Creating an Equitable Workforce Across the Value Chain

JP Stevenson is a Director of ESG Analytics. His work focuses on the application of digital technologies to supply chain management problems, including transition management and ESG due diligence.
Previously he was a supply chain manager at the Fung Group (Li & Fung), serving as the Chief Commercial Officer of Knitup. He is also writer and researcher, covering consumer markets, emerging market business problems, and corporate strategy in Asia. His work has been widely published. He is currently a chair of the Supply Chain Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Florence (Flo) Chan is a UK qualified solicitor and over the years, became increasingly involved with Pro Bono, CSR and DEI (Diversity Equity Inclusion ) work which led her to work for Community Business, a leading NGO fighting for Diversity & Inclusion rights.

With nearly 10 years of working in DEI, Flo has worked for global corporates, supported local start ups and NGOs such as the impact driven, all women led company, Luuna Naturals. She is a proud mum of 2 little kids.

Flo currently heads the DEI Department at leading Asian Manufacturing Group, Combine Will International. A Singapore listed company that has a presence across Asia. She focuses on the “S” in ESG, notably the building and development of value chain from customer to suppliers to communities that we operate in. Covering DEI, Wellbeing, CSR, CSV and Culture, she leads a small team that drives Group and local initiatives, programs and projects.

Flo is on the Board of Directors for HER Fund, a local ngo in Hong Kong funding and advancing gender equity, equality and inclusion. Her work over the last few years in this capacity has been to embed DEI into the organisation holistically and provide education, advice and guidance on corporate and international engagement from a DEI/ESG/CSR/CSV lens.

She is also a longstanding member of the TEDxTinhauwomen committee. She is a volunteer coach for the HKFC Crusaders, a soccer team for youth with Special Education Needs (SENs). Supporting local minority communities is an important part of her work.
My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. My work is currently focused on the following UN SDGs:
   UN SDG 1 – “End poverty in all its forms everywhere”
   UN SDG 3 – “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”
   UN SDG 5 – “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”
   UN SDG 11 – “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable”

Archana is a UK qualified barrister, CEDR accredited mediator, former corporate lawyer, and regional expert on human trafficking and forced labour issues, who is redefining the standard for responsible conduct in the private sector and specifically in supply chain business. She has over 15 years of experience advising UN agencies (IOM, ILO, and UNICEF), ASEAN bodies, Governments, businesses, civil society groups, and legal practitioners across Asia. The rights-holder perspective is central in her legal approach, which seeks creative solutions within the context of commercial requirements and complex regulatory challenges.
The Remedy Project and ReAct Foundation are sister organisations founded and headed by Archana to learn through dynamic stakeholder engagement, test creative frameworks for worker-protection and to push new industry benchmarks for responsible business conduct.
Archana has been awarded the Emily Ashurst Anti-Slavery Award for Leadership (2021) and was named as one of the Top ten Innovative Lawyers in Asia Pacific (2017) by the Financial Times. She is recognised as an APAC Entrepreneur (2023) and one of the 10 Most Admired Women in Leaders (2021) of Industry Era Women Leaders. Archana is a member of the Asian Seafood Improvement Collaborative Social Standards Steering Committee, the Steering Committee of the Responsible Labour Initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance and the Forbes Nonprofit Council.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

Greater awareness and engagement with the “S” in ESG

Sung In Marshall is Senior Manager for Human Rights within the Social & Environmental Affairs team at adidas. Within her current role, she manages projects and initiatives related to addressing modern slavery and forced labor risks in the upstream supply chain and developing strategic partnerships with external stakeholders on human rights, social and labor issue areas. Prior to her role at adidas, Sung In delivered consulting engagements related to worker voice and foreign migrant workers for private sector clients.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. “Moving the needle” on sustainability through increased cross-sector or cross-industry collaboration and engagement – working together in ways that amplify impact

2. “Getting back to basics”, meaning not being caught up by sustainability buzzwords or trends and focusing on the fundamentals to ensure that companies are building programs from the ground up that will ensure long-term compliance, sustainability, positive impact

Shalini Mahtani is one of Hong Kong’s most authoritative and respected voices on social issues, particularly diversity and inclusion. In addition to founding The Zubin Foundation, amongst the city’s most accomplished non-profit organisation’s on racial diversity, Shalini is  the founder of Community Business, the first organization in Asia that brings together companies around women, LGBT, and disabilities at work and one of the founders of The Women’s Foundation. Shalini is a qualified accountant and spent her early years in PWC. Shalini’s strength is the intersection of community, business and public policy.
Shalini is a thought leader and has helped to influence public policy on transport, special needs, children and board diversity. She has held positions on various government advisory and statutory bodies including the Transport Advisory Committee and the Commission for Children, amongst others. Shalini is the recipient of numerous accolades including the Medal of Honour by the Hong Kong SAR government and the MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Shalini was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.
Shalini is from Hong Kong, married and has three children. She is a graduate of The London School of Economics and her executive education is from Harvard, Yale and Lee Kuan Yue Schools of Public Policy.