Sustainable Procurement: Aligning Facilities Management Strategies and Our City’s Carbon Ambitions

Facility managers play a unique role in reducing the carbon emissions of their organisations and buildings, via implementing strategic procurement and maintenance practices, such as in areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, waste reduction and clean transportation.

Learnings

• What instrumental role does the facilities management sector play in combatting climate change and helping our city achieve its net-zero ambitions?
• What opportunities and barriers exist for the sector to align strategies with wider decarbonisation policies and efforts by public and private sector stakeholders?
• Perspectives from procuring and implementing energy efficiency technologies and measures, water management, transportation, equipment maintenance, waste reduction.

Post-Event Actions for Delegates

• Understand the state of play in Hong Kong and the region, and opportunities for the facilities management sector to contribute to a net-zero future for Hong Kong.
• Consider how your company and industry can work with facilities management professionals to capitalise on the opportunities presented by our decarbonisation ambitions.