Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) has always been a hot topic in recent years. During the coronavirus outbreak, CSR, which was previously regarded as brand image creation, has become one of the emerging investment indicators. The reason is that CSR adopts SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and ESG principles (Environment, Society, and Corporate Governance) rule out highly polluting fossil fuel industries, resulting in the ESG portfolio being unaffected and maintaining performance when oil prices plummet during the epidemic.

In addition, companies that are aware of CSR also have relatively strict supply chain management and corporate governance systems (such as Walmart's review and assistance on suppliers’ carbon emissions), so it can be effective in the event of an outbreak. Obtaining supplier’s internal information and taking effective decisions. Therefore, more and more investors are considering sustainability indicators as investment indicators to obtain an earlier “alternative” investment portfolio in the post-pandemic era.

The speaker, David Chen, served as the deputy director of business development for Greater China on Nasdaq, the world’s second largest stock exchange. His company continues to make profits with technology and technological innovation. A company with innovative financial technology and rich investment experience and knowledge, he will reveal the face of SDGs and ESG investment in this lecture, and make advance deployment for everyone to obtain the latest trends.