Decarbonisation
Landlord-tenant partnership is fundamental to a sustainable built environment. In this workshop, we will dive into a case study of Swire Properties (landlord) and Polar Air Cargo (tenant), where they joined hands to advance each other’s sustainability journey through Swire Properties’ Green Performance Pledge (GPP). This discussion will engage the audience to explore landlord-tenant synergies and rethink how both parties can leverage their resources, expertise and network to influence corporate strategies, improve sustainability and operational performance and motivate employee participation.
Joanne Lai
Senior Sustainable Development Officer
Swire Properties
Joanne Lai
Senior Sustainable Development Officer
Swire Properties
Joanne Lai is the Senior Sustainable Development Officer of Swire Properties. Her work involves supporting the Company’s Sustainable Development (SD) 2030 Strategy, and leading the planning and implementation of SD tenant engagement initiatives that focus on resource and circularity, such as HK’s first Smart Waste Reduction Challenge, and the pioneering Smart Reusable Cup Programme.
Phoebe Leung
Sustainable Development Manager
Swire Properties
Phoebe Leung
Sustainable Development Manager
Swire Properties
Phoebe Leung is the Sustainable Development Manager of Swire Properties. Her work involves supporting the Company’s Sustainable Development (SD) 2030 Strategy, formulating resource management and circularity strategies, and driving the company’s SD tenant engagement strategy and programmes. Phoebe is a Chartered Environmentalist and holds a master’s degree from Columbia University.
Gladys Li
Senior Sustainability Specialist
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide
Gladys Li
Senior Sustainability Specialist
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide
Gladys is the Senior Sustainability Specialist of Polar Air Cargo, offering the largest fleet of Boeing freighters among U.S scheduled all-cargo carriers. As the first employee dedicated to Polar’s sustainability development, Gladys supports the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for global sustainability strategic planning, focusing on the facility, equipment, partnership, education, employee communication and engagement in the APAC and U.S.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
I want to see more young leaders and sustainability specialists contributing to the sustainability development of Hong Kong and making a change.
Circular Economy
Land is an important and limited resource within our community. This session will explore the various brownfield redevelopment options and approaches to enable circular city planning.
Dr Alex Cheung
Associate Director, Environment, China Region
WSP
Dr Alex Cheung
Associate Director, Environment, China Region
WSP
Dr Alex Cheung is WSP’s Associate Director of Environment in China region. With over 30 years of experience, Alex is a Chartered Chemist specialises in wastewater treatment, waste management and environmental risk management, including water quality improvement, environmental site assessments and contamination remediation works. He has been listed in Stanford University’s list of the World’s Top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists.
Dr Paul Kau
Managing Director, Environment, Greater China
WSP
Dr Paul Kau
Managing Director, Environment, Greater China
WSP
Dr Paul Kau is WSP’s Managing Director of Environment in Greater China region. He is also the firm’s global leader for the Merger and Acquisitions (M&A) Technical Community, focusing on technical excellence associated with asset transfers, particularly within the manufacturing sector. With his vast experience in carrying out environmental health & safety assessments and remediation projects throughout Asia for 25 years, Dr Kau is leading a strong team of environmental experts to shape our Future Ready net zero built environment through seamless cross-sector collaborations.
Circular Economy
This will be an interactive workshop where guests can learn how to make decorations or accessories using our aluminium capsules. Participants can also create their own art pieces while learning about our aluminium separation process and 2nd life products.
Smice Tang
Founder
Mad.tal
Smice Tang
Founder
Mad.tal
Smice Tang is an experienced event and exhibition designer. As the founder of Mad.tal, he aims at demonstrating waste classification and metal waste upcycling. In addition to his primary job function, Smice has been recognized by Nespresso HK for his extraordinary commitment to upcycling metal wastes.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
To let people know the importance of waste classification, recycling and upcycling.
Circular Economy
ESG topics will be discussed and analysed from several perspectives, from discussing about environmental, social and governance issues, defining the working framework and current standards to greenwashing and real-case applications, each of our speakers from different business sectors will share a complete overview of how companies can leverage ESG to establish credibility in the new normal.
Alessandro Bisagni
Founder and President
BEE Incorporations
Alessandro Bisagni
Founder and President
BEE Incorporations
Alessandro Bisagni is the Founder & President of BEE Incorporations, an international sustainability engineering consulting and technology company specializing in the creation of green and healthy buildings. Over his career he has managed more than 400 green building projects across 35+ countries. BEE is the most experienced green building consultancy in the retail sector worldwide.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Alessandro’s mission is to leverage business to do good. This includes educating corporations about tangible ways to build, renovate, and operate spaces sustainably while also helping advance sustainability in our urban environment.
