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Dr. Chaya, Dave, welcome.
Dr. Chaya to you first,

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as an organization you've committed
to, and are on your way to, net zero.

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What have you learned
on your journey so far?

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We're starting to...

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we have a roadmap with a clear
target that we'd like to achieve net

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zero by 2050 and on the way,

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we hope that we can get
it down 20% by 2030.

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So right now we're in
the process of execution,

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I think so far so good...

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it's on track from the initiative
we have done for the past two years.

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So for the short term,

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I think we'll still be able to do it

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as we plan. But again,

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on the longer term we see a lot
of uncertainty on the regulation,

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support on the technology,

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and we'd still like to revisit

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the economic feasibility of
some initiatives, but hopefully,

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we're getting there,

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to get the 20% done by 2030.

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What are you seeing in
Asia and Southeast Asia?

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Well, first off, Georgie, Asia and
Southeast Asia is so diverse. You know,

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every country has its own unique
circumstances, the economy and so on.

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So we see multi-speed across across Asia.

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And I would say that picking up
on what Dr. Chaya was saying,

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that we are now moving towards a phase
of... everyone's got commitments,

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targets, roadmaps, and we are
really into implementation, right?

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And very much in the spirit
of this COP, it is...

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how do you get things going on the
ground? We're very much, you know,

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seeing companies starting to think
about how you change processes,

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how you deploy resources differently,
how you think about your talent model,

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how you change incentives and manage
performance. So a lot is happening,

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in terms of retuning the engines,

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within these companies and
these organizations, but
happening at multi-speed.

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Dr. Chaya, what have you identified
as your priorities going forward?

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I think we're in the process
of transition to new business

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models.

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And we have to assess the physical
risk and maybe a transition risk

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too, so it's a phase of
transformation and right now

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our priority is how we're going
to get there in terms of...

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to make sure the businesses
are still viable in terms of

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performance. But at the same
time, we reduce the footprint,

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from the environmental
perspective. Hopefully,

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we transition to low carbon business
and, and it's looking okay...

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we see a lot of opportunity going forward.

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Finally, Dave,

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how do you view the role of the chemical
sector in accelerating decarbonization?

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I think the chemical sector
plays a critical role in
driving innovation and new

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green products.

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It is a sector that has a huge

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demand for hydrogen, for example,
and green hydrogen, as we know,

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is a big catalyst for
decarbonization for many economies.

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And being a demand center for hydrogen,

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we actually help catalyze some of the
scale-up and growth that is needed

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for mitigation paths that
we need in every country.

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What's your view on that, Dr. Chaya?

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I agree with Dave... Opportunity,
not just for business,

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but by transition to green
energy, which we use a lot,

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from the chemical industry
perspective... it's a lot of opportunity.

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For example, hydrogen, like Dave
mentioned, there also some...

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access to other renewable as
well. I think for, for example,

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we're using a lot more in terms
of renewable feedstocks for making

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biochemicals and biomaterials. And, and
I think from the consumer perspective,

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they're aware,

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and they like to have some options
to use these kinds of products.

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Dr. Chaya, Dave, thank you so much.