Agenda - Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit 2020

AGENDA


Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit 2020 Single Reporting Standard: Possibility or Pipedream? 9 December 2020 \| Virtual \| 1:00 PM to 6:30 PM SGT

1:00pm - 1:30pm	Welcome and Instructions, Opening remarks	Rajesh Chhabara Managing Director, CSRWorks International, Chair of Summit Elaine Cohen Managing Director, Beyond Business, Co-Chair of Summit Dr. Lawrence Loh Director, Corporate Governance, Institutions and Organisations, NUS Business School

1:30pm - 2:10pm	Opening Keynote A Global Reporting System: From Competition to Cooperation	Prof. Mervyn King Chair Emeritus, International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)
OPENING PLENARY
2:10pm - 3:30pm	OPENING PLENARY #1 The path to a single reporting standard Do we need a single reporting standard? Or do we need a corporate reporting system? What is the difference between the two? How would a single global reporting standard be constructed? Would it be about impact, or value creation, or accountability? Or all three? How would a single reporting standard account for industry and sector differences? What forces of change are currently driving consolidation versus fragmentation? What have standard setters achieved from their collaboration talks so far? If we manage to achieve a single reporting standard, and companies adopt it, how would this change the world? Will it help drive sustainable development? Or will it merely make investors richer and exacerbate social issues?	PANELLISTS 1. Edoardo Gai Managing Director, Head ESG Benchmarking, S&P Global 2. Jonathan Labrey Chief Strategy Officer, International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) 3. Ásthildur Hjaltadottir Chief Regional Officer, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 4. Nicolai Lundy Director of Partnership & Market Outreach, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) 5. Pietro Bertazzi Global Director – Policy Engagement, CDP MODERATOR Rajesh Chhabara Managing Director, CSRWorks International, Chair of Summit
3:30pm - 4:30pm	OPENING PLENARY #2 Navigating the Alphabet Soup Which are the currently preferred reporting standards and frameworks and why? Which reporting standards are simply tick-the-box and which add value? How do the ESG rankings and ratings influence the way companies disclose? How do investor demands influence ESG disclosures? Would a single harmonised reporting standard be preferable, or does one size does not fit all? Would a single standard prevent the ability of companies to differentiate and gain a competitive edge? What disclosures do you demand from your supply chain? How do you make reporting processes manageable – what technologies help to make disclosure more efficient?	PANELLISTS 1. Esther An Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited 2. Anirban Ghosh Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group 3. Ma. Victoria A. Tan Head, Group Risk Management and Sustainability Unit, Ayala Corporation 4. Koleen Davila Palaganas Vice-President, Sustainability, SM Investments Corporation MODERATOR Elaine Cohen Managing Director, Beyond Business, Co Chair of Summit
4:30pm - 4:45pm	Break
LEADERSHIP PLENARY
4:45pm - 5:30pm	LEADERSHIP PLENARY #1 What’s hot? What’s new? What’s the future of reporting? Will everyone be revising sustainability strategy and materiality in the light of COVID-19? Is SDG reporting simply about icons or is it more substantive? Has global supply chain strategy changed due to COVID-19? Will we see increased pressure to disclose more fully on supply chain controls? Is ESG reporting replacing sustainability reporting, and is this significant? What’s the prognosis for Integrated Reporting? Do we expect increased uptake, and will it replace sustainability reporting? How many ways can you say materiality? Financial, dynamic, double… have we lost the plot? Does TCFD add value to mitigating climate change? Or is it just a tool for investors? Does the Board ever read a sustainability report? What’s next in Board accountability for sustainability?	PANELLISTS 1. Prof. Dr. Guler Aras Founding Chair, Integrated Reporting Network Turkey - ERTA Founding Director, YTU Center for Finance, Governance & Sustainability 2. Jacqueline Wong Sustainable Development Manager, Sunway Berhad 3. Wim Peeters Vice President, Business Development EcoVadis 4. Dongsoo Kim Board Member, AA1000 Standards, Chair of the AA1000AS v3 Steering Committee MODERATOR Gennie Yen Founder of CSRone Reporting Platform,President, Veda International Corporation, Taiwan
5:30pm - 5:40pm	KEYNOTE Harmonizing corporate sustainability reporting through the intersection of Big Data and AI Technology	KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Madelyn Antoncic Managing Partner, Global A.I Corp. and CEO, Global Algorithmic Institute
5:40pm - 6:15pm	LEADERSHIP PLENARY #2 Do investors really know how to evaluate ESG Risk? Do investors subscribe to the notion of a single harmonised reporting standard? If so, why? If so, why not? Are investors clear about how to evaluate ESG data, or is it still mainly guesswork? Is there a justification for multiple ESG rankings and ratings that place companies at different ranking order with little correlation? Isn’t that just misleading and confusing? If there is a move to a single reporting standard, will this not demand a move to a singleESG rating and ranking benchmark? Could investors agree on this? The Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative is driving increased attention to ESG for listing purposes. Why are SECs around the world not aligning on a single ESG disclosure standard? The 2020 OECD annual business report said: “Current approaches to ESG assessments and ratings appear highly inconsistent and incomparable, and risk undermining their potential value”. So are investors just wasting their time?	PANELLISTS 1. Dr. Madelyn Antoncic Managing Partner, Global A.I Corp. and CEO, Global Algorithmic Institute 2. Michael Tang Head, Listing Policy & Product Admission, Singapore Exchange Regulation 3. Tim Daniel Head of Investor Relations, Consultant, SM Investments Corporation 4. Pratima Divgi Director, Hong Kong, ASEAN, ANZ, CDP MODERATOR Prof. Carol Adams Professor of Accounting, Durham University Business School
6:15pm - 6:30pm	Closing Remarks	Rajesh Chhabara Managing Director, CSRWorks International, Chair of Summit Elaine Cohen Managing Director, Beyond Business, Co-Chair of Summit


PRE-SUMMIT WORKSHOPS 8 December 2020 \| Virtual 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm SGT

Pre-summit Workshop -1 2:00 – 3:00pm (Singapore Time) EcoVadis Carbon & Corruption: Integrating CSR criteria into sustainability reporting	SPEAKERS Crystal Cheng, Senior Sustainability Analyst, EcoVadis Aaron Leonard, Account Executive, APAC, ANZ, EcoVadis Yeh Di Harn, Account Executive, EcoVadis MODERATOR Chan Yen Sen, Senior Consultant, CSRWorks International
Pre-summit Workshop – 2 3:30 – 5:30pm (Singapore Time) Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) The 2020 CSA results DJSI members Regional / Country focus Newly introduced questions and topics Rationale and Background Results Benefits of participating in the CSA ESG offering of S&P Global (How the CSA data is used across S&P) How to use the latest results in your corporate communication How to use the CSA with internal peers How to better understand and improve your CSA score ESG Evaluation (S&P Global Ratings product based on the CSA)	SPEAKERS Erik Christianto, Director, ESG Product Specialist for S&P Global Ratings, APAC Sebastian Saner, Senior ESGBenchmarking Specialist, S&PGlobal Switzerland Lim Adriaenssens, SeniorESG Benchmarking Specialist,S&P Global Switzerland MODERATOR Rajesh Chhabara, Managing Director, CSRWorks International, Chair of Summit

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