Federico Fontolan
Digital Innovation Lead
CRIF
Federico Fontolan
Digital Innovation Lead
CRIF
Federico Fontolan is a Business Development Manager for CRIF Digital solutions, supporting financial and non-financial institutions to effectively implement their digitalization and automation strategies through data, analytics expertise and dedicated solutions.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Increased enforcement of policies to improve waste recycling and circular economy and concrete measures to support citizens and enterprises in their effort towards sustainability.
Walter Marin
Founder
Plug The Impact
Walter Marin
Founder
Plug The Impact
Walter Marin, Founder & CEO of Plug The Impact, Plug The Sun and Fast Power, is a successful and versatile leader with extensive global experience across renewable energy domains and solar energy management. He is spearheading the companies’ rapid growth with his vision to push for a transformation of the solar home system domain and micro/mini-grid solar solutions, making a difference in people’s lives globally. Thanks to a vast career of almost four decades in this sector, Walter’s wish is to put his experience and knowledge at the service of humanity.
Circular Economy
Using our trademarked design thinking methodology, “Dream, Focus, Plan, DO”, The DO will guide you from thinking to implementing innovative climate actions in these uncertain times.
Belinda Esterhammer
Managing Director
The DO Asia
Belinda Esterhammer
Managing Director
The DO Asia
Belinda is the Managing Director of The DO Asia, an award winning social impact advisory with a mission to enable companies and individuals to thrive in a purposeful new economy that is sustainable and innovative. Prior to joining The DO, Belinda founded a marketing consultancy, spearheaded the APAC community growth for a global tech community, worked for UNICEF and led high-profile marketing campaigns for a “Big 4” female entrepreneur program.
Aigul Safiullina
Community Catalyst
The DO Asia
Aigul Safiullina
Community Catalyst
The DO Asia
Aigul is a multilingual community builder, entrepreneur, and certified breathwork & sound therapist.
With the background in environmental journalism across 3 continents and passion for climate leadership, corporate wellness and innovation, Aigul is currently co-creating a happier and healthier Hong Kong at The DO Asia.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
I hope to see Hong Kong more inclusive, more eager to live sustainably as part of the normal lifestyle. I hope to see more people, families and communities uplifting and empowering each other to be kinder to Mother Earth.
Cities & Mobility
The HKSAR Government has introduced the Smart City Blueprint with an aim of enhancing and expanding the existing city management measures and services. One of the areas emphasized in the blueprint is Smart Environment, which calls for the use of commercially available technological application to create a low carbon and more sustainable environment for the people. In this session, the speakers will showcase and discuss on the newest smart city solution and advanced data analytics platform to cope with the Smart City Blueprint and to assist building owners to decarbonize their property portfolios.
Margaret Ho
Manager, Industry Development, Environment and Sustainability
Construction Industry Council
Margaret Ho
Manager, Industry Development, Environment and Sustainability
Construction Industry Council
Margaret Ho is a dedicated ESG and sustainability specialist who pursues to assist the local construction industry to leap on the net-zero journey. With solid experience in ESG strategies and communications as well as academic training in environmental management, Margaret sheds light on how to leverage innovation to propel sustainable development in a communicative way.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
The sustainability concept to be embedded into every entity’s core values as an essential move for the survival and prosperity of the society and environment.
Dr Calvin Kam
Founder & CEO
Strategic Building Innovation (SBI) & bimSCORE
Dr Calvin Kam
Founder & CEO
Strategic Building Innovation (SBI) & bimSCORE
Dr. Calvin Kam FAIA, PhD, PE, LEED AP, CCBM is the Founder/CEO of Strategic Building Innovation & bimSCORE.
A licensed architect as well as an engineer in the USA, Calvin is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), where he specializes in strategic innovation such as Management Scorecards, Building Information Modeling, Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), and Digital Twins. Calvin has advised public and private owners globally on VDC, Strategic Innovation and Digital Twins, and was an appointed international expert for APEC, China, Singapore and United Kingdom.
Tim Lo
Head of System Development
BEAM Society Limited
Tim Lo
Head of System Development
BEAM Society Limited
Tim is a practicing town planner and environmental surveyor with extensive experience in planning, engineering and managing smart city and digital infrastructures. Tim spearheaded the development of numerous smart environment tools and infrastructures to enhance the efficiency, robustness and data integrity of ESG metrics within the building industry, including the BEAM Plus Portfolio Assessment, iBEAM Assessment Automation System and the iBEAM Unison BIM to BEAM Plus data integration platforms.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Garrick Sze
Project Director – M&E
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
Garrick Sze
Project Director – M&E
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
Garrick is currently the Project Director – M&E in Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (SHKP), supervising office, hotel, retail, service apartment, residential and data centre projects, both in HK and in China.
