【Save the Date: Upcoming Events】The 17th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum

Build New Era Supply Chain    Contribute to Inclusive Development
 
- The 17^th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum -
 
5 December 2017, Shanghai
 
 
Background
 
As a professional and practical communication platform and channel for corporate social responsibility (CSR), the Sino-European CSR Round Table Forum has been successfully held 16   times in the past years. It has been well received by stakeholders and conducted with great support from participants, including relevant Chinese government departments, CSR organizations as well as Chinese and European enterprises. Focusing on the building of responsible supply chain for many years, covering related topics such as caring for employees, harmonious labour relations, good communication mechanism and partnership between buyers and suppliers, the forum aims to establish a communication platform for buyers and suppliers and to deliver constructive suggestions regarding topics related from the perspective of corporate social responsibility.
 
 
The just-ended 19th CPC National Congress pointed out that China has entered a new era, and the principal contradiction facing Chinese society has evolved to be that between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life. The transformation of the principal contradictions in China redefines the reasons for the existence of enterprises and its development direction. Enterprises, as a part of the solution to the social contraction, will also contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with actions. In the new era, how to create a sustainable supply chain, and how to change the "unbalanced and inadequate development" of the enterprises themselves and their industries  to better meet the people's ever-growing needs for a better life"? This forum will focus on the topic of building a responsible supply chain to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in SDG8. Distinguished guests from well-known companies and sustainability experts will be invited to share their perspective and approaches to translating SDG8 into feasible and achievable action plans against the new Chinese social contraction and pursue sustainable supply chain development.
 
 
Organizers
 
Foreign Trade Association (FTA)
 
China WTO Tribune

 
Venue
 
Meeting Room, 6F, Fenyang Garden Hotel

 
Address
 
NO.45 Fen Yang Road, Shanghai, China

 
Date
 
Dec. 5,2017
 
 
 
The 17th Sino-European CSR Roundtable Forum is now calling for your participation, if you are interested please contact us for more information at mingming.yang@goldenbeechina.com by Nov. 30, 2017.

Tentative Agenda
13:30-14:00	Registration
14:00 – 14:20	Welcoming Addresses
	-     Corporate Social Responsibility Office of Shanghai Pudong New Area -     Foreign Trade Association (FTA) Representative China
14:20 – 15:10	Keynote Speeches
	Report of 19th CPC National Congress and CSR/Sustainability The New Era EU-China Supply Chain - What are the opportunities for Sustainable EU-China Trade The New Era Sustainable Supply Chain – A Global Retailer’s Perspective Innovation in the sustainable supply chain: a Tool for Inclusive Development
15:10 – 15:20	Questions & Answers
15:20 – 15:35	Tea Break
15:35 – 16:20	Discussion： All participating guests will discuss and share the approaches and suggestions of upgrading supply chains by solving the unbalanced and inadequate development problems from their own perspectives. Topics: 1. What are the main unbalanced and inadequate development problems in the supply chain? 2. To solve these problems, what is the difficulty and challenge for the enterprises in the supply chain? 3. Are there some mature mechanisms and practices can be learned from?
16:20 - 16:30	Conclusion
	Report on discussion results and recommendations and closing remarks