The 3rd Yangtze Forum--Corporate Sub-forum

Corporate ·Water ·Social Responsibility 

Shanghai·Shangri-La Hotel

April 20-21, 2009

While companies are concerning about water issue, some leading companies have set water management as part of the corporate development strategy. 

Yangtze Forum is setting up a platform for all stakeholders from government, business, NGOs and academy to discuss on the protection and development of Yangtze River.  The Third Yangtze Forum is to be organized by Shanghai Municipal Government in Shanghai. There will be about 400 participants attending the forum. Particularly, high officials from Ministries of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Administration of Forest, etc, as well 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River, will join the Forum to share views on Yangtze protection and development. The Yangtze Forum and its Corporate Sub-forum will provide you opportunities to directly listen to and communicate with the extinguish guests.   

Organizer:   World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Co-organizer: Yangtze Water Resources Commission, Ministry of Water Resources

Supporter:   The Coca-Cola Beverage Company Ltd. 

                     HSBC

What you can get from the Yangtze Forum and its Corporate Sub-forum?

• Listening to the latest governmental strategic guidance on the protection and economic development along Yangtze basin. 
• Getting known of the experience of the world leading companies on environment and water management.
• Exploring of the opportunity of cooperation with international organization and business.
• Proposing policies to government regarding corporate water management. 

Topics we will discuss and share: 

• How does a company explore environmental innovations as new business development while overcoming the economic crisis? 
• What is the adding value brought by sustainable water management?
• How can improved water management enhance corporate market competition? 
• What guidance and incentive do national policies encouraging corporations taking its social responsibility?
• How leading companies integrate environmental management into business development strategies and social responsibility strategies? 
• What are the opportunities and technical solutions offered by international and domestic organizations? 
• How to trace the corporate ecological water footprint? 

Contact for Corporate Sub-forum 

Shen Xingxing，Freshwater Program Officer, WWF China +86 10 6522 7100–3295，13683665617；xxshen@wwfchina.org,

Zheng Ping, Corporate Relationship Coordinator, WWF China

Cheng Gongwu, Yangtze Water Resource Commission +86 27 82927428(0)；13807111356；chenggw@ywrp.gov.cn