He is one of the nominated Directors in BEAM Society Limited. He is also currently one of the Panel Advisor for EMSD Best Practice for Operation & Maintenance.
Garrick is very supportive to innovations in project planning and construction delivery. Most SHK new projects are now using BIM in design and construction stages. He proactively supports the deployment of DfMA and MiMEP.
Garrick is also actively involved in deployment of new technologies for Smart, Energy Efficient and Healthy Environment. They include application Internet of Things (loT), Artificial Intelligence (Al) and advance Indoor Air Quality technologies.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Use digital technologies to help our construction and projects to be safer, greener and smarter. Less wastage and less energy consumption.
Sr Paul Tsui
Chief Executive Officer
Esri China (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Sr Paul Tsui
Chief Executive Officer
Esri China (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Sr Paul Tsui is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Esri China (Hong Kong) while Esri is the world leader of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping software. Sr Tsui is serving as the Chairman of Land Surveying Division of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS).
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
GIS and location intelligence are being adopted for achieving United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals whether it is at the government, or organisational level.
Circular Economy
Sustainable Products? How to define? What’s in it for me? Pain-points and solutions.
Martin Fan
Managing Director
TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd
Martin Fan
Managing Director
TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd
Martin has more than 17 years of experience in the Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) industry. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Council of Testing and Certification, Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Testing, Inspection and Certification, and circular economy advisory group of Business Environment Council. He wishes to use his knowledge and experience and share more ideas for a better, safer, greener and sustainable world.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
From government, business community, to each individual, I wish we all can have the sustainability mind-set and have real actions on it.
Elsa Pau
Founder & CEO
BlueOnion Group
Elsa Pau
Founder & CEO
BlueOnion Group
Elsa is a finance industry veteran focusing on sustainable, responsible, and impact investing. She advocates for investor protection and drives compelling propositions that benefit real change for the finance community. She is the Group CEO and founder of the FinTech portal, BlueOnion. Her latest venture, BlueOnion, promotes responsible investing by exposing the stewardship practices of asset managers, insurers, pension providers, and public companies. Her mission for BlueOnion is to steer financial services providers on the pathway of ethical approaches to address climate change and social injustice, helping investors achieve optimal returns with the highest moral responsibilities. Before creating BlueOnion, she was the Owner-operator of the 25-year-old publication, Benchmark, and a series of Wealth and Asset Management Awards Programs, Forums, and Quality Study operated under the Benchmark brand. She currently serves as an investment governor of a family office in Asia and a Committee member of the Hong Kong Council of Social Services Development Fund.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
May there be less talking and more walking, less pressurized regulation and more authentic actions, less bureaucracy and more collaboration between governments and the private sectors to drive real Sustainable Development Goals
Sheila Shek
Director, Sustainable Sourcing Environment
Adidas
Sheila Shek
Director, Sustainable Sourcing Environment
Adidas
Experienced Leader in Environmental Affairs with a demonstrated history of working in the sporting goods and apparel &footwear industry. Experience in industry collaboration on sustainability agenda and be an active advisory member in ZDHC group. Skilled in Environment management , Chemical management, Supply Chain Management, Quality Assurance, Training, Product Development, and Fashion. Strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) focused in Chemical Technology from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Rodney Thu, Ph.D.
Director of Quality Assurance
Hasbro
Rodney Thu, Ph.D.
Director of Quality Assurance
Hasbro
Rodney Thu received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Hong Kong and has been working for Hasbro for 9 years. As the Director of Quality Assurance at Hasbro, his team is responsible for the quality of high risk material suppliers, vendor in-house & 3rd party testing laboratories, and monitoring of toy regulations (AP focused) & updating the internal Hasbro policies.
Rakesh Vazirani
Global Head of Sustainability Assurance, Business Stream Products
TUV Rheinland
Rakesh Vazirani
Global Head of Sustainability Assurance, Business Stream Products
TUV Rheinland
Connecting the dots between Risks (industry-specific, geographically-sensitive) AND Capital (Human,Material,Environmental). Rakesh leads Sustainability Services for TUV Rheinland’s Products Business Unit spread across 12 countries measuring the carbon footprint of a product, to quantifying sustainability impact metrics. Rakesh is member of European Union TAB on Environmental Footprint and ISO ESG Group
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Increased Transparency of commitments, vision, progress, and IMPACT.
