People & Purpose Theatre
Community Making: Creating a Culture for Social and Economic Value Creation
Day 2 : 15:50 – 16:40
What if communities can be creatively made, not just places? As “software” takes centre stage in urban development, how can local stakeholders work together to create more vibrant and inclusive neighbourhoods? This panel will take reference from Hong Kong’s evolving Sham Shui Po and Kwun Tong districts and explore the role businesses can play to catalyse and quantify social impact in the heartlands of their operations.
Learnings
- How Community making acts as a complementary approach to placemaking to respond to neighbourhood-specific development needs and challenges
- What are the possible ways to measure and showcase the extent to which the community making efforts have been successful from the lens of district economy
- Can a “balanced scorecard” be designed to reimagine how urban renewal and town planning can rejuvenate communities
Post-event Actions
- Personal reflection: what should your relationship with your neighbourhood look like? Are you aware of the existing community networks or resources within your neighbourhood and how can we make the best use of them?
- Organization reflection: how can a place-based approach be applied as a sustainable business strategy to rejuvenate a neighbourhood?
Speakers
Moderator
Florence Cheng
Head of Impact Strategy / Co-Founder
Social Ventures Hong Kong / COSMOS
Florence Cheng
Social Ventures Hong Kong / COSMOS
Head of Impact Strategy / Co-Founder
Florence Cheng is the Head of Impact Strategy at Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk) and Co-Founder of COSMOS, its corporate impact consultancy arm. She is an experienced social leader dedicated to driving business and community partnerships, including the Community Resilience Fund (award-winning bridging loan facility for social enterprises) and Business with Purpose (an impact movement to advance businesses as a force for good).
Adam Heuman
Vice President, Global Development & Communications
EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation
Adam Heuman
EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation
Vice President, Global Development & Communications
Adam is the Vice President of Global Development and Communications for EMpower, a foundation that partners with local organisations to enable marginalised young people to transform their lives and communities. He brings over 20 years of experience working in international development, including on education, livelihoods, and health. Adam is passionate about shifting power, resources, and decision-making towards locally led organisations and young communities.
He is a reformed MBA, who left behind a previous specialisation in change management and work with consultancies such as McKinsey & Co.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
I hope to raise the profile of local organisations in Asia who are providing solutions for marginalised young people.
Samuel Kwong
General Manager – ESG
Chinachem Group
Samuel Kwong
Chinachem Group
General Manager – ESG
Samuel KWONG is the General Manager – ESG of Chinachem Group with over 25 years of experience in sustainability with multinational conglomerates covering businesses including sports & entertainment, food & beverages, aviation, hospitality, real estate, retail, shipping & infrastructure developments. He is a director of HKIQEP, past Chairman of CIWEM HK & former director of HKGBC & HKBEC. Sam is an engineer by training with bachelor and master degrees from The University of Hong Kong and a master degree of environmental engineering from ENTPE, France, MBA degree from the Chinese University Hong Kong and a degree of laws from the University of London.
Karen Lee
Project Manager I (Spatial)
Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, PolyU
Karen Lee
Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, PolyU
Project Manager I (Spatial)
Karen is a chartered town planner and project manager specialising in urban integration and city management strategies. Before joining JCDISI she was the technical manager for the Elizabeth Line project in the UK and the Walk DVRC project HK.
Karen’s keen interest in human-centric design sees her leading a number of participatory co-design projects focusing on design for well-being and creating shared value through cross-sector collaborations, including Transitional Social Housing, reinventing open space through the Intergenerational Play Space design concept, health and wellbeing of children living in Subdivided Unit, community planning for an age-friendly community and transformation of the Residential Child Care Services with NGOs. She has a Masters in Urban Regeneration, Masters in Public Administration and PgD in Innovation and Design Thinking.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
The discussion on ESG to move beyond benchmarking and towards business as mutual and being a good neighbour.
Vera Wu
Deputy Director – Mainland Business Operation
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Vera Wu
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Deputy Director – Mainland Business Operation
Vera Wu is Deputy Director – Mainland Business Operation, Hang Lung Properties, where she is responsible for formulating and executing development strategies and overseeing project operations. She possesses over 20 years of experience in corporate communications, marketing, property leasing and management.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
To incorporate sustainability in placemaking initiatives for creating compelling spaces for all of our stakeholders in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Supported by
Social Ventures Hong Kong
Founded in 2007, Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk) is an Impact Purpose Organisation that innovates social change by re-imagining the city. We focus on inventing and incubating pioneering sustainable business solutions to urban social and environmental challenges, and partners with communities and businesses alike to design and build cross-sector partnerships towards realising our dreams for New Urban 2030 in Hong Kong.
