HKQAA Symposium is flagship annual event organized by Hong
Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA) on 18th May 2018. Hong Kong Society for
Quality (HKSQ) is one of supporting organizations since 2006. The symposium’s frame in 2018 entitled “Towards Sustainable Economy: Diversgent Thinking in Business Strategies” and I would like to summarize it below for sharing. Before the afternoon session of the symposium, Ms. Amie Lai and I took a
photo with Dr. David Chung that we are CityU EngD cohorts.
Afternoon Session
Dr.
Michael PH Lam (CEO, HKQAA) gave an opening speech. He said sustainable development had become
one of the keys to long-term success for organizations. In keeping with the
development of the national Green Finance policy and being supported by the HK
Government, HKQAA kicked off the Green Finance Certification Scheme in January
2018. Moreover, HKQAA expert had been
nominated by ITC and China National Institute of Standardization to directly
take part in the technical committee of ISO/TC 207/SC4 and its related working
group to develop ISO/NP 14030 Green bonds – Environmental performance of nominated
projects and assets.
Dr.
David Chung (Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Innovation and
Technology Bureau, HKSAR) was the keynote speaker and his topic entitled “Build
a Sustainable City with Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Technology”. Firstly, Dr. David Chung briefed Hong Kong
Economic Transformation from Manufacturing Hub (1960-70) to
De-Industrialization (Mid-80s) and now in Service Economy. In future, we needed Re-Industrialization.
Then Dr.
David Chung introduced the 2017 Policy Address on Innovation and Technology. He mentioned Hong Kong’s Advantages on Innovation
and Technology that we had five universities among the world’s top 100 and
strong & reliable global professional services in legal, finance, accounting,
corporate management and engineering fields.
He also
briefed our Startup ecosystem in which more than 2000 start-up in Hong Kong and
increased by 80% in the past 3 years. Recently,
3 unicorns appeared from HKSTP and Cyberport.
Innovation & Technology Funded Projects were also introduced and the
key areas included sustainability, green tech, AI, Robotics and Healthcare that
totally had 217 projects with funding amount upto $469,261,867.
Finally,
Dr. David Chung mentioned the future directions including Talent Building (e.g.
$500 million “Technology Talent Scheme”), Encourage Venture Investment (e.g. $2
billion Venture Fund to co-invest with venture capitalists), Technology
Infrastructure (e.g. HK-Shenzhen Innovation & Technology Park (HSITP), and
Open Up Government Data (e.g. Hospital Authority’s Big Data Analytic Platform),
Popular Science Education, Review Legislation & Regulations and Chang Government
Procurement Rules.
Then Dr.
Lo explained how to make it work. Firtly, defining a corporate objective
greater than the business itself and embracing cross-sectoral collaboration. To
meet Corporate Social Responsibility through Social Capital Building which
could achieve Sustainable Development and Economic Prosperity. And then he mentioned Community Investment
& Inclusion Fund (CIIF) history and objectives.
After
that Dr. Lo stated four main drivers of social development in modern societies
and they were Cultural capital, Human capital, Economic capital and Social
capital. Six Core Dimensions of Social
Capital were briefed and they were Social Networks, Trust & Solidarity,
Social Cohesion & Inclusion, Information & Communication, Mutual-help
& Reciprocity, and Social Participation.
Lastly,
Dr. Lo said Corporate Social Capital defined that “Investments in social capital
could help build trust between the firm and its stakeholders and could improve
the performance of the firm. He showed
the Corporate Social Capital growth curve for explanation.
Mr. CY
Chan (Co-Owner, Head of Talent Engagement & Corporate Social Investment,
HKBN Group) was the third speaker and his topic was “HKBN’s LUCA – Legal Unfair
Competitive Advantage”. He said that
they pursued both Purpose and Profits. Their
purpose was “Make our Hong Kong a better place to live” and make purposeful
profits. They believed upon doing what
is right, profits will follow.
One
interested points was they didn’t have staff but only Talents. They were Co-owners in HKBN with LIFE-work Priority. Their culture built up through Leading Disruption@Annual
Management Experiential Trip. Moreover,
co-owner in HKBN had opportunities to study university degree through “Next
Station University”.
For
community investment, they outsourced operations to social enterprises.
Moreover, HKBN established TALENT CSI Fund in 2015 for Social Responsibility
activities. At the end, he introduced
their program in video named “NET’s Be Wise” to promote cyber wellness.
During
Tea break, I met Ms. Fay Lo (LPG Health Safety Security & Environment
Manager, DSG Energy Limited) my junior classmate in BCH Dept., CityU and we
took a photo for memory.
I also
meet a friend Cookie.
