Mr Simon Ng is Chief Executive Officer of Business Environment Council (BEC). He works closely with BEC Board of Directors in setting and implementing organisation goals and strategies conducive to supporting BEC members and the wider business community in the transition towards net-zero economy and a sustainable Hong Kong.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

Mobilise corporates in Hong Kong for accelerated climate action.

Chen Xiaoting, Program Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (UK) Beijing Representative Office, to lead the Foundation’s Plastic Initiative and policy workstream (circular economy policy and climate effort) in China. Ph.D. in Sustainability Economy from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China.

Chen has over 15 years of working experience in Sustainability and has worked as the Global Coordinator for Greening the Belt and Road Initiative at WWF China, Senior Manager in charge of the Strategic Corridor Program at KPMG China’s Global China Practice, and Senior program manager at Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (FECO/MEE). Published papers on the Study of the Carbon Budget Governance Mechanism, The scientific and political views of the carbon budget for global climate governance, and The Comparison of the 2050 Long-term Low Emission Development Strategies and their Implications, etc.

Mr Edwin Lau is currently the Founder and Executive Director of The Green Earth, an environmental organization promoting resource conservation and zero-waste culture. He has been actively engaged in environmental protection work since the late 1980s. During the period, he placed great concern on several pressing environmental topics, e.g. waste management, air pollution, climate change and energy conservation.

Mr Lau is currently a member of CUHK Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change Expert Committee and senior advisor of Hong Kong Solar Industries Association.

In 2009, Mr Lau was awarded the Medal of Honour by the HKSAR Government in recognition of his long-term contribution to the promotion of environmental protection and environmental education. In the same year, he was also awarded an Outstanding Earth Champion by The Earth Champions Foundation.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

• Shelving the waste-charging scheme does not mean the city’s waste crisis has gone, instead, we must act stronger in avoiding waste generation at source and followed by practising clean recycling to genuinely address the waste crisis.
• Hong Kong should do more in enhancing the building energy efficiency of the entire building stock.
• Renewable energy, including Green Hydrogen, should be developed much faster to supply the city with zero-carbon renewables to cope with the increasing demand, otherwise even with faster transition to electric transport would not contribute much in decarbonisation.
• We need to educate the public a lot more to raise their environmental awareness so that the majority of the population will act green continuously.

Pippo Au is the supply chain head in Maxim’s Group leading the strategic procurement and planning for multiple restaurants concepts in Hong Kong & Macau. Besides the role of a supply chain management professional, he is one of the company’s sustainability working committee who drives various sustainable initiatives.

Pippo’s strength lies in his ability to help Maxim’s Group navigating complex sustainability challenges by leveraging his functional expertise and collaborative approach, he has proven successful case to drive sustainability development through supply chain partner’s integration and circularity programs.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

• More successful industry best practice models and solution platforms developed to facilitate scalable roll-out into significant impact to the society.
• We embed circularity & sustainability into the business we do and with everyone we work with.

A practising professional in waste management for over 28 years, in Hong Kong as well as other Asia Pacifiic regions.

Hands-on person in project development, design, execution and operations. Fluent in all key engineering disciplines , and is in particular a registered professional mechanical and environmental engineer. Solid experiences in turnkey execution of environmental engineering facilities, for example a local biogas-to-towngas processing facility.

Former Chairman of Hong Kong Waste Management Association between 2009 and 2012, and had led several cross-border exchanges as well as responses to government consultations on waste and environmental management matters.

Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Green Strategy Alliance since its inauguration in 2012.

Dedicated in advancing Hong Kong to reduce waste, to increase recycling rate as well as to nurture the next generation of environmental professionals for a sustainable Hong Kong.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

Increasing recycling rates in all sorts of wastes, no matter commercially viable or otherwise by themselves, and turn the recycled products and materials into open and accountable figures and numbers so the general public will appreciate what they had acehieved and for a more proactive attitude on a long-run.