Helga Vanthournout
Director
Wealth of Flows Consulting / ADM Capital Foundation
Helga Vanthournout
Director
Wealth of Flows Consulting / ADM Capital Foundation
Helga helps organisations around the globe set powerful sustainability agendas and find the straightest path towards circular models. Through Wealth of Flows Consulting and ADM Capital Foundation, she brings over 20 years of professional experience, accumulated at McKinsey & Company, the European Chemicals Bureau, and others. Helga authored many critically acclaimed reports on the Circular Economy, including with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Get the new HKSAR government set its sights on a more comprehensive, powerful waste management strategy for Hong Kong. Continue to initiate, and make circular economy models more accessible for HK companies.
Redefining Value
Digital Transformation has been one of the first step and initiative for Enterprise to achieve sustainability goal. The development of the ESG technology is rapidly growing, what is available to support Enterprise to achieve better sustainability goal and what should Enterprise be aware by using those technology.
Raymond Lui
Director, Enterprise Solution & Marketing
BSI Pacific Limited
Raymond Lui
Director, Enterprise Solution & Marketing
BSI Pacific Limited
Raymond Lui is the Enterprise & Marketing Director of BSI Pacific. He is also ISO 27001 Information Security and ISO 14064 Green House Gas verification Lead auditor. Raymond is focusing on providing Sustainability and Digitization international standard governance to support industry to build up their capability. With understanding the international guideline, he also provide the end to end process and advise on sustainability journey. In the past, Raymond has focused on building up Green Finance capability and supporting on different business to provide guidance on starting their Green project and sustainability strategy.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Kevin Ng
CEO
InnoBlock Technology
Kevin Ng
CEO
InnoBlock Technology
Kevin is the CEO at InnoBlock Technology. InnoBlock focus on Blockchain as a service, especially in the Supply Chain, ESG, and Fintech. Establish business across Asia. He has 26 years’ experience in IT industry. He is the VP of Financial Industries Global Sales at Huawei Shenzhen HQ. His responsibilities encompass developing Huawei’s global FSI Business. He has global work experience in Asia, EMEA, and Latin America.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Sustainability starts from your inner circle: Increase the awareness of equality and importance of decarbonization in workplace, by reducing energy consumption and maintain a healthy working environment to achieve long-term success.
Dr. Sr. Kenny Siu
Responsible Officer
Chinese Enterprises Securities Co. Ltd.
Dr. Sr. Kenny Siu
Responsible Officer
Chinese Enterprises Securities Co. Ltd.
Dr. Sr. Kenny Siu, was awarded a Professional Diploma in Building Surveying from Hong Kong Polytechnic University , a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Australia and a PhD in Economics from Jiang Xi University of Finance and Economics. He was admitted as a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He has over 30 years of experience in sales and marketing, project management and consultancy in the property industry. He has the experience of employment with a number of major property developers, including Shui On Properties Limited(1993-1994), Harbour Ring Property Development Limited (now known as China Oceanwide Property Sino Limited)(1994-1997) , SIIC Investment Company Limited (1997-2009) and Hsin Chong Construction Group (2014-2016).
He now is the Responsible Officer of Chinese Enterprises Securities Co. Ltd. and an INED of listed company Unitas Holdings Limited (8020).
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Hong Kong still needs to be vigorously promoted to make more people aware of the SDGs. Education is the first step from kindergarten to senior should know about and integrate into their lives.
Decarbonisation
In this fun educational and hands on workshop we will learn how bamboo can be used to help us strive towards carbon neutrality and to replace non biodegradable materials such as plastic and polystyrene.
Afterwards you will take part in planting some different ornamental species of bamboo to take home.
Rob Davenport
Founder & CEO
TaKe Group
Rob Davenport
Founder & CEO
TaKe Group
A self-grown entrepreneur with over 15 years experience working across the creation of brands, distribution and product sourcing in the home and kitchenware sectors.
Born near Manchester in the UK I was brought up with a strong ethos on caring about the environment and sustainability. I was often found on the allotment at the weekends growing organic fresh fruits and vegetables and learned to appreciate nature from a young age.
I aim to make a difference every day, big or small, towards respecting and treasuring nature, improving our lives and well being on this lovely planet.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
I want to see Hong Kong work together to strive towards carbon neutrality with the government actively getting involved to support local initiatives and assist to create more jobs for the local community. Recycling Infrastructure should be streamlined to allow an efficient cycle of consumable products use, drop-off and final recycling here in Hong Kong to close the loop.
