ESG Academy
Day 1 : 16:00 – 17:15
HSBC launched the first-ever ESG Academy in 4Q 2022, to provide a suite of resources for companies of all sizes looking to learn more about ESG topics and practices.
Session Discussion Point
Helping clients to undergo their low-carbon transition with tools, and an understanding of local and global ESG standards and regulatory requirements.
Speakers
Robert Hsu
Senior manager, Digital experience and accessibility
Robert Hsu
Senior manager, Digital experience and accessibility
Robert currently occupies the position of Senior Manager in Digital Experience and Accessibility for HSBC. He advocates inclusive and accessible digital experiences for culturally and linguistically diverse communities of all abilities and disabilities, to empower everyone to adapt to the world around and achieve more.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
As one of the advisory committee of the Hong Kong Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2022-23, Robert will continue to encourage local enterprises and organisations to adopt accessibility design in their websites and mobile applications, and to join hands in building an inclusive society.
Calvin Wong
Head of Sustainability Assurance Services
SGS Hong Kong Limited
Calvin Wong
SGS Hong Kong Limited
Head of Sustainability Assurance Services
Mr. Wong is currently the Head of Sustainability Assurance Services at SGS Hong Kong Limited. With diverse global value chain background across multiple business sectors, he has extensive knowledge and field experience in sustainability and business consulting. He is a passionate practitioner and strategist in corporate sustainability, ESG disclosure, green finance and carbon solutions.
With thanks to
HSBC
Co-Headline Sponsor for the Finance & Supply Chains Theatre
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is the founding member of the HSBC Group. HSBC serves customers worldwide from offices in 62 countries and territories. With assets of US$3,001bn at 31 March 2024, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations.
Our purpose – Opening up a world of opportunity – explains why we exist. We’re here to use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up new kinds of opportunity for our customers. We’re bringing together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
“We’re focused on helping to deliver a net zero global economy. It’s a pillar of our strategy as a business.”
In 2020, we set an ambition to become a net zero bank by 2050 and since then we have announced several significant policies and ambitions around climate and the transition. In January this year, we published our first Net Zero Transition Plan – setting out our strategic vision and approach to net zero.
We want to make financing choices that can lead to a meaningful impact on emissions reduction in the real economy, not just in our portfolio. Achieving this requires engagement with our clients and customers on their transitions to help finance decarbonisation in the sectors and regions with the most change ahead.
We believe we can do this best by promoting change in three key areas that play to our strengths as an organisation and can help deliver a broader impact on decarbonisation in the real economy: transitioning industry, catalysing the new economy, and decarbonising trade and global supply chains.
UN SDG goals that we align with:
- SDG 13 Climate Action
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