Business Environment Council Presents EnviroSeries Conference on Sustainability in Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong, 16 April 2018 － Business Environment Council Limited 商界環保協會有限公司 (“BEC”) will host its flagship event, the EnviroSeries Conference on Wednesday, 23 May 2018.  With the theme of “The Greater Bay Area – Leveraging Opportunities for Hong Kong in the Transition towards Sustainability”, the Conference will serve as a platform for policy makers, industry experts, business leaders and academics to exchange views in exploring how Hong Kong can make the most of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area initiative to help the area become a world-class, low-carbon economic hub which benefits Hong Kong businesses.

Hong Kong SAR Government, in its latest Policy Address and Budget stated that it will actively participate in the development of the Greater Bay Area to create favourable conditions that assist Hong Kong people and enterprises to capitalise on the unique advantages of Hong Kong in the Bay Area. In this EnviroSeries Conference, panels will explore ways for Hong Kong businesses to play a role which effectively enhances the quality of life and sustainable development of the cities in the Greater Bay Area and how they can strengthen their competitiveness through green and low-carbon methods of production and operation. The sectors which the conference will focus on are Finance, Transportation and Logistics, Waste Management, and Property Development/Management.

Among the panelists are (as of today):

• Mr Boon Peng ANG, Vice President, Strategic Collaboration, Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Investment and Development Co., Ltd
• Ir Prof Daniel M. CHENG, BBS, MH, JP, BEC Board Director and Managing Director of Dunwell Technology (Holdings) Ltd
• Mr Freeman CHEUNG, Vice President, Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals Limited and Senior Vice President, Environment, Greater China, AECOM
• Mr Chris CHONG, Managing Director, Hong Kong District Cooling Co., Ltd
• Mr Eric CHONG, BEC Board Director, President & CEO of Siemens Ltd., Hong Kong & Macao
• Mr Steve CLARK, CEO, SUEZ Asia
• Mr Alok JAIN, Managing Director, Trans-consult Asia Ltd
• Prof Christine LOH, SBS, JP, OBE, Chief Development Strategist, Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Ms Hannah Routh, Vice President, Hong Kong Green Finance Association and Partner of Deloitte China
• Dr Thomas TANG, Sustainability Consultant 
• Dr Collin WONG, Head and Associate Professor, Department of Supply Chain and Information Management, Hang Seng Management College
• Mr Stephen WONG, Deputy Executive Director and Head of Public Policy Institute, Our Hong Kong Foundation
• Ms Pansy YAU, Deputy Director of Research, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
• Ms Maya DE SOUZA, Assistant Director, Policy Research, Business Environment Council Limited

Event details:

Staged twice a year, EnviroSeries Conference is BEC’s flagship event that aims to provide a cross-sector forum for stakeholders to discuss and address key issues related to Hong Kong’s environmental sustainability, and serves as a key initiative of BEC in terms of thought-leadership on important topical issues. For more information about BEC EnviroSeries Conference, please visit http://bit.ly/BECESMay2018 (Registration Closed) .

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About Business Environment Council Limited

Business Environment Council Limited 商界環保協會有限公司 (“BEC”) is an independent, charitable membership organisation, established by the business sector in Hong Kong. Since its establishment in 1992, BEC has been at the forefront of promoting environmental excellence by advocating the uptake of clean technologies and practices which reduce waste, conserve resources, prevent pollution and improve corporate environmental and social responsibility. BEC offers sustainable solutions and professional services covering advisory, research, assessment, training and award programmes for government, business and the community, thus enabling environmental protection and contributing to the transition to a low carbon economy.