Samantha is the ESG manager for the Hyatt hotel cluster in Hong Kong; comprising of four properties. After spending 10 years in F&B and marketing, Samantha began her journey in making a difference in the hospitality industry at Grand Hyatt Singapore. After attaining her Masters in Corporate Environmental Governance at The University of Hong Kong, Samantha continues to working closely with teams across the Hong Kong based Hyatt hotels to advance sustainability in the industry.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

• To inspire action to tackle climate change, no matter how small.
• To increase the level of accountability from businesses.

Andes Mong has over 24 years of working experience in food industries across the Asia Pacific region, specializing in food quality and safety management. He has proven leadership to establish and maintain an effective management function capable of effectively handling risks associated with the Company’s ongoing businesses and strategic initiatives on food sustainability, quality and food safety issues.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

A clearer and more defined sustainability goal in the public and private sectors can be established and promoted. Additionally, more practical and cost-effective approaches can be implemented in sustainability projects in food supply chains or other sustainability activities.

Victor has over 27 years of experience in environmental & waste management fields and substantial experience in introducing and lining up overseas environmental technologies for Hong Kong and Mainland China. He oversees the Hong Kong operation of various chemical waste management programs, remediation and cleanup, one stop recycling services and energy saving for clients including HKSAR government, major utility companies, property management sectors, transportation companies, etc. Mr. Li has been actively advising various environmental companies from Europe, North America, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific on the latest technological development and market dynamics and presenting in many overseas conferences and occasions.

Trained as an engineer, Victor is the Vice President of the Hong Kong Environmental Industry Association, Past Chairman for Hong Kong Waste Management Association, Fellow member for Hong Kong Green Strategy Alliance.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

To introduce genuine down-to-earth solutions to Corporates & SMEs via circular food waste recycling.

Mr Gene Cheung is a professional civil and structural engineer and he has over 25 years of experiences in the construction industry. He obtained his bachelor degree in civil & structural engineering from The University of Hong Kong and master degree in construction project management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

He is currently the General Manager for the Civil Engineering Department in China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited, overseeing projects execution involving highway, cavern & tunnelling works, reclamation & site formation, railway, water treatment and waste management facilities in Hong Kong. He is also closely engaged in tendering, strategic planning and development of business.

In the past years, he has demonstrated his ability to successfully deliver the multi-disciplinary infrastructure contracts including the Central-Wan Chai Bypass, MTRC Exhibition Center Station and the Central-Kowloon Route, safely, within budget and in a timely manner.

Vassilios is a strategic hospitality innovation professional specialising in sustainable guest experience management for the service sector. Currently, he is leading the dining and hospitality related customer experience and service design of Cathay Pacific on the ground (looking after its lounge proposition) and in the air (inflight experience).

He is deeply passionate about analysing in detail data and identifying solutions through guided experimentation supporting teams to achieve their ultimate goal: improve customer satisfaction, profitability and operational performance, in a sustainable manner.

With over 19 years’ experience as a multi-disciplinary designer, Pam Hinton has worked on a vast array of award winning, global projects. Inspired by a desire to boost innovation and drive positive change in the design and construction industry, she joined SOS during the company’s inception in 2021. As General Manager for SOS, she supports organisations on their path to decarbonisation, ensuring valuable assets are redistributed and repurposed to generate value for all stakeholders.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

SOS aims to maximise the value of quality furniture and facilitate a circular economy in the design and construction industry using our proprietary software and project management services.

Dr Matthew Man is an entrepreneur, an inventor and a technology advisor with over 30 years’ experience in the high-tech industry. He is the Founder and CEO of Megasoft Ltd (branded as Myndar), a leading global provider of IoT, AI and BI technologies in healthcare, retail and critical logistics industries.
Dr Man’s visionary thinking and strong leadership have led his companies to pioneer a series of revolutionary IoT solutions which have won many major awards including the Grand Award of Hong Kong Awards for Industries; and the Gold Award of International Inventions Geneva among others.

