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Tuesday October 25 2011 / Internationalization

Chindia Rules!

An evening of debate about Corporate Social Responsibility. How to adapt to a new world order? The Asian Perspective.

In the 21st century Europe will be affected most of all by the speedy economic rise of China and India. Interdependence between the West and the East is rapidly increasing and policy makers in Europe will have to adapt to these new realities.

Today, being globally competitive is about more than productivity, it is also about sustainability, good governance and corporate social responsibility. How do Asian companies define CSR? As part of their core business or as philanthropy? What is the role of the state? And how may civil society contribute?

For the first time, members of the Indian and Chinese (expatriate) community will come together to discuss these questions with NGO's, politicians, academics and CEO's at Chindia Rules!

Foto's: Rebke Klokke

With: Simon Smits (Director-General International Relations at the Ministery for Agriculture and Foreign Trade). Smits replaces the Dutch Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade Dr. Henk Bleker, Rattan Chadha (founder and former CEO of Mexx and art collector KRC-Collection) via a video interview and Stephen Frost (associate professor at Hong Kong City University and co-founder CSR Asia).

Stephen Frost

Panel: D.P. Nambiar (Tata TCS, India), Maria van der Heijden (Women on Wings, India), Henk Schulte Nordholt (Hofung Technology, China), Bart Kasteleijn (HIL International Lawyers & Advisers) and Ronald Israëls (NIFI).

First row of guests: Vidhya Sampath (NICCT), Anna Pot (APG), Jan-Willem Scheijgrond (Philips), René van Hell (IB, Department of EL & I), Tineke Lambooy (Nyenrode University) and Mariëtta Smid (ASN Bank).
Moderator: Marleen Janssen Groesbeek (Eumedion and former editor of Het Financieele Dagblad).

Programme:
Opening address by Simon Smits
How well do multinationals and SME perform in China and India? The latest trade figures.

Stephen Frost
Compliance with CSR rules in China. Lessons learnt.

Rattan Chadha: video interview.
About charity, the environment and supply chain management in India.

Download the discussion paper The economic balance of power shifts from West to East.

An initiative of Felix Meritis and Willem Offenberg (author of ‘China or India? Outsourcing for beginners').
Supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. In cooperation with the Netherlands India Foundation for Innovation, HIL International Lawyers & Advisers and NICCT.