PBEC successfully held its AGM 2024 at Isola Capital Investors lounge on the 28th November in Central, Hong Kong. Several directors and members joined the AGM via zoom live online from multiple countries including Malaysia, the Philippines, Hawaii, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Australia and the UK. New board of directors in Ben Usinger, Helen Campos, Natalie Chung, Dawn Westerhout, David Ching and Ha Do were elected. Whilst Chairman Andrew Weir and several existing BoD’s were successfully re-elected for a new term….
Events
PBEC’s Natalie Chung and Daisy Shen Head of ESG KPMG China hosted a webinar on our recently published Scope 3 report in the blue zone at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan to an audience of business leaders, academics and fellow NGO’s. Again a lot of great feedback and agreement on our takeaways and future action recommendations by stakeholders. Forming partnerships and sharing best practices are crucial between businesses and NGO’s/advisory firms to ensure a company’s framework and pathway to net-zero is…
Several senior PBEC members & board of directors attended fellow Corporate Member ICAEW Annual Gala Dinner at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong on the 24th October. Over 260 senior executives, founders, CFO & CEO’s were in attendance co-hosted by Sir David Li Executive Chairman at Bank of East Asia & Alan Vallance the new CEO of ICAEW founded in 1880. Our own PBEC Chairman Andrew Weir MBE, BBS, JP who is a council member of ICAEW spoke at the…
Attached is the full transcript of PBEC Michael Walsh opening remarks on Malaysia’s increasing importance to global supply chains within APAC with the development of its advanced industrial base. Partly due to the current Governments business friendly policies, reforms and tax incentives as well as a strong focus on investing in critical infrastructure which appeals to DFI investors. There are opportunities for particular States within Malaysia, one is Johor being well placed geographically next to Singapore and the other Penang for its…
You are cordially invited to register and join us at this upcoming live roundtable discussion with leading Latam subject matter experts. We have gathered leaders from academia on Latin America trade policy, international business and globalization economics from the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northwestern University in California, a leading China/Latam-focused corporate services provider helping companies expand their business operations overseas across the Pan Pacific region and an advocate and lobbyist from the Mexican Air cargo transportation & logistics…
Our Annual General Meeting for 2024 will be held in November 2024. When: Thursday 28th November 2024 at 4pm to 5.30pm HK/SG local time. Where: Isola Capital’s ALOSI Lounge, Winsome House, 73 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong SAR. PBEC Corporate Member and BoD Isola Capital have agreed to host this important annual gathering, followed by Thanksgiving networking drinks immediately after. Call to Action: I call upon all existing PBEC Board of Directors, PBEC members and partners of PBEC to register here, whether…
When: 29-31st October 2024| Where: S200 Series, Level 2, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai HKCEC, Hong Kong SAR Time: 0900-1800L each day Language: English PBEC is an official supporting organization of this event, which brings together the GS1 community from across the Asia Pacific region. It provides a platform for collaboration, knowledge exchange, strategic discussions on on-going regional projects and responses to the challenges in the APAC region. Trainings is also an integral part of the Forum to meet the…
You’re invited to our latest round table meeting to discuss Q3 2024 market trends in APAC and look ahead to the APEC/ABAC Summit in Peru this November. We’ll also introduce our new Board members before the AGM in late November. If you plan to attend in person, please email me directly in addition to registering below, so I can track seating. We encourage in-person attendance for the chance for you to meet some new friendly faces. Date: Wed 25th September…
When: September 19th 2024 2.30pm to 3.30pm HK/SG local time Where: Online via registration link Registration will open shortly – everyone is welcome PBEC has gathered a distinguished panel of subject matter experts, both practitioners and academics on this related area. PBEC’s latest annual report on Unlocking the Scope 3 Opportunity is released on 15th August and it will be further discussed as well as looking ahead to what comes next.