BEC Leadership Networking Series is a regular networking event for business leaders and sustainability practitioners to network and share their insights in an open and relaxed atmosphere. Come join us in the upcoming session, where you could mingle and meet with other BEC members and like-minded industry players. We hope to see you there!
Addressing Climate Risk: In Line with the Resilience Roadmap for Business – Utilities and the Built Environment
Last year, global temperatures reached 1°C above pre-industrial temperatures, half way to the dreaded 2°C rise. Hong Kong has begun to experience the impacts of climate change, with the hottest summer temperature in 2015, and this winter, the coldest temperatures in 60 years.
Extreme weather, including typhoons are expected to increase in severity, and the sea level is expected to rise creating increased risks of coastal flooding combined with flooding from heavy rainfall. Action is necessary to adapt and ensure resilience in the face of this change.
In December 2015, BEC published the Hong Kong Climate Resilience Roadmap for Business (“The Roadmap”) which seeks to provide strategic direction for key business sectors to ensure they act to adapt and ensure their resilience in the face of climate change. BEC also started a dialogue with the Government and made recommendations as to measures to complement action by business. Both our speakers today were instrumental in the development of the Roadmap.
Dr Jeanne Ng, Director – Group Sustainability at CLP Power Hong Kong Limited will present on CLP actions to ensure a resilient electricity generation and supply infrastructure. Ir Bruce Chong, Associate (Policy and Sustainability) at Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited will present on broader resilience issues for Hong Kong’s urban areas and the issues that property owners and managers should be taking on board.
Speakers
Dr Ng is responsible for CLP Group's sustainability matters, including sustainability-related strategy, reporting and communications. She joined CLP upon the establishment of the Group Environmental Affairs department in 2003 and was previously Director – Group Environmental Affairs responsible for the development and roll-out of corporate environmental policy and strategy across the CLP Group.
Dr Ng holds a BSc in Toxicology from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Environmental Management from the University of Hong Kong. Dr Ng is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Sustainability at Arizona State University and GRI Stakeholder Council Member.
Ir Bruce Chong is an Associate at Arup Management Consulting, focusing on formulating strategic approach on resources efficiency, green infrastructure, smart and resilient city planning. He is the Skill Leader of Resilience City in Arup and Sustainable Infrastructure Design Leader in East Asia region, working on master-planning, strategic resources planning and building projects in Hong Kong, China and other South-East Asian countries, some recent projects Bruce has been working on including the smart city district plan for Kowloon East, and waste infrastructure and facilities planning for Hong Kong. Bruce is a Cambridge Overseas Scholar, and a Research Fellow in the Sydney University. He is also a PhD candidate in the University of Hong Kong, his current research is on energy economics to examine resources consumption in global supply chain. In 2013, he received the Young Green Leader Award, the first-of-its-kind in Hong Kong, launched by the Environmental Division of Hong Kong Institute of Engineers.
Registration
| Fee |
BEC Members Free seats for each member company: $180 per head for each additional registrant if all free seats are filled |
| Format | Presentations followed by networking session |
| Language | English |
Please download and fill in the REGISTRATION FORM (Registration Closed) to reserve your seat(s). Successful registrations will be notified separately. For further information, please contact Ms Joey Hui (T. 2784 3958 | E. joey@bec.org.hk).
Remarks
(1) Registrations are subject to final confirmations from BEC
(2) Registrations of non-BEC members are subject to seats availability, after allowing for members’ registrations
(3) BEC reserves the right not to accept any registration, at its sole discretion and without the need to give explanations
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