Impact Business

Traditional business models are no longer sufficient to tackle fierce global competition. In order to survive in global competition and thrive, businesses need to take a more active role in addressing social and environmental issues where they operate.

Businesses that balance social missions with profit have lasting impacts on the communities in which they operate and provide competitive advantages in this new economy. Moving from a traditional to an impact business model requires untraditional ways of thinking and doing things.

The Impact Business Summit 2022 is created to provide aspiration and direction to business leaders to navigate this new movement. The event will gather business and social organization leaders who are driven by the purpose to create positive impacts on society while thriving in an ever-changing environment.

The Impact Business Summit
is created to provide:

Case studies

Business leaders and experts in the field of social impact will share their stories and practical experiences on the following topics.

Impact Investment

Environment & Climate Change

Education

Medical & Healthcare

What is Impact Business?

Speakers

Meet and connect with business people, leaders, CSR and NGO experts from different sectors.

Nguyễn Thị Bích Vân

Chairperson, Unilever Vietnam

Đỗ Lê Thu Ngọc

Head of Inclusive Growth, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Phạm Kiều Oanh

Founder & Executive Director, The Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion (CSIP)

Hồ Thị Thu Uyên

Public Affairs Director, Intel Vietnam

Lưu Hoàng Hà

Founder & Chairman, Nami Energy

Darryl J. Dong

Principal Financial Specialist, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Shuyin Tang

PARTNER, Patamar Capital

Christina Ameln

Vietnam Advisor, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN)

Nguyễn Trường Hải

CEO, Saint-Gobain Vietnam

Nguyễn Thanh Ngữ

CEO, Thành Thành Công – Biên Hòa Joint Stock Company (TTC Sugar)

Agenda (tentative)

13:30 – 14:00

Welcoming

14:00 – 14:15

Opening remarks

14:15 – 14:45

Keynote 1: The impact business landscape in Vietnam

Vietnam is one of the few countries with legal recognition for the social enterprise model. Nevertheless, the number of businesses with products or solutions, which are focused on solving social and environmental problems in parallel with making profits is still limited at only 5% of the total number of registered businesses in Vietnam. What trends and opportunities do businesses interested in business models with social and environmental impact in Vietnam should know about? To what extent are the policies and ecosystems supporting the growth of social impact businesses today?

The keynote will provide the overall landscape of social impact business in Vietnam, an ecosystem is forming to support impact business model and the shift of investment funds towards social impact.

Speaker: Ms Đỗ Lê Thu Ngọc, Head of Inclusive Growth, UNDP

14:45 – 15:30

Panel Discussion 1: Capital Investment In Impact Businesses

Businesses with models directly create social and environmental impacts have more competitive advantages over profit-only business models, becoming the driving force for positive changes and solutions for mutual challenges nationally and in the world. In the process of this critical transformations, businesses need access to technical support, expertise, and capital.

In this panel discussion, representatives of investment funds and consulting organizations will share their investment views on impact business models and what they care to help businesses, organizations and leaders understand more about the requirements in order to shorten the process of cooperating among the parties.

15:30 – 16:00

Networking

16:00 – 16:30

Keynote 2: Shifting To Impact Businesses

Doing business along with the social and environmental impact is becoming a guideline for companies wishing to get sustainable competitive advantages. For long-term operating and development in a market with lots of potential and challenges like Vietnam, businesses need long-term vision and pioneer efforts in order to make changes for a more sustainable future market. The speaker will tell the real story of how they have made necessary changes towards sustainable development for people and the environment in Vietnam.

16:30 – 17:15

Panel Discussion 2: Growing The Impact Businesses

Switching from a traditional to an impact business model contains many difficulties and challenges, but there are also many new inspirations and visions. In this panel discussion, leaders of organizations and companies with social impacts in different industries will share their lessons and experiences in the process of integrating positive impacts on the environment and people into the business strategy and products of their companies.

Speakers (tbc):