The European Chamber welcomes Mr Michele Cociani, Regional Head of Global Facility and Engineering, APAC, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mr James Ng, Greater China VP and General Secretary, Danone to present key aspects of their successful projects. In the Q&A discussion panel, the two speakers will be joined by Dr Peiyuan Guo, Chief Advisor, SynTao, Ms Yiqi Zhou, Senior Manager of Partner Relations and Cooperation, Sino-German Center for Sustainable Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Ms Camille Fourmeau, Economic Attaché, Deputy Economic Counsellor, Consulate General of France in Shanghai.


The European Chamber Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) raises awareness and rewards in sustainability. As a part of SBA, the Sustainable CEO Talk series brings corporate leaders together to explore sustainability in business development. The European Chamber invites you to attend the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation CEO Talk Two where Boehringer Ingelheim and Danone, two winners from the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation category, will outline their successful projects and practises in low-carbon transformation, carbon reduction, and green development amongst others.

• 2022-12-20 | 16:00 - 17:30
• ZOOM, online

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the upcoming Sustainable CEO Talk with Bekaert China and AB InBev Budweiser APAC from 15:30 - 17:10 on 15th December 2022. The Sustainable CEO Talks series will kick off on 15th December and will be joined by the 2022 SBA judges, who will share their observations and feedback for applications and winning cases.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China welcomes Mr Chris Ma, Vice President and Head of Sustainability North Asia, Bekaert, and Mr Jan Clysner, Vice President of Procurement and Sustainability, Budweiser APAC to present key aspects of their successful projects. In the Q&A discussion panel, the two speakers will be joined by Ms Camille Fourmeau, Deputy Economic Counsellor, Consulate General of France in Shanghai, Dr Xiaojun Qian, Professor and Associate Dean of Academics, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, and Mr Xidelong Guo, Independent Advisor.

The European Chamber Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) is to reward excellence in sustainable and CSR company programmes and raise awareness about sustainable business practices and responsible operating models. As a part of SBA, the Sustainable CEO Talk series events aim to bring corporate leaders together and explore effective ways of sustainable business development. The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to attend the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation CEO Talk One where Bekaert China and AB InBev Budweiser APAC, two winners from the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation category will outline their successful projects and practises in low-carbon transformation, carbon reduction, green development and others.

If you are interested in our Sustainable Business Awards, it would be advised to join the different sessions of our Sustainable CEO Talks in December to hear more about the winning cases. Book your seat to join us 15th December, 15:30-17:10, at 8F, T1, 118 Feihong Rd., Shanghai.

• 2022-12-15 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Ruihong CA (corporate avenue), Shanghai

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major challenges in the automotive industry supply chain.

Industry pain points include chip shortage, rising raw material prices, long R&D and design cycles, shorter delivery cycles, and difficulties in horizontal integration of data from the design, production to the supply chain.

It is imperative to build a more secure and manageable supply chain and a more refined, flexible, digital and intelligent production management system.

• 2022-12-14 | 14:00 - 16:30
• 上海市黄浦区西藏中路268号来福士办公楼15F，Sunflower会议室

China’s MEE has issued guidelines to guide the development of TWO HIGH projects - projects with HIGH energy use and HIGH carbon emissions, in order to accomplish its goals of bringing down its carbon emission to a peak by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060. The TWO HIGH policy aims to reduce energy consumption by spurring companies to innovate on their process and improve the energy efficiency. Industries like coal, petrochemical, chemical, steel, non-ferrous metal smelting, construction materials are the main focus.

• 2022-12-06 | 13:30 - 16:30
• Ruihong Corporate Avenue，T1 8F

Data security and cross-border transfers of data are essential for of business activities and encourage innovation. Companies constantly use data generated from R&D or collected from customers in different locations to improve their products or develop new ones, often relying on teams based across the world.

Over the past years, China has considerably strengthened cybersecurity, data, and personal information protection governance. In 2017, the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) came to force outlining various obligations to network operators and internet service providers. In 2021, the CSL was complemented by Data Security Law (DSL) and the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), stipulating a series of obligations not only for actors based in China but also for those based elsewhere yet processing data or personal information generated in China. When doing business in China, SMEs need to be aware of the regulations they must follow to be compliant with cybersecurity and data protection system.

• 2022-10-26 | 16:00 - 18:00
• Online via zoom, Offline: Room Tianhe3, Floor 2M, Mandarin Oriental Guangzhou 广州文华东方酒店2M层天河3厅

With the purpose of promoting a stable and healthy development of foreign-funded enterprises that have been hit by the epidemic, Chinese government has issued a series of supportive policies. When struggling to benefit from the preferential policies, enterprises can get confused with the procedures, which may lead to failure in relevant project applications. Given these conditions, the speaker will contribute his experience of all these years to helping foreign companies find the best project and make a positive outcome.

• 2022-09-22 - 2022-09-22 | 13:30 - 15:30
• Online/Merck Innovation Center, Floor 35 线上/广州市默克创新中心35层

According to China's law, once appointed to manage a company, the legal representative will take certain powers and be exposed to legal liabilities at the same time, which may lead to personal risks for wrongdoings either by him/herself or by the company and its employees, subject to civil, administrative or even criminal liability. For foreign nationals, penalties in serious cases may include deportation and ban from China for several years. The present seminar will help to keep you well informed, share real-life cases, improve corporate governance and examine ways to mitigate the risks as much as possible, so that you can react quickly when the threat of liability does arise and get a chance to minimize personal risks.

• 2022-09-22 - 2022-09-22 | 15:30 - 17:45
• Online/Merck Innovation Center, Floor 35 线上/默克创新中心35层

According to China's law, once appointed to manage a company, the legal representative will take certain powers and be exposed to legal liabilities at the same time, which may lead to personal risks for wrongdoings either by him/herself or by the company and its employees, subject to civil, administrative or even criminal liability. For foreign nationals, penalties in serious cases may include deportation and ban from China for several years. The present seminar will help to keep you well informed, share real-life cases, improve corporate governance and examine ways to mitigate the risks as much as possible, so that you can react quickly when the threat of liability does arise and get a chance to minimize personal risks.

• 2022-09-20 - 2022-09-20 | 15:30 - 17:45
• Online

With the purpose of promoting a stable and healthy development of foreign-funded enterprises that have been hit by the epidemic, Chinese government has issued a series of supportive policies. When struggling to benefit from the preferential policies, enterprises can get confused with the procedures, which may lead to failure in relevant project applications. Given these conditions, the speaker will contribute his experience of all these years to helping foreign companies find the best project and make a positive outcome.

• 2022-09-20 - 2022-09-20 | 13:30 - 15:30
• Online

Event description:
In China, livestreaming and mobile video apps grew in popularity earlier, and far more quickly. This was significant, because it gave a strong cultural foundation, onto which social commerce could build. Social commerce made up 13% of retail e-commerce sales in China in 2021, and the industry is expected to grow by 38.5% on annual basis to reach $363,547.3 million in 2022.

The way people communicate and live their lives has altered considerably and therefore influenced how companies operate and communicate with their clients. The rise of a new consumer class — the affluent, sophisticated, and highly connected millennial — has helped to grow the e-commerce revolution and make China a powerhouse of social commerce.

• 2022-09-14 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office