Tracking the Trade: Transparent Supply Chains to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

Katie is a Senior Officer on BEC’s Policy & Research team, where she works on impactful projects addressing existing and emerging environmental challenges, and initiatives to embed sustainability into business action – Hong Kong’s broader climate transition. Katie leads the team’s work on nature and biodiversity to narrow the gap between business and nature, embed biodiversity considerations into local policy, business and financial decision-making and support nature-based solutions in Hong Kong. Prior to her Hong Kong chapter, Katie worked in the UK with impact investors and sustainability-minded corporates on climate change policy, the blue economy, biodiversity and nature conservation. Katie is a Geography graduate of King’s College London.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Continuing stakeholder engagement and collaboration to drive industry action on nature, biodiversity and the broader environment.
2. Advancing and mainstreaming Hong Kong’s ambition on biodiversity topics and mainstreaming understanding of the climate-nature nexus through policy advocacy and fostering public-private sector dialogue

Roberto Giannetta has 35 years of service in the shipping industry. Having served as director of system development, financial controller, executive director, and now Chairman for shipping agreements and associations, he has a vast cross-reference of knowledge in shipping practices across Asia.

As Chairman of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association, Roberto represents the interests of container liner principals on numerous industry and governmental organisations (including APEC Shipping Port Network Security, Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, Article Number Association, and others) covering operational, safety, environmental, regulatory, trade, and policy matters vis-à-vis government and industry stakeholders. With a board of directors comprising CEO and MD level representatives from major shipping lines serving trades to/from Asia and the rest of the world, Roberto has a well-guided understanding of shipping liner needs, objectives, and environment.

Sam is the Wildlife Programme Manager for the ADM Capital Foundation, where he oversees projects on wildlife trade and crime. An experienced researcher, Sam has worked on a range of environmental issues in Asia, including water security, cryospheric change and wildlife trade. He continues to develop the Foundation’s research on Hong Kong’s impacts on global biodiversity, engages the private sector on combatting converging wildlife & organised crimes, and contributes to policy discussions

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

Continued expert engagement with policy makers and agencies to complement and fill gaps and loopholes in wildlife trade policies, and render existing policies more impactful through better enforcement