Advocacy Actions
MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
During the visit of the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, to Shanghai the European Chamber presented its White Paper on Corporate Social Responsibility and the 2017/2018 Position Paper to the Minister.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Establishes Partnership to Promote Sustainable Trade in China
Adam Dunnett, the Secretary General of European Chamber signed a cooperation contract with Christian Ewert, the Director General of amfori at European Chamber Beijing office.
Read moreMeeting with DG Environment Director Astrid Schomaker on Industrial Priorities and Recommendations in Environmental Sector in China
Upon coordination with Ms Vicky Pollard, First Counsellor of Environment and Climate Change, Delegation of the European Union to China and Mongolia, representatives from the Chamber’s Environment Working Group, Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining Working Group and Corporate Social Responsibility Forum attended the meeting with Ms. Astrid Schomaker, Director, Global Sustainable Development, Directorate-General for the Environment (DG Environment), European Commission (EC) and Mr. Bartosz Cieleszynski, Policy Officer, Bilateral & Regional Environmental Cooperation, DG Environment of EC, to present the priorities and key concerns recently from industrial perspective in the sector of environment.
Read moreMeeting with State Administration of Taxation on Implementation of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax
The European Chamber has been closely tracking this transition from a fee-based regime to a tax-based one and its impact on European business in China. On 26 January 2017, the Chamber submitted comments on the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax (Draft for Comments) during a public consultation initiated by the State Administration of Taxation. To help members understand the essence of the transition, the European Chamber invited Deputy Director General Sun Qun, Department of Property and Behaviour Tax of SAT, to interpret the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax, and its enforcement plans and relevant guidance, followed by a roundtable discussion with members.
Read moreComments on NPC's Draft of Law on Soil Pollution Prevention and Control
In December 2017, the National People's Congress (NPC) issued the Law on Soil Pollution Prevention and Control (Draft for Second Deliberation) for public consultation.
The European Chamber's Environment Working Group, Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining Working Group and Corporate Social Responsibility Forum on behalf of member companies, submitted their consolidated comments to NPC.
Meeting with Director DENG Lan of CPAFFC
Ms DENG Lan, Director of NGO Division of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) attended the CSR forum meeting and explained how Foreign NGO Law is going to affect international corporations’ CSR practices in China.
Read moreMeeting with China Academy for Environmental Planning under MEP on Environmental PPP in China
The European Chamber invited Mr. Lu Yuantang, Director of Environmental PPP Center of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (环境保护部环境规划院 环境PPP中心主任) to provide exclusive insights on the current legal framework, implementation situation and risk management of environmental PPP model in China.
Read moreConsul Generals of the French, Netherlands and Sweden Consulate Generals in Shanghai joined the 2017 Sustainable Business Awards
The member states representatives were invited being judges of the second evaluation process and were engaged closely in the evaluation work. Member companies sustainable cases and practices were reached out to the government attention and besides, the three representatives were invited to join the panel discussion and present the winners the awards.
Read moreMeeting with Eline van Nistelrooij, Deputy CG of the Netherlands Consulate General in Shanghai
Tiantian explained the Sustainable Business Awards and the CEO Talk set up as well as the previous seminars and CSR practitioner's workshops in the past 3 years with cooperation with the Netherlands and other member states.
Read moreMeeting with Environmental Standards Institute of MEP
The Chamber conducted a dialogue with the Environmental Standards Institute of MEP on interpretation of China's environmental management system and standards.
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