Activity Background:
The theme of this past World Earth Day was "Invest In Our Planet!" （Invest In Our Planet.) The theme, "A Green Future is a Prosperous Future," encourages businesses, governments, and individuals to engage in a multi-responsible partnership to address pressing issues such as climate change and the biodiversity crisis, which is what EcoPeace is all about.
At the corporate level, a Harvard Business Review study shows the relationship between corporate sustainable practices and their business performance. Companies that have established strong ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) standards tend to have better growth, higher financial revenues, happier employees, and more resilient stock market quotations.
At the individual level, more and more Gen Z youth can be seen refusing to buy certain specific brands because of sustainable and ethical factors, believing that individuals have the power to lobby as well as support business to take more positive action to protect our planet by making climate-friendly investments, and business activities.
▪ Source | Deloitte
On a macro level, despite the growing focus on 'sustainability' in the financial and business sectors, as well as in the consumer sector, according to the World Investment Report 2021, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), SDG-related (e.g., climate-friendly) investments (e.g., in the form of climate-proofing) have been identified as a key driver of the global climate change agenda. According to the World Investment Report 2021 (WIR 2021) published by UNCTAD, Greenfield Investment and International Project Finance related to SDGs (e.g., infrastructure, water and sanitation, health, food and agriculture, and education) have declined by 33% and 42%, respectively, compared to the pre-pandemic period.
Are we as individuals helpless in the face of this macro situation?
How can we get financial institutions to better see the urgency of the problem and support concrete actions that benefit nature and society? Can we, as ordinary individuals, individual actors, corporate CSR department staff, and community workers, build a sustainable finance discourse from the bottom up to promote SDG realizations relevant to the groups and communities we wish to serve and enhance their resilience to external uncertainties?
Under the perspective of positive peace, when looking at the conflict between capital and nature, EcoPeace hopes to explore a more comprehensive perspective, not only exploring the response to environmental issues from a technological or demographic point of view, but also focusing on the relationship between people and land, and between people in the development process, and attempting to respond to the relationship between human beings and nature at a deeper level, such as from the structural, cultural, and value perspectives. In this workshop, we hope to explore the issue from three levels: individuals, communities and investment institutions, and to put forward our ideas and actions on green investment in a more subjective way!
Activity Time:
Beijing Time (GMT+8) 2022/4/28 20:00pm
Activity Goals:
The workshop hopes that through the following levels of sharing:
To make more people see the initiative of organizations, communities and individuals to promote green investment in the context of the epidemic.
Observations and reflections of actors at different levels.
Build a more systematic understanding of green investment during the event.
Participants will be able to interact and connect intellectually and emotionally.
Activity Agenda:
This dialog acyivity is divided into co-creation, guest sharing and dialog, and open mike session.
Green Investment Advocates | How can green investment advocacy organizations proactively make sustainable value visible to investors and promote responsible investment?
Green Communities | How can communities attract foreign investment based on the need for ecological conservation? How to design stakeholders, programs? At the same time, what obstacles do communities face?
Green Consumers | How can green consumption be practiced at the individual level? How do you see consumer behavior shaping market values and culture? How to better design your own lifestyle?
Guests:
Ariel Xu
Ariel Xu is the Head of Operations of AVPN China, providing ecosystem building and consulting support to domestic and international partners in social value/sustainable investment, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and program planning in China. Previously, she was the Secretary General of China Responsible Investment Forum and the China Coordinator of UNEP FI. Xu Hui has a Master's degree from the Graduate School of Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (now the School of Economics and Management, National University of Science and Technology), an MBA from Tulane University, a Sustainable Development Scholar at SIMP in Sweden, and a Scholar at the Salzburg Global Forum.
Carla Santos
Ms. Carla Santos is the Program Development Officer of the Rural Development Association of the Philippines (RDA) and has decades of experience in rural development in the Philippines.
Kou Jiahuan
Ms. Kou Jiahuan is the initiator of the "OwwChoice is a little bit cute" sustainable consumption promotion program. She is committed to supporting the public to start sustainable living practices easily, pleasantly and without thresholds, believing that every individual can build a truly sustainable and happy life for themselves.
Who Should Come:
Participants are expected to come from social organizations concerned with ecological protection and community ecology, service providers from corporate CSR departments, investment institutions concerned with ESG, and you can also be an individual concerned with or practicing sustainable consumption.
How to Attend:
Wherever you are in the world, you can participate online.
No. 41, Beijing East Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing
Nanjing China
