Millennium Plan: China Thinking under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Monday, 18 October 2021 | 15:00 Beijing Time | 85 MINS

Event MC: Emily Hu, Vice President, MCO China Business, Moody’s Corporation

15:00 – 15:10 | Opening remarks

Rahul Ghosh, Managing Director - ESG Outreach & Research, Moody’s Corporation

15:10 – 15:25 | Keynote speech: The United Nations SDGs: A shared roadmap for prosperity for all

  ●  How are the SDGs used by countries to assess their progress on prosperity?

  ●  How well have companies integrated the SDGs in their decision-making to create opportunities?

Jimmy Greer, Vice President - Analyst, Moody’s ESG Solutions, Moody's Corporation

15:25 –15:40 | Keynote Speech：The relevance of ESG for Chinese regional and local governments

  ●  Which key ESG issues does Moody’s consider most relevant in assessing RLGs?

  ●  What are the consequences of the uneven impact of ESG risks across RLGs?

  ●  What carbon transition, water management and demographic challenges do RLGs face?

Jack Yuan, Vice President - Senior Analyst, Sovereign/Sub-sovereign, Moody's Investors Service

15:40 – 15:55 | Fireside chat

Moderator: 

Annie Zhao, Vice President, MCO China team business, Moody's Corporation

Speakers:

Professor Zhu Xufeng，Executive Associate Dean at the School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) and Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development Goals, Tsinghua University (TUSDG)

15:55 – 16:25 | Report announcement:  Research report on ESG Evaluation System for RLGs in China 

Moderator: 

Annie Zhao, Vice President, MCO China team business, Moody's Corporation

Speakers:

Professor Zhu Xufeng，Executive Associate Dean at the School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) and Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development Goals, Tsinghua University (TUSDG)

Hao Shi, Managing Director - Country Manager for China, Head of MCO China team business, Moody’s Corporation

Dr. Peiyuan Guo, Chairman/China Advisor, UNEP FI, SynTao Green Finance

Rudo Mutambiranwa, Assistant Vice President, CSR, Moody’s Corporation

16:25 | Close