Enhancing Corporate Social Responsibility
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remarks

Masahiro Kawai, Dean, ADBI

Calls to speakers and participants:

"Corporate Engagement in Public Policy Issues - Multi-stakeholder Approach"
Toru Tatara, Special Advisor to the Dean/ Conference Coordinator, ADBI

"Introduction of participants"

Photo Session/Break

Session 1: The Challenges and Issues for CSR in Asia - Overview
Comparative Overview of CSR in Asia - Issues and Challenges

Presenter:
Stephen Frost, Director, CSR Asia, Hong Kong, China
Title: Keynote Speech

Lunch

"Global CSR Movement"
Presenter: Tsukasa Kanai, Joint General Manager, CSR Office, The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Title: Business Revitalization: CSR for Financial Institutions

Presenter: Shizuo Fukada, Chair of Council for Better Corporate Citizenship (CBCC), Keidanren
Title: ISO SR Guidance Document - its making process and Japanese corporations

Moderator: Sununtar Setboonsarng, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Break

"Country Presentations: Issues and Solutions"

Presenter: Chrysanti Hasibuan Sedyono, Vice Chair, Indonesia Business Links
Title: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Indonesia

Presenter: Nguyen Quang Vinh, Program Director, Vietnam Business Links
Title: "Current status of CSR in Viet Nam"

• Presentation: Current status of CSR in Viet Nam
• Paper: Current status of CSR in Viet Nam

Presenter: David McCauley, Senior Environmental Economist, ADB
Title: Global Influences and the CSR Movement in Asia

• Presentation: Global Influences and the CSR Movement in Asia
• Paper: Global Influences and the CSR Movement in Asia

Moderator: Shizuo Fukada, Chair of CBCC, Keidanren

Welcome Cocktail hosted by ADBI

Session 2: Best Practices of CSR in Asia - Corporate Solution to Public Issues
"Contribution to local community through addressing local issues"

Presenter: Tam Robert Nguyen, Policy Advisor, Corporate Responsibility and Global Issues, Chevron Corporation
Title: Chevron and Community Engagement: Partnerships in Action

Presenter: Koichi Kaneda, Deputy General Manager,CSR Promotion Dept., Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Japan
Title: CSR Models and a Case of "Tsunami Reconstruction Fund" - Under the Scheme of "Asian Community Trust (ACT)

Moderator: David McCauley, Senior Environmental Economist, ADB

Break

A Common Procurement Guideline in IT Industy: Why and How?
(Electronics Industry Code of Conduct)

Presenter: Hidemi Tomita, General Manager, CSR Department, SONY
Title: From Green Procurement to Integrated SCM

Moderator: Stephen Frost, Director, CSR Asia, Hong Kong, China

Lunch

"CSR and Labor Issues in a Globalized Economy"

Presenter: Liu Kaiming, Executive Director, Institute of Contemporary Observation
Title: Migrant Workers and Labor Practice Issues in PRC

Presenter: Kate Larsen, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Asia Burberry Ltd
Title: CSR and Labor Issues in a Globalized Economy - Supply Chain Management of MNCs

Moderator: Paul Wedel, Executive Director, Kenan Institute Asia, Thailand

Break

Social Entrepreneur and CSR

Presenter: Jude Mannion, CEO, Robin Hood Foundation
Title: The Roll of Business in Making Poverty History

Presenter: Paichayon Uathaveekul Chairman, Swift Co.
Title: Sustainable Agricultural Practice Through Organic Farming : Lessons from Srakaew Province, Thailand

Presenter: Sunai Setboonsarng, Strategic Task Force Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand
Title: CSR and Poverty Reduction Based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy: A Case Study of Santi-Asoke Business Group in Thailand

Moderator: Sununtar Setboonsarng, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Session 3: Investing in CSR - Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
"Expanding SRI in Asia - Its Trends and Challenges"

Presenter: David St. Maur Sheil, Director, Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)
Title: SRI in Asia: A Framework for Re-Assessing Corporate Value

Presenter: Eiichiro Adachi, Head of ESG Research Center, Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
Title: "Asian Values -How to get stakeholders behind?"

Presenter: Mariko Kawaguchi, Senior Researcher, Daiwa Research Institute, Japan
Title: Expanding SRI in Asia: Possible Outlook of Japanese Market

Presenter: Harunobu Yamada, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Country Manager Japan, HSBC Group
Title: Investing in CSR: Sustainable & Responsible Investment-HSBC's Policy

Moderator: David St. Maur Sheil, Director, Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)

Lunch

Session 4: Public Policy for Fostering CSR
"Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Policy"

Presenter: Kanji Tanimoto, Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi Univ., Japan
Title: "CSR and Public Policy"

• Presentation: CSR and Public Policy
• Paper: CSR and Public Policy

Presenter: Yu Benlin, Deputy Director General, The Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports & Exports, Ministry of Commerce, People's Republic of China
Title: CSR & Harmonious Society

Presenters: 3 - 4 selected participants 10 min. each
Country Reports

Moderator: Paul Wedel, Executive Director, Kenan Institute Asia, Thailand

Break

"Building a Relationship Between Government, Business, and NGOs"

Presenter: Paul Wedel, Executive Director, Kenan Institute Asia, Thailand
Title: Recent Developments in Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand

Presenter: Satoru Matsumoto, Representative Director, Mekong Watch
Title: Collaboration with Governments and Corporations Through Safeguard Policies - From NGO's Perspectives

Presenter: Leodegardo Pruna, Volunteer Adviser & Chair, PBSP-CVED Advisory Committee
Title: Building Networks and Collaboration among Business, Government, and Civil Society: Philippines Experience

Moderator: Stephen Frost, Director, CSR Asia, Hong Kong, China

Wrap-up Session:Closing Remarks
"Summary and Conclusions"

• Stephen Frost, Director, CSR Asia, Hong Kong, China
• Kanji Tanimoto, Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi Univ., Japan
• Paul Wedel, Executive Director, Kenan Institute Asia, Thailand
• Toru Tatara, Conference Coordinator, ADBI