ESG: Defining Asia Pacific’s Future

Sustainable supply chains are efficient, resilient, equitable, circular, transparent and climate positive. In this first episode PwC’s Jeremy Prepscius speaks with Sammie Ho Dumas, Social Impact and Sustainability Director at Williams Sonoma, and Jason Judd, Executive Director at Cornell University, as they explore how supply chains are evolving, the impacts, opportunities and lessons for the future.

In this episode, Melissa MacEwen, who leads on the circular economy for PwC’s Asia Pacific Sustainability team, discusses the findings from our latest circular economy thought leadership. She articulates the critical importance of adopting circular economy practices, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, and outlines strategic approaches for creating value through this transition.

What is sustainability transformation? In this episode Annabell Chartres, a PwC partner in our Asia Pacific Sustainability clients and markets team, takes a deep drive into the drivers of business transformation from a sustainability perspective. She discussed the many factors that businesses should consider before starting on their sustainability transformation journey and why. 

The development of technology in the past decade puts pressure on companies to transform their business models to survive and create more value. Generative artificial intelligence, also known as GenAI, is a groundbreaking catalyst in this transformation, challenging traditional norms and offering new opportunities for sustainable development. 

In this episode we talk to Rob Pedler, PwC Asia Pacific Sustainability Digital specialist, to discuss the intersection between GenAI and sustainability.

In today’s episode, we will be exploring what companies must do to win in this challenging environment, together with our host, Jeremy Prepscius - Managing Director, Asia Pacific Sustainability, Sustainable Supply Chains, PwC Hong Kong - and guest, David Wijeratne - International Growth Practice - Global lead, Partner, PwC Singapore.

In this episode, we look at some real-world examples of how communities that heavily rely on high-emitting industries for employment and incomes can move away from being negatively impacted by both climate change and climate adaptation strategies and towards increased resilience and active participation in the green economy.

Focusing on the role of financial institutions in enabling a just net-zero transition, PwC speaks to Jaclyn Dove, Managing Director of Sustainable Finance at Standard Chartered in Singapore, and Ryuta Suzuki, Director General of the Environmental Assessment Office from the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation.