The European Chamber welcomes Mr Michele Cociani, Regional Head of Global Facility and Engineering, APAC, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mr James Ng, Greater China VP and General Secretary, Danone to present key aspects of their successful projects. In the Q&A discussion panel, the two speakers will be joined by Dr Peiyuan Guo, Chief Advisor, SynTao, Ms Yiqi Zhou, Senior Manager of Partner Relations and Cooperation, Sino-German Center for Sustainable Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Ms Camille Fourmeau, Economic Attaché, Deputy Economic Counsellor, Consulate General of France in Shanghai.


The European Chamber Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) raises awareness and rewards in sustainability. As a part of SBA, the Sustainable CEO Talk series brings corporate leaders together to explore sustainability in business development. The European Chamber invites you to attend the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation CEO Talk Two where Boehringer Ingelheim and Danone, two winners from the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation category, will outline their successful projects and practises in low-carbon transformation, carbon reduction, and green development amongst others.

• 2022-12-20 | 16:00 - 17:30
• ZOOM, online

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the upcoming Sustainable CEO Talk with Bekaert China and AB InBev Budweiser APAC from 15:30 - 17:10 on 15th December 2022. The Sustainable CEO Talks series will kick off on 15th December and will be joined by the 2022 SBA judges, who will share their observations and feedback for applications and winning cases.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China welcomes Mr Chris Ma, Vice President and Head of Sustainability North Asia, Bekaert, and Mr Jan Clysner, Vice President of Procurement and Sustainability, Budweiser APAC to present key aspects of their successful projects. In the Q&A discussion panel, the two speakers will be joined by Ms Camille Fourmeau, Deputy Economic Counsellor, Consulate General of France in Shanghai, Dr Xiaojun Qian, Professor and Associate Dean of Academics, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, and Mr Xidelong Guo, Independent Advisor.

The European Chamber Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) is to reward excellence in sustainable and CSR company programmes and raise awareness about sustainable business practices and responsible operating models. As a part of SBA, the Sustainable CEO Talk series events aim to bring corporate leaders together and explore effective ways of sustainable business development. The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to attend the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation CEO Talk One where Bekaert China and AB InBev Budweiser APAC, two winners from the Advanced Performer in Decarbonisation category will outline their successful projects and practises in low-carbon transformation, carbon reduction, green development and others.

If you are interested in our Sustainable Business Awards, it would be advised to join the different sessions of our Sustainable CEO Talks in December to hear more about the winning cases. Book your seat to join us 15th December, 15:30-17:10, at 8F, T1, 118 Feihong Rd., Shanghai.

• 2022-12-15 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Ruihong CA (corporate avenue), Shanghai

Technology is bringing atomic fission to mankind’s life nowadays. What will being’s future city be like enabled by blockchain, AI, and Internet of things? Although all the three new vehicles are still in its infancy development stage, and a lot of questions are yet to be answered, we see revolutions of machine learning, smart contracts, secured remote control, mobility solutions, visualized applications and accuracy positioning happening around globe-wide.

• 2022-11-24 - 2022-11-24 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Online via Zoom

Moving towards a more sustainable green city by combating climate change will require unprecedented levels of multilateral cooperation. In a social system, the circular economy model to maximum the opportunity of resource/financing-efficient, cost reductions, and sustainable lifestyle is the ultimate goal in the whole chain, from policy support, to investment and project delivery; from wholesale market to end market; from manufacturing sectors to service industries.

• 2022-10-12 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Onsite in SH and online in BJ

The Construction Working Group Shanghai and Beijing, of the European Chamber is pleased to invite you to its upcoming Working Group meeting, where Eason Yu – Project manager at Terao Asia; and Gaspard Lemoine-Scelles – Head of Business Development at Terao Asia, will share their insights into the new <<General Code for Building Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Utilization>>. The meeting will take place on the 29th of June from 14:30 to 16:00 online and offline.

• 2022-06-29 - 2022-06-29 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Shanghai Chapter

The European Chamber Shanghai Chapter is excited to commemorate the 6th consecutive year of our Sustainable Business Awards (SBA). The 2022 edition will continue to put sustainability awareness at the forefront of its focus, recognizing companies who push for sustainable economic growth, environmental care and social welfare. On 15th September 2022, the European Chamber will host a ceremony in Shanghai to announce the winners of this year's edition.

For this introduction session, we would like to welcome all interested applicants for our SBA, members and non-members of the Chamber, on Tuesday, 14th June at 2:30pm (GMT+8), to the online Zoom webinar, joined by our SBA knowledge partner, SynTao. This session will detail the 2022 SBA, including award categories, time schedule, evaluation process, methodology, what makes a successful case, as well as a Q&A session to answer any further questions. Those who are interested in applying to the 2022 SBA will find this session beneficial for understanding all new developments involved. Ms Tiantian Qi from European Chamber Shanghai will introduce the general idea of the 2022 SBA and the evaluation process. Mr Jilai Peng from SynTao will introduce all award categories, evaluation methodology and observations.

Pioneer in Advancing Rural Revitalisation continues to be one of 2022 awards categories. We are delighted to invite last year’s winner, Rabobank, to share their successful projects and practises in rural revitalisation. We are looking forward to your participation at our 14th June “Sustainable CEO Talk Series: SBA 2022 Introduction Session & Pioneer in Advancing Rural Revitalisation”. Companies are encouraged to submit questions in advance to sba_submission@europeanchamber.com.cn, to be addressed at the introduction session.

• 2022-06-14 - 2022-06-14 | 14:30 - 16:20
• Online, ZOOM

The European Chamber’s Construction WG would like to invite you to the next Construction Working Group meeting. It will be held on Monday, 22 August, 14:30 h – 16:30 h at the European Chamber Beijing office. Members in Shanghai will join this meeting via videoconference.

At this meeting, Mr. Xavier Sans-Powell, Deputy Head of Government Affairs at the European Chamber, will provide an overview about the high-level meetings and events that will take place in Beijing and Brussels in the next months.

The Construction Working Group is also willing to organize an event by the end of 2016, inviting high-level speakers in order to discuss the latest developments that took place on the Chinese market in the construction sector. In the context of this WG meeting, members will have the possibility to share their views and provide inputs about the details of the event.

• 2016-08-22 | 14:30 - 16:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

At this meeting, Mr. Malte Beckmann, Knowledge Manager, Euro-China Eco City Link (EC-Link) project, will provide an update on the team's effort to create a bilingual urbanisation web-based 2.0 portal which, given sufficient interest on both sides, will provide European companies with access to cooperation/business opportunities with Chinese cities

• 2016-05-06 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next joint Working Group meeting. It will be held on Tuesday, 12 April, 10am – 12 noon at the European Chamber Beijing office. The members in Shanghai will join via teleconference.

• 2016-04-12 | 10:00 - 12:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

At this meeting, there will be Chair elections and a discussion on the Construction Position Paper 2016/2017.

• 2016-03-29 | 11:00 - 13:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office