Albert Yip
Chairman
Syndicate Capital Group
Albert Yip
Chairman
Syndicate Capital Group
Albert Yip is the Chairman of Syndicate Capital Group, which has a strong focus in ESG and Fintech investments. Mr. Yip has over 30 years of C-Suite experiences from Fortune 500 leaders in Asia Pacific and United States that are frontiers in ESG MSCI. Mr. Yip is the first honoree in Asia to receive WACE Award and sitting on the board of governors in many international charitable bodies and NGOs. With his remarkable contributions in the sustainability, Mr. Yip was also awarded with Hon Doctorate Degree as well as Medal of Honor from overseas authorities. He has been appointed to Task Force on Sustainable and Inclusive Finance of United Nations ESCAP ESBN since 2018.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Hope to see Hong Kong to be the center of excellence for promoting the use of innovative technology for sustainability over ESG/SDG and also the international hub of carbon credit trading.
Circular Economy
In light of the upcoming implementation of municipal solid waste charges, property managers are facing the challenge of reducing waste charges by removing recyclables from their waste stream, and sorting recyclables to maximise their value. Let’s discuss the challenges and opportunities.
Paul Zimmerman
Chair
Drink Without Waste
Paul Zimmerman
Chair
Drink Without Waste
Paul Zimmerman is a Hong Kong environmentalist, politician and businessman. He is chairing the Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group, an alliance of some 50 stakeholders – from manufacturers to green groups – formed to reduce waste from beverage consumption. Its “Drink Without Waste” initiative seeks to recover 70%-90% of PET and liquid carton containers by 2025.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Redefining Value
This hands-on workshop will leverage the foundations of Design Thinking to introduce participants to Systems and Service Thinking and unlock new opportunities to create and thrive in a more sustainable and equitable future.
Kate Okrasinski
Managing Director
MAKE Studios Asia
Kate Okrasinski
Managing Director
MAKE Studios Asia
Kate is an executive coach and strategic design specialist. She has helped clients to embed Design Thinking into their organisations and apply it to solve complex business, human and societal challenges. She integrates leadership development, co-creation techniques and agile practices to facilitate transformation, cultural and organisational change.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
A celebration of the ability, knowledge and craft of repairing, reusing and repurposing to reduce our patterns of over consumption.
Food & Nature
The food we eat and how we grow it is a major driver of climate change. In this workshop, we invite you to rethink the way we view food and explore how we can move towards restorative and climate-friendly diets and food systems.
Joel Tomas
Director of Partnerships
Zero Foodprint Asia
Joel Tomas
Director of Partnerships
Zero Foodprint Asia
With over 25 years in hospitality operations, he is now helping others shift towards more responsible operations. With ZFPA Joel looks after partnerships – whether on recruiting and on-boarding restaurants and food businesses or to answer any questions they may have throughout this journey.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
A better understanding of the link between food and climate change.
Mariam Ashroff
Head of Sustainability Management, Asia
LGT Private Banking Asia Pacific
Mariam Ashroff
Head of Sustainability Management, Asia
LGT Private Banking Asia Pacific
Mariam Ashroff is a sustainability professional with 11 years of financial services experience. At LGT, she combines her financial services experience with her expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to embed sustainability concepts throughout the organization. Prior to this, Mariam was a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she advised asset and wealth managers on ESG integration.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
My goals are to raise awareness on sustainable investing; beak down the complexity of the climate crisis and empower people with knowledge needed to act as a change agent; and continuously improve on my own sustainable lifestyle.
Decarbonisation
Shubham Singh
Senior Consultant
RESET Carbon
Shubham Singh
Senior Consultant
RESET Carbon
Shubham is an environmental consultant focusing on developing strategies, roadmaps and engage supply chain stakeholders to drive the carbon and water reductions and support the clients in achieving their carbon and water commitments. Currently, Shubham is leading the ‘Low Carbon Consumer Goods’ practice within the company along with multiple projects, one of which is the Carbon Leadership Program (CLP).
Shubham received his M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan with a focus on municipal and industrial wastewater treatment technologies and bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Varanasi.
People & Purpose
Find food for thought with this interactive business simulation game and experience how emerging ESG risks and opportunities would affect your targets and actions.
