Aligning Hong Kong and China’s Energy Sector Transition: Regional Collaborations for Our Future in Renewables

Grace is a seasoned sustainability professional with more than 20 years’ experiences in sustainable design and green building projects in Hong Kong, China and across Asia-Pacific. With an environmental engineering background, Grace is a keen advocate of regenerative sustainability for the built environment. She is currently a member of the Council for Sustainable Development, Director of Hong Kong Green Building Council, Director of Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals and Founding Vice President of Greater Bay Area Carbon Neutrality Association.  Outside Hong Kong, she led AEC Group to become WorldGBC’s Asia Pacific Net Zero Collaborator, and shares best practices through her roles in the LEED Technical Advisory Group, BRE ESG Advisors Club, IWBI Health Equity Advisory, and GRESB Real Estate Standards Committee. Driven by a vision to shape a sustainable future for all, Grace works with building and other sectors through ESG and Green Finance advisory to build climate resilience and accelerate net-zero transition.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

To accelerate our own net zero transition, we have been striving to achieve our goal of net zero carbon business operation by 2030. I hope to see a clearer decarbonization roadmap for different sectors and how cross-sectoral collaboration could be facilitated to achieve the carbon neutrality goal.

Professor Linda Chelan Li is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong. She stresses the role of collaboration as well as conflict in understanding politics and public policy. Her major areas of research include intergovernmental relations, government reforms, public finance, cross-border relations and sustainable development.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

To identify, analyze and develop solutions to meet critical sustainability issues in Hong Kong and the Asian Region from a cross-disciplinary, cross-border and cross-sector perspective.

Yushen joined the company in 2009, she manages BNEF commercial teams in Greater China, Japan, and Korea, as well as the overall operational efficiency of the business in the APAC region. Through engaging with both internal and external stakeholders, she helps the company build strategic relationships with key clients and is responsible for developing long-term business strategies. Yushen and her teams manage an impressive client’s portfolio across utilities, energy corporations, supply chain companies, banks, funds and policy makers. Yushen is also responsible for coordinating and managing BNEF’s marketing, events, and localization efforts in the region.

Yushen holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Nankai University and a MSc Degree on Human Resources Management and Organizational Analysis from King’s College London, and is a current EMBA student at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Thomas is Associate Director – Decarbonisation Architecture at CLP Power Hong Kong. He is a versatile business and engineering professional dedicated to the power industry, with wide ranging experience covering strategic development, engineering and commercial strategy. He has been one of the key members responsible for devising CLP Power’s long-term decarbonisation plan.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

We aim to use our experience and expertise to work with the government and other key stakeholders to support Hong Kong’s long-term decarbonisation strategy set out in the Climate Action Plan 2050 and help the city reach carbon neutrality before 2050.

Mike Thomas is a founding partner and managing director at The Lantau Group, an economic consultancy focusing on the energy sector in the Asia Pacific region. Mike advises energy sector stakeholders on matters involving commercial transactions, regulation and market design, strategy, and economic evidence in commercial, competition, and regulatory disputes.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Through careful attention to the details, find ways to make better decisions to reach sustainability objectives faster and at lower cost and more equitably for everyone.