2021 Program

Join emcee Sara James and Shared Value Project CEO Sarah Downie as we kick-off the 2021 Shared Value Summit Asia Pacific – arguably our most important yet. We’ll explore this unique moment in time to determine a different future, whilst we have more agency and appetite for change than ever before.

Sara James / Summit Emcee

Sarah Downie / CEO, Shared Value Project

In 2021, we mark 10 years of the global shared value movement. How quickly has business adopted this thinking? Which key issues has shared value helped to address, and what have been the key challenges? And how does shared value need to evolve to flex to the future of business? Shared value co-creator, Harvard Professor Mark Kramer, will examine these questions and more, as he reflects on the state of shared value, and how we can leverage our learnings to consider: where to next?

Mark Kramer / Shared Value co-creator, Harvard Professor

With increasing buying power – and as the biggest presence in the workforce today – millennials have a unique influence over the future of business. And with this, they’re helping to determine a different role for business in society – one which tilts the scales of profit and purpose; urging companies to consider how they move beyond doing no harm, to proactively create value for all stakeholders. So, what are the most important issues among young people, and how must business respond, to meet their hopes and expectations? Mark Kramer will be joined by emerging leaders and youth advocates, as we shift our focus towards the next decade of purpose-led business. Includes Q&A.

Mark Kramer / Shared Value co-creator, Harvard Professor

Natalie Kyriacou OAM / Forbes 30 Under 30, CEO My Green World

Kareem El-Ansary / World Economic Forum Global Shaper

Yasmin Poole / The Martin Luther King Jr Center’s 2021 Youth Influencer of the Year

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Mark Kramer / Shared Value co-creator, Harvard Professor

Kareem El-Ansary / World Economic Forum Global Shaper

Growing social and environmental demands have raised expectations for business to act. Recent research shows that seven in 10 of us believe that CEOs should step in when Government doesn’t fix social problems, and eight in 10 expect CEOs to speak out on societal issues. In 2021 and beyond, it’s clear that leaders must evolve, or be left behind. We bring together three CEOs from diverse industries to discuss what modern leadership could (and perhaps should) look like?

Sandra Martínez / CEO, Nestlé Oceania

Damien Mu / CEO, AIA Australia & NZ

Kerryn Coker / Co-Chair Australasia Region, Arup

Narelle Hooper / Editor-in-chief, AICD Magazine (moderator)

ESG is increasingly pitched as the answer to ensuring business accountability to environmental and social problems. However, some believe it’s more of a distraction rather than a true path to long-term impact. We explore the topic through a diverse investor lens, to consider how much weight the investor community REALLY puts on advancing social progress, whether this is viewed as risk mitigation or a means to drive significant business growth, and how investors can apply a shared value lens to ESG to bring materiality and impact jointly into focus. Includes Q&A. 

Jennifer Buckley / Senior Managing Director, SEA Women’s Economic Empowerment Fund

Daniel Roarty / Chief Investment Officer, AllianceBernstein

Mary Delahunty / Head of Impact, HESTA

Rosemary Addis AM / Impact Strategist (moderator)

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Having lost her parents at a young age, April Rinne had to quickly grasp the currency in letting go of a predetermined future, to make way for a ‘flux mindset’. April has helped individuals and organisations rethink and reshape their relationship with change and uncertainty by applying a flux mindset. Hear how you can see change as an opportunity, not a threat, and how by being grounded in your values you can do more than snap-back to strive forward and create The Future You Choose.

April Rinne / Futurist, ‘flux mindset’ author

As the world emerges from COVID-19, we face the challenge of finding our ‘next normal’. What if this new normal embraced circularity over a linear source, make, use, waste approach? According to new modelling from PwC, we could generate $1,860 billion in direct economic benefits over 20 years, whilst saving 165 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2040. In this timely presentation, we explore the tangible economic opportunities available by adopting a circular economy model.  

Jeremy Thorpe / PwC Australia Chief Economist

Dr Lucas Carmody / PwC Australia Sustainable Urban and Regional Development

In our biggest display of how to shift from why to how yet, we invite the practitioners behind some of the region’s freshest – and perhaps more unexpected – shared value case studies, to discuss what shared value in practice really looks like. Delivered in two streams, these speed-date-style presentations will include extended Q&A so that we can all learn from those embracing shared value.

