Sustainable resource development

Masaaki Fujiwara made speech about Suntory development strategy through Mizuiku programme Can you please share Suntory Group's sustainability vision? A global leader in the beverage industry, Suntory Group offers a uniquely diverse portfolio of products from premium spirits, beer and wine to brewed teas, bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, ready-to-drink coffee and energy drinks, and health and wellness products. As a multifaceted consumer-oriented company, we are dedicated to realising our mission “To Create Harmony with People and Nature.” This means promoting a sustainable society where nourishing and enriching people’s lives and conserving the natural environment go hand in hand. To realise this ambition, we deeply respect the blessings of nature on which our products rely, and engage in a range of corporate social responsibility activities to promote responsible environmental management that ensures sustainable use of natural resources and a healthy natural … [Read more...] about Suntory Group deepens sustainable footprint in Vietnam

The MoU on the program was signed by Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang, Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Pham Tan Cong, President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) Nguyen Ngoc Bao, and ILO Country Director for Vietnam Ingrid Christensen. The country program provides a cooperation framework for the ILO and the Vietnamese partners until 2026 with a view to ensuring decent and sustainable work for all and that by 2026, Vietnamese people, especially those at risk of being left behind, will contribute and benefit equitably from the sustainable, inclusive, and gender-responsive economic transformation based on innovation, entrepreneurship, enhanced productivity, competitiveness, and decent work. It also looks to ensure that people will benefit from inclusive, gender-responsive, disability-sensitive, equitable, affordable and quality social … [Read more...] about Vietnam, ILO sign decent work country program for 2022-2026

Vietnam and China share a long border with the busiest border gates serving trade connections. Vietnam’s top leaders including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh today [March 28] met Wang Ning, party secretary of Yunnan Province, China as part of gestures to strengthen the ties between border areas. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and Wang Ning, party secretary of Yunnan Province, China, at the meeting in Hanoi on Mar 28. Photo: VNA Wang Ning is in Vietnam to co-chair a meeting between party secretaries of Vietnam’s Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, and Dien Bien provinces. The meeting is the third of its kind to set goals for cooperation between the localities. At the meeting in Hanoi on March 28, Trong highly appreciated the cooperation and expected Yunnan and Vietnamese border localities to be role models in implementing the consensus … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China enhance border ties

The event, under the framework of the USAID-funded Saving Threatened Wildlife project, was jointly organized by the Management Board for Forestry Projects - MARD, WWF and TRAFFIC in collaboration with the Training Center for Elected Representatives under the Board of Deputy Affairs-Standing Committee of the National Assembly. “The Saving Threatened Wildlife project thrives for comprehensive, systematic and impactful efforts to reduce the demand for illegal wildlife products. We believe the National Assembly to be the most powerful instrument for mass attention and generating high-level communications strategies," said Michelle Owen, Chief of Party - Saving Threatened Wildlife, WWF. The dialogue saw the participation of fifty high-level leaders and officials from relevant ministries, agencies and National Assembly deputies, discussing efforts on wildlife demand reduction across the party and government network. "With one of the strongest legal frameworks on wildlife protection and … [Read more...] about Dialogue discusses wildlife conservation efforts

Around 68 per cent of listed public companies are complying with minimum legal requirements on independent directors, in which the lowest rate is 30 per cent in the automobile sector, and the highest rate is 100 per cent in banking. Compliance rate rise bodes well for listed companies, illustration photo/ Source: Shutterstock The information was provided in the ‘Independent Directors Survey of Public Companies in Vietnam’ report, compiled by FiinGroup and the Vietnam Independent Directors Association (VNIDA). The survey and the report have been carried out with the primary technical support from the International Finance Corporation through the SECO-funded Vietnam Integrated ESG Programme, and covered 544 companies that have disclosures on independent directors out of 769 companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi stock exchanges. Under 2020 legislation guiding the implementation of the Law on Securities, a listed company’s board is required to have at least … [Read more...] about Compliance rate rise bodes well for listed companies

For enterprises, constructing and managing a smart factory is not a simple endeavour. How does the concept increase production, efficiency, and competitiveness? Urs Kloeti, factory manager at Nestlé Vietnam Nestlé’s approach to digital transformation in manufacturing in Vietnam, as well as internationally, is to search out real prospects that we completely comprehend and that allow us to save money and/or obtain growth potential within the limitations of emerging technologies. At the same time, digital transformation at Nestlé is a narrative about both technology and people. It enables us to connect all corporate personnel more efficiently and proactively. We have created a number of internal networks comprised of current teams in each of our main sectors, and we are now constructing similar networks in each market in order to identify opportunities for improvement and seek the most appropriate apps to address these issues. In the majority of instances, we also … [Read more...] about Digitalisation: a story of both technology and people