Manage Governance, Compliance and Integrity better when doing business in Vietnam

Tuesday June 4^th 2019, 8.30-14.00 @BELGO – 159A Nguyen Van Street, Đa Kao Ward, District 1, Hồ Chí Minh City
RSVP – LeBichThuy.Hoang@diplobel.fed.be (before May 31^th)

Companies have been thinking about how they can contribute to development and how to manage their impact on the environment and society better. A lot has been said on ethical business, sustainability, due diligence,… This interactive event – accompanied by senior experts – aims to introduce businesses to the latest compliancy rules & practices. It also wants to provide a meeting point between businesses and development actors. The latter in line with the establishment of the “The Shift” platform in Belgium. 

Programme:
08.30  Morning Tea/Coffee 
09.00  Welcome by the hosts 
09.10  Navigating the world of Governance, Compliance, and Integrity (setting priorities and expectations)
Mr. Florian BERANEK, Lead Expert on Societal Responsibility and Responsible Business Conduct Ms. TRUONG My Diem, Member of the National UNIDO CSR Experts Group, Lecturer Open University HCMC

09.20  Managing risks and opportunities through proper Due Diligence (OECD Guidelines)
Mr. Florian BERANEK & Ms. TRUONG My Diem
10.00  The GRI Standards – better disclosure for better governance
Mr. Bao Nguyen, GRI Programme Head Vietnam
10.20 Interactive sessions
10.20   GSK’s CSR and Corporate Third party Oversight (TPO) Model. Mr. Chris Levon (International Senior Advisor on business integrity – Towards Transparency) in discussion with Mr. Dan Millard, GSK’s General Manager, Vietnam.

11.00  How to reduce industry’s impact on the environment? The case of Deep C, Haiphong. Deep C’s Jeroen De Wachter (Renewable Energy Engineer) talks to WWF’s Huynh Quoc Tinh.

11.40  The social perspective of doing business abroad in the 21^st century.Executive vice-president & Head of Government Affairs Asia Pacific SolvayAndré Nothomb exchanges with Nguyen Thu Huong senior programme Manager @ Oxfam Vietnam.

12.20  Wrap up
12.30  Lunch and further open exchange