Last Saturday, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Vietnam successfully organized the first event of the Chamber's pilot event series called "Members Introduction Day" along with a workshop on "ESG Transitions: Solutions & Technologies"
During this first pilot event, CanCham welcomed 9 members setting up their promotional booths to showcase their product and services as well as introduce themselves to fellow members and attendees, including:
- AHT Tech
- C+ Consulting
- Dan On Foods
- FPT Software
- La Tire
- Nuoa
- Secoin
- VuiApp by Nano Technologies
The ESG workshop featured guest speakers from esteemed member organizations of CanCham covering the overview of three aspects of ESG:
- Mr. Vu Minh Quang, Consulting Director - Enterprise Business Solution, FPT Corporation
- Ms. Susan Nguyen, Commercial Head, Nuoa
- Mr. Bui An Son, Business Development Director, Vui App by Nano Technologies
- Mr. Andrew Quach, Director, AHT Tech
For the first keyword - (E)nvironment, Mr. Vu Minh Quang, Consulting Director - Enterprise Business Solution, FPT Corporation gave us a great overview of how businesses in Vietnam are reacting to catch up to the ESG trend and the main reason on why emission is a small but most prominent topic in the Environment aspect. At the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP26, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced the country's commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050, since then Vietnam has been taking countless efforts to pursue its commitment including asking 3000 businesses operating in Vietnam to audit their emission twice a year.
Mr. Quang's notes also covered the differentiation of Scope 1, 2 and 3; how to differentiate them and what are the procedures businesses might need in order to audit all carbon emission as well as introducing FPT's solution for enterprises to audit carbon emission called VertZero and its benefits in time and cost-saving for enterprises and businesses to audit carbon emission.
Next, Ms. Susan Nguyen Commercial Head of Nuoa shared about the topic of carbon and decarbonization introducing to attendees the terms "green companies" and "brown companies" as well as providing resources for ESG transition coming from green funds.
Ms. Susan's speech also featured a touching story on how small actions can create a much bigger impact on the environment.
On the second keyword - (S)ocial, Mr. Bui An Son, Business Development Director at Vui App by Nano Technologies shared insightful statistics on businesses' turnover rate in the current economy, and the daunting numbers of employees getting caught in black credits as a premise for the foundation of earn wage access - one of the many initiatives to help businesses dealing with turnover and social compliance.
Last but not least, Mr. Andrew Quach, Director at AHT Tech and Onnet Consulting shared best practices on how Governance impact corporation as a whole when implementing ESG to their business.
CanCham Vietnam sincerely thank our speakers and attendees for spending their Saturday morning with us and hope that the event and workshop brought some valuable benefits, connections and insights for businesses looking to promote themselves or incorporate ESG into their daily operations and practices.
CanCham would also like to thank our in-kind sponsors for their support and for the beautiful and well-crafted gifts:
Ambrosia Cafe & Bistro - Venue Sponsor
La Vie Vietnam
Phintify
Spectrum
More photos from the event can be found here: Members Introduction Day & ESG Workshop
Photos credit: B9 Media - Corporate & Diplomatic
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