ister
now
China
is fast becoming the world's largest global manufacturing
centre. This conference provided delegates with a 2-day
road-map to solving the challenge of doing business responsibly
in China.
Over March 30-31, conference speakers and delegates
in London addressed how corporate managers can look to overcome
the key difficulties in a variety of business sectors and
industries.
Companies
& Organisations who spoke included:
Novozymes
China, Site President, Weiming Jiang
JPMorgan, Managing
Director, Chief Regional
Counsel, North Asia, Wilfred K Chow
Intel Corporation, Worldwide Occupational
Health Manager,
Sue Adams
Toys
R US, VP Product Development and Compliance, Tom Deluca
Shell China, External Affairs Director, Nick Wood
Manpower, SVP Corporate Affairs, David Arkless
BT, Ethical Trading Manager, Rowena Wright
B&Q, Social Responsibility Manager: Commercial,
Hilary Thompson
Hennes & Mauritz, Corporate Social Responsibility
Manager,
Ingrid Schullstrom
Marks & Spencer, Social Compliance Manager,
Muriel Johnson
Pentland
Group, Business Standards Officer, Wei Dong Zhou
Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences, Vice Professor,
Liu Mengqin
Lafarge, Communication Manager, Yonca Atac
Accenture,
International Chairman, Vernon Ellis
Denton
Wilde Sapte, Partner, Andrew Halper
WWF China, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Ding
Jing
Transparency International, Programme Officer,
Chinese
Speaking Asia, Ran Liao
Institute of Contemporary Observation, Executive
Director,
Dr. Liu Kaiming
The Rights Practice, Director, Nicola Macbean
Access Asia Ltd.,
Managing Director, Matthew Crabbe
UN Global Compact, Senior Advisor, Fred Dubee
Amnesty International, Founder - Amnesty Business
Group
Sweden, Ulf Karlberg
INEM,
Board Member, Matthias Gelber
Other
Companies and Organisations who attended included:
Nokia
* GSK * Total * Bechtel * Safeway * Rio Tinto * IKEA * DELL * Imperial
Tobacco * Procter & Gamble * Hewlett Packard * Novo Nordisk
* Philip Morris * Shell * M&S Childrenswear * Pier 1 Imports
* Clarks * SCA * Robur * Credit Agricole * Bank Sarasin * Sainsburys
* Danone * KappAhl AB * Novozymes A/S * Novartis * TPG N.V. * Intel
* Actis * MFI * Amnesty International * Save the Children * WWF
International ... in addition to many more coming on board every
day!
In
additon to the high-level presentations and
interactive panel discussions, informal discussion
groups were included in the 2-day programme to allow for
more focused debate of the key issues.
Issues
that were covered included:
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Is China’s attitude
to Corporate Responsibility changing for the better? |
| • |
Embedding
effective codes of conduct in Chinese operations: Maintaining
global standards for corporate responsibility
|
| • |
Alternatives to audits – How
can companies engage suppliers and contractors for standards
improvements? |
| • |
Working with Chinese suppliers to improve
factory standards |
| • |
Worker overtime – improving the
state of play |
| • |
Improving worker healthcare through corporate responsibility |
| • |
Developing effective environmental
and waste management programmes in China |
| • |
The UN Global Compact and progress
in China |
| • |
Improving Health and Safety in Chinese
factories |
| • |
How effective are NGO Partnerships
in China? |
| • |
Legal and regulatory issues with operating in China |
| • |
Tackling corruption and bribery - a
step by step guide |
| • |
Human Capital and the future of work in China |
| • |
Assessing your company's social and environmental impacts
on the ground in China |
The
conference took place at the following location:
Regent's
Park Marriott Hotel
128 King Henry's Road
London NW3 3ST
Tel: + 44 (0) 870 400 7240
For
any further information, please contact:
Peter Carkeek
Conference
Director
Ethical Corporation magazine
peter.carkeek@ethicalcorp.com
7-9 Fashion St, London E1 6PX, UK
+44 (0)20
7375 7160
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