Sustainable Brands Conference Kuala Lumpur (SBKL) brings together thought leaders from some of the world’s largest brands, most influential NGOs, policymakers and social enterprises to share innovations, learnings and next practices with the community in Malaysia.
Explore our comprehensive line-up of internationally-renowned thought leaders, industry experts and game-changing speakers.
Speakers
Abdul Sani Abdul Murad
Group Chief Marketing Officer,RHB Banking Group
Alleena Abdullah
Founder, Yellow Tree Malaysia & Co-Founder,Pathway
Andrew Winston
Author of Net Positive (How Courageous Companies Thrive By Giving More than They Take) & Founder,Winston Eco-Strategies
Dato' Azmir Merican
Group Managing Director,Sime Darby Property Berhad
Bharat Avalani
Founder & CEO,Connecting The Dots Marketing Consultancy
Dr. Cécile Girardin
Technical Director,Nature-based Solutions Initiative, University of Oxford
Cher Chua-Lassalvy
Co-Owner & Managing Director, Batu Batu Resort &Founder of Tengah Island Conservation
Chris Oestereich
Director,Linear to Circular
Daniel Aronson
Founder & CEO,Valutus
Darren Beck
Vice President, Membership & International,Sustainable Brands Worldwide
Dorothy Shaver
Global Food Sustainability Director,Unilever
Firdaus Jonid
Managing Director,Invictus Blue
Geoff King
CEO,The Food Purveyor
Gerald Miranda
Chairman,Acacia Blue Sdn. Bhd.
Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood
Executive Director & Professor,Sunway Centre for Planetary Health
Jenny Andersson
CEO & Founder,Really Regenerative Centre CIC
Jeremy Lent
Author of “Web of Meaning” and the “Patterning Instinct” & Founder,The Liology Institute
Jett Virangkabutra
Independent Design Educator/Innovation Consultant & Adjunct Lecturer ,Mahidol University International College
Kate Byrne
Chief Impact Officer,PopVenture
KoAnn Vikoran Skrzyniarz
Founder & CEO,Sustainable Brands Worldwide
Margie Ong
Founder & CEO,Thoughts In Gear
Martin Rich
Co-Founder & Executive Director,Future-Fit Foundation
Michelle Nunis
Co-Founder and Director,Viana Sdn. Bhd.
Pavithra Ram
Impact Navigator,Tony's Chocolonely
Raj Kumar Paramanathan
Managing Partner,CnetG Asia
Ralph Dixon
Director of Environmental Investments,YTL Corporation Berhad
Sasibai Kimis
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer,Earth Heir Partners Sdn. Bhd.
Sharmini Nagulan
Managing Director,Acacia Blue Sdn. Bhd.
Simon Harvey
Executive Director,Proxima Consulting
Dato' Sri Mohammed Shazalli Ramly
Group Managing Director,Boustead Holdings Berhad
Temuera Hall
Managing Director,TAHITO Limited
PROGRAMME
SCHEDULE
21 June 2022
09:00 – 09:15
Opening Remarks
KoAnn Vikoran Skrzyniarz – Founder & CEO, Sustainable Brands Worldwide
Gerald Miranda – Chairman, Acacia Blue Sdn. Bhd.
09:15 – 10:00
Gigatrends and the Drive to Net Positive: How courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take
Andrew Winston – Author of Net Positive (How Courageous Companies Thrive By Giving More than They Take) & Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies
10:00 – 10:30
The Problem with Capitalism
Jeremy Lent – Author of “Web of Meaning” and the “Patterning Instinct”
& Founder of The Liology Institute
10:30 – 11:00
The Values of Values & Technology
Daniel Aronson – Founder & CEO, Valutus
11:00 – 11:30
Morning Break
11:30 – 12:00
Sustainability as Your New Normal
Margie Ong – Founder & CEO, Thoughts In Gear
12:00 – 12:30
Planetary Health: Towards A New Development Paradigm
Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood – Executive Director & Professor, Sunway Centre for Planetary Health
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:00
Why We Need “Brands For Good”
Darren Beck – Vice President, Membership & International, Sustainable Brands Worldwide
14:00 – 14:30
Socio-Cultural Trend Tracker Research
Sharmini Nagulan – Managing Director, Acacia Blue Sdn. Bhd.
