Taking Ownership: A Roadmap for Supply Chain Decarbonisation

Ir Dr Eugene Wong is an Associate Professor in the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, and the Director of Policy Research Institute of Global Supply Chain. He has substantial managerial and consulting experiences in logistics transportation, manufacturing and engineering industry before joining the academia. He received several government funding projects on supply chain decarbonization and development of hydrogen fuel cell for transport and logistics. He is the author of a book ‘Supply Chain Decarbonisation – Organisation and Product Carbon Footprint’. He serves council members of professional associations, government organisations, and editorial boards on international journals.

Jenny joined ANZ in 2008 and currently looks after the North Asia Sustainable Finance business. Jenny was previously the Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets, North Asia and was responsible for the overall management and growth of ANZ presence across the region. Jenny has worked in Australia and mainland China across various banking function.

Chaminda Gunasekera.FCILT is the Senior Director of SEKO Logistics Hong Kong looking Asia Expansion and Network Development , M&A and Sustainability. Chaminda was in charge of eCommerce and Air Freight in SEKO Asia Pacific before taking up a more strategic development role. Chaminda is Sri Lankan living in Hong Kong and has been in the region for over 15 years and also lived in Dubai for 5 years. Chaminda has held many senior roles in his career and volunteered for social work. Some of few important roles he has held in Asia and Middle East were, VP of Sales , Marketing & Key accounts in Agility Greater China, Group Director-Commercial for Able Logistics Group/Kerry Logistics in the Middle East, the first Director of International Business for Kerry Logistics in Greater China, CEO of Bax Global Sub Continent and East Africa to name a few. Chaminda is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and services and served as the Chairman of UAE board of directors for CILT based in Dubai. Chaminda is a steering committee member and head of sustainability of American Chamber’s transport and Logistics committee, Chaminda is a very passionate sustainability activist looking after many projects for CO2 savings and designing logistics solutions for carbon neutralizing eCommerce products. Chaminda’s contribution to the industry can be found at www.Chaminda.net.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

To produce the first ever Carbon neutral eCommerce parcel in the freight forwarder’s world and start reporting Co2 for all business channels in SEKO.

Mitsuko Wong is the Sustainability Lead, Product and Supply Chain at Ralph Lauren. She leads the company’s sustainability strategy and initiatives in the product supply chain space. She is also the co-chair of the UN Fashion Charter Low Carbon Manufacturing Working Group and member of the Steering Committee. Mitsuko has a long track record working in climate and sustainability initiatives in various settings including non-profit, consulting, and corporate.

Sophie is a principal consultant at RESET Carbon. She has over a decade of experience in dealing with supply chain issues. She works with RESET senior management team on corporate growth strategy and develop and head up the SBTi practice within the Hong Kong business.

Before joining RESET Carbon, Sophie was the Head of Sustainability & Sourcing at a French lingerie company, where she led the development and execution of the brand’s sustainability and sourcing strategies. Prior to this Sophie spent a decade at the iconic American retailer, Target, transforming them into an industry leader. She spearheaded their public facing water strategy and played an instrumental role across their fabric development, supply chain and responsible sourcing teams.

Sophie specializes in leading continuous performance improvement programs which adhere to corporates’ environmental strategy. By partnering with external parties in China, Vietnam, Cambodia and India, she successfully enabled more than 130 apparel factories and fabric mills to reduce their environmental footprint.