Junxun Tan

If a listed company solely focuses on meeting the ESG requirements of the stock exchange and does the bare minimum to meet these standards, how will investor relations professionals view such practices? Dr Eva Chan, Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Investor Relations Association thinks that such companies are merely “handing in their homework” because they are only meeting the superficial aspects of ESG. Dr Chan believes that listed companies should incorporate ESG into their corporate strategy and operations. She also shares how Hong Kong-listed companies are communicating their ESG achievements…

Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, lifestyles have evolved considerably and global capital markets are also attaching greater importance to sustainable investments. In response, technology companies are striking a balance between business objectives and social responsibilities through sustainability efforts. To get insights on how technology companies conduct initiatives on ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) and CSR (corporate social responsibility), PR Newswire interviewed Ge Yan, Secretary-General of the Tencent Charity Foundation. She discussed Tencent’s ongoing sustainability investments, fine-tuning messaging for global audiences and how “no boundaries” communications is driving its Tech…

Despite Singapore’s relatively small population of around 5.8 million, it is a multilingual global city that hosts the regional headquarters of Reuters, CNBC Asia and the Dow Jones Group. Singapore media is also being disrupted digitally with the average daily circulation of print publications in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil (the four official languages of Singapore) falling a stunning 52.9 percent from 2011 to 2018. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="635"] Source: Statista[/caption]   Digital news readership [1] grew 3.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), but not all of these newsreaders visit the digital pages of…

The IFA is Europe’s biggest consumer electronics show and plays host to hundreds of new product launches. To help businesses finalizing their IFA preparations, our team did extensive research and interviewed European technology media to provide unique perspectives from the IFA organizer, exhibitors and the media.   Established in 1924, the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) Berlin or the Berlin Radio Show, has grown into one of the best-known exhibitions in Germany and the biggest consumer electronics show in Europe. In 2018, 244,055 attendees from 129 countries and 1,814 exhibitors from 49…

In conjunction with PR Newswire Vietnam’s first anniversary of its establishment on June 14, 2019, our local team offers an inside look at Vietnam’s dynamic economy, its media landscape, and PR tips. To mark PR Newswire Vietnam’s first anniversary, two of its team members, Mai Anh Le, Country Manager, and Vũ Thái Dũng (Vincent), Media Relations Manager, joins me to share their views on Vietnam’s dynamic economy and its media landscape. For background information, PR Newswire Vietnam was established on June 14, 2018, and grown to a close-knit five-member team…