Dr Man has further developed 16 more innovative new applications including a Drug Refill Management System, a Smart Drug Cabinet System and Pharmacy Automation which have been widely adopted by major public hospitals in Hong Kong.

Dr Man is widely recognised as one Hong Kong’s leading innovative and business talents. His personal accolades include Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young; Entrepreneur of the Year by MGP Retail Technology; the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards; World Outstanding Chinese Award; Nobel Laureates Series Award; CEO of the Year; and Most Influential Top 100 Chinese Entrepreneur.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

We are constantly striving to reduce medical waste with new ideas for recycling. For 2023, we are currently developing better methods for collecting unused drugs and recycling those that are still in good and safe condition. We are also instituting innovative new “track and trace” methods for the safe disposal of drugs containing hazardous medical waste.

Kenny is currently serving as the Treasurer of the Hong Kong Waste Management Association (HKWMA). Hong Kong Waste Management Association (HKWMA), inaugurated in 1994, has been the premier organization representing professionals in Hong Kong’s solid waste management and environmental industries. Our members range from government officials, consultants, contractors and academia both locally and internationally.

Kenny is the Co-Founder of EnviPro Technology Company Limited (EnviPro), contributing to consultancy projects related to air, acoustic, odour and health impact assessment in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

In 2021, Kenny appointed by the Government as member of the Advisory Committee on Countryside Conservation (ACCC). Kenny obtained The outstanding alumni Award from the PolyU CEE in 2023.

Our sustainability goals for 2024:

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Progress is impossible without change.

Florence Lam is now Deputy Head of Customer Fulfilment IKEA North Asia, her main focus will be leading the customer fulfillment department’s development and innovation agenda and its implementation.

Florence brings to IKEA with her more than 14 years of experience within IKEA retail operations, in stores and Service Office. She joined IKEA North Asia 2021 as Range Manager within Sales. Before re-joining IKEA North Asia, Florence has worked as Sales Manager and Business Navigation and Operations Manager within IKEA China and has been a Business Leader in HK before. Florence will not only contribute with her operational store and sales experience but will also inspire many of us as a true example of an IKEA leader.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

Ms. Florence LAM wants to develop with IKEA North Asia to lead the market to achieve IKEA’s goal of 60% of transport for product transportation to be used by electric vehicles (EV) or other zero-emission solutions before 2030.

Bianca is currently the Vice President, Human Resources for FedEx Express covering the Asia Middle East & Africa (AMEA) region, and is a member of the executive committee to implement FedEx’s business strategies in the region. She leads a team of over 300 human resources professionals and oversees strategic HR planning for FedEx Express in AMEA, HR business partnering, employee engagement, talent acquisition and management, performance & total rewards, diversity, equity & inclusion, health safety & environment, leadership and workforce competence development, HR technology & innovation, as well as organization effectiveness.

Prior to rejoining FedEx in 2022, Bianca was the Global Head of Reward at Hilti Group, based in Schaan, Liechtenstein and joined the company as Regional Head of HR for North Asia. Before Hilti, Bianca was the Group HR and Corporate Communications Director at Jebsen, and prior to it as MD, HR Services for FedEx North Asia, stationed in Japan.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

I hope to see more effort and discipline in reducing and recycling various categories of waste in Hong Kong.

Elin Wong has been the Head of Corporate Affairs of Modern Terminals Limited since July 2016. As the function head, she drives the corporate affairs and communications strategies and programme of Modern Terminals Limited in both Hong Kong and Mainland China, and oversees corporate branding, stakeholder engagement, corporate social responsibility (CSR), crisis and issue management, and media relations of the Company. She is also a member of the Sustainability Steering Committee, the Environmental Committee, and Chairperson of the corporate volunteering team Modern Volunteer Force of the Company helping to drive its sustainability efforts.