About the Sino-German Sustainability Summit

The summit strives to inspire and empower the actors in both China and Germany in accomplishing their ambitious sustainable development goals through co-creation and innovation.

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Programme

The summit is featured by the insights and practices sharing from the thought and action leaders on sustainability subjects.

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Why Attend

Become a part of the collaborative and diverse community of sustainability leaders from both China and Germany.

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Who Will Attend

The summit will bring together over 100 sustainability leaders from businesses, financial institutions, sustainability advocates as well as public organizations to exchange their insights, experiences and practices on managing sustainable development agenda.

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About the Sino-German Sustainability Summit

The Sino-German Sustainability Summit aims to pilot a bilateral mechanism of communication and collaboration between China and Germany on their massive go-sustainable expedition. The summit strives to inspire and empower the stakeholders in both China and Germany in better accomplishing their ambitious sustainable development goals.

The summit will bring together over 100 sustainability leaders from businesses, financial institutions, sustainability advocates as well as public organizations to exchange their insights, experiences and practices on managing sustainable development agenda and to explore the potentials of Sino-German cooperation - particularly those involving the businesses - for achieving the common Sustainable Development Goals in China, Germany and beyond.

The summit is organized by TÜV Rheinland.

Supporters

Why Attend

  • Promote your business cases of managing sustainable development goals
  • Contribute to the development of Sino-German partnership on sustainability subjects
  • Showcase your ambition and commitment toward sustainable development goals
  • Build sustainability and CSR intelligence through the immersive peer sharing
  • Gain knowledge and insights to become a thought and action leader on sustainability subjects
  • Exploit the networking platform provided by this high-level Sino-German partnership event

Who Will Attend

  • Managers of Sustainability and CSR Management Function in Chinese and German enterprises
  • Representatives from the chambers, associations, not-for-profits, and think-tanks who are promoting the Sino-German collaboration on sustainability subjects in China, Germany and third countries
  • Representatives from the financial institutions and financial market operators who are committed to ESG principles and 2030 SDGs
  • Representatives from the government agencies in China and Germany who are promoting the societal and industrial shift to sustainable development mode

Programme

Time Session
08:30 Registration & Networking
09:00 Welcome & Introduction
  • Ralf Scheller, Member of the Executive Board of TÜV Rheinland AG
  • ZHU Hongren, Executive Vice Chairman and Director-General of China Enterprise Confederation
  • Johannes Regenbrecht, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy in China
  • WANG Jiming, President of of China Business Council for Sustainable Development and Former Vice Chairman and President of Sinopec
Keynote Speech: The Sino-German shared ambition on sustainable development
09:30 Accelerating Energy Transformation and Achieving Sustainable Development XIN Bao’an, President of State Grid
09:40 Chinese perspective on the implementation of sustainable development goals HAN Bin, Executive Secretary-General of Global Compact Network China
9:50 The role of German businesses regarding the sustainable development goals Nadine-Lan Hönighaus, Executive Director of econsense
10:00 Sino-German Cooperation on Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia Hagen Ettner, German Director of Sino-German Center for Sustainable Development
Panel Discussion: Shift to sustainable development - motivations, approaches and gains
10:10 Cornerstones and roadmap for SDGs management and a resilient future

Business cases: development, challenges and rewards of managing SDGs
  • Joachim Schlange, Schlange & Co. (Presenter)
  • Dr. Daqing ZHENG, Senior Vice President of BASF
  • HUANG Wensheng, Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Directors of Sinopec Corp
11:05 Coffee Break&Exhibits
11:35 ESG dynamics in capital markets and the supporting role of finance for sustainable development
  • Yvonne Zwick, Deputy Secretary General of German Council for Sustainable Development(Presenter)
  • Yiting SUN, Deputy Secretary-General of International Finance Forum
  • Dr. AN Guojun，Deputy Secretary-General of Green Finance Commission of China Green Finance Institute
  • Dr. Priscilla Lu, Managing Director of Sustainable Investments, Alternatives(Asia), Deutsche Asset Management(DWS)
  • Robert Emanuel Bopp, Director of Sustainable Finance, EMEIA Financial Services, EY Germany
12:30 Lunch break
Concurrent workshops
14:00 I. Transformation through transparency: the role of non-financial reporting in supporting sustainable development
  • Yvonne Zwick, (Moderator) Deputy Secretary General of German Council for Sustainable Development
  • Dr. YUAN Ya, Consultant, China Business Council for Sustainable Development
  • Grace Li, Head of Communications, Asia Pacific North, Evonik Industries
  • Florian Harrlandt, Project Manager of German Council for Sustainable Development
  • David WANG, General Manager of RKS Ratings
II. Green manufacturing: trends in China and Germany
  • YANG Yutao, (Moderator) Technical Leader of Certification Department, China Electronics Standardization Institute(CESI)
  • GONG Xun,Manager, Global Standard & Environmental Engineering, Lenovo
  • WU Wei, Chief Engineer of Skyworth
  • Yu Yuelong, Manager, Energy Management, BMW Brilliance Automotive
III. Future mobility: the keys to sustainable transport
  • Dr. Karl Obermair, Program Director, Future Mobility, TÜV Rheinland (Moderator)
  • Mingnan ZHAO, Head of Sustainable Development Division, China Automotive Technology and Research Center
  • Andreas Zamostny, Managing Partner of Schlange & Co.
  • JI Qingfeng, Energy Management Group Leader, Energy Supply Section, Facilities Management Department, Benz
  • LI Yanlin，Chief Quality Engineer, CRRC Qingdao Sifang
15:15 Coffee Break&Exhibits
15:45 IV. Sustainability in global value chains – A true business advantage
  • Nadine-Lan Hönighaus, (Moderator) Executive Director of econsense
  • Florian Borgmann, Director of Representative Office Beijing, KfW/DEG
  • Dr. Cheng Xu, Head of Global Procurement & Logistics Greater China, LANXESS President in Asia, Together for Sustainability (TfS)
  • Zoye Chen, Consultant of Systain
V. The importance of Responsible Manufacturing in order to achieve the 2030 SDGs
  • Frank Dorssers, (Moderator) Vice President, Customized Services, Systems, TÜV Rheinland
  • Joyce Chau, Director Asia Pacific, amfori BSCI
  • Rona Starr, Executive Director of Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors(APSCA)
  • Walter Lin, Director of Strategy and Operations, Asia, SEDEX
  • ZHAO Shijun, Director, KINGFA
VI. Responding to the expectations of capital market on sustainable development
  • Joachim Schlange,(Moderator)Schlange & Co
  • Zhuozhi LI, President of DeTao Institute of Green Investment
  • Frank LI, Senior ESG Research Analyst of MSCI
  • Yuyu PENG, Director, Sustainable Investments, Alternatives(Asia), Deutsche Asset Management(DWS)
17:00 Adjourn and get-together

Speakers


Johannes Regenbrecht

Minister and Deputy Head of Mission German Embassy in China

Zhu Hongren

Executive Vice Chairman and Director-General of China Enterprise Confederation

WANG Jiming

President of China Business Council
for Sustainable Development and Former
Vice Chairman and President of Sinopec

XIN Bao’an

President of State Grid

Partner


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