2022年7月19日星期二

HKCTC Webinar on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability

The Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification (HKCTC) and Hong Kong Association for Testing, Inspection and Certification Limited (HKTIC) organized a Webinar entitled “Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability” held on 19th Jul 2022. This webinar aims to share the insights in making use of the services offered by the testing and certification sector in Hong Kong in taking forward various ESG and sustainability initiatives. In the beginning, all guests took a group photo for memory. 


The first speaker was Mr. Samson Leong (Senior Manager, Electrical, Intertek Testing Services Hong Kong Ltd.) and his topic entitled “How to Achieve Carbon Neutrality and Grasp the Low-carbon Economic Opportunities”. Firstly, Mr. Leong briefed some history of COP21 in 2015 and the 14th Five-Year Plan about Carbon Neutral policy.


Then he briefed the different green and sustainability services included product, manufacturer and business sector.


After that Mr. Leong mentioned the Low Carbon Manufacturing Programme (LCMP) which aims to cut carbon emissions generated by manufacturing facilities and develop environmental social governance for manufacturers. And its verification criteria included GHG Management System (35%), Energy Efficiency Best Practices (40%) and GHG Emission Reduction (25%).


Finally, Mr. Samson Leong introduced the CarbonZero – Carbon Neutral Certification Program and it would verify carbon footprint data, carbon offsets evidence and achieve carbon neutrality certification. Many solutions for sustainability were discussed at the end.


The second speaker was Mr. Winlon Tsui (Senior Key Account Manager, Systems, TÜV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd) and his presentation was “No Longer a Tick-box: Bring Transparency and Creditability on Social Practice in ESG Commitment”. Firstly, he briefed the coverage of ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance.


And then he introduced HKEX “Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide” and relevant amendments effective on or after 1 July 2020. 


After that Mr. Winlon Tsui showed some statistics that demonstrated the ESG to be more and more important for listed companies. Then he briefed some KPIs in subject area for “Social” as example in HKEX ESG report requirements.


Finally, he showed the table which represented different industries corresponded to different HKEX ESG requirement with different impact level.


The last speaker was Mr. Mike Wong (General Manager, Active Energy Management) and his presentation title was “Achieving Sustainability Goals via Certified Energy Management Solutions”. He would introduced ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems (EnMS) and Retro-Commissioning (RCx). Both are key drivers to identify, exploit and maintain energy saving opportunities.


Firstly, Mr. Wong briefed the success factors in sustaining energy efficiency using ISO 50001 framework approach. They are top management commitment & support; sufficient resources, time, finance, skilling & materials, etc., as well as, empowering action to change and then maintain progress.


Then he introduced the role of energy audit which found the gap of ISO 50001 to formulate action plans. Then he mentioned the skilling of registered energy assessor in assessing EMOs (Energy Management Opportunities).


Finally, Mr. Mike Wong introduced Retro-commissioning (RCx) which is a systematic process to periodically check an existing building’s performance – identify operational improvements to save energy, lower energy bills and improve indoor environments. Lastly, he discussed the different between RCx and Energy Audit.

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