Opening Remarks

Mr.Wang Zhongyu  President of CEC and Standing Vice Chairman of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)

Mr. Peter Bakker  President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Keynotes

Mr. Peng Huagang  Secretary-General of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) and Member of the Party Committee

Mr. Li Daokui  Director of the Institute for China’s Economic Practice and Thinking, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University

Session One: Pathways and Initiatives towards Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Target

The 14th Five-Year-Plan and the Outline of Goals for Vision 2035 issued by the State Council stressed new requirements for business in the new era, addressing “formulate the action layout to achieve carbon emissions peak by 2030 and support key enterprises to take the lead in reaching carbon emission peak”, “elevate business technology innovation capabilities”, and “build new advantages of digital economy”. Business needs to closely adhere to national strategies, accelerate green and low-carbon development through innovation and transformation and handle the relationship between development and emission reduction, short-term and long-term planning, realizing the transformation of development pattern to resource-saving, environmental-friendly, ecological and healthy, green and low-carbon innovation.

Keynote Speeches：

Mr. Li Haisheng  Director of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences

Several thoughts about coordinated governance of regional pollution

Mr. Wang Zhongying  Director and Researcher of Energy Research Institute (ERI), NDRC

Cause and effect relationship between the systematic transformation of carbon emissions peak and carbon neutrality

Dr. Zheng Daqing  Senior Vice President, BASF Group

Chemical innovation promotes climate protection

Mr. Xu Peng  vice president of the Corporate Management Association, State Grid

Promote sustainable management radically, facilitate carbon emissions peak and carbon neutrality action

Session Two: Release 2021 China Corporate Sustainability New Trends Top 10

Although China has made remarkable achievements in fighting against the epidemic, to develop in the post-epidemic era is still faced with numerous problems and challenges. As the principle part of the market economy, business sustainability is crucial to realize high-quality development of China’s economy and society. This session will release the 2021 China Corporate Sustainability New Trends Top 10, covering carbon peak and carbon neutrality, supply chain transition, digital transformation, ESG investment, biodiversity protection, coordinated governance of the environment and climate, circular economy, food security, and sustainable living concepts. Experts and business representatives will be invited to make exchanges about how to promote business sustainability in the new era and contribute solutions to the global sustainable development.

Keynote Speeches：

Mr. Wang Jiming  President of CBCSD and Academician of the CAE

Launch and Release the 2021 China Corporate Sustainability New Trends Top 10

Mr. Simon Yang  bp Group senior vice president and bp China president

Implement sustainable development goals and advance global energy transformation

Ms. Yuan Ya  Board Secretary and Senior Economist of Mixed Ownership Reform Foundation of State-owned Enterprises

Digital agriculture provides carbon indicators for the development of industrial enterprises

Mr. Zhu Chunquan  Head of Nature Initiatives & TFA, China. WEF Beijing Representative Office

Corporate roles and actions when global biodiversity work enters a new phase

Release Vision 2050: Time to Transform in Chinese version

Closing Remarks

Mr. Wang Jiming, President of CBCSD