14:30 – 15:00
Designing Places For Life in Partnership
Jenny Anderson – CEO & Founder, Really Regenerative Centre CIC
15:00 – 15:30
Afternoon Break
15:30 – 16:30
The Role Of Brand and Communications In Cultivating More Sustainable Consumers
Panel:
- Alleena Abdullah – Founder, Yellow Tree Malaysia & Co-Founder, Pathway
- Abdul Sani Abdul Murad – Group Chief Marketing Officer, RHB Banking Group
- Bharat Avalani – Founder & CEO, Connecting The Dots Marketing Consultancy
- Michelle Nunis – Co-Founder and Director, Viana Sdn. Bhd.
Moderator: Raj Kumar Paramanathan – Managing Partner, CnetG Asia
16:30 – 17:00
Building a purposeful, regenerative business
Martin Rich – Co-Founder & Executive Director, Future-Fit Foundation
17:00 – 17:05
Closing Remarks
22 June 2022
09:00 – 09:15
Recap of Day 1
Sharmini Nagulan – Managing Director, Acacia Blue Sdn. Bhd.
09:15 – 09:45
Trust
Kate Byrne – Chief Impact Officer, PopVenture
09:45 – 10:45
Purpose of Business
Panel:
- Sasibai Kimis – Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Earth Heir Partners Sdn. Bhd.
- Dato’ Azmir Merican – Group Managing Director, Sime Darby Property
- Ralph Dixon – Director of Environmental Investments, YTL Corporation Berhad
- Geoff King – CEO, The Food Purveyor
Moderator: Kate Byrne – Chief Impact Officer, PopVenture
10:45 – 11:15
Morning Break
11:15 – 12:00
Ka mua, ka muri – walking backwards into the future – Te ao Māori as a model for systems intelligence
Simon Harvey – Executive Director, Proxima Consulting New Zealand
Temuera Hall – Managing Director, TAHITO Limited New Zealand
12:00 – 12:30
The Earth Heir Journey – Why Social Responsibility Matters
Sasibai Kimis – Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Earth Heir Partners Sdn. Bhd.
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:00
Systemic Design: An Approach to Sustainable Innovation
Chris Oestereich – Founder, Linear to Circular
Jett Virangkabutra – Independent Design Educator/Innovation Consultant & Adjunct Lecturer, Mahidol University International College
14:00 – 14:30
Shifting tourism from depletive to regenerative: a realistic dream? A Malaysian SME’s journey in trying to put theory into practice
Cher Chua-Lassalvy – Co-Owner & Managing Director, Batu Batu Resort & Founder of Tengah Island Conservation
14:30 – 15:00
Chocolate For Change – The Sweet Line Between Purpose and Profit
Pavithra Ram – Impact Navigator, Tony’s Chocolonely
15:00 – 15:30
Afternoon Break
15:30 – 16:00
ESG – Organisation, Reinvention and Repentance
Dato’ Sri Mohammed Shazalli Ramly – Group Managing Director, Boustead Holdings Berhad
16:00 – 16:30
Business, Biodiversity, and Nature-based Insetting
Dr Cécile Girardin – Technical Director, Nature-based Solutions Initiative, University of Oxford
16:30 – 17:00
Growing Food in Harmony with Nature
Dorothy Shaver – Global Food Sustainability Director, Unilever
17:00 – 17:30
Building Effective Sustainability Communications
Firdaus Jonid – Managing Director, Invictus Blue
17:30 – 17:35
Closing Remarks
Gerald Miranda – Chairman, Acacia Blue Sdn. Bhd.
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