Registration and Morning Refreshments

CWI Opening Remarks

Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Global Sustainability Standards

• Key Frameworks: ISSB standards, EU CSRD requirements, and emerging APAC regulations (Singapore, Malaysia guidelines).
• Convergence vs Fragmentation: How global standards are harmonizing while regional differences persist.
• Compliance Challenges: Data collection burdens, assurance requirements, and materiality assessments for SMEs.
• Strategic Opportunities: Turning reporting into competitive advantage through investor appeal and risk management.
• Technology Enablers: AI-driven reporting platforms and blockchain for supply chain verification.
• APAC Context: Regional adoption timelines, cross-border alignment, and practical implementation roadmaps.

Farhana Jabir,
Director of Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC

Enhancing Transparency to Combat Greenwashing: ESG Reporting and Accountability

• Use of third-party ESG ratings and audits (e.g., Sustainalytics rankings of Ashok Leyland under the Hinduja Group) to build credibility beyond self-disclosure.
• Shifting from broad sustainability messaging to measurable, verifiable KPIs, including product-level emissions and multi-year operational data, to eliminate vague or misleading claims.
• Adopting standardized reporting frameworks (GRI, TCFD) to ensure consistency, comparability, and to minimize selective disclosure often associated with greenwashing practices.
• Embedding ESG into core business strategy and capital allocation (e.g., EV investments, hydrogen mobility) to demonstrate genuine commitment, rather than superficial or marketing-driven sustainability initiatives.
• Establishing board-level ESG governance and accountability structures to ensure oversight, challenge questionable claims, and prevent greenwashing at the highest decision-making level.
• Transitioning toward continuous, transparent disclosure (e.g., real-time dashboards, ongoing data tracking) to move beyond static annual reports that can obscure or delay the truth.

Alok Vijayvergiya,
Group Chief Sustainability Officer, The Hinduja Group

Case study: Achieving Carbon Neutrality: Frameworks and Strategies for Lasting Impact

• A “thought experiment” case study for Australia to reach net zero by 2050.
• This analysis is not intended to give a ‘precise’ answer on how to reach net-zero goals, but provides a contextual framework for the size and scale of the problem, and some practical insights on what needs to be done.
• The analysis considers a decarbonization of electrical grids, and then decarbonization of the complete economy.
• It provides some consideration of the role of green hydrogen / e-fuels, and some comment on these for domestic consumption vs international export.
• The analysis provides some guidance for governments, industry players, and energy consumers on the practical implications of net-zero targets. 
• How ongoing geopolitical conflicts and energy security pressures are reshaping decarbonisation and net-zero pathways, and responses are needed to adapt strategies in real time.
• The unavoidable link between energy security and national security, and achieving sustainability targets delivers on domestic energy security.
• The scale of investment required to achieve complete decarbonization (not just electricity, but the whole economy), is of the same order of magnitude many nations invest in their military.
• The scale of infrastructure required is not just wind turbines and solar panels and switch gear, it’s steel and roadways and copper wire etc.
• Manufacturing and construction of all of this is currently a constraint, and delivery on our goals requires coordination between governments, private industry, and international partners.

Matthew Cowper,
Head of Business Operations APAC, Siemens Energy

Coffee Break

Governance Innovations Addressing Emerging ESG Risks in Global Supply Chains

• ESG risks embedded in global value chains—climate, human rights, nature and integrity—can no longer be delegated to sustainability teams. Mandatory disclosure and regulatory scrutiny mean boards and executives are directly accountable for oversight and outcomes.
• Scope 3 emissions, labour practices, corruption and nature-related risks in tier-2 and tier-3 suppliers represent the largest unmanaged exposure for most organisations, particularly across complex APAC and ASEAN supply chains.
• Policy-based compliance and periodic supplier audits are failing to capture real-world risk. Companies must shift to governance models that integrate ESG risk into enterprise risk management, capital allocation and core business decision-making.
• Effective responses include clearer board ownership of supply-chain ESG risk, cross-functional accountability across procurement, finance and legal teams, and board-owned transition plans that align sustainability commitments with operational reality.
• No company can address complex ESG risks alone. Pre-competitive collaboration, industry platforms and UN-aligned initiatives are increasingly critical to improving leverage, reducing costs and delivering credible, scalable impact across global supply chains.

