Joyce is the Co-founder and Sustainability Lead at Better Futures. She drives sustainability projects and builds cross-sector partnerships to tackle complex social and environmental challenges. A firm believer in systems thinking and cross-sector cooperation, she has spearheaded initiatives in impact financing, social housing, waste reduction, and healthcare infrastructure planning.

At Better Futures, Joyce guides clients across diverse industries—including property, retail, hospitality, utilities, and investment banking—through their sustainability journeys. Her services range from awareness building and leadership training to co-creating transition strategies and implementation plans.

Drawing on over 13 years of impact consulting experience across Hong Kong, Asia, and London, Joyce brings expertise in stakeholder consultation, research, and strategy development to public and private sector organizations. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and an MA from Leipzig University and is passionate about empowering organizations to build a more sustainable future through innovation and collaboration.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Facilitate the adoption of a systems approach to corporate and societal sustainability transitions

• Go beyond carbon/climate to address nature/biodiversity, and the intersection of social and environmental challenges.
• Promote the use of systems thinking or foresight tools to foster cross-sector cooperation for more holistic solutions.

2. Promote sustainability and circularity as a sound business strategy for corporates

• Emphasize opportunities for cost savings, revenue growth, innovation, and key levers of change such as supply chain engagement and technological innovation.
• Showcase good practices and case studies to demonstrate tangible benefits and inspire wider adoption.

Over the course of his 20 year corporate career in Asia, Basel Kirmani saw the lack of corporate sustainability education in the region. He started running workshops, trainings, advocacy sessions and volunteering events within his own company to improve sustainability culture across the region; not just for the sake of greenwashing, but to help future-proof the company.​​​​​

He founded Turquoise Sustainability to provide sustainability education in Hong Kong, foster a culture of sustainability in companies who are struggling with the transition, and help companies position themselves to withstand the storms to come. His offering includes The Carbon Literacy Project training, Climate Fresk and Biodiversity Collage workshops.

He holds a masters degree in chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and a range of sustainability credentials, including the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA), GRI Certified Professional, and SASB FSA.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Sustainability being a factor in business decisions, just as much as P&L and PR.
2. Sustainability goals as well as standard KPIs included in JDs when advertising for jobs – making it evident that sustainability is everyone’s responsibility
3. Employee-led initiatives being a driver of companies reducing their carbon footprint (i.e. not initiatives led by the sustainability department)

Katarina Ivarsson brings nearly two decades of experience of international business development, living and working in Hong Kong, where she has established herself as a distinguished leader in the fields of business and design.

As an award-winning business leader and designer, Katarina has led numerous high-profile Future design and research projects in Asia and Europe. Her executive roles have seen her steering initiatives for global giants such as Samsung, VISA, Kerry Logistics, Ericsson, IKEA and United Nations. Her leadership in these projects reflects her deep understanding of the intricate dynamics of both the Asian and European markets.

Katarina is passionate about community building and knowledge sharing. Since 2015, she has been a Member of the Board of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and was appointed Vice Chair of same chamber in 2020. In this capacity, she advocates strongly for doing business in Hong Kong, underlining her commitment to fostering strong business ties between Sweden and Hong Kong.

In addition to her professional achievements, Katarina is a dedicated educator. She has served as a vesting scholar at HKUST Business School and the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her academic contributions are complemented by her active role as a speaker, author, and thought leader, where she shares her insights on emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, future forecasting, scenario planning, and design thinking, with a particular focus on business in Asia.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025

• What I hope to see is more people embracing a sustainable lifestyle and avoiding overconsumption!
• For the city to enable habits of recycling!

Envac from Sweden is the original inventor and leader in Pneumatic Waste Collection System “PWCS” (aka ARCS in HK). Over the 30 years of operating in Hong Kong, Envac has systems installed for Residential, Hospitals and Commercial uses. We have completed one of the most advanced system in Asia with integrated weighing function at AIRSIDE for mixed use in Kai Tak. The New Acute Hospital in Kai Tak is also going to have one of biggest system Envac has ever installed in health care for general waste and soiled linen to assure a high hygiene standard for the general publics in Hong Kong. Samy Choi is the Director of Envac in HK and he covers the company business in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Kim is the Senior Sustainability Manager for climate in H&M Group production with 20+ years in the fashion & apparel industry. His focus is on financing the transition to renewable electricity and the electrification of the textile industry. Convinced that the key to a quick energy transition to renewable is to fully integrate it into the business model. A special interest in spotting corporate greenwashing and the challenges companies have around not misleading their customers or consumers all while still showing progress.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:
For me, there is only one goal that matters and that is of course renewable electricity. Hong Kong is currently very low. It comes down to priorities within the sustainability agenda. The climate agenda is the most urgent and climate is all about energy.

Per Andersson is Sales Director at APC Logistics Sweden. Since joining APC in 2021, Per has played a key role in expanding the company’s sustainable logistics offering across the Nordic region. With a strong background in sales and customer development, he focuses on helping clients transition to climate-smart transport solutions — including the use of HVO, SAF, and carbon-offset services — while maintaining efficiency and reliability. His leadership has contributed to APC’s growing presence as a sustainability-driven logistics partner in the Nordics.

Speaker’s Sustainability Goals for 2025

• Promote increased transparency around emissions reporting and sustainable practices within the logistics sector.
• Accelerate the transition to low-emission transport through stronger collaboration between public and private sectors.
• Encourage the use of renewable fuels and intermodal transport to reduce urban traffic and emissions.

Sarah demonstrates a solid 8-year track record in leading sustainability consultancy projects end-to-end which has included ESG and climate risk assessments and resilience strategy development. With a Sustainability and Climate Risk certificate from GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals), she addresses both physical and transition climate risks in clients’ operations and value chain through scenario analysis. She holds a BSc in Environmental Management and Technology from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Wan Yee has over nine years of research and consultancy experience, serving clients in various sectors in the APAC region, Europe and the Americas. She completed her PhD in environmental science on the topic of variability in the GHG footprints of crops under the European Commission’s Marie Curie industrial scholarship, led by Unilever and Radboud University. She obtained a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland and a double Bachelors in Environmental Engineering and Economics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, in which she was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal as the top of the graduating class.