People & Purpose
Key to securing the future of our planet is the next generation of ecopreneurs, whose innovative solutions represent the power of an environmentally and technology-savvy generation keen to bring about real and concrete change.
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Marina Chan
Senior Director & Head of Education
MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
Marina Chan
Senior Director & Head of Education
MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
Marina designs and leads learning experiences on innovation and entrepreneurship for Fortune 500 company executives, university students and high schools, with a focus on integrating SDGs in the venture creation process. Her career background spans banking, telecoms, and social entrepreneurship. She holds a master’s degree in education from Harvard University.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Make more sustainable choices by changing values and attitudes, expand our circle of concern and consider the full value chain.
Natalie Cheung
Melo Fellow Class of 2021
Project Melo
Natalie Cheung
Melo Fellow Class of 2021
Project Melo
Natalie is a Class of 2021 of Project Melo. She and her team collaborated with the CEOs of Shui On and Hang Lung by organizing a Sustainable Food Competition during XinTianDi Restaurant Week. The competition promoted awareness in sustainable food through engaging internal F&B tenants and external customers.
Natalie graduated with a BSc in Environmental Management and Technology in 2022. She currently works on ESG, Climate and Sustainability consulting and risk advisory.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Driving sustainability transformation through meaningful engagements and co-creation between Hong Kong’s youth and leaders from all sectors.
Deevansh Gupta
Co-Founder
Breer
Deevansh Gupta
Co-Founder
Breer
Deevansh is the Co-Founder of food-tech startup – Breer. Recently graduated from HKUST, he has a keen interest in brand strategy and social entrepreneurship, which is what drives his efforts at his company. He is passionate about making a difference in the world, and is using his skills to work for projects that focus on sustainability.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Over 2022, I hope to see a Hong Kong that has a greater understanding of the environmental problems that plague the world, and a community that is more conscious about their consumption and production choices.
Sharon Ng
Founder and CEO
Sootable
Sharon Ng
Founder and CEO
Sootable
Sharon is a Biological Science class of 2022 graduate from HKUST. She has always loved nature and her environmental awareness amplified when she took up the Environmental Science course where she gained knowledge about different types of environmental pollution which made her realise the severity of harm that Earth was facing. Therefore, she hopes to remedy it by cleaning up the waste that people has left behind, and to take a step further, transforming them into useful products.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Although VOCs have a short lifespan in the atmosphere, they are still greenhouse gases (GHGs). If we overlook them and do not carry out policies to curb them, we will lose a great opportunity to block a large source of GHG emission and hence, pollute the atmosphere continuously without limitations. Therefore, I hope the government will draft more policies to prevent any GHGs from reaching the atmosphere, which will improve climate change.
Vriko Yu
Co-founder and CEO
archiREEF
Vriko Yu
Co-founder and CEO
archiREEF
Vriko is the CEO and Co-founder of archiREEF, a CNN-featured green tech company which invented the world’s first artificial reef structure 3D-printed in terracotta. archiREEF is offering a one-stop solution for corporations to achieve greater environmental impact with a team of marine biologists, coral researchers and 3D printing technicians.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
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