Embodied Carbon – Partnerships to Decarbonize Hong Kong’s Construction Industry

Liam is Founder and CEO at RESET Carbon Ltd since 2009. RESET offers solutions to companies seeking to measure and reduce their carbon footprint with a focus on Asian markets.

Previously Liam was the Director of WWF’s International’s Asia-Pacific Climate Programme, where he built and managed a ten-country team. At WWF Liam also co-led the design and set-up of the Gold Standard, which is now a leading certification system for project level carbon offsets and other environmental and social attributes.

Liam holds a Masters of Science in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024

• Our Carbon Leadership Programme for the apparel sector is one of the most innovative decarbonisation programs on the market. We want to accelerate its reach and scale up to deliver it across 350 manufacturing sites by the end of 2024.
• Our work with the HK Proptech Alliance and Construction Industry Council is designed to promote procurement of low carbon construction materials through a dedicated Working Group.  Our goal in 2024 is to launch initial Procurement Guidelines to the market and secure long term funding for this initiative.

Ar. Clarence LEUNG is General Manager (Project Management) of Wheelock Properties. He possesses over 30 years of professional experience in real estate development and related fields in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Ar. Leung has been a Director of the HKGBC and a Council Member of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) since 2022. He is currently Chairperson of the Management Committee on Technically Competent Persons Registration Scheme and Chairperson of the Committee on Environment and Sustainability under CIC. Mr. Leung is also a member of the Construction Sub-committee, Real Estate Developers’ Association.

Ar. Leung is a fellow member of the HKIA, an Authorized Person and a Registered Architect in Hong Kong. He is currently Deputy Chair of Paper 7, Professional Accreditation Panel of the HKIA. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with B.A.(A.S.) and B.Arch Degrees.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. Electrification and clean energy adoption for Construction Sites
2. Circularity for construction industry
3. High productivity construction, e.g. MiC and MiMEP

Meiling Ng is the Assistant General Manager, Projects of Hongkong Land Limited. She has over 25 years’ working experience in the property development and management industry. She is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors.

Eddie has more than 26 years experience in construction and environmental field and specializes in sediment and land contamination assessment and remediation, carbon/energy management, renewable energy projects and waste/asbestos management.

He is the vice chairman of Environment Committee, Hong Kong Construction Association and member of Climate Change Business Forum of the Business Environment Council. He was appointed as a construction advisor in development of Construction Industry Council Carbon Assessment Tool and Sustainable Finance Certification scheme.  He is also appointed by Hong Kong Green Building Council to be a co-opted member of the Sustainable Development Committee, Climate Change Framework for Built Environment Embodied Carbon Expert Group member and Green Product Market Taskforce member.  Eddie is a member of UK CARES Assured Steel Certification Sustainability Technical Committee.

Eddie graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in Canada, and has a Master of Science (Major in Environmental Engineering) degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Eddie is a Fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals, Certified Carbon Auditor (Cement/Steel/Concrete) under the CIC Green Product Certification Scheme, Certified Energy Manager/Carbon Audit Professional of US Association of Energy Engineer and a Qualified Project Assessor of BREEAM Infrastructure.  He is also a qualified assessor of CIC Sustainable Finance Certification Scheme and a Certified ESG Analyst CESGA® of The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

Caring nature and society while pursuing net zero goal