Green Supply Chain Management: Empowering SME Suppliers Go back »
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Time2024-03-19 | 15:00 - 16:30
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Venue:European Chamber Office Beijing | Online
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Address:Beijing Yansha Center, Office C405, No. 50 Liangmaqiao Road
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Fee:Members: Free
The combined carbon footprint of SME suppliers is on average five times greater than their large corporate counterparts. However, constrained by limited resources and expertise, SMEs require additional support from buyers and business partners to collect and report accurate data on their emissions, and enhance their carbon management capacity.
The EU SME Centre and the European Chamber Carbon Market Working Group are glad to invite Director Ma Jun from the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) and industry players across China to explore the recent practices on corporate green supply chain management, the critical role of SMEs and challenges they face, and the different approaches large enterprises can adopt to support their SME partners throughout the supply chain to improve their environmental performance.
*This meeting is open to members of the European Chamber, and all SMEs from EU Member States and countries participating in the Single Market Programme (SMP).
Tentative agenda:
15:00-15:10 Opening Remarks
- Liam Jia, Team Lead, EU SME Centre
15:10-15:30 Status of Corporate Green Supply Chain Management, Good Practices and Solutions
- Ma Jun, Director of Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)
15:30-16:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Representative of Carbon Market Working Group, European Chamber
- Ma Jun, Director of Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)
- Erin Xu, Vice Chair of Environment Working Group, European Chamber
- Tobias Könings, Vice Chair of South China SME Forum, European Chamber
- Kai-Marcel Dodel, Chief Executive Officer, Connen Smart Supply Chain Systems
Speakers
Mr. Jun Ma 马军
Ma Jun published his book "China's Water Crisis" in 1999. In 2004, he was selected for the Yale World Fellows Program. In 2006, he founded the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), and led the development and launch of China’s first environmental public database, as well as the Blue Map, a mobile app that visualizes air, water, ocean and soil quality data and tracks the performance of hundreds of thousands of major emitters.
In 2020, he led the launch of the Blue Map for Zero Carbon and collaborated with professional organizations to develop regional Carbon Peak and Neutrality Index, as well as Corporate Climate Action Transparency Index (CATI). Major multinationals and financial institutions have incorporated the use of Blue Map data and the digital solutions into their sourcing and investment codes, motivating more than 20,000 companies to openly address their violations or measure and disclose air, water and carbon emissions data.
In 2006, he was awarded as China’s “Green Person of the Year” and was named as one of TIME Magazine’s World’s 100 Most Influential People. Ma was also honored with the Magsaysay Award in 2009 and the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2012. In 2015, he received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2019, Ma was invited as a Special Observer by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. In 2022, Ma received the Asia Game Changer Awards from Asia Society.
Ms. Erin Xu
With 15+ years of experience in Government Affairs, working for the 500 Fortunes multinational companies in public affairs, Erin has successfully developed public affairs strategies, advocating for legislation changes, and involving both public and private actors.
In 2022, Erin joined H&M Group Production to create the Great China Public Affairs team for the supply chain and drive both business and sustainability impact. Prior to joining H&M, Erin served as head of China government affairs at AMD and Infosys, where she was responsible for government relations, standards, and compliance.
Erin holds bachelor’s degree in international economic and business law from the University of International Business and Economics, master’s degree in business administration from the FuDan University.
Mr. Kai-Marcel Dodel
Kai has worked for ZF Group, STIHL, MAN and ThyssenKrupp in top management positions. He mastered in International Project Engineering with hands on experiences in multi plant operation, crisis management and setting up high performing plants with diverse teams. He has been in China for more than 12 years and has excellent performance in turning business around. His own company is specialized in New Energy Vehicles, Automotive Engineering, Design for Manufacturing and Innovations, paired with German characteristics.
Kai曾在ZF 、STIHL 、MAN 和ThyssenKrupp 担任高层管理职务。他精通国际项目工程，在多工厂运营、危机管理以及与不同团队合作建立高绩效工厂方面拥有丰富的实践经验。他在中国工作超过12 年，在扭转业务方面表现出色。他自己的公司专注于新能源汽车、汽车工程、制造设计和创新，具有德国特色。
Mr. Liam Z. Jia
Liam is a versatile professional with the past 7 years advising European businesses on market access and business strategies to China. Solid working experience in project and operations management, financial and risk control in the EU context.
Experienced speaker and author of publications on a range of topics including the Environment sector, SME Digitalisation and F&B distribution. Great team player, generating positive influence on teammates.
Mr. Ellery (Ruixin) Li
Ruixin currently works as the lead climate specialist at ICF International Consulting (Beijing). He has eight years of experience working on climate change issues and more than five years of experience implementing international cooperation projects. His focuses include carbon pricing mechanism, green finance, and sustainable aviation, etc. In addition, since 2014, Ruixin has been tracking international climate negotiations under the UNFCCC as an observer.
