Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam CorporateSustainability Forum 2020, with the theme “Sustainabledevelopment in the new decade: Turning Challenges into Opportunities”, tookplace in Hanoi on December 10.
The forum was co-organised by the Vietnam Chamber ofCommerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Vietnam Business Council for SustainableDevelopment (VBCSD).
Addressing the gathering, Deputy Prime Minister Vu DucDam said that, over the next decade, Vietnam will strive to further fulfil theremaining two of the 19 UN sustainable development goals. The country now ranks88th out of 193 UN member states, with 17 out of 19 criteria beingmet, he said.
The Deputy PM noted, however, that Vietnam is now hometo 700,000 enterprises but not many are VBCSD members. Few enterprises haveregistered to implement the Corporate Sustainability Index, he said, urging actions to spread thevalues of sustainable development.
Economist Nguyen Dinh Cung, member of the ConsultingGroup of the National Council on Sustainable Development andCompetitiveness Improvement, said thatcreating a sustainable business community needs the involvement of the entirepolitical system and major businesses leading the value chain should be thepioneers.
In the next decade, VCCI President VuTien Loc suggested, Vietnam should focus on three strategic breakthroughs: continuingto improve the quality of socialist-oriented market economic mechanisms; fullydeveloping human resources, science-technology, and innovation; and completingmodern and synchronous socio-economic infrastructure.
Heineken Vietnam shared its bestpractice RESOLVE model (Regenerate, Share, Optimise, Loop, Virtualise, andExchange) - a circular economy framework using a holistic approach to createsustainable environmental value, such as reducing carbon emissions, protectingwater resources, and utilising all resources.
Corporate Affairs Director atHeineken Vietnam Holly Bostock said the company has set ambitious targets toachieve zero waste and use 100 percent renewable energy by 2025.
On the occasion, Dam presented the PrimeMinister’s certificates of merit to representatives from the VBCSD and VCCIstanding boards./.
The forum was co-organised by the Vietnam Chamber ofCommerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Vietnam Business Council for SustainableDevelopment (VBCSD).
Addressing the gathering, Deputy Prime Minister Vu DucDam said that, over the next decade, Vietnam will strive to further fulfil theremaining two of the 19 UN sustainable development goals. The country now ranks88th out of 193 UN member states, with 17 out of 19 criteria beingmet, he said.
The Deputy PM noted, however, that Vietnam is now hometo 700,000 enterprises but not many are VBCSD members. Few enterprises haveregistered to implement the Corporate Sustainability Index, he said, urging actions to spread thevalues of sustainable development.
Economist Nguyen Dinh Cung, member of the ConsultingGroup of the National Council on Sustainable Development andCompetitiveness Improvement, said thatcreating a sustainable business community needs the involvement of the entirepolitical system and major businesses leading the value chain should be thepioneers.
In the next decade, VCCI President VuTien Loc suggested, Vietnam should focus on three strategic breakthroughs: continuingto improve the quality of socialist-oriented market economic mechanisms; fullydeveloping human resources, science-technology, and innovation; and completingmodern and synchronous socio-economic infrastructure.
Heineken Vietnam shared its bestpractice RESOLVE model (Regenerate, Share, Optimise, Loop, Virtualise, andExchange) - a circular economy framework using a holistic approach to createsustainable environmental value, such as reducing carbon emissions, protectingwater resources, and utilising all resources.
Corporate Affairs Director atHeineken Vietnam Holly Bostock said the company has set ambitious targets toachieve zero waste and use 100 percent renewable energy by 2025.
On the occasion, Dam presented the PrimeMinister’s certificates of merit to representatives from the VBCSD and VCCIstanding boards./.
VNA