Prof. CY
Jim (Chair of Geography, Department of Geography, HKU) was the fourth speaker
and his presentation named “Greening the Urban Environment: Trends and
Opportunities”. His speech was focused
on some key issues included quantity and quality of urban green infrastructure,
accessibility and distance to green spaces, social economic and health benefits
and climate-change adaptation, etc.
Then
Prof. Jim discussed how to maximize ecological functions including Berlin’s
Biotope Area Factor (BAF) and Nature-based solutions for sustainable and liveable
cities. The principles and computation
of BAF was mentioned.
After
that Prof. Jim demonstrated many different countries greening as examples such
as Singapore high and complex vegetation cover, Tokyo maximize green plot ratio
& offer people-friendly green spaces, Leuven cover park surface predominantly
with greenery, Paris & Seoul Install urban lawns, etc.
At the
end, Prof. Jim quoted CLP Sky woodland & green wall in Tseung Kwan O, Hong
Kong. He concluded his talk that Nuture
a culture of meritorious urban greening using innovative solution to constraints
of compact city greening. We needed to
integrate greenery into sustainable and liveable cities and treat greening as
an indispensable Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI).
The
fifth speaker was Mr. Glenn Lin (Managing Director, New Energy Financing and
Consulting Company Limited) and his topic entitled “Strategies of Integrating
Renewable Energy in Buildings and Green Projects”. He introduced that New Energy Financing and
Consulting Limited (NEFIN) is a total solution project development and turnkey
solution provider in the renewable energy industry with a focus on photovoltaic
(PV). NEFIKON Solar Asset Management and
its application was mentioned.
Then He
briefed GreenRewardsTM – Green Products which offers the best
selection of green and environmentally friendly products for home, green business,
school and office supplies. One of key
features was solar powered waste compactor.
The last
speaker in afternoon session was Dr. Nigel Croft (Chairman, ISO Technical Subcommittee on Quality Systems) and his presentation entitled
"Systematic Approaches to Managing Sustainability Risks – Latest News
about ISO 31000, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001".
In the beginning, Dr. Nigel Croft said new ISO 9004:2018 standard just
issued in April 2018 in which defined “Sustained Success”.
Then Dr.
Nigel Croft descripted the definition of risk through different standards but
he like Wikipedia definition that “the potential of losing something of value,
weighed against the potential to gain something of value”. Opportunity in Wikipedia definition was “a
time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something”.
After
that He briefed ISO 31000 that first published in 2009 and updated in 2018. It
simplified and streamlined content and revised the principles of risk
management. Leadership by top management
was emphasized.
ISO 45001
issued in Mar 2018 and it was a long journey to achieve ISO standard. Risk-based thinking for the management as
well as for analysis of hazards were focused.
New ISO
50001:2018 standard was expected to be published in August 2018. The key changes were to adopt ISO High Level
Structure (HLS), to clarifies that types of energy within the EnMS scope and boundaries
was not able to be excluded, as well as, energy review. Moreover, it clarified EnPI and Energy
Baselines (EnBs) text to improve understanding of these concepts. At the end, Dr. Nigel Croft concluded that
2018 would be the publication of some new standards and revisions to existing
standards within the ISO portfolio to support sustainable development.
Panel Discussion was performed at the end
of Afternoon Session and
the guest moderator was Dr. Nigel Croft. Panelists were: (Left)
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Dr. Wingco Lo JP (Vice-chairman, the Community Investment and Inclusion
Fund Promotion and Development Sub-Committee)
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Mr. CY Chan (Co-Owner, Head of Talent Engagement & Corporate Social
Investment, HKBN Group)
-
Dr. Michael H. Wong (Director, University of Waterloo (HK) Foundation
Limited)
-
Prof. CY Jim (Chair of Geography, Department of Geography, HKU)
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Mr. Glenn Lin (Managing Director, NEFIN)
During the discussion, Dr. Michael Wong said
innovation come about interaction and culture change took a long time. Dr. Wingco Lo said training local people for
greening skill and built up relationship with elder people in the community. Mr. CY Chan told us that their goal was
worked with more customers and talent in the community. Investment on purpose but not only for money
he said. Prof. CY Jim suggest HK
government focused to green infrastructure with more complex ecosystem. Mr. Glenn Lin promoted to use smart renewal
energy (RE) system. Finally, Nigel said
innovation come up like coffee shop in Cambridge that talk and listen people
from different disciplines.
Previous HKQAA Symposium:
2016: HKQAA
Symposium – Startups Registration Scheme Kicks off - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2016/05/hkqaa-symposium-startups-registration.html
2014: HKQAA
25th Anniversary Forum & Celebration Cocktail Reception - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2014/11/hkqaa-25th-anniversary-forum.html
2010:
Part 1 - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2010/11/hkqaa-symposium-2010-sustainability.html ;
2010: Part
2 - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2010/11/hkqaa-symposium-2010-sustainability_26.html
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