Understanding Scope 3 reporting & the Opportunity in Asia Pacific – Oct 2024
Climate change is intensifying, but so is the push to decarbonize. While many businesses have made progress tracking Scope 1 and 2 emissions, the focus is now shifting to #Scope3 — indirect emissions from supply chains. Explore KPMG’s report with PBEC -...
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The Future Of Work In The Digital Economy – Technology, Education, Talent And Training
Dear PBEC Members, I am pleased to share a wonderfully insightful recording of the LIVE dialogue session PBEC moderated on “The Future of Work in the Digital Economy - Technology, Education, Talent and Training”, at the recent hybrid World Digital Economy and Technology Summit co-organised...
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PBEC Bi-Monthly Meeting Held July 2022
PBEC.org · PBEC Bi - Monthly Meeting July 2022 PBEC - Pacific Basin Economic Council held its latest Bi-monthly meeting in July 2022 chaired by its Chairman Andrew Weir JP MBE. In attendance were several Board of Directors and...
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APAC Free Trade Agreements for the Digital Economy
PBEC’s Annual Roundtable Dialogues Summit 2022 will take place virtually from 22-24th November 2022 over zoom. In anticipation of this highly sought-after event, we will be highlighting some of the topical areas up for discussion. PBEC has partnered with The...
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Photo Competition for APEC 2022 Thailand
PBEC Community is invited to participate and share its creative ideas and moments that have been made easy as digitalization sweeps through the region and all over the world. Through technology, photos and videos are uploaded onto the internet and...
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SINGAPORE AND MERCOSUR SUBSTANTIVELY CONCLUDE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS
Singapore and MERCOSUR have substantively concluded negotiations on the MERCOSUR-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (MCSFTA). Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong and MERCOSUR Ministers jointly announced this yesterday via videoconference on the sidelines of the MERCOSUR Summit 2022 held...
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B20 Indonesia Digitalization Task Force Presents 4 Strategic Recommendations
Chair of B20 Indonesia Digitalization Task Force Ririek Adriansyah presented the strategic and objective issues that the Digitalization Task Force aims to achieve. "The essence of our work as Indonesia's B20 Digitalization Task Force is to ensure that digitalization could...
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Dr. Alan Bollard appointed as the new Chair for NZPECC
Dear PBEC Members, This is to inform you that Dr. Alan Bollard has been appointed as the new Chair for NZPECC and Dr. Robert Scollay as Vice Chair for NZPECC. PBEC as a Standing Committee Board member of PECC welcomes...
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WTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12
WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 17 June, securing multilaterally negotiated outcomes on a series of key trade initiatives. The “Geneva Package” confirms the historical importance of the multilateral trading system and underlines the...
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BloombergNEF Announce Its First Net Zero Summit In Bali Ahead Of B20 And G20 Summits
Net zero-themed Summit to convene 300 global and Indonesian business leaders and investors on November 12, 2022 New York, May, 2022 – BloombergNEF (BNEF) will host a special one-off BloombergNEF Summit Bali on November 12, 2022 ahead of the Business...
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Deputy Prime Minister Jurin’s Statement on the APEC Trade Ministers’ Meeting
Chair of the 2022 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting Bangkok, Thailand | 23 May 2022 Through a statement, Thailand Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawit, shared with APEC Trade Ministers and member economies his assessment of the prevailing views of...
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