On the afternoon of September 15th, Mr. Chang SUN, Managing Partner of TPG China, gave a lecture on "Doing well while doing good -- TPG’s CSR practice" on UIC campus.

Before Mr. Chang’s speech, Dr. May WANG, Programme Director of Master of Arts in Communication - Media Management Concentration of Division of Business and Management, gave a welcome speech. Prof. Steve LIU, Dean of Division of Business and Management, presented a souvenir to Mr. SUN.

Prof. Steve LIU, Dean of Division of Business and Management, presented a souvenir to Mr. SUN

Mr. SUN started his sharing with an introduction to the concept and history of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). In the wake of Covid-19, unprecedented changes have been taking place in domestic and international policy and business environment, heralding some positive changes in the business community: CSR has become an increasingly hot topic; mainstream investment institutions assign higher priority to CSR and ESG; More investors take social impact as a key measurement of their investments. All these changes shed light on the significance of CSR for any companies aiming for long-term growth.                      

       Mr. Chang SUN in the lecture

He then shared TPG’s CSR efforts -- incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into the due diligence process; tracking the investee’s ESG performances; and supporting investees to create ESG value. Mr. SUN also shared TPG's pioneering practice in the field of social impact investment.

Lecture audiences

      Teachers and students enjoyed a good discussion with Mr. Sun during the Q&A session.

Q&A session

About Mr. Chang SUN

Mr. SUN is TPG’s Managing Partner for China. Prior to joining TPG, he was chairman and founder of Black Soil Group, an agriculture investment holding company. From 1995 to 2015, Mr. SUN was a partner at Warburg Pincus Asia and served as chairman of Asia Pacific for the firm and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Group. Mr. SUN has also worked as an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division and the Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., at Lepercq, de Neuflize & Co as an investment banking associate, and at the United Nations as a translator.

Mr. SUN holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and a joint degree of MA/MBA from the Joseph Lauder Institute of International Management and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. SUN is the founder and current honorary Chairman of the China Venture Capital Association (CVCA) and the founder and current Executive Vice Chairman the China Real Estate Developers and Investors’ Association (CREDIA). He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute at the Wharton School, and Vice-Chairman of the China Entrepreneurs Club (CEC).