Unifying Visions: The Northern Metropolis, GBA and a Clean Energy Future

Lawrence Iu is Executive Director at Civic Exchange. As a professional environmental strategist, he has profound experience in crafting climate change models and impactful public policies. His current focuses are on policy action in Energy, Building Energy Efficiency and Mobility. He has successfully built a platform with public, corporate and government stakeholders to craft an inclusive transition plan with strong buy-in.

In his previous roles in a multinational corporation and a higher institution, Lawrence led environmental sustainability and occupational health & safety projects across Asia Pacific and coordinated emerging technology management, circular economy and green chemistry research.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

Despite these difficult times, we must remain forward looking and anticipate the time of recovery. Even more so, we are now in a favourable position to make fundamental policy decisions to rethink our economic model, making it fit for a low carbon missions world, and to set course for a better, sustainable, and more liveable future for Hong Kong.

Daniel Chan is the Field Quality & Excellence Director and Sustainability Lead at Jardine Schindler Group (JSG), based at the Group Headquarters in Hong Kong. In his current role, he takes the lead to drive initiatives in field quality, operational excellence, and sustainability, with a focus on enhancing safety, performance, and environmental outcomes across the organization. As Sustainability Lead, he also supports efforts to advance low carbon and resilient practices within the built environment.

Daniel joined Jardine Schindler in 2003, following an earlier role as a Project Engineer with Mitsubishi. He began his career in engineering and project management, progressing from Senior Project Engineer to Project Manager, before moving into leadership roles in Jardine Schindler Macau as Projects Director and subsequently Field Operations Director.

In 2010, he was seconded to Jardine Schindler Taiwan, where he served as Product Line Manager for New Installations and later as General Manager. Upon returning to Hong Kong in 2012, he was appointed Projects Director and subsequently took on broader responsibilities overseeing New Installation fulfilment and Sales Engineering across Hong Kong and Macau. Since 2017, Daniel has held senior technical leadership roles with regional responsibilities spanning Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, covering safety and quality operations. His career reflects a strong track record in operational leadership, technical excellence, and the integration of sustainability into business practices.

Beyond his corporate role, Daniel actively contributes to the industry in Hong Kong. He has served with organizations including the Lift and Escalator Contractors Association and the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, and currently holds roles with the Vocational Training Council, the Pacific Asia Lift and Escalator Association, and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

Daniel holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in industrial engineering and industrial management. He is a Registered Lift and Escalator Engineer in Hong Kong, a Chartered Engineer in the mechanical discipline, and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

• Hong Kong can work out a better roadmap in supporting the waste management handling including the governance on the industrial waste collection and recycling
• Green energy promotion to encourage enterprise can find ways to easily access to get Green Energy instead of buying Renewable Energy Certificate
• Policy to encourage the E&M equipment upgrade/modernization shall have the energy efficient product/system feature

Xiaoqian JIANG is the Low Carbon Planning Project Manager, based in WRI China Office. She is one of the core team members of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol City Accounting Project to develop the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC). In China, she mainly works on the area of subnational carbon emissions peak and carbon neutrality through projects such as capacity building and policy research. Her focused regions are the GBA and Sichuan province.

Stephen Lai is Senior Vice President and Director of Operations overseeing AECOM’s operations in Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of experience in delivering major multidisciplinary urban development and infrastructure projects for the HKSAR government as client, covering areas of investigation management, design, construction management and contract administration.

Stephen’s diverse portfolio of Hong Kong projects include Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link; various new town developments such as New Development Areas in Northern Metropolis, Kai Tak Development, Tseung Kwan O New Town Development; Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel, Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link and Lai Chi Kok Drainage Tunnel, among many others.

With his vast experience in project delivery and operations, Stephen is also heading the Asia Internal ESG initiative of AECOM and leading the business development in GBA by leveraging our resources, capability and experience development in Hong Kong.

Dr. Xiaoliang Yang joined the Global CCS Institute as China Country Manager in March 2022. In his current role, Xiaoliang leads the Institute’s effort to develop and execute policy, advocacy, & client engagement strategies to build political and financial support for CCUS development in China. Xiaoliang holds a PhD in Environmental Science from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a MPA from Maxwell School of Syracuse University.