Toby Cheng
Assistant Manager – Policy & Research
Business Environment Council Limited
Toby Cheng
Assistant Manager – Policy & Research
Business Environment Council Limited
Mr. Toby Cheng is a member of the Policy & Research team of BEC. He has been providing environmental and sustainability consultancy services, including environmental impact assessments and ESG-related advisory, serving many public and private clients and projects. He has a strong background in research, modelling and data analysis.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
With the surging global attention in sustainability, I seek policy changes in both the public and private sector to match with the latest international agenda and ambitions.
Circular Economy
The rise of conscious consumption has been driving more sustainable business decisions. As ESG awareness continues to grow in the region, Asian investors are now demanding more sustainable investment opportunities. This workshop offers practical insights and helpful resources to empower investors and wealth management advisors to identify, screen and monitor ESG investments as our society pushes for a more sustainable future through making sustainable decisions.
Dr. Kenneth H.W. Cheung
Partner
Ecomatrix ESG Consulting Limited
Dr. Kenneth H.W. Cheung
Partner
Ecomatrix ESG Consulting Limited
Dr. Kenneth Cheung is a seasoned finance professional. With over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, Kenneth specialises in trust management, asset management and risk control. Kenneth now serves as a senior trustee of New York Guaranty Trust and has received a wide range of awards, including being named as the Top 100 International Financial Advisor for 2012 & 2013.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
As expected, the increasing attention given to the environment, social and governance issues in 2021 was expected to continue. This growth is expected to continue throughout 2022. Due to the increasing number of people who are aware of these issues, it is expected that the ESG agenda will continue to be discussed in the private sector and at government level. Due to the wide variety of environmental and social issues that are being discussed globally, it can be hard for people to keep up with all of the latest developments. This is why it is important that they are able to keep up with the most important legislation and political commitments.
Circular Economy
Sustainable school buses is one of TASS’s four areas of focus for systems change. This workshop will explore the practicalities of implementing low carbon fuel (biodiesel) in school buses in HK drawing on the experience of our member schools and their students and our partners.
MODERATOR
Anthony Dixon
Founder and Chairman
Anthony Dixon
Founder and Chairman
Anthony Dixon is a renewable energy and sustainability expert. In addition to founding TASS, Anthony is the founder of Helios Renewable Energy – a solar energy company, and Metanoia – a consultancy working with schools to make a difference to the sustainability of their campus and community through practical, accessible and effective solutions that also educate and empower students.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Schools leveraging their collective influence to catalyse systems change in four key areas of environmental impact – school buses, school uniforms, school food and school buildings.
Steve Burnell
Managing Director
STS Group
Steve Burnell
Managing Director
STS Group
Steve has over 20 years’ of experience at Senior Management/Director level within the public transport sector. Prior to joining STS, Steve worked in a variety of roles with Virgin Atlantic Airways, National Express and has been employed for the past eight years by Serco Middle East. During Steve’s time with Serco he developed new transport services, advised and introduced new university student transport systems in Al Ain, and has worked closely with the RTA’s Public Transport Agency supporting the introduction of the bus and rail networks. Steve is a UAE committee member for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and responsible for raising the awareness how the CILT can provide vocational development within in the public transport sector.
Karl Feilder
Founder
Neutral Fuels Holdings Ltd
Karl Feilder
Founder
Neutral Fuels Holdings Ltd
Having founded the first biofuels refinery in the Middle East over a decade ago, Karl is the acknowledged regional expert on supply chain sustainability and biofuels. Karl and his companies have won many domestic and international awards in recognition of their pioneering work. Today, his Dubai and Abu Dhabi based company Neutral Fuels, provides locally produced biodiesel to over 500 school buses and also uses a unique fuel efficiency app to further reduce fuel usage and carbon footprint.
Geoffrey Huskinson
High School Science Teacher and Biobus Co-ordinator
Green School Bali
Geoffrey Huskinson
High School Science Teacher and Biobus Co-ordinator
Green School Bali
Brought up farming in southern Ireland and holding a degree in Zoology from Royal Holloway University in London, Geoff spent 15 years as a director of Agrilife Ltd., which specialised in the management of organic wastes from water treatment and the food industry, and provided soil, water and nutrient management consultancy to the agricultural industry. Geoff started teaching in England in 2013 and he moved with his family to Green School Bali in 2019 where he teaches High School Science, Practical Arts and is the Biobus co-ordinator. He is an active member of the Biobus and Carbon Zero Team at Green School Bali and is passionate about maximising the educational potential of these social enterprises.
