Circular Economy
Overview
As part of Hong Kong’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050, the government has set targets to develop adequate waste-to-energy facilities, move away from reliance on landfills for municipal waste disposal, promote waste reduction and recycling, implement waste charging and regulate disposable plastic tableware in phases, amongst other policies.
Learnings
- What instrumental role does the waste and resource management sector play in combatting climate change and helping our city achieve its net-zero ambitions?
- How can we drive innovation and improve the technologies and processes used in waste and resource management, as well as invest in research and training in mitigation strategies?
- What opportunities and barriers exist for the sector to align strategies with wider decarbonisation policies and efforts by public and private sector stakeholders?
Post Event Actions
- Understand the state of play in Hong Kong and the region, and opportunities for the waste and resource management sector to contribute to a net-zero future for Hong Kong.
- Consider how your company and industry can work with waste and resource professionals to capitalise on the opportunities presented by our decarbonisation ambitions.
Speakers
MODERATOR
Frank Wan
Partner
ERM-Hong Kong, Limited
Frank Wan
Partner
ERM-Hong Kong, Limited
Frank Wan is a Partner with ERM and is a Chartered Waste Manager with the Institution of Wastes Management in the UK and the former Chairman of the Hong Kong Waste Management Association.
He has over 30 years of experience in undertaking studies on waste policy, engineering feasibility and EIA for waste infrastructure projects, and waste and environmental audits for various infrastructure developments. Relevant project experience including producer responsibility schemes, waste charging, organic waste collection, waste transfer stations, materials recovery and recycling facilities, thermal treatment and energy recovery of MSW, chemical waste, clinical waste, sewage sludges and animal carcasses, and landfill development and management in Hong Kong and Asia Pacific region.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
I would like to assist the waste industry and the society in promoting waste avoidance and minimisation, and implementing waste management practices which have lower carbon emissions and will not cause adverse impacts to the environment and sensitive receivers.
Samuel Kwong
Senior Sustainability Manager
HKJC
Samuel Kwong
Senior Sustainability Manager
HKJC
Over 25 years of experience in sustainability with multinational conglomerates covering businesses including beverages, aviation, catering, property management, retail, shipping & infrastructure developments. Director of HKIQEP, past Chairman of CIWEM & former director of HKGBC & HKBEC.
Eric Liang
Operation Director
L’Oréal Hong Kong
Eric Liang
Operation Director
L’Oréal Hong Kong
Eric Liang is the Operations Director of L’Oréal Hong Kong, responsible for leading the Group’s supply chain operations and transformation. Under his helm, he brings people, processes, and innovation together to build a resilient and effective supply chain, contributing to the Group’s sustainability mission of “L’Oréal for the Future” through driving green retail and logistics adoption.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
Transforming business to respect the planet’s limits, address social issues and empower consumers to make more sustainable choices
Theresa Wu
Principal Environmental Protection Officer
Environmental Protection Department
Theresa Wu
Principal Environmental Protection Officer
Environmental Protection Department
Ms. Theresa Wu has over 20 years of experience in the planning, design and project management of large-scale waste-to-energy/resources recovery infrastructures, including I·PARK and O·PARK1. She has also involved in the formulation and implementation of various environmental policies, namely the Producer Responsibility Scheme (PRS) and the Municipal Solid Waste Charging Scheme.
My Sustainability Goals for 2022:
I hope the waste reduction and recycling targets set forth under the Waste Blueprint for Hong Kong 2035 could be gradually achieved so as to build Hong Kong into a liveable and sustainable city.
Imane Zedan
Performance Manager
Veolia
Imane Zedan
Performance Manager
Veolia
As Performance Manager of Veolia Hong Kong I am in charge of Environmental Performance. We are helping Hong Kong’s Government to achieve its carbon neutrality by 2050 by mitigating the climate emergency through, for example, the production of renewable energy, capturing and converting biogas and in a wider sense, via solutions that leverage the circular economy.
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