Springboard Sessions
Helping Chinese companies go from 0 to 100 in CSR Jacob Tomas (Tan Yaxing), CEO, Maker Sustainability Consulting (MSC) |
It’s all but a long journey of self-cultivation
Hong Gang does not believe in splitting his personality between private and corporate life. As chairman of a company that focuses on sustainability, Gang will share how he deals with global issues in a corporate setting, and how he and his team were able to turn a nearly bankrupt state-owned company into a thriving and sustainable private enterprise.
Gang will explain the role and impact of personal integrity in founding and managing a company. In his quest to become a good citizen, Gang calls for deep self-cultivation as an answer to the temptations of the modern world.
About Hong Gang:
Hong Gang is a Chinese private entrepreneur and co-founder & chairman of Greatview Aseptic Packaging. Today, Greatview is among the top three global aseptic packaging companies, with production facilities and operating companies both in China and in the EU, and with the highest fiber content sourced from sustainably managed forests. Greatview was the first company in China to perform a carbon footprint audit at the plant building stage, and to neutralize its CO2 emissions. Gang has been through all of China’s major development stages over the past 30+ years and has accumulated unique insights by working for state-owned institutions, western multinationals as well as for private Chinese enterprise. Gang is an alumnus of Zhejiang University, where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Thermal Physics 32 years ago. He has a Master’s degree in Development & Economics from Sussex University in the UK.
Creating Changemakers: Encouraging students to dream again
What is the purpose of a great education? asks Mustafa Naseem, Director of the Innovations for Poverty Alleviation Lab (IPAL). In a country that is said to blame the outside world for all its tribulations, and which the outside world sees as largely dependent on international aid, Mustafa talks about his experiences empowering his countrymen and women to become change makers, and taking the fate of their country into their own hands.
About Mustafa Naseem:
Mustafa Naseem is a Pakistani educator, social entrepreneur and founding Director of Innovations for Poverty Alleviation Lab (IPAL) at the Information Technology University (ITU). Prior to joining ITU, Mustafa held senior positions at the MIT Global Startup Labs' South Africa Program, the Deming Center Venture Fund (DCVF) and the International Development Design Summit (IDDS). His interests lie at the intersection of technology, policy and entrepreneurship geared towards solving global development challenges.
Mustafa graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Masters in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) on a Fulbright Scholarship. He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the ATLAS Institute Director's Fellowship, the Dale Hatfield Research Scholars Award, and the Center for Policy Research (CPR) Young Scholar Award.
New Business Models for Change: The Role of Youth in Social Impact
Jasmine will talk about venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship, with a focus on youth's role in making social impact. The talk will provide an overview of new approaches to social change such as venture philanthropy, impact investing, and social entrepreneurship. In addition, Jasmine will share case studies of how the next generation is able to effectively make an impact with their resources, and highlight the potential and challenges for effective philanthropy among youth.
About Jasmine Lau:
Jasmine Lau is the Founder of Philanthropy In Motion (PIM), a social enterprise that empowers the next generation to give with the most impact. PIM runs experiential venture philanthropy programs for young people, who have the opportunity to evaluate China-based social organizations and collectively manage a fund. In addition, she has also developed a crowdfunding platform for millennials to support social causes through contributing not just their money, but also their ideas for digital marketing. By doing so, she aims to amplify the role and voice of young people to channel philanthropic resources in a more strategic manner. Hailing from Hong Kong, she graduated from Yale University cum laude with a B.A. in Economics. Prior to founding PIM, she worked at Standard Chartered investment banking division as well as at Narada Foundation, where she built the capacity of grassroots social entrepreneurs and NGOs in China.
Making ”Mission Impossible” possible: Helping Chinese companies go from 0 to 100 in CSR
It starts with ‘why’: why Corporate Social Responsibility? Jacob will talk about his personal story of how he got started in the CSR consulting industry and how he sees the development of CSR in contrast with traditional ‘feel good initiatives’. Using China’s top-three internet companies as case studies, Tan will demonstrate different levels of CSR with actions plans of how university students can engage themselves in social innovation movement. Learn from him why it is so important for Chinese companies to incorporate CSR into their core businesses, why this is extremely difficult to achieve, and why they have been successful anyway.
About Jacob Tomas:
Jacob Tomas (Tan Yaxing) is a serial entrepreneur in social innovation, and now the CEO of Maker Sustainability Consulting (MSC). After backpacking in more than 20 countries, he’s started to help companies in China be more responsible by improving the triple bottom line: profit, people and planet, with strategic solutions tailored to diverse situations to enhance companies’ positive environmental and social impact.
Launched in 2013, Springboard Sessions are the Melton Foundation's signature event bringing leaders from around the globe to share intimate stories from their lives and work, get your thoughts on today's global challenges through polls and interaction, and invite you to join them in their journeys, or start your own!