BEC Circular Transition Theatre
Reduce: Our Waste-free Future
Day 1 : 11:30 – 12:20
Hong Kong has one of the highest waste generation rates per capita in the world and our landfills are rapidly approaching capacity, with these facts in hand, it is imperative for government, businesses and organisations to take action as we strive towards a waste-free future. Arguably, these actions should be considered in the first place to reduce consumption as much as possible, which are much more efficient than downstream recycling solutions.
Learnings
- How can we systematically and effectively reduce wastage from every aspect of business operations.
- What are the key principles for businesses to take to mainstream circular economy in operations
- Can circular economy practice by businesses lead to positive impact to our environment and society?
Post-event actions
- Understand the importance of embedding circular economy principles in business plans and sustainability strategies.
Speakers
Moderator
Edwin Lau
Founder and Executive Director
Edwin Lau
Founder and Executive Director
Mr Edwin Lau is currently the Founder and Executive Director of The Green Earth, an environmental organization promoting resource conservation and zero-waste culture. He has been actively engaged in environmental protection work since the late 1980s. During the period, he placed great concern on several pressing environmental topics, e.g. waste management, air pollution, climate change and energy conservation.
Mr Lau is currently a member of the Advisory Committee on Water Supplies, a member of CUHK Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change Expert Committee and senior advisor of Hong Kong Solar Industries Association.
In 2009, Mr Lau was awarded the Medal of Honour by the HKSAR Government in recognition of his long-term contribution to the promotion of environmental protection and environmental education. In the same year, he was also awarded an Outstanding Earth Champion by The Earth Champions Foundation.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
Hong Kong should do more in enhancing the building energy efficiency of the entire building stock.
We need to educate the public a lot more to raise their environmental awareness so that the majority of the population will act green continuously.
Renewable energy should be developed much faster to supply the city with zero-carbon renewables to cope with the increasing demand, otherwise even with faster transition to electric transport would not contribute much in decarbonisation.
Pippo Au
Head of Supply Chain
Pippo Au
Head of Supply Chain
Pippo Au is the supply chain head in Maxim’s Group leading the strategic procurement and planning for multiple restaurants concepts in Hong Kong & Macau. Besides the role of a supply chain management professional, he is one of the company’s sustainability working committee who drives various sustainable initiatives.
Pippo’s strength lies in his ability to help Maxim’s Group navigating complex sustainability challenges by leveraging his functional expertise and collaborative approach, he has proven successful case to drive sustainability development through supply chain partner’s integration and circularity programs.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
- More successful industry best practice models and solution platforms developed to facilitate scalable roll-out into significant impact to the society.
- We embed circularity & sustainability into the business we do and with everyone we work with.
Louis Chan
Senior Environmental Business Manager
Louis Chan
Senior Environmental Business Manager
A practising professional in waste management for over 28 years, in Hong Kong as well as other Asia Pacifiic regions.
Hands-on person in project development, design, execution and operations. Fluent in all key engineering disciplines , and is in particular a registered professional mechanical and environmental engineer. Solid experiences in turnkey execution of environmental engineering facilities, for example a local biogas-to-towngas processing facility.
Former Chairman of Hong Kong Waste Management Association between 2009 and 2012, and had led several cross-border exchanges as well as responses to government consultations on waste and environmental management matters.
Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Green Strategy Alliance since its inauguration in 2012.
Dedicated in advancing Hong Kong to reduce waste, to increase recycling rate as well as to nurture the next generation of environmental professionals for a sustainable Hong Kong.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
Increasing recycling rates in all sorts of wastes, no matter commercially viable or otherwise by themselves, and turn the recycled products and materials into open and accountable figures and numbers so the general public will appreciate what they had acehieved and for a more proactive attitude on a long-run.
Samantha de Mello
Cluster ESG Manager – Hong Kong
Samantha de Mello
Cluster ESG Manager – Hong Kong
Samantha is the ESG manager for the Hyatt hotel cluster in Hong Kong; comprising of four properties. After spending 10 years in F&B and marketing, Samantha began her journey in making a difference in the hospitality industry at Grand Hyatt Singapore. After attaining her Masters in Corporate Environmental Governance at The University of Hong Kong, Samantha continues to working closely with teams across the Hong Kong based Hyatt hotels to advance sustainability in the industry.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
- To inspire action to tackle climate change, no matter how small.
- To increase the level of accountability from businesses.
