Making ESG Work for Sustainability: Good Governance
 
-Strengthening Governance to Accelerate ESG Journey-
 
 

16 – 17 February 2023 – Centre International de Formation des Autorites et Leaders Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) organized a webinar on “Making ESG Work for Sustainability: Good Governance”. The webinar invited 304 participants from 43 countries, Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Congo, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea Republic of, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Singapore, South sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

The two-day webinar was composed of six experts’ lectures, and plenary sessions. The first session featured three invited experts, Mr. Benjamin McCarron, Founder & Managing Director of Asia Research & Engagement(ARE), Mr. Steven C Kang, ESG Platform Leader and Deputy Assurance Leader of Samil PwC Korea, and Mr. Vincent Siegerink, Economist and Policy Analyst of Centre for Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity, OECD. The speakers covered issues including ESG transition and good governance, sustainable finance for ESG in Asia, and sustainable data for the well-being.

On the following day, three invited experts, Mr. Joon Soek, Executive Director of Morgan Stanley, Prof. Jennifer Hill, Bob Baxt Chair of Corporate and Commercial Law of Monash University Faculty of Law, Dr. Tim Bowley, Corporate law researcher of Monash University, and Ms. Hyun Jung Kim, Managing Partner of IBM Consulting Korea, delivered with a special focus on sustainable investing, corporate accountability, and global case on governance over ESG strategy.