Kyle King
Co-Principal
The Harbour School
Kyle King
Co-Principal
The Harbour School
Kyle’s holistic approach to education has developed programs and practices that have helped students reach soaring heights academically while making immediate and meaningful impacts community. Kyle is current Co-Principal at The Harbour School and formerly Head of High School at Green School and Executive Director of the Bio Bus Social Enterprise.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
I would hope to see consciousness around consumption shift to influence individual decision making that reflects a more sustainable world.
Lawrence Kwok
General Manager – Corporate Communications and Brand
Shell Hong Kong Limited
Lawrence Kwok
General Manager – Corporate Communications and Brand
Shell Hong Kong Limited
Lawrence Kwok manages corporate communications, media relations, external stakeholder engagement, corporate reputation and corporate social responsibility performance for Shell in Hong Kong and Macau. Prior to his current role, Lawrence had over 15 years of business experience in sales, operations, marketing and business development.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
To equip more young people in Hong Kong with critical thinking, complexity analysis and problem solving skills which are essential in meeting the society’s increasing demand for energy whilst reducing carbon emissions.
Matthew Rostron
Student
Green School Bali
Thomas Wu
Director
ASB Biodiesel (Hong Kong) Limited
Thomas Wu
Director
ASB Biodiesel (Hong Kong) Limited
Thomas joined ASB Biodiesel in 2017 and has been a Chief executive officer since January 2018 and Director of the company since March 2022. He actively responds to global environmental development by promoting the company’s sustainable clean energy – biodiesel locally and internationally. He holds a Master’s degree in EMBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and has rich experience in business management.
Decarbonisation
Hong Kong is targeting to be the Green Financing center in Asia Pacific to order to drive towards carbon neutral by 2050. In order to achieve the goals, what standard and governance are required in Green Financing? Why and how can we avoid green washing? What is the impact for future development with governance?
Jenny Fan
Director, Sustainable Finance
ANZ
Jenny Fan
Director, Sustainable Finance
ANZ
Jenny joined ANZ in 2008 and currently looks after the North Asia Sustainable Finance business. Jenny was previously the Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets, North Asia and was responsible for the overall management and growth of ANZ presence across the region. Jenny has worked in Australia and mainland China across various banking function.
Raymond Lui
Director, Enterprise Solution & Marketing
BSI Pacific Limited
Raymond Lui
Director, Enterprise Solution & Marketing
BSI Pacific Limited
Raymond Lui is the Enterprise & Marketing Director of BSI Pacific. He is also ISO 27001 Information Security and ISO 14064 Green House Gas verification Lead auditor. Raymond is focusing on providing Sustainability and Digitization international standard governance to support industry to build up their capability. With understanding the international guideline, he also provide the end to end process and advise on sustainability journey. In the past, Raymond has focused on building up Green Finance capability and supporting on different business to provide guidance on starting their Green project and sustainability strategy.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Circular Economy
This will be a fun, hands-on workshop using compost made from used coffee capsules and allowing guests to create their own plant.
Hermia Chung
Co-Founder
FoodCycle+
Hermia Chung
Co-Founder
FoodCycle+
Hermia stayed and worked in several farms during her time in Australia and New Zealand. She obtained the Certificate of Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in Australia and joined as a tour guide of Produce Green Foundations after returning to Hong Kong. Hermia is the Co-Founder of FoodCycle+ and helps FoodCycle+ to recycle local organic waste into high quality compost, and use the compost in FoodCycle+ Farm.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
FoodCycle+ aims to promote local organic recycling via growing fresh, and low carbon organic vegetables with high quality local compost. We produce local organic compost by recycling organic waste. The use of local compost helps to regenerate the poor soil, and also mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon into soil.
Circular Economy
The forum is a Retail Sustainability Accelerator that aims to stimulate senior management of retailers to ReTHINK Sustainability. Explore the most urgent sustainability business risks today and be matched on the spot with turn-key green solution that helps to drive your business profitability.
10:00-10:05 Opening Remarks
10:05-10:20 Keynote Speech
10:20-10:50 101 to Driving Green Profit @Retail – Case Sharing and Challenges
10:50-11:20 Retail Solution Partner – Sharing
11:20-11:55 Retail Solution Partner – Pairing
11:55-12:00 Closing Remarks
Samuel Lee
Chairman, Sustainability Task Force, HKRMA
Managing Director, Watsons Hong Kong
Samuel Lee
Chairman, Sustainability Task Force, HKRMA
Managing Director, Watsons Hong Kong
Mr. Samuel Lee joined A.S. Watson Group since 2006 and was subsequently appointed as Managing Director of Watsons Hong Kong in 2019 to lead the team to take the business forward in the fast track of retail. He will continue to redefine the new connected O+O (Offline plus Online) customer journey and drive the acceleration of digital transformation by demonstrating strong team culture of delivering results of data led decisions making and agile execution, putting a smile on customers’ faces.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Watsons commits in sustainability development in achieving its social purpose of “Look Good. Do Good. Feel Great.” and driving O+O (Offline plus Online) sustainability progress under Group’s Greener Stores Global Framework and Watsons’ 2030 Sustainability Targets.
