Sino-German Sustainability Summit

Time

Session

Speakers

09:00-09:30  

Registration & Networking

09:30-09:45

Welcome & Introduction               

Mr. ZHU Hongren, Chairman of China Enterprise Confederation

Dr. Eric Schweitzer, President of the DIHK

Mr. Ralf Scheller, Member of the Executive Board of Management of TÜV Rheinland AG

Keynote Speech: The Sino-German shared ambition on sustainable development

09:40-09:50

Emerging trends of sustainable development in China

Mr. ZHAI Qi, Executive Secretary-General of China Business Council for Sustainable Development

09:50-10:00

Chinese Perspective on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals 

Mr. HAN Bin, Executive Secretary-General of Global Compact Network China

10:00-10:10

German Lens for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals 

Ms. Nadine-Lan Hönighaus, Executive Director of econsense

10:10-10:20

International TÜV Rheinland Global Compact Award

Dr. Achim Ernst,TÜV Rheinland Foundation

Panel Discussion: Shift to sustainable development - motivations, approaches and gains

10:20-11:10

Cornerstones and roadmap for SDGs management and a resilient future

Business cases: development, challenges and rewards of managing SDGs

Mr. Joachim Schlange, Schlange & Co. (Presenter)

BASF

Mr. ZHANG Hao,Head of Corporate Sustainability of Huawei

11:10-11:40

Coffee Break & Exhibits

11:40-12:30

ESG dynamics in capital markets and the sustainability agenda of asset owners/ managers

UN Principles for Responsible Investment (Presenter)

German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE)

Lunch break

14:00-16:30

Concurrent workshops

14:00-15:00

I. Sustainable development: Chemical sector in motion

Mr. Andreas Zamostny, Schlange & Co. (Moderator)

SINOPEC

Kingfa

BASF

EVONIK

II.Mobilizing supply chain actors for the SDGs

Mr. Frank Dossers ，TÜV Rheinland (Moderator)

BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative)

RBA (Responsible Business Alliance)

SEDEX

15:00-15:30

Coffee break & Exhibits

15:30-16:30

III. Multi-stakeholder partnerships for the SDGs

Ms. Nadine-Lan Hönighaus, Executive Director of econsense (Moderator)

Mr. Hagen Ettner,German Director of Sino-German Center for Sustainable Development;

Mr. JIN Zhonghao, Transformation, WWF China

IV. Responding to the expectations of capital market on sustainable development

Mr. Joachim Schlange, Schlange & Co. (Moderator)

BNY Mellon

DWS (Deutsche Asset Management)

A China-based Asset Manager

16:30-17:00

Summary of workshop outcome, next steps and farewell

TÜV Rheinland and S&C

17:00

Adjourn and get-together