Tech enthusiasts, green investors, social entrepreneurs, and impact makers are your ready for more events promoting positive change in Asia ?
There’s plenty of online and offline events to experience this month’s schedule. Wanna know what the month has in store? One thing is clear: amidst pandemics and crises, people are coming together more than ever to support, vocalize, and take action. Check out our definitive list of events and activities happening around Asia this month.
RELEVANT SUSTAINABLE GOALS
BUSINESS FIGHTS POVERTY CLIMATE JUSTICE SUMMIT 2021
Join the conversation. Climate change is affecting us all, but the most severe impacts are being felt by the most vulnerable people – those who contribute least to the causes of the problem. By mobilising our collective mind and capital, we can find solution that protect and empower people and improve their lives.
The Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit 2021 will explore – through three days of online events, and an in-person event in the green zone at COP26 in Glasgow, the social and equity dimensions of climate change.
The event will bring together leading thinkers and front-line practitioners from around the world to deep dive into role that business can play to ensure resilience, equity, and opportunity for the most vulnerable people and communities.
Impactful Women : Sustainable Movement To end Poverty
Another year is coming to end and what’s better than to meet the impactful women of Angels of Impact! Angels of Impact supports, amplifies and funds women and indigenous-led regenerative enterprises in their transition from medium size ventures to sustainable businesses. Explore the power of women-led enterprises that lead our society towards a sustainable future with Impactful women: Sustainable movement to end poverty.
Angels of Impact supports, amplifies and funds women and indigenous-led regenerative enterprises in their transition from medium size ventures to sustainable businesses. The “Impactful Women” gathering is the culmination event for our fellowship, a year-long incubator building capacity for women-led enterprises addressing poverty in Southeast Asia.
Join Angels Of Impact in this movement to be part of real change. To ensure an impactful experience for all, we ask you to share some information about yourself as you register. Your responses will not be seen by other delegates and used only for purposes of our work at Angels of Impact.
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16th November 2 – 5 pm
17th November 9 am – 1 pm
Venue : Online
STARTUP WEEKEND GLOBAL 2021
Join the largest, wildest and most impactful startup event of the year. From 12-20 November, join the largest, wildest, craziest and most impactful startup event of the year. Immerse yourself in a world of possibilities with fellow dreamers and doers, and let startup magic happen at Techstar Startup Weekend 2021.
Startup Weekend Global is the platform for you to build the next generation of startup ideas that can change the status quo. If you’ve been a part of Startup Weekend before, you know thatextraordinary perks, prizes, and opportunities of a lifetime await the brave and the bold. Startup weekend helps entrepreneurs succeed. Startup Weekend is no stranger to kickstarting impactful and revolutionary startups – all of which have gone ahead to write success stories of their own. So when you join the event this November, you won’t be alone in this revolution.
What are you waiting for ? Head to Startup Weekend Global website for more information.
SME SDG FESTIVAL 2021
Beyond the current pandemic looms an even greater threat – climate change. A shift towards sustainable business practices is crucial to help SMEs in the advent of the carbon-neutral economy. SME sustainability is fundamentally different from corporate sustainability. A more elementary approach is required. Engaging SMEs call for awareness building, training and know-how related to sustainability awareness.
Organised by UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMYB), SME SDG Festival 2021 aims to enable Malaysian MSMEs to rebuild better and to put teh economy on a more resilient path. The 5 days events consist of 1 day virtual conference and 4 days of high-impact workshops by experts in the field.
Various organizations such as Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad, TCS Asia Pacific, PETRONAS, H&M, ACCA Malaysia, Alliance Bank Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia, Malaysian Green Technology And Climate Change Centre, Danajamin National Berhad, Penang Institute, EY, Circular Economy Asia, 马中总商会 Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce, Berjaya Corporation Berhad, Wilstech Smart Solutions and SME Corp. Malaysia will attend and share their thoughts and experiences related to sustainable actions for business resilience.
TEDx Susmafia 100 Climate Unicorns
Doubling-down on last year’s massively successful TEDxSusMafia 1.0, The Sustainability Mafia is curating a full-day TEDx experience in support of the Countdown initiative : a global effort to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action!
Date : 13 November 2021
Time : 11 am – 7 pm (GMT +5:30)
Location : Zoom (Meeting ID: 5108475871)
The goal: ClimateTech will be the next big wealth creator for society, and this theme is our rallying call-to-action for ‘conscious capitalism’. We can and should create massive societal wealth through 100 1Billion$+ climate companies, while enabling a safer, cleaner, fairer and better Future for all by 2030.
Join us to hear big ideas worth spreading from Mafiosos, ClimateTech entrepreneurs and sustainability experts who are:
- Unicorns (~ You are currently building a climate unicorn)
- Soonicorns (~ You are on your way to becoming a climate unicorn)
- Babycorns (~ You’re incubating or have just started what you believe will become a climate unicorn)
- Scaling Policy (~ To enable the creation & success of more climate unicorns)
- Fuelling Capital (~ To catalyze the odds of becoming a climate unicorn)
- Bringing Demand (~ To create a market for solutions from climate unicorns)
NOTE ~ This event, like all online events, will have a carbon footprint. We are providing all attendees with the choice of decarbonising individual attendance footprint!
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICE SUSTAINATHON 2021
The education landscape has been drastically disrupted in the past one to two years and will continue to evolve rapidly. How can we innovate and leverage technology to help learners adapt, ensure inclusive and quality education for all, and promote lifelong learning, while supporting the well-being of all learners? Calling on forward-thinking tertiary students to develop technology and innovation solutions to transform education and learning.
With the overarching theme of “Reimagining Education,” the Sustainathon 2021 hopes to enable senior high school and college students to join discussions on pressing issues surrounding education today and hopefully develop ideas on how to have an “Inclusive Education for all in 2030.”
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