Kate Dundas,
Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Australia

Scope 3 Emissions: Approach, Management and Reporting

• Approach: Supply Chain Engagement and climate related procurement strategies.
• Management: Engagement Program to map, assess and measure GHG emission. 
• Measurement methods: Spend-Based, supplier-specific, hybrid approaches.
• Management: Supply chain decarbonization which includes circularity & low Carbon Sourcing.
• Tools & standards: GHG Protocol, SBTi Scope 3 Guidance.
• Reporting: Challenges & Data gaps.

Dr. Surina Ismail,
Chief Sustainability Officer, Group Sustainability, IOI Corporation Berhad

Lunch Break

Panel Session

Advancing ESG Transparency in APAC: Leveraging Technology to Build Trust and Compliance

This panel would focus on the evolving ESG reporting standards and regulatory landscape in APAC and ASEAN, exploring how companies in the region can adopt digital tools like AI and blockchain to improve reporting accuracy, prevent greenwashing, and meet increasing stakeholder expectations. It would also discuss regional collaborations and best practices to drive greater transparency and investment confidence.

Moderator:

Stefanie Braukmann,
Director, BCSD Malaysia

Panelists:

Joanna Chen,
Director of Sustainability Operations (APAC Lead), JLL
Roy Heong,
Chief Sustainability Officer, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Philip Ling, 
Head of Sustainability, CelcomDigi Berhad Malaysia
Eleen Ooi Yi Ling,
Sustainability Practitioner, Former Head of Sustainability, Dutch Lady Milk Industries and AVP Group Sustainability, Bursa Malaysia

Case study: Advances in Renewable Energy: Accelerating the Global Energy Transition 

• Global context of energy transition.
• Indonesia’s Energy Transition Framework (RUKN as national policy).
• National Electricity Planning (RUPTL) 2025–2034: Indonesia’s Implementation Roadmap.
• Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies (Indonesia Context).
• Power System Transformation: Smart Grid as an Enabler.
• Investment and Collaboration Model.
• Key Challenges and Mitigation Strategies.
• Role of Knowledge Institutions and Applied Research.
• Key Takeaways from Indonesia’s Case.

Warsono,
Director of the Applied Solutions Center, Technology Institute of PLN

Sustainable Finance: Unlocking Capital for Energy and Resource Transitions

• Green & transition bonds: Rapid issuance growth, performance incentives​.
• ESG integration: Mainstream adoption, impact investing rise​.
• Transition finance: Decarbonizing high-emission sectors​.
• Energy credits: Corporate funding for clean infrastructure​.
• Bankability tools: Scaling net-zero project finance​.
• Capital needs: Bridging gaps in energy & nature shifts.

Ashraf Gomma Ali,
Group Chief Shariah and Sustainability Officer, MBSB Berhad

Coffee Break

AI and Digital Transformation: Empowering ESG Across Every Organization

• Unveils how Artificial Intelligence (AI), as the engine of modern digital transformation, is revolutionizing ESG from a burden to a powerhouse of insight, efficiency, and value creation.
• Move beyond theory to explore practical use cases where AI is already driving tangible ESG outcomes—optimizing energy use, ensuring ethical supply chains, enhancing diversity, and uncovering material risks and opportunities.
• Discover how to leverage these technologies to build a more resilient, responsible, and competitive organization.

Dato’ Dr. Munirah Looi,
Regional CEO-SEA, BLUEONION

Case Study: Critical Infrastructure and the Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

• Narrowing the Digital Divide: Risks and Opportunities.
• Addressing present day risks: Geopolitical, triple planetary crisis, developments in the workplace business environment (AI, intergenerational workforce, digitalization).
• Response: Investing network resilience and climate adaptation to support economic growth; building organizational resilience.
• Just transition to a low-carbon economy: Infrastructure investments, skilling the organization and the public (including vulnerable sectors).

Melissa V. Vergel de Dios,
Chief Sustainability Officer, PLDT & Smart

Closing Remark - End of Day 1