Driving Climate Risk Management for Resilient Buildings

Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in driving ESG and sustainability leadership especially for real estate sector in Asia Pacific. He has managed carbon reduction and sustainability program for corporate clients and investors across Asia, with project experience including Greater China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippine, Thailand and Malaysia.

As the Director of ESG Advisory for Colliers in Asia, Andrew leads a professional team in providing ESG investing advisory services for clients such as REITs, occupiers, developers, banks and fund managers across all asset types. The projects that Andrew delivered has saved over 120 GWh of electricity up-to-today. Andrew has advised or managed decarbonization projects such as major air-conditioning system retrofit, lighting upgrade and redesign, renewable energy system, green roof, building automation and control system.

Andrew current focus is to accelerate investors success by futureproofing their investment with robust ESG consideration, stakeholders engagement and technology application. With the technical knowledge and countless of experience, Andrew is able to offer the most cost-effective solution and maximize the result to drive decarbonization with positive cash flow.

Andrew has professional training or accreditation for engineering, building certification, carbon accounting, ESG disclosure, benchmarking and investing.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. I hope to see investors and developers focusing on long term value creation instead of short-termism
2. I also would like to see Hong Kong economy drivers come from technology advancement in sustainability

Julie Wong is a sustainability practitioner with a diverse background across sectors, bringing expertise in corporate sustainability, climate action, and environmental performance. Her recent work focuses on advancing sustainable development in Hong Kong’s built environment.

At Hysan Development, she drives the company’s sustainability direction through its Community Business Model, which promotes liveability, wellness, economic value, and environmental stewardship. She shapes climate strategy, including the company’s commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative and climate resilience planning. In 2025, she led Hysan’s first full Scope 3 emissions reporting.

Julie also helps advance innovation through The Community Lab, a partnership with HKSTP that enables last-mile testing of smart city solutions, with Cohort 3 delivering sustainability-focused startup pilots.

Julie actively engages with industry platforms such as BEC’s Climate Change Business Forum and HKGBC’s Climate Change Framework, and serves on the steering committee of Girls Go Tech under The Women’s Foundation.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

Strengthen climate and resource resilience by embedding innovation, and community partnerships across our property lifecycle, creating long-term value for both business and society.

Johnny Cheuk graduated from Cambridge University with his PhD in geotechnical engineering. He is currently Senior Vice President & Hong Kong Executive Leader of AECOM overseeing the business growth strategy, client services, project delivery and operations management for AECOM in Hong Kong. He has extensive experience in managing complex and challenging projects including the West Kowloon Station of the MTRC Express Rail Link, Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link Tunnels and recent assignments for relocating facilities into caverns. In 2013, he was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), for his contributions to the continuous development of Hong Kong through engineering achievements.

In addition to his role at AECOM, Dr Cheuk is actively involved in industry affairs. His current external appointments include Chairperson of ICE Hong Kong Association and Council Member of HKIE. Furthermore, he was elected as Chairman of the HKIE Geotechnical Division for the 2022/2023 term. He also serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also an advisory board/committee member of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Vocational Training Council (VTC).

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Wider adoption of carbon assessment at early stages of all construction projects
2. More innovative ideas on the use of low carbon construction materials

With 18 years of experience in sustainability, particularly in the real estate industry, Mr. Jason Lau is currently Assistant General Manager of New World Development Company Limited (NWD) and New World China Land Limited (NWCL). He leads the corporate sustainability function for the Group both in mainland China and in Hong Kong, which includes but not limited to the overall planning, stakeholder management, and effective execution of ESG business strategies. Mr. Lau holds a Master of Science and Master of Business Administration, and is a Chartered Environmentalist.

My Sustainability Goal for 2025:

To create values for real estate stakeholders, with sustainability as a means