16:45 - 18:15

Joëlle Brohier-Meuter (Singapore)
Editor - French-language resource portal on CSR in developing countries

Pipat Yodprudtikan (Thailand)
Director - Thaipat Institute

From "Engaged" to "High Performance" CSR

1) How are companies engaging CSR in Thai societies?
2) What is "High Performance" CSR and how do companies develop it within an organization?

Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah (Hong Kong)
East Asia Researcher & Coordinator - Business And Human Rights Resource Centre

Chinese Businesses and Multinationals in China Responding to Human Rights Concerns

1) How do companies respond to human rights concerns in China?
2) How do Chinese companies respond to human rights concerns in countries they invest in?
3) Opportunities and challenges for ethical investment in China

Trini Wing Yue Leung (Hong Kong)
Executive Director - Responsible Competitiveness Roundtable

New Supply Chain Business Models Require Compliance and Beyond - Experiences of Clothing, Toys and Electronics Industries in Asia

1) What are the deadlocks in compliance-based approach in product safety and ethical standards?
2) What are important demands and factors for new approaches?
3) What is the nature of the relationship between responsible and competitive businesses?

Ravi Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Director Corporate Branding & Strategic CSR - MAS Holdings (Pvt) ltd.

Moving from CSR to SCR.

CSR today has a bad name due to the fact that most organizations have not moved beyond "Doing good to look good." To offer a way out, organizations must move up to Strategic Corporate Responsibility from simple CSR or Philantrophy, embedding Corporate Responsibility in their business strategy. Mr Fernando urges organizations to work with all the US/EU brands they supply to raise the bar of compliance. Asia is poised to be the "World's Factory", but can transform itself to be the "World's Responsible Factories" by being united in its pricing with high compliance. With strategic CSR, a global business environment of "Doing Well & Doing Good" is not an impossible mission.