Moving the ESG Needle in Malaysia: Challenges and Benefits
Karen Lam talks to Malaysian experts with their noses on the ground to uncover Malaysian corporates’ commitment to ESG goals. Is it just greenwashing
UNCTAD Ecommerce Report 2021
Tapping on the insights of corporates, government, and social enterprises, Karen Lam explores UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Report through various lenses.
ETrade for Women – Helianti Hilman
Watch my conversation with one of Indonesia’s foremost social entrepreneurs who has championed the cause of agriculture and its impact on the local community long before it was even fashionable to do it.
Binh Tran, General Partner, 500 Startups Vietnam
Whether you’ve just starting up or whether you’re in the growth stage of your business, you must hear what Binh Tran, partner of Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups Vietnam has to say. With investments in over 60 companies in the region, find out what he’s looking to fund, his advice to his business owners, and how he’s helping them through the crisis and after. Also featured is Jef Ong of Flexiroam chipping in with how he’s doing in the slowdown.
Wendy Yap, President, Nippon Indosari Corpindo, Indonesia
Get in on the conversation with the founder of Indonesia’s best-selling mass-market bread Sari Roti, to find out how she’s working through the lockdown, quarantines, and disruptions to make sure her bread sits in the pantry of Indonesians right across the largest archipelago in the world. Find out how Wendy Yap is working through this pandemic and finding opportunities in this crisis.
Kim Tan, Chairman, Springhill Management, UK
He’s one of the world’s biggest social VC with funds worth about US$250 million. With 30 active businesses running from healthcare and agriculture to tourism and construction, Kim Tan, is running at full steam keeping tabs on his investees, all of whom are facing a crisis unlike any they have witnessed before.
Sam Goi, Executive Chairman, Tee Yih Jia Manufacturing
Sam Goi, the Popiah King, gives the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact right smack in the middle of the global lockdown.
