Background
In recent years, there has been a global upsurge of emphasis on corporate and social sustainability. To meet this need, various normative frameworks and institutions have been established, but there is a lack of coordination and the full support of governments and multilateral international organizations. Hence IFRS Foundation announced the establishment of ISSB at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow on November 3rd last year to develop international guidelines for sustainable disclosure. The move was supported by the G20, the International Organization of Securities Commissions, the Financial Stability Board and others.
In March this year, the ISSB issued the first batch of international sustainable disclosure standards for exposure, covering the general guidelines for sustainable disclosure, climate-related disclosure guidelines and a series of industry rules. In the same month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also issued a draft climate-related disclosure standard, and the EU Financial Reporting Advisory Group issued a more comprehensive and systematic EU sustainable reporting standard.
In order to strengthen the communication between the norm-setters and global scholars on issues related to sustainable development, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, London Business School and University of Frankfurt are preparing annual forums for in-depth exchanges and discussions.
The first pilot forum is scheduled for September 15th this year. The Sustainability Forum 2022 will be co-hosted by Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, London Business School and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, organized by Institute for Global Development, Tsinghua University.
Webinar: Sustainability Forum 2022 - Global Disclosure Standard for Sustainability: Assessing Progress and Implications for Asia
Hosts: School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
London Business School
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Organizer: Institute for Global Development, Tsinghua University
Time: September 15, 2022, Thursday
Beijing Time 15:00-22:30
British Summer Time 08:00-15:30
Zoom Registration Link：
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lc4jKkSCR0So07TbOMwDRQ
（with English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation）
Forum Handbook
See attachment at the bottom
Agenda
Session I |
Beijing Time: 15:00-15:50 British Summer Time: 08:00-8:50 |
Welcome Speech |
Moderator：XIAO Xing, Professor and Head, Accounting Department, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University (Tsinghua SEM) Speakers: BAI Chong-En, Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor and Dean, Tsinghua SEM and Executive Deputy Dean, Institute for Global Development, Tsinghua University François Ortalo-Magné, Professor and Dean, London Business School (LBS) JIN Liqun, President and the Chair of the Board of Directors, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) |
Beijing Time: 15:50-16:30 British Summer Time: 08:50-09:30 |
Keynote Speech |
Moderator: QIAN Xiaojun, Professor at Tsinghua SEM, Associate Dean of Schwarzman College and Director of the Research Center for Green Economy and Sustainable Development of Tsinghua University Speaker: Emmanuel Faber, Chairman, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Introduction of ISSB and Its First Proposed Set of IFRS® Sustainability Disclosure Standards |
Beijing Time: 16:30-18:00 British Summer Time: 09:30-11:00 |
Panel I Thoughts from Policy Makers |
Moderator：BAI Chong-En, Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor and Dean, Tsinghua SEM and Executive Deputy Dean, Institute for Global Development, Tsinghua University Keynote Speakers: ZHU Guangyao, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China and Trustee of IFRS Foundation Erkki Liikanen, Chair of IFRS Foundation Trustees TU Guangshao，Board Chairman of Shanghai Finance Institute, Former Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Former Vice Chairman and President of China Investment Corporation ZHU Min, Vice Chairman of China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, Former Deputy Managing Director at the IMF and Former Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China |
Break 90minutes Beijing Time: 18:00-19:30 British Summer Time: 11:00-12:30 |
Session II |
Beijing Time: 19:30-21:00 British Summer Time: 12:30-14:00 |
Panel II Feedback from Academia |
Moderator: Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, AIIB Panelists: HE Kebin, Professor, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Dean of Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University and Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering Lucrezia Reichlin, Professor of Economics at LBS and Trustee of IFRS Foundation MA Jun, President, Institute of Finance and Sustainability and Co-chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Jong Dae Kim, Professor, College of Business Administration, Director of Green Finance Graduate Program and Director of ESG center at Sustainability Management Research Institute, Inha University |
Beijing Time: 21:00-22:30 British Summer Time: 14:00-15:30 |
Panel III Views from Market Participants |
Moderator: Teresa Ko, Corporate partner and China Chairman, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Co-vice chair, IFRS Foundation Panelists: Hideki Kanda, Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo and Professor of Law, Gakushuin University Sanjeev Singhal, Chairman, Sustainability Reporting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Chairman, ICAI Auditing &Assurance Standards Board Yvonne KAM, Technical Services Partner, PwC China and Former Member of the Chinese Accounting Standards Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China ZHANG Weiguo, Visiting Professor in Management Practice, Tsinghua SEM, Former Board Member of International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), Former Chief Accountant and International Director of China Securities Regulation Commission |
