This seminar will be conducted in Cantonese
GREEN BUSINESSES are those businesses that are formed with “green” as their DNA. They strive to create a sustainable society through the green products / services they offer to the market. While these green businesses endeavor to promote the concept of sustainability in Hong Kong, is their business model sustainable enough for them to continuously exert a positive impact on the environment?
In the coming BEC Leadership Networking Series, Mr C.L. Lam from OOObject, Ms Michelle Hong from Rooftop Republic, and Mr K.P. Chen from Slowood will share their stories and paths to sustainability. Please don’t miss the chance to listen to the insights from these founders on the opportunities and challenges of running green businesses in Hong Kong, and learn from their green business models.
SPEAKERS
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Mr C.L. Lam Designer-entrepreneur C.L. Lam has been experimenting with solutions to breathe new life and technology into daily waste. Since the turn of the millennium, Lam has been riding on the growing awareness of environmental issues by discovering opportunities in the green houseware market. He is now a leading advocate for waste reduction and upcycling in Hong Kong. His innovative and eco-friendly design brand OOOBJECT aims at promoting a sustainable lifestyle by smart recycling, regeneration and redistribution. It features a wide range of everyday objects created from sustainably sourced and biodegradable materials while helping to empower the communities of artisans involved in the production.
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Ms Michelle Hong Michelle is a city kid born and raised in Singapore, and found out the hard truths of our food system after having pursued growing her own food after moving to Hong Kong Having seen the declining food growing capacity in cities and a disconnection with food sources, Michelle believes that reviving the organic farming movement and building a sustainable food system can start right here in the heart of cities, leading to the co-founding of Rooftop Republic with two partners. Since 2015, Rooftop Republic has transformed over 60 underutilised spaces over 68,000 square feet into productive urban farms. Previously from the communications and advertising sector, she now channels her time and energy towards promoting the urban farming movement, encouraging people to start growing their own food, so as to nurture a generation of consumers connected with their food sources and local producers. She has been living in Hong Kong for 10 years and now calls both cities home.
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Mr K.P. Chen With a bachelor degree in Economics from Royal Holloway University of London and after 7 years of experience in banking, K.P. Chen co-founded Slowood in 2018. Slowood is a grocery offers eco alternatives for everyday needs that contain the wisdom of nature and simplicity. Their philosophy is “slow down, in the concrete jungle that we are in. Live sustainably and gratefully to heal ourselves and our beautiful earth.” K.P. believes that leading a modern life should not hurt what the mother nature gives birth to us. He aims to share with his customers not only eco-conscious and sustainable lifestyle alternatives galore, but also the wisdom of nature he has gratefully found along the journey.
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MODERATOR
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Mr C.W. Cheung As a Chartered Engineer with an MBA, Mr Cheung has more than 30 years of experience in the commercial and NGO sectors. He has been a senior executive working in various listed companies and international conglomerates before he joined the world’s largest environmental NGO in Hong Kong to lead sustainability programmes and business engagement work. Before joining BEC, he was the CEO of a leading local environmental advocate. Widely recognised as an expert in sustainable consumption, Mr Cheung was a member of the Endangered Species Advisory Committee, Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan Working Group and the Support Group on Promotion of Sustainable Consumption of Biological Resources. He currently sits on the Energy Advisory Committee and Support Group on Long-term Decarbonisation Strategy.
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DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
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Date & |
9 January 2020 (Thursday), 5:00p.m. – 6:30p.m. |
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| Venue: | BEC Auditorium, G/F, 77 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong (Opposite to Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong MTR Exit C2 - location map) |
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| Fee: |
BEC Members: FREE seats for each member company HK$180 per head for each additional registrant if all free seats are filled Non-BEC Members: HK$360 per head Please click here to check if you are a BEC member |
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Please fill in the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM (Registration Closed) to reserve your seat(s). Successful registrations will be notified separately. For enquiries, please contact Ms Jill Chow (T. 2784 3942 | E. jill@bec.org.hk).
Payment Details
-By Cheque:
Please send a crossed cheque made payable to “Business Environment Council Limited” to the following address: Business Environment Council Limited, 2/F, 77 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, Attn.: Ms Jill Chow.
-By Credit Card
Please download and complete the payment form and email to jill@bec.org.hk.
Notes:
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