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

（大公文匯全媒體記者 葉紫翎 報道）香港生產力促進局(生產力局)於2024年1月推出「ESG一站通」（ESG One)平台，響應特區政府2050年碳中和目標，為中小企業提供可持續發展解決方案。與此同時，生產力局全新成立的「資源循環技術研究中心」，與「ESG一站通」雙軌並行，攜手業界打造ESG生態圈，推動香港經濟的低碳發展。

生產力局首席技術總監張梓昌今日（11日）表示，平台推出半年已吸引逾1200間企業，其中中小企佔比高達95%，並獲約190間機構支持。

張梓昌分析指出，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要求。他又指，有企業缺乏内部專才或團隊規劃策略，未能夠善用科技提升ESG表現，亦有中小企在數收集和資金方面有困難。

對此，他提出六點以全方位支持中小企的ESG轉型。六大核心支柱分別為ESG評估與藍圖規劃、數位信任與管治、專業ESG諮詢、綠色科技探索、資助計劃及人才培訓與商務機遇。

生產力局綠色生活與創新部總經理蔡劍虹進一步分享平台數據指出，在約1200間參與自我評估的中小企中，橫跨18個行業的企業於「商業道德」、「勞工權益」及「客戶責任」三大範疇表現突出。

其中，「商業道德」中有超93%企業制定反貪腐政策，77%建立舉報人保護機制；「勞工實踐」中有91%企業設有勞動保障政策，84%提供基本員工醫療支援；「客戶責任」中亦有95%建立投訴處理系統，82%實施透明產品保固條款。

生產力局今年在「ESG一站通」平台下成立了「資源循環技術研究中心」，設有「綠色材料開發實驗室」和「循環創新實驗室」。該中心專注於材料創新及循環技術的開發，旨在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。與此同時，生產力局預計在今年第三季度將引入AI技術，為企業新增「ESG AI基準分析工具」，幫助企業更好地收集、管理和比較ESG數據及表現。

中心將為企業提供綠色餐具測試服務，分析餐具的主要成分，確保即棄餐具符合法律要求。此外，中心還研發了氫燃料電池汽車的熱管理系統及新型儲能材料，並研發了提取電動車電池中高純度金屬的技術，使本港具備再造新電池的能力。

資料來源: 大公文匯

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