Sustainability is a growing requirement from governments, suppliers and customers. Many businesses still don't recognize that working sustainably also means working cost-effectively. To turn this around requires a willingness to buck conventional financial wisdom by focusing not on reducing the cost of each part but on increasing the efficiency as a whole.

During this event, a range of speakers from various green sectors, will share with you how companies can start making their facilities more sustainable and reduce the environmental footprint.

• 2019-05-28 | 15:30 - 18:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Shui On Plaza, Unit 2204

What is Sustainable Business Awards? How will the applicants be evaluated? What makes a successful case? In order to support Shanghai member companies to better fill in the awards application forms and understand the whole evaluation process when applying, we are organizing an information session on 21st May at 10:00 -11:30 am with expert from SYNTAO and judge last year to introduce the awards at the Chamber Shanghai office.

• 2019-05-21 | 10:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber Office Shanghai, Unit 2204, Shui On Plaza, 333 Hua Hai Zhong Road, Shanghai

After 1945, the liberal-democratic model of capitalism spread across the globe, ultimately prevailing over communism. Over the past two decades, a new statist-authoritarian model has begun diffusing across Asia. Rather than rejecting capitalism, authoritarian leaders harness it to uphold their rule. Based on extensive research of East Asia's largest corporations and sovereign wealth funds, this book argues that the most aggressive version of this model does not belong to China. Rather, it can be found in Malaysia and Singapore. Although these countries are small, the implications are profound because one-third of all countries in the world possess the same type of regime. With an increasing number of these authoritarian regimes establishing sovereign wealth funds, their ability to intervene in the corporate sectors of other countries is rapidly expanding.

• 2019-05-15 | 15:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

After 40 years of reform and opening-up, China has transformed into the second largest economy in recent years. The world has witnessed its epic achievements in almost all fields, including the vibrant high-tech industry.

• 2019-05-14 | 16:00 - 18:00
• The Executive Centre

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to welcome Anthony Gardner, Senior Advisor at Brunswick Group and former US Ambassador to the European Union, to share with participants his views on the road ahead for EU-US-China Relations.

• 2019-05-10 | 09:00 - 10:20
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

This Sustainable Business Talk: Corporate Social Shared Value CEO Talk with Volvo CE, in the afternoon of 8th May, will invite Volvo Construction Equipment to share their social shared value strategy and their experience on integrating CSV into corporate values. As a world leading construction equipment manufacturer, Volvo CE is driven by the idea that through imagination, hard work and technological innovation they will lead the way towards developing a world that is cleaner, smarter, and more connected.

• 2019-05-08 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Shanghai, Unit 2204, Shui On Plaza, 333 Hua Hai Zhong Road, Shanghai