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

Shaun is a Senior Project Manager for WWF Asia-Pacific Counter-Illegal Wildlife Trade Hub based at WWF Hong Kong. He originally joined WWF Hong Kong in 2019 as part of the Education Department and has been working with the HUB since 2021.

The HUB explores partnerships and technological solutions to disrupt the Illegal Wildlife Trade and Shaun currently supervises the Cybercrime and One Health workstreams. Many of Shaun’s projects explore Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning systems and are pioneering solutions to monitor the Illegal wildlife trade online and monitor locations of zoonotic emergence risk in the Mekong region. He also represents the HUB in the United Nations University Global AI Network.

Previously, Shaun has worked with Civic Exchange and is a National Geographic Explorer. He holds an MSc Environmental Science from the University of Hong Kong and an BSc Environmental Science from The University of Plymouth, UK.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

To add One Health into conversations and considerations for Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Ken had a career in law enforcement in the UK and Hong Kong before joining the private sector some 12 years ago.
Ken has worked as the Regional Head of Fraud for Citibank, and as the Regional Head of Integrated Intelligence and Investigations in Standard Chartered Bank.

Ken joined HSBC some six years ago. He heads up a regional team that has a focus on identifying significant financial crime risk to the Bank. An aspect of Ken’s work is outreach to external stakeholders including law enforcement and non-government organisations. In recent years Ken’s team has conducted reviews connected to the illegal trade in wildlife.

Ken holds a range of professional qualifications: he is a qualified Barrister-at-Law, has advanced anti-money laundering certification, and holds three financial crime-related diplomas.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

What are the goals of HSBC sustainability?

HSBC has not only reaffirmed its commitment to reducing emissions and advancing environmental goals with a net-zero target by 2050, but has also adjusted its immediate goals, targeting a 40% reduction in emissions across its operations, business travel, and supply chain by 2030.