24/09/2025
TAL was proud to participate in full force at Cascale’s two-day Annual Meeting in Hong Kong.
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭
Our CEO, Mr Roger Lee, joined a high-profile panel discussion, “𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽.” The session explored how leading manufacturers like TAL are driving performance across innovation, quality, and sustainability. Roger emphasized the importance of reframing conversations with brands:
“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊-𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺, ‘𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺,’ 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.”
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮
TAL hosted an interactive workshop, “𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻.” Together with Weave Services Limited, we used a card-based simulation to illustrate the trade-offs in sourcing decisions—and how supply chain optimization can also accelerate decarbonization.
The session featured:
• A framework presentation by Mr Paul Lennen, Managing Director at Weave, on breaking the operations–sustainability silo by embedding sustainability into commercial priorities, building joint roadmaps, and leveraging new technologies.
• A panel discussion moderated by Mr Matthew Guenther, TAL’s Vice President of Corporate Sustainability, with Mr Bart De Meirsman, Mr Jimmy Summers, Ms Kim Drenner, and Mr Liam Salter, who explored how decarbonization costs can be integrated into holistic business strategies.
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
To wrap up the meeting, Dr Delman Lee, Vice Chair of TAL and Cascale board member, joined the final panel, “𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗽: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹.” He urged the industry to confront the “elephant in the room”—how sustainability creates business value—and called for more sourcing and business executives to actively join these conversations in future meetings.
