Agenda

09:00-10:30

OPENING PLENARY

The Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Redefining Corporate Engagement

This opening plenary will examine the fundamental shift in corporate accountability following global recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Through insights from diverse stakeholders, it will explore how meaningful engagement with communities, workers, and environmental defenders can help businesses strengthen due diligence practices, drive innovation, and help companies navigate Asia's complex sustainability challenges while creating long-term value.

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11:00-12:30

CONCURRENT SESSION

From Risk to Resilience: Embedding Human Rights in Asia's Just Transition

This session explores Asia's double transition - toward renewable energy and green industries – amid an AI and automation boom that risks the exclusion of workers relying on traditional occupations. Through a solutions-driven lens, it examines how businesses, policymakers, and investors can secure green finance and drive an inclusive, just transition while safeguarding workers, communities, the climate, and human rights. How can businesses ensure this transition creates competitive advantage rather than leaving workers behind?

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11:00-12:30

CONCURRENT SESSION

For the Right to Clean Air: Partnerships, Policies and Practices in Focus

How can businesses transform air quality challenges into strategic opportunities while meeting growing stakeholder expectations? This session will explore Asia's air pollution crisis, featuring insights from business leaders, regulators, civil society representatives, and health experts examining how meaningful stakeholder engagement can strengthen corporate due diligence, drive cross-border collaborations, and create innovative solutions that benefit both business performance and public health.

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13:30-15:00

PLENARY

Tri COPs on Climate, Biodiversity and Land Degradation: Implications for Asia

With mixed outcomes from 2024's three COPs on climate, biodiversity, and land degradation, what strategic opportunities can Asian businesses identify amid growing global tensions? This plenary will explore key developments including the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, Riyadh Drought Resilience Partnership, and unresolved climate transition issues. Through collaborative dialogue, it will examine how Asian companies can navigate emerging environmental regulations, harness sustainable innovation, and build resilience while addressing pressing ecological challenges.

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15:30-17:00

CONCURRENT SESSION

Driving Corporate Action on Climate and Nature through Gender Equality

How can integrating gender equity into corporate climate strategies unlock both business resilience and environmental outcomes? This policy lab will examine emerging regional regulations that are driving gender-responsive business practices across Asia. Through dialogue between investors, businesses, and civil society, it explores practical approaches for embedding gender equity in due diligence processes, elevating voices from climate-vulnerable communities, and creating systemic change through collaborative action and inclusive leadership.

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15:30-17:00

CONCURRENT SESSION

Frontline Perspectives: Safeguarding Human and Environmental Rights in New Technology

As technologies like AI and quantum computing reshape Asia's business landscape, how can companies turn stakeholder engagement from a compliance exercise into a competitive advantage? Through dialogue between business leaders and frontline communities, this session explores how meaningful stakeholder engagement with rights holders at the community level can strengthen due diligence, drive innovation, and build resilient business models that balance technological advancement with human and environmental rights.

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09:00-10:30

PLENARY

The Trust Deficit: Reclaiming Power and Redefining the Table

This session focuses on stakeholder engagement, which is particularly critical at this time as trust between businesses, governments, and communities grows increasingly fragile. With rising concerns over corporate accountability, environmental and social justice, and regulatory shifts, meaningful engagement is essential to bridging the trust deficit and ensuring decision-making processes are inclusive, transparent, and responsive to stakeholder needs.

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11:00-12:30

TRAINING OF TRAINERS

Net Zero and Climate Risk Management 101: Emissions Reduction and Due Diligence Strategies for Asian Businesses

How can businesses translate climate science into strategic action? This hands-on training equips participants with essential knowledge and practical tools to assess, reduce, and report on greenhouse gas emissions. Through expert guidance and case studies, it provides a comprehensive foundation for implementing effective climate strategies that align with emerging regulations, stakeholder expectations, and business objectives across Asian markets.

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11:00-12:30

TRAINING OF TRAINERS

Biodiversity and Ecosystems 101: Fostering Resilient Business Practices for Social and Environmental Due Diligence in Asia

As biodiversity loss accelerates across Asia, how can companies effectively measure and manage their nature-related impacts and dependencies? This practical training session provides participants with fundamental frameworks and assessment methodologies to understand ecosystem risks, implement nature-positive strategies, and integrate biodiversity considerations into business decision-making and stakeholder engagement processes.

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11:00-12:30

CONCURRENT SESSION

Sustainable Business Futures: Youth-Led Rights Action for Corporate Change

What competitive advantages emerge when companies meaningfully engage with youth-led sustainability movements? This session will explore how young changemakers across Asia are reshaping corporate accountability through grassroots campaigns, digital advocacy, and climate litigation. It will examine how youth perspectives can strengthen human rights due diligence, drive sustainable practices, and help companies align with the values of an increasingly conscious consumer base while creating meaningful partnerships for long-term impact.

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13:30-15:00

CONCURRENT SESSION

Sustaining Textile SMEs in Asia: Responsible Water Management for Growth and Resilience

Can addressing water pollution transform textile SMEs from compliance followers into sustainability leaders? This session will take a two-pronged approach to addressing the unique challenges faced by SMEs in the textile sector, exploring how small businesses can both navigate environmental and human rights challenges while adapting to mounting regulatory requirements. Through insights from financial institutions and business associations, it will identify solutions for responsible wastewater management and stakeholder engagement that enhance market competitiveness and build resilience.

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13:30-15:00

CONCURRENT SESSION

ESG Under Pressure: Aligning Rights, Regulation and Compliance

As ESG reporting becomes standard practice, how can businesses in Asia move beyond compliance to drive meaningful change? This speed panel features concise interventions from regulators and business stakeholdersnavigating the intersection of regulations and practical implementation. Through focused dialogue, it will explore strategies for harmonizing diverse frameworks, engaging key stakeholders, and balancing immediate compliance demands with long-term environmental and human rights goals.

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15:15-16:00

PLENARY

Closing Session

This closing session brings together diverse voices to synthesize key themes and breakthrough ideas from across the conference. Through reflection from diverse stakeholders, it will identify practical pathways for strengthening stakeholder engagement, advancing human rights due diligence, and creating enabling environments for sustainable business practices throughout Asia, with clear action points for participants to champion beyond the conference.

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AGENDA

09:00-10:30

OPENING PLENARY

The Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Redefining Corporate Engagement

11:00-12:30

CONCURRENT SESSION

11:00-12:30

CONCURRENT SESSION

13:30-15:00

PLENARY

15:30-17:00

CONCURRENT SESSION

15:30-17:00

CONCURRENT SESSION

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