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ASIAR Newsletter Issue 27
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ASIAR - Asian Religious Connections Research Cluster, HKIHSS
BRINFAITH | Green BRI | Finance Forum
Bringing Local Values into the ESG Framework in Asia

Date: January 16, 2023 (Monday)
Time: 4:30-6:30 pm HKT
Venue: Hybrid - HKU Social Sciences Chamber (Jockey Club Tower, 11/F) and via Zoom


Opening Remark
Dr Ma Jun, Co-chairman, G-20 Sustainable Finance Study Group; Chairman, Hong Kong Green Finance Association
 

Keynote Speeches

The changing definitions of ESG investment in Asia

Speaker: Anthony Cheung, Managing Director, ESG at Polymer Capital; Convenor of Green Finance, Board Governor at Friends of the Earth (HK)

Abstract: ESG has gained prominence in Asia including Hong Kong for a relatively short period of time. Yet, its definitions and applications are already shifting. Through examining a selection of latest initiatives and regulations, this introduction will illustrate how the definitions of ESG investment are changing in Hong Kong and across the region and what are the key implications.
 
Bringing local values into the ESG framework: the WeValue InSitu method

Speaker: Prof Marie Harder, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai

Abstract: A significant challenge for ESG systems is to find ways to obtain useful indicators about local shared values, which are considered very difficult to elicit in an authentic, communicable, and useful form which also allows comparisons across localities. In this presentation we introduce the method named WeValue InSitu, which takes groups of local persons through a crystallization process whereby their lived-values are made more explicit through specially designed cycles of meaning-making dialogic activity. We will use illustrations from cities such as Shanghai and Vienna and BRI countries in Asia and Africa studies to explore the usefulness of the WeValue InSitu approach for use in ESG.


Respondents
Prof Tarani Chandola, Director, Methods Hub, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
Lufei Yang, SDG Finance Lead, Asia, UNOPS
Joy Song, Co-chair of ESG Disclosure and Integration Working Group, HKGFA
 

Co-organizers:
BRINFAITH, ASIAR research cluster, HKIHSS, HKU
The Methods Hub, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
 

Supporting Institutions (no particular order)
Hong Kong Financial Services Institute
Hong Kong Green Finance Association
LL.M. Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Faculty of Law, HKU
Centre for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai
Friends of the Earth (HK)
The Hong Kong Independent Non-Executive Director Association
CPA Australia

 

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CHINESE RELIGIOUS LIFE | Local Values

Kristofer Schipper - Inclusivity and exclusivity

China has so many religions. But how did they manage to side with each other so peacefully throughout the history? The understanding of “orthodoxy” in China is very different from the West. Kristofer Schipper explains, “For us, orthodoxy is something exclusive. If you’re an orthodox Jew, you stick to that […] But in China, orthodoxy is when everybody agrees that that is true, then it’s orthodoxy.” Schipper supports his claim with a very interesting example he found on the relics of a temple in Beijing. Please watch.
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