Andes Mong
Section Manager of Food Audit and Training, Knowledge Solutions
Andes Mong
Section Manager of Food Audit and Training, Knowledge Solutions
Andes Mong has over 24 years of working experience in food industries across the Asia Pacific region, specializing in food quality and safety management. He has proven leadership to establish and maintain an effective management function capable of effectively handling risks associated with the Company’s ongoing businesses and strategic initiatives on food sustainability, quality and food safety issues.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
A clearer and more defined sustainability goal in the public and private sectors can be established and promoted. Additionally, more practical and cost-effective approaches can be implemented in sustainability projects in food supply chains or other sustainability activities.
Supported by
Business Environment Council
Business Environment Council Limited (BEC) is an independent, charitable corporate membership organisation, established by the business sector in Hong Kong.
Since its establishment in 1992, BEC has been at the forefront of promoting environmental excellence by advocating the uptake of clean technologies and practices which reduce waste, conserve resources, prevent pollution and improve corporate environmental and social responsibility.
BEC offers sustainable solutions and professional services covering advisory, research, assessment, training and award programmes for government, business and the community, thus enabling environmental protection and contributing to the transition to a net-zero carbon economy.
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
Our sustainability goals for 2023 – 2024:
In alignment with our 2030 Environmental Goals, we target to reduce energy and water consumption by 3% by the end of 2023 to work towards achieving our 2030 science based target to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 27.5% from a 2019 baseline.
We target to reduce food waste in Grand Café by 20% by the end of 2023 and have plans to implement more food waste management systems in 2024 to further track and reduce food waste; working towards a 50% global reduction of food waste sent to landfill or incineration per square meter by 2030 compared to 2019.
We are on track to achieve EarthCheck Benchmark Bronze in 2023, and to achieve Silver certification in 2024. We target to train a minimum of 4 hours, per employee on ESG topics to increase education and awareness.
UN SDG goals that we are align with:
- SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
- SDG 5 Gender Equality
- SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 13 Climate Action
- SDG 14 Life below Water
- SDG 15 Life on Land
- SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Hong Kong Waste Management Association
With thanks to
Hong Kong Maxim’s Group : Bottle of Bread
Hong Kong Maxim’s Group is a leading food and beverage company and has over 1,800 outlets in Asia, including Chinese, Western, Japanese and Southeast Asian cuisines, quick service restaurants, bakery shops and coffee shops. We connect people with great food to drive positive impact with innovations and collaborations to grow our future.
Our sustainability goals for 2022:
Hong Kong Maxim’s Group’s Sustainability Focuses:
- Let’s Taste: We actively source more high-quality and diversified local ingredients, promote plant-based and low carbon menus with more vegetables, less meat, as well as less oil, salt and sugar.
- Let’s Reduce Waste: Leveraging innovation and technologies, we actively work with our partners to identify and create waste reduction solution and explore circular economy models with the goal of creating new values for society.
- Let’s Reduce Plastic: We promote plastic reduction in phases and gradually adopt environmentally friendly alternatives and recycled products, so as to reduce impact on the environment.
- Let’s Reduce Carbon: We speed up the implementation of carbon reduction measures, such as promoting green operations, improving energy efficiency, and minimizing carbon emissions.
- Let’s Care: Leveraging our catering expertise and resources, we provide food assistance to the underprivileged. We also encourage employees and the public to volunteer and serve the community.
Solutions Showcase:
- Carbon Management/Carbon Offset
- Circular Solutions
- Sustainable Products
- Technology & Innovation
- Waste Reduction & Recycling Management
UN SDG goals that we align with:
- SDG 1 No Poverty
- SDG 2 Zero Hunger
- SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
- SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 13 Climate Action
- SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Legal Name: Maxim’s Caterers Limited
General Enquiry Email Address: pcr@maxims.com.hk
General Enquiry Phone Number: 21011300
SGS Hong Kong Limited
Booth M20
We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
- To deliver a measurable contribution to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Our corporate Sustainability Ambitions 2030 include environmental, social and governance goals for our whole value chain especially designed to ensure that our positive impacts are aligned with the SDGs
- To continue empowering customers to operate business safely and efficiently with minimum impacts on the environment, many of our services are directly related to and are contributing to sustainability
- ISO related services
- Sustainability training courses
- Carbon emission related services
- Green building
- Green product
- Sustainable material and production
- Sustainability reporting and benchmarking
Solutions Showcase:
- Carbon Management/Carbon Offset
- ESG Reporting/Consultancy
- Green Finance & Investments
- Green/Smart Buildings/PropTech
- Sustainability Services
UN SDG goals that we align with:
- SDG 2 Zero Hunger
- 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 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 13 Climate Action
Legal Name: SGS Hong Kong Limited
General Enquiry Email Address: HK.MKTG@sgs.com
General Enquiry Phone Number: 23344481