Our sustainability goals for 2023:
- Design New Urban prototypes through building impact ventures, cultivating movement of good, and orchestrating impact capital
- Redefine talent engagement and investment in the future of work to promote inclusive economic and social growth
- Activate purpose-driven cross-sector partnerships and collective action platform
Our initiative in accelerating sustainable development in Hong Kong:
SVhk is dedicated to innovating social change through impact capital, impact strategy, impact community and impact storytelling. Key initiatives in 2023 includes:
- Business with Purpose: an Impact Partnership between The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) and SVhk to support corporate and social leaders in redefining sustainability, while reinforcing a shared mission to embed PURPOSE in action for a better collective future for HKMA’s members and the wider business community
- Community Making: a software-centric approach and series of activities to innovate social change in urban neighbourhoods under transformation
- Jobcation: a talent investment platform that bridges businesses and mothers with young children to venture back to the world of work after a career break of 5+ years
Meet our speakers:
With thanks to
Chinachem Group
Booth K30
Programme Sponsor for Our Net Zero, Climate Resilient Future: Aligning Public-Private Ambition and Action
Day 2 of the Net Zero and Nature Positive Theatre
Chinachem Group (CCG) is a leading property developer based in Hong Kong. We have worked with the purpose of creating “Places with Heart”, which delivers long-term positive impacts for all our stakeholders. Being a purpose-driven enterprise, we actively seek to make a positive contribution to society through our adherence to 3Ps, namely People, Prosperity, and Planet.
Our sustainability goals for 2023:
CCG Carbon Reduction Roadmap – CCG 3050+
- A reduction of at least 51.8% of Scope 1 and 2 carbon intensity by 2030 from a 2020 base year
- A reduction of at least 20% of Scope 3 carbon intensity by 2030 from a 2020 base year
We are Hong Kong’s second real estate developer to have completed SBTi decarbonisation targets validation fulfilling the conditions for limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
UN SDG goals that we align with:
- SDG 1 No Poverty
- SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
- SDG 4 Quality Education
- SDG 5 Gender Equality
- SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
- SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 13 Climate Action
- SDG 15 Life on Land
- SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Legal Name: Chinachem Agencies Limited
General Enquiry Email Address: sustainability@chinachemgroup.com
General Enquiry Phone Number: +852 2739 8811
General Business Address: 35-38/F, Nina Tower, 8 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong
Meet our speakers:
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Hang Lung Properties is a well-established, top-tier property developer with a vision of creating compelling spaces that enrich lives. Hang Lung pursues sustainable growth by connecting customers and communities and embeds sustainability in all aspects of its business. Sustainable growth is its mission, and sustainability is one of its core values. The Sustainability Framework, which comprises three foundations and four priorities, provides clear direction for Hang Lung to define and strengthen a resilient business, make progress on key material issues together with stakeholders, and be guided towards its ambition to become one of the world’s most sustainable real estate companies.
Our sustainability goals for 2023:
Hang Lung Properties is recognized for leading the way in enhanced sustainability initiatives in real estate as we pursue sustainable growth by connecting customers and communities.
We have set measurable goals and targets for 2023, which will reaffirm our commitment to creating sustainable value and reflecting our ambition to become one of the world’s most sustainable real estate companies:
- Meet the annual KPIs sets for our 25×25 Sustainability Targets – the 25 ESG targets to be achieved by end of 2025;
- Advance our 2030 Sustainability Goals and Targets which are built on the four priorities of Hang Lung’s Sustainability Framework – Climate Resilience, Resource Management, Wellbeing, Sustainability Transactions;
- Decarbonize our business and reach net-zero value chain greenhouse gas emissions no later than 2050.
Find out more: https://www.hanglung.com/en-us/sustainability
UN SDG goals that we align with:
- SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
- SDG 5 Gender Equality
- SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
- SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 13 Climate Action
- SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Legal Name: Hang Lung Properties Limited
General Enquiry Email Address: corpcomm@hanglung.com
Meet our speakers:
Vera Wu
Deputy Director – Mainland Business Operation
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Maggie Ma
General Manager – Corporate Communications
Hang Lung Properties Limited
John Haffner
Deputy Director — Sustainability
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Carmen Ng
Deputy General Manager – Sustainability
Hang Lung Properties Limited