3rd German-Malaysian Business Forum: Uncovering ESG driven practices in supply chain management

It’s evident that the importance of ESG in supply chain management has become top priority in recent years. Demand from consumers and investors are growing in terms of transparency and accountability. Thus, businesses are facing increasing pressure to ensure their supply chain are compliant, ethical and sustainable.  Supply chain is the front line of ESG that determines company values, market growth and future compliance which sets the stage for organisational success. In this three-hour forum, speakers across industries will gather to provide attendees with a holistic view of best practices in integrating ESG priorities into supply chain management through a robust panel discussion, experts’ sharing and impactful networking.

Agenda

9.30 am - Registration

10.00 am - Opening remarks 

• Daniel Bernbeck, Executive Director, Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry

10.05 am - Session 1: Keynote Presentation

- An overview of doing business in Malaysia in the era of ESG 

• YB Dato Hajjah Hanifah Hajar Taib, Deputy Minister of Economy, Ministry of Economics

- Q&A with audience

10.20 am - Session 2: Experts Insight

- Practical implementation and delivering on sustainability practices/solutions.

• Moderator: Klaus Burkart, COO & Co Founder, Cargodian GmBH 
• Tan Sieow How, Senior Director of Facilities Management, Infineon Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd
• Puvan Selvanathan, President, Bluenumber
• Pascal Brinkmann, Partner, Luther  

- Q&A with audience

11.20 am - Session 3: Panel Discussion

- Building sustainable supply chain management in Malaysia - headwinds vs tailwinds

• Moderator: Khor Yu Leng, Board Director, Business Council for Sustainable Development Malaysia 
• Klaus Burkart, COO & Co Founder, Cargodian GmbH
• Vimala Arumugam, Managing Director, BASF (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
• Dr Meenachi Muniandy (Jessica), Senior Director and Head of Industry, ESG Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• Bilal Parvaiz, Executive Director & Head Islamic Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered

- Q&A with audience

12.20 pm - Closing & Networking

12.30 pm - END

To register, please click here.