HKSQ
and SGS organized Webinar named “Understanding Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) in Multifaceted Views” on 26th April 2024. SGS is
the HKSQ corporate member and collaborated this webinar to realize what ESG is
and its latest trends in multifaceted views. The guest speaker was Ms. Zonta
Yung (Project Manager, Sustainability – Business Assurance, SGS). She would
introduce what is ESG, its megatrend and common topics with relevant
international standards.
In
the beginning, Ms. Zonta Yung introduced the definition of EGS that
Environmental criteria consider companies; performance as a steward of nature. Social
criteria related to employees, suppliers, customers and the communities during
their operation. Governance deals with a company’s leadership, executive,
internal control and shareholder rights.
And
then she compared among ESG, CSR and Sustainability that ESG focused on
operation, CSR focused on social related activities, as well as, Sustainability
focused on strategic long-term balance.
After
that Ms. Yung briefed the trends & drivers of ESG in government, regulator
and market. She also compared different regions and countries’ carbon-related
target. HKSAR, Taiwan China set carbon neutral by 2050. USA and EU also set
carbon neural by 2050. China set it by 2060. ASEAN only targeted to reach 23%
renewable energy by 2025.
Ms.
Yung then shared the ESG disclosure level of the different regions/countries’
regulatory bodies that HKSAR, Japan, EU, Singapore and Indonesia are mandatory.
Others are voluntary disclosure in different level. She also introduced an
international group of institutional investors developed the Principles for
Responsible Investment (PRI) to advocate ESG investment.
Finally,
the megatrend and six emerging themes of ESG policies across ASEAN were discussed
that included green taxonomies, climate reporting, carbon pricing schemes, corporate
ESG disclosures, ESG fund requirements and supply chain due diligence &
transparency.
HKEX
ESG reporting guide employed as example to demonstrate the requirements in
environmental area and social area.
Lastly,
Ms. Zonta Yung linked the related international standards with each requirements
including ISO 14001, ISO 50001, etc.
At
the end, we took a group photo in the Zoom for memory.
Reference:
HKSQ - https://hksq.org/
HKSQ
Corporate Members - https://hksq.org/list-of-hksq-corporate-members/
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