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![]() | Dr. Lawrence Cheung Chi-chong Chief Technology Officer, Hong Kong Productivity Council Dr Lawrence Cheung has over 30 years of experience in managing research and development and consultancy business portfolio. In HKPC, he currently manages broad business functions on technology research and development as well as consultancy services in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, FutureSkills training, SME and Startup support, as well as Corporate Development. He will lead the development and implementation of the Technology Game Plan for HKPC in the areas of microelectronics, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing and new energy. He is respectively a Member of Assessment Committee of Green Tech Fund in the Environmental Protection Department; a Member of Steering Committee on Promotion of Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) and Qualifications Framework (QF) in the Education Bureau, and, a Member of the Sub-group on Research Postgraduate Programmes for the Planning Exercise for the 2025-28 Triennium under the University Grants Committee. He is also an Honorary Advisor of the Hong Kong Electronics and Technologies Association; Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association; Member of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association; Member of Innovation & Technology Development Committee in Federation of Hong Kong Industries; and Member of Industry & Technology Committee in Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining HKPC, Dr Cheung was living in Australia holding a senior research position in Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia. He obtained Bachelor of Engineering with first class honours and Bachelor of Science degrees from Monash University in Australia. His doctorate degree on Computer Imaging research was also from Monash University. Dr Cheung joined HKPC in 1996. |
![]() | Mr. C. H. Chung Executive Director and Head of Property and Asset Management, JLL in Hong Kong, Macau and Korea With over 25 years of extensive experience in property & asset management, Mr. Chung has a keen insight into the latest market trends and provides clients with the most effective and high-quality services in Hong Kong, Macau and Korea. Over the years, he has led his professional team to formulate management strategies by adopting innovative approach & cutting-edge technology, and help clients establish decarbonization measures and goals. His objective is to provide clients with holistic management services and proactively engage different stakeholders to participate into decarbonisation measures, with a view to bringing about sustainable improvements to the environment and driving green management strategies that would contribute to the achievement of carbon neutrality for Hong Kong before 2050, for ensuring the long-term benefit for their assets. Mr. Chung actively leads his team to establish property management databases and intelligent control centers, providing clients with data analysis and 24-hour monitoring systems to ensure maximum protection and investment returns for their assets. In addition, he also excels in providing clients with professional and reliable consulting services for property pre-completion advisory, market positioning, and meeting the business requirements of multinational corporations. |
![]() | Ms. Loretta Fong Sustainability Deputy Leader, PwC China Loretta is the Sustainability Assurance Leader of PwC Hong Kong. The Sustainability platform consists of multinational professionals leveraging on business know-how to drive transformative and innovative solutions for our clients. Loretta has been in the assurance practice for more than 25 years and led the entrepreneurial group while focusing on sustainability reporting and assurance in recent years. Loretta held office of the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) in 2022-23. She is now a member of the Green Technology and Finance Development Committee chaired by the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR (2023-2025), and a member of the Advisory Board of Hong Kong Management Association’s Global Centre for ESG Education and Research. Her strong international background and knowledge gained has assisted her in fulfilling her duties and responsibilities as a council member and the treasurer of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2019 -2024), a board member of the Ocean Park Corporation (2016 - 2022) and a council member of the General Committee of the Federation of the Hong Kong Industries (2019 – 2025), as appointed by the Government. Loretta holds a number of professional designations including CPA (practicing) Hong Kong (HKICPA), Certified Public Accountant in the United States (CPA (US)), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Canada), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and CICPA (non-practicing) China. |
![]() | Prof. Lo Wing-hung, Carlos Professor and Head, Department of Government and Public Administration Director, Centre for Business Sustainability, Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Prof. Lo is currently the Head of Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His main research interests are in the areas of corporate social and environmental responsibility, law and government, environmental governance, and public sector management. He offers consultant services and organizes management training programs for the business sector. Prof. Lo served as an adviser to HSBC for reviewing their business sustainability strategy in 2010. Recently, he has been promoting CSR as a business model that permits corporations and SMEs to achieve business sustainability through the launch and compilation of the Hong Kong SME Business Sustainability Index and the Hong Kong Business Sustainability Index. |
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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。
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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。
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