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Sustainability

Forum’s Objectives

In today’s rapidly changing world, companies’ responsibilities extend far beyond the statutory obligation to comply with legislation. Corporations now must consider the wider impact that they have on customers, employees, shareholders, communities and the environment across all aspects of their operations. Our Sustainability Forum looks at a wide range of issues including climate change, energy, development and sustainability.

Leadership

The Sustainability Forum is co-chaired by Leah Lynch and Callum Douglas.

Membership

The forum attracts interest from across BritCham’s membership, from those working directly in a sustainability-related field to those with a more personal interest in global and environmental issues.

Forum Chairs

Leah Lynch

Leah Lynch

Development Reimagined

[showhide type=”pressrelease” more_text=”Read More” less_text=”Read More” hidden=”yes”]Leah is the Deputy Director of Development Reimagined (DR), an international Development Consultancy based in Beijing. Leah has lived in China for 8 years and has travelled extensively around Asia and Africa. In her role at DR, Leah helps support the strategic direction of the Beijing office to deliver sustainable development and poverty reduction for a wide range of clients. This includes working with governments, civil society organisations and businesses on how to implement development and sustainability projects around the world. Prior to DR, Leah was at the UNDP China, supporting the UN’s portfolio on communication strategies, China’s South- South Cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Before UNDP, Leah lived and worked in Kenya developing sustainable water policies for the government.

Vision for the forum

“To create a platform for British and Chinese businesses to deliver action, share ideas and gain the necessary capability to tackle environmental and social issues. Sustainability can be an exciting opportunity for business, not just an afterthought.”

Callum Douglas

PwC China

[showhide type=”links” more_text=”Read More” less_text=”Read More” hidden=”yes”]Callum leads PwC’s corporate responsibility strategy in China and Asia Pacific, working collaboratively to deliver PwC’s local and global community and environment ambitions. His role involves working with the firm’s CR Board to drive PwC’s CR programmes ranging from community partnerships and engagement, to measuring and managing the firm’s sustainability performance, and working with PwC client teams to advise on projects which match his areas of experience.

He is passionate about sustainability and supporting business to take a lead in creating positive social and environmental impact during this critical decade for our planet.

Callum holds a BA in Chinese and Asia Pacific Studies from Leeds University and a postgraduate diploma in Economic Principles from the University of London. He has been living in Beijing since 2006.

Related Events

Sustainability Summit 2021

On March 17th, the British Chamber was honoured to host Sustainability Summit 2021. The conference attracted over 100 attendees from businesses, governments and academia. Our guest speakers and panel delved into some of the topics that define our era, particularly on how to ‘build back better’ after Covid-19 pandemic.

We were delighted to be joined by Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China; David Aikman, Chief Representative Officer, China at the World Economic Forum, Nishi Dholakia, Minister Counsellor at the British Embassy Beijing, as well as our panelists Ludy Lo (Shell), Jun Shen (Unilever), Zhu Chunquan (WEF) and Junice Yeo (Eco-Business).

The summit also featured an interactive session led by Callum Douglas and his team at PwC which gave the opportunity for the audience to hypothesise about how the values behind one of the Sustainable Development Goals could help augment their own business.

We would like to thank our excellent speakers for their insights on one of the most challenging issues of our time. We also thank our guests for elevating our conference with your enthusiastic participation and insightful comments.

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