Bruno Luk
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection (Waste Reduction Duties)
Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR Government
Bruno Luk
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection (Waste Reduction Duties)
Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR Government
Mr Luk joined the HKSAR Government as Administrative Officer in 1998 and has served in various bureaux and departments. He had been the Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore since 2015 before he joined the Environmental Protection Department in 2019.
Joe Chow
Head of Energy and Sustainability
City Facilities Management (HKG) Limited
Joe Chow
Head of Energy and Sustainability
City Facilities Management (HKG) Limited
Ir Joe is a Chartered Engineer in Mechanical and Energy with more than 15 years of experience in sustainable engineering and facilities management. Currently, he is chapter President of ASHRAE HKC. Board of directors in IFMA HKC.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Working together towards carbon neutrality future and accelerate the actions at now
Stanley Ho
Deputy Chairman of ESG Committee
SOGO Hong Kong Company Limited
Stanley Ho
Deputy Chairman of ESG Committee
SOGO Hong Kong Company Limited
Benson Kwong
General Manager, Customer Services & Sales Development
Fairwood Fast Food Ltd.
Benson Kwong
General Manager, Customer Services & Sales Development
Fairwood Fast Food Ltd.
Benson is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the private and public sectors. As the General Manager of a listed company, he strives for a more respectful relationship between business and the natural environment in order to attain sustainable development.
He believes that “with great power comes great responsibility” as he desires to utilize his professional knowledge to contribute to the community.
Benson has a happy family and this leads him to strive to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Eliminating the Idea of Waste
Rando Yuen
Senior Group Sustainability Manager (Asia)
A.S. Watson Group
Rando Yuen
Senior Group Sustainability Manager (Asia)
A.S. Watson Group
Passionate to be part of the catalyst to collaborate and innovate with others, to drive meaningful and scalable sustainability change in the industry/ Hong Kong!
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Everyone to do good and zero greenwashing!
Clement Cheng
Senior Solution Consultant
En-trak Hong Kong Limited
Clement Cheng
Senior Solution Consultant
En-trak Hong Kong Limited
Clement has over 10 years’ of experience in the IoT industry. He is a Senior Consultant with En-trak – an award-winning property technology company with the mission of helping businesses drive sustainability and energy efficiencies. He works closely with Government agencies, building developers and large corporations across Hong Kong and China.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
We do not inherit the earth. We merely borrow it from our children. I hope more businesses can step forward to take a lead in driving real sustainability.
Joker Rita Lai
Founder
My Fair Lady
Joker Rita Lai
Founder
My Fair Lady
A 23 year media professionals as program content creator and trilingual anchor, Joker Rita has globally devoted to training and curation of sustainability, communication & community well-being among Hong Kong, YunNan, Kumamoto, Taipei & Sri Lanka for public and social sectors for 13 years.
She is now the founder of My Fair Lady & Project Supervisor of Greeners Action – advising and providing strategic training and planning for sustainable retailers to embrace consumers of new generation and encouraging internal staff well-being as a whole.
Ir Kin W.K. Leung
Head of Customer Business Development
Hong Kong Electric
Ir Kin W.K. Leung
Head of Customer Business Development
Hong Kong Electric
Ir. Leung is the Head of Customer Business Development of HK Electric who oversees deacarbonisation schemes for customers and community. Responsible areas include distributed renewable energy, renewable energy certificates, energy efficiency, electric mobility, construction electrification & decarbonisation, smart and low-carbon lifesytle, and other decarbonisation and sustainability solutions.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
More community sectors become aware of HK’s need to transform into a smart zero-carbon caring city.
Eric Swinton
Founder & CEO
V Cycle
Eric Swinton
Founder & CEO
V Cycle
Eric’s vision is to tackle Hong Kong’s environmental issues on both an ecological and human level.
Eric’s career spans over 15 years with experience in recycling, sustainable product development, offshore manufacturing, and new business development, as well as social impact helping vulnerable communities, and as an environmental speaker and educator.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Create a true localised circular economy in HK by advancing plastic recycling technology and industrialise HK by manufacturing recycled products using waste collected in HK..
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