Draft Agenda
| Day 1 | 4 September 2019 IS MANDATORY BETTER? | ||
| 0800 | Registration and Networking reception | |
| OPENING PLENARY | ||
| 0900 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Rajesh Chhabara, Managing Director, CSRWorks International |
| 0915 | Inaugural Address | TBC |
| 0930 | Keynote 1: | Tim Mohin, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) |
| 0945 | Keynote 2: | Madelyn Antoncic, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) |
| 1000 | Plenary Panel: How far can we go, how far should we go? | Panellists: 1. Tim Mohin, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2. Madelyn Antoncic, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) TBC TBC |
| 1030 | Networking Tea Break | |
| SPOTLIGHT ON ASIA | ||
| 1100 | Keynote: Overview of voluntary and regulatory frameworks – how are they changing? How are they overlapping? | TBC |
| 1115 | Is mandatory better in Asia? How are regulatory and voluntary frameworks changing the reporting landscape in Asia?
• What is working and what is not? • Have regulations achieved the desired goals? • Is compliance driving transparency? • What are the challenges for companies emerging from mandated reporting? • What’s the road ahead? | Panellists: TBC |
| THE CSO VIEW | ||
| 1200 | TBC Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC |
| 1230 | Networking Lunch | |
| BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS (PARALLEL STREAMS) | ||
| 1330 | Workshop 1 | Engaging the Board on ESG disclosures | TBC |
| Workshop 2 | Integrated Reporting: Communicating your value creation story to investors | Facilitators: 1. Jonathan Labrey, Chief Strategy Officer, International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) 2. TBC 3. TBC | |
| Workshop 3 | Best practices in Human Rights reporting Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| Workshop 4 | TBC Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| ROUNDTABLE | ||
| 1430 | Self-regulation or mandatory? | TBC |
| 1500 | Benchmark or name and shame or mandate? The stakeholder view. | TBC |
| 1530 | Networking Tea Break | |
| DRIVERS, BENEFITS and RISKS of MANDATED REPORTING | ||
| 1600 | Keynote | TBC |
| 1615 | Can legal requirements lead to comparability? | TBC |
| 1645 | Corporates versus investors – on the same side? | TBC |
| 1715 | Closing remarks | Elaine Cohen, Summit Co-Chair |
| 1730 | Networking Cocktail and announcement of Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen 2019 Guest of Honour: TBC | |
| End of Day 1 |
| Day 2 | 5 September 2019 REPORTING IN PRACTICE | ||
| 0830 | Networking reception | |
| OPENING PLENARY | ||
| 0900 | Opening Remarks | Rajesh Chhabara, Managing Director, CSRWorks International |
| 0910 | Integrated Reporting: Where is it headed?
• What is driving adoption of • How do Investors and regulators view integrated reporting? • How do you engage the Board on integrated reporting? • How do you integrated the SDGs and climate change in integrated reporting? • What is the place of IR in a growing clutter of reporting frameworks? What lies ahead? • Is IR suitable for SMEs? | Panellists: 1. Jonathan Labrey, Chief Strategy Officer, International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) 2. TBC 3. TBC 4. TBC |
| 0945 | Has ESG become a central issue for investors and lenders?
| TBC |
| 1030 | Networking Tea Break | |
| ROUNDTABLE | ||
| 1100 | What companies don’t disclose? | TBC |
| ASIA'S SUSTAINABILITY TIGERS | ||
| 1130 | Panel: Insights from Taiwan What makes Taiwanese companies do so well on sustainability indices? | Panellists: 1. Gennie Yen, Founder, CSRone Reporting 2. TBC 3. TBC 4. TBC |
| 1200 | Panel: Insights from Thailand What does Thai companies do so well on sustainability indices? | Panellists: 1. Nareerat Santhayati, Deputy VP, Sustainable Development Department, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) 2. TBC 3. TBC 4. TBC |
| 1230 | Networking Lunch | |
| BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS (PARALLEL STREAMS) | ||
| 1330 | Workshop 1 Climate Change disclosures / Implementing the TCFD recommendations Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC |
| Workshop 2 Engaging supply chain for meaningful reporting Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| Workshop 3 Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| Workshop 4 Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| REPORTING INNOVATIONS AND INSIGHTS | ||
| 1430 | POWERHOUR: My Report | (10 minutes on the clock) |
| 1. Company 1: Hair O'right International Corp, Taiwan | Steven Ko, Chairman, Hair O'right International Corp | |
| 2. Company X:Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| 3. Company X:Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| 4. Company X:Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| 5. Company X:Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC | |
| POWERHOUR: Q&A | ||
| 1530 | Networking Tea Break | Networking Tea Break |
| FIRESIDE CHAT | ||
| 1600 | TBC Ideas/suggestions/proposals welcome | TBC |
| EMERGING TOPICS IN REPORTING | ||
| 1630 | Keynote: The future of reporting: Blockchain analytics | Girish Ramachandran,President, Tata Consultancy Services, Asia Pacific |
| 1645 | The new reporting hot topics:
• Employee wellbeing and mental health | TBC |
| 1730 | How to write award-winning reports? | TBC |
| 1800 | Closing round-up and takeaways | Rajesh Chhabara, Summit Chair Elaine Cohen, Summit Co-Chair |
| End of Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit 2019 |
Note: We will continue to update this page as the 2019 Summit Agenda evolves with input from stakeholders.
Tell us what topics you would like to see in the agenda. Send your suggestions to melissa.kee@csrworks.com with subject line “Suggestions for 2019 Agenda”.