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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