No Lawyers – Tracey McMillan / CEO, Forge Legal

CancerAid – Dr Raghav Murali-Ganesh / Co-founder & CEO, CancerAid

Safer Lighting – Tim Hunt / Associate, Melbourne Lighting Lead, Arup

No Fixed Address Service – Christina Yung / Regional Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Financial Vulnerability, HSBC Hong Kong

Wave XD / Refugee Talent – Anna Robson / CEO & Co-founder, Wave XD

The Wrap on Soft Plastics – Margaret Stuart / Head of Corporate Affairs, Nestlé Oceania

Hugh Foley / Corporate Responsibility and Shared Value Consultant (moderator)

Sarah Foxe / Social Impact Consultant (moderator)

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Jeremy Thorpe / PwC Australia Chief Economist

Dr Lucas Carmody / PwC Australia Sustainable Urban and Regional Development

Delivered in partnership with major sponsor AIA Australia

The impacts of mental-ill health are ubiquitous, and range from resultant health challenges to loneliness, social isolation, unemployment and – at its worst – suicide.

Loneliness precedes mental ill-health, and yet it’s an issue that’s often overlooked. In fact, one in four Australians experiencing problematic levels of loneliness – and those who are lonelier – are more likely to develop mental health disorders.

In this thematic track, we hone in on loneliness as a critical health, social and economic issue that has both a cause and effect relationship with mental ill-health, and tackle the common misconceptions of this next critical issue facing Australians. We look at how shared value can bring focus to this challenge; particularly when our workforce is making such a rapid shift to remote working and it becomes more crucial than ever that we stay meaningfully connected, despite being more physically apart. Panel discussion to include Q&A. 

Opening remarks

Steve Dimopoulos MP / Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health

Issue in focus

Dr Michelle Lim / Scientific Chair, Ending Loneliness Together

Panel and Q&A: Solutions in action

Mitch Wallis / Founder & CEO, Heart On My Sleeve

Jennie Sager / Head of Nextdoor Australia

Duncan Young / Head of Workplace Health & Wellbeing, Lendlease

Closing remarks

Stephanie Phillips / Chief Shared Value & Marketing Officer, AIA Australia

Delivered in partnership with supporting sponsors NAB and IAG

There is no denying that natural disasters are growing in frequency and severity, but how ready we are to face and recover from them is up to all of us. The issue of disaster resilience is a complex one with many interconnected challenges. In this thematic track, we will identify the challenges and opportunities, as well as the questions in need of answers if we are to create more resilient communities.

How do we enable individuals, businesses and communities to better prepare for future natural disasters? How do we co-design with communities in the driver’s seat? How do we incentivise people and businesses to invest in their resilience? How can we strengthen communities to be more resilient to natural disasters? And perhaps the most critical question is how we work together; as government, business, community and individuals, each playing our role to reduce the risk and severity of disasters in the future?

Can shared value provide a framework for meaningful cross-sectoral participation and help prove the value in building resilience? Panel discussion to include Q&A

Opening remarks

Connie Sokaris / Executive – Corporate Finance, NAB

Issue in focus

Lauren Sorkin / Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network

Andrea Davis / Senior Director, Global Emergency Management and Business Continuity, Walmart

Panel and Q&A: Solutions in action

Brendan Moon / CEO, Queensland Reconstruction Authority

Andrew Buay / Vice President, Group Corporate Sustainability, Singtel & Optus

Maree Grenfell / Co-Manager, City Resilience and Sustainable Futures, City of Melbourne

Jennifer Cobley / Executive Manager, Disaster Resilience, IAG (moderator)

Closing remarks

Ramana James / Executive Manager, Safer Communities, IAG

Summit emcee Sara James and Shared Value Project CEO Sarah Downie are joined by SVP’s Chair to reflect on the day’s key learnings, and contemplate the call to action for business moving forward. How can adopting shared value help to set us on the right trajectory, towards The Future We Choose?

Peter Yates AM / Shared Value Project Chair

Sara James / Summit Emcee

Sarah Downie / CEO, Shared Value Project