自1970年代起，香港擁有優越地理位置及多聯式交通運輸網絡，作為全球重要的轉口貿易樞紐，長期以來憑藉高效的物流體系和自由港優勢，成為國際供應鏈的關鍵節點。然而，隨著歐盟、美國等市場的ESG（環境、社會、公司治理）法規趨嚴，香港的港口與物流業正面臨新的挑戰與轉型壓力。供應鏈企業需要重新尋求新的合作伙伴，供應鏈企業亦需要在內部制定新的政策及加強員工培訓，以迎接新的貿易挑戰及抓緊市場未來新的契機。否則，供應鏈企業將會面臨淘汰。

The Hong Kong Productivity Council on Wednesday said small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to be more aware of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards used to evaluate a company's sustainability.

The council's chief technology officer, Dr Lawrence Cheung, said some SMEs neglect the social and governance aspects of ESG.

"Even for the environmental side, a lot of them may not know what kind of standards are available around internationally," he said.

"So a lot of them may just feel that they can just put some simple environmental measures and that would achieve a certain level of ESG."

Cheung said the council will hold personnel training courses as most SMEs lack the expertise to introduce ESG measures.

"Particularly a lot of exporters which are SMEs, more and more their buyers are demanding some sort of ESG elements in their operations," he said.

A new AI tool will also be introduced to help SMEs assess their ESG measures and compare their efforts with others in the industry.

"If they have some ESG elements particularly on the governance side, it actually gives them a lot more confidence in the eyes of investors, customers as well as the buyers," Cheung said.

Source: RTHK

生產力促進局約一年半前成立「ESG一站通」平台，支援中小企實踐數碼轉型和ESG策略，並為業界提供免費ESG線上評估、專業諮詢及技術支援等，至今已有1200間公司會員。

生產力促進局首席技術總監張梓昌指，經過一段時間的運作，發現中小企缺乏專業知識、不熟悉ESG概念，部分亦不理解國際標準要求。他又指，有企業缺乏內部專才或團隊規劃策略，未能夠善用科技提升ESG表現，亦有中小企在數據收集和資金方面有困難。 

在「ESG一站通績效卡」的18個行業評估中，只有約半數公司有定期收集廢物數據，而有尋求第三方做碳排放審核的公司更少於20%；但逾95%企業在保護顧客和產品責任方面，都有良好表現。 

成立資源循環技術研究中心

開發循環技術 生產力局今年亦成立資源循環技術研究中心，設有「綠色材料開發實驗室」及「循環創新實驗室」，專注材料創新及循環技術開發，推動環境保護和循環經濟，為業界提供技術支援，協助實踐ESG目標。 中心會為企業，提供綠色餐具測試服務，分析餐具主要成分，確保即棄餐具符合法例要求；亦有氫燃料電池汽車熱管理系統，提新型儲能材料。中心亦研發了提取電動車電池中高純度金屬的技術，令本港擁有再造新電池的能力。

資料來源: 商台新聞

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(Hong Kong, 22 January 2024) HKPC held its flagship event of the year, “ForeSight 2024”, at the HKPC Building. The event was met with enthusiasm and saw a full house of nearly 400 guests, including Government officials, business leaders and media personnel. Under the theme of “ESG One – Driving ESG for Big & Small Businesses”, distinguished speakers led the “ForeSight Leaders Panel” to discuss the importance of sustainability and analyse the strategic deployment of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), aiming to inspire forward-thinking SME owners to realise the value of sustainability in 2024.