

Sustainable Finance and Global Leadership
On June 22nd, JUCCCE hosted a dialogue on Sustainable Finance and Global leadership between our chair, Peggy Liu, and Leslie Maasdorp, as part of the PWC You Plus Leadership Series. Over 100 attendees came to witness a world-leading sustainable investor and a top environmentalist discuss a variety of environmental and social issues relevant to China and the entire world. Leslie Maasdorp is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the New Development Bank, a new bank inte


2017 Salzburg Global Seminar: The Child in the City
Katherine Boe, program manager at JUCCCE, was invited to participate in the 574th Salzburg Global Seminar last month. This prestigious organization calls for a new way of solving important issues on a global scale. It is dedicated to assisting our current and future leaders in making significant change. Founded in 1947 by Clemens Heller, a Harvard graduate student, the organization originally focused on American studies during the post-world war era. It has now evolved into a

Architect: Finding Hope After the Death of Sustainability
Architect and researcher Blaine Brownell quotes JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu in his article about indifference towards sustainability. What many architects have come to take for granted as a fundamental design aspiration is under fire. In his talk at Hanley Wood’s 2016 HIVE (Housing Innovation Vision Economics) conference in September, Bill McDonough, FAIA, criticized the term “sustainability.” He argued that the word represents a meager ambition, demonstrated with a hypothet


Joining Circular Economy Summit with top sustainability experts
Bill McDonough, world expert in circular economy and author of the book “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things”, invited JUCCCE Chairperson, Peggy Liu, to join the world’s top sustainability experts, including the Head of Sustainability for Stella McCartney, at the Cradle to Cradle Conference and Summit. #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #McDonough #CradletoCradle #StellaMcCartney
Testing Food Education Games with Jason Li
Jason Yatsen Li is the former Head of China Strategy for Australia’s major insurance company, Insurance Australia Group, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has a background in sustainability, having led IAG’s activities in sustainability and climate change, and visited JUCCCE to help test food education games. #FoodHeroes #YoungGlobalLeader #WorldEconomicForum #Sustainability #ClimateChange #FoodEducation


Danone first full executive Greater China meeting features JUCCCE keynote and Food Heroes
Major French food product corporation, Danone, held their first meeting of all executives from all product lines for Greater China. This meeting was the launch of Alimentation, Danone CEO’s vision of how sustainability can be integrated into the company’s mission. JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu was invited to present the keynote speech on sustainability trends in China. The Food Heroes game booth introduced Danone executives to JUCCCE’s practical food education program. Peggy u


Meeting of Marks & Spencer Advisory Board
JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu joins Marks and Spencer CEO Marc Bolland at the M&S Advisory Board Meeting on sustainability and good corporate practices. #Sustainability #MarksSpencer


Sharing JUCCCE's sustainability story with 250 young minds
Around 250 young passionate minds listened to JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu’s keynote speech on the Sustainable Development Goals at the Global Issues Network Conference at Shanghai Community International School (SCIS). The conference connected middle school students from all over Asia with the theme of “engineering the future”. #Press #Sustainability #GlobalIssuesNetworkConference #SustainableDevelopmentGoals

Cities Changing Diabetes Summit
JUCCCE chairperson Peggy Liu spoke at the Cities Changing Diabetes Summit held 16-17th November by Novo Nordisk Foundation in the City of Copenhagen. In a panel dialogue on “The Complexity of Urban Diabetes Requires New Approaches” she discussed how a change of eating behavior could tackle the growing burden of diabetes. #Events #ClimateChange #Sustainability #CitiesChangingDiabetesSummit #NovoNordisk

Inspires Girl Scouts to become Food Heroes at a Sproutworks Workshop
Program Director of Food Heroes, Lucy Luo, with the help of JUCCCE interns spread the messages of becoming a Food Hero to a group of Girl Scouts from a local international school. The children learned about sustainable food, that is both good for the body and for the planet though an engaging hands-on workshop. Although the Girl Scouts ended the workshop, their journey as Food Heroes has just begun! #Events #Sproutworks #FoodHeroes #Sustainability #GirlScouts #Workshops