institute and
Advisory, CSRI, SET
Country Study on "Corporate Social Responsibility
in Vietnam"
Nguyen Dinh Tai, Director, Management Consulting
and Training Center, CIEM
Tuesday, 3 November 2009 - Morning
Parallel session A - The Responsibilities of the Financial Sector
Part I: A crisis is too precious to waste
The New Asian Power Brokers: The Growing Influence
of Asian Government Pension Funds
Alexandra Tracy, Vice-Chairman, Association for
sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)
A Crisis is too Precious to Waste
Herman Mulder, Boardmember of NCP-NL, GRI,
GC-NL, TEEB
Responsible Business Conduct: The Business Case
for SRI
Geoffrey Williams, Chief Executive Officer, OWW
Consulting in Malaysia and Singapore
Corporate Social Responsibility in Chinese Financial
Sector - China Development Bank CSR Practice
Hong Dengjin, Division Chief, China Development
Bank
Part II: Making a difference in Asia
What governments can do
Nataya Niyamanusorn, Securities and Exchange
Commission, Thailand
What Asian governments can do
Eiichiro Adachi, Head, ESC Research Center,
Japan Research Institute
Biodiversity and business you name it
Gustaaf A Lumiu, Finance and Administration Director,
Kehati - The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation
What Asian Financial Institutions can do
Jaspreet Duhra, Client Relationship Manager, EIRIS
...capital markets for social good
Robert A. Kraybill, Managing Director, Impact
Investment Exchange Asia
Delivering Performance - MSWG
Rita Benoy Bushon, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia
Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group
Delivering Performance - Anpha Capital
Nikhil Singh, Chief Investment Officer, Anpha Capital
Parallel session B - Building a Low Carbon Future
Part I: Asia, on the Road to Copenhagen
Asia on the Copenhagen - "Setting the Stage"
Josh Carmody, Senior energy and Climate Change
specialist, ADB
Low Carbon Development in Asia-Pacific: Role of the
Private Sector
Hongpeng Liu, Economic Affairs Officer, Environment
and Development Division, ESCAP
CSR and Environment
Kendo Sone, Director, OECD Division, Economic
Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
“Why Responsible Business Conduct Matters: Private
Sector Action”
Anusorn Sangnimnuan, President, The Bangchak
Petroleum Public Company Limited, Thailand
Sunlabob’s Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility
in Laos
Andy Schroeter, Director, Sunlabob Renewable Energy Ltd
Aeon’s activities for reducing GHG emissions
Mitsuko Tsuchiya, Aeon Co., Ltd.
Part II: Creating a Positive Domino Effect
Business practices in support of a low-carbon future
Céline Kauffmann and Cristina Tébar Less, OECD
Carbon Disclosure 2009 - Expansion & Consolidation
David St. Maur Sheil, Director, Association for
Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)
We are Brandix
Iresha Somarathne, Head of Energy and Environment,
Brandix Lanka
Company Perspective on Managing the Supply Chain
Sumeth Laomoraphorn, Chief Operation Officer of
C.P. Intertrade Co., Ltd.
The Development of ISKANDAR Malaysia with Clean
Technologies & Low Carbon Footprint
John Paul, Professor & Research Fellow, BEM
(Bordeaux Ecole de Management), France
Plenary session three - The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises -
“Unique Features, Unique Accomplishments”
Are-Jostein Norheim, CSR Ambassador, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Norway
'What the OECD MNE Guidelines can do for Asian firms'
Paul Hohnen, Sustainability Strategies, Amsterdam
"OECD Guidelines' Features and Review"
Herman Mulder
CSR Business Response for Development:
The CADP Experience
Roy R. Luntayao, Manager, Community Development
Group
Concluding plenary session four - Joining Forces around Leading Instruments
The ILO and CSR – Why Responsible Business Conduct
Matters
Ricarda McFalls, Head, Multinational Enterprises
Program, ILO
Joining Forces Around Leading Instruments
Katherine Miles, Sustainability Reporting Framework
Manager, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
How leading international corporate responsibility
instruments can relate more effectively to each other
Yanti Triwadiantini Koestoer, Executive Director,
Indonesia Business Links
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Participants
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List of participants
Photo Gallery |
Contact
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ESCAP
Marit Nilses
Email: nilsesm@un.org
Telephone +66 2288 1432 (Bangkok)
OECD
Marie-France Houde
Email: marie-france.houde@oecd.org
Telephone +33 1 45 24 91 26 (France)
Focal point of conference: Joëlle Brohier
Email: joelle.brohier@gmail.com
Telephone +65 65 53 16 52 (Singapore)
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Last updated: 21 January 2010 |
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