Supply Chains & Logistics Stage
Initiating an ESG Transformation of SMEs in the Logistic Sector
12 Sep (Fri) Day 2 : 13:00 – 13:40
Sustainability is a growing international trend for all industries with ESG as core components. The impact of ESG is especially relevant to the trading and logistics sector due to its intrinsically international nature of business. While listed and large logistic companies have already taken the lead to incorporate ESG into their strategic positioning and business operations, logistic SMEs appear to be slow in action. The pressure for addressing supply chain ESG with Scope 3 emissions as the focal issue has been rapidly built up immediately after the conclusion of COP29 on climate change. With the Transport and Logistic Bureau of The Hong Kong SAR Government taken the leading role to inaugurate logistics SMEs’ ESG transformation, this session will examine TLB’s ESG roadmap and deliberate the course of action to put logistics SMEs effectively on this ESG roadmap.
Learnings
• Global observations on ESG trends in the Logistics Sector
• ESG challenges for logistic SMEs
• TLB’s roadmap for logistic SMEs’ ESG transformation
Post-Event Actions
• Seminars on TLB’s ESG roadmap for logistic SMEs
• Workshops on ESG capacity building for logistic SMEs
• Sharing sessions between logistics large companies and SMEs for ESG supply chain building
Speakers
Moderator
Prof. Carlos Lo
Director
Centre for Business Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Carlos Lo
Centre for Business Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Director
Prof. Lo is currently the professor in the School of Governance and Policy Science, Director of the Centre for Business Sustainability and the Director of the Public Policy Research Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is dedicated to promoting CSR as a progressive business model that permits corporations and SMEs to achieve business sustainability through the launch and compilation of the Business Sustainability Indices covering SMEs in HK and the listed companies in Hong Kong, Greater Bay Area and Greater China.
Wai Man Cheung
Director
Asian Institute of Supply Chains & Logistics, CUHK
Wai Man Cheung
Asian Institute of Supply Chains & Logistics, CUHK
Director
Prof. Waiman Cheung is a Professor of the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology and Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. Currently, he is also the Executive Director of The Asia-Pacific Institute of Business, Director of Asian Institute of Supply Chains & Logistics, Director of Studies in Graduate Studies in Business and Head, Graduate Division of Business Administration. Prof. Cheung holds an MBA and a PhD in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interests are mainly in aviation, logistics, supply chain management and information technology.
Prior to joining The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prof. Cheung had worked as a technical staff for Oracle Systems in the US. He is very keen on working closely with local industries for knowledge transfer and has conducted studies and consulting works for DHL, Airport Authority Hong Kong, Dragonair, Accenture, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., SML Group Ltd., and the Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong. His research interests are mainly in applying IT on logistics and supply chain management.
Supported by
Centre for Business Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Our mission is to promote Sustainable Business by conducting innovative research on Sustainability Management and sharing knowledge about the application of Corporate Social Responsibility. Our team leads educational and research initiatives while influencing industry practices through comprehensive evaluations and feedback on sustainability performance.
Products, Services & Solutions
- Education/Training/Certification
- ESG Reporting/Consultancy
- Strategic/Corporate Consultancy
- Sustainability Services