HK sounds out investors for 'green bond' issuance

Hong Kong expects to attend a series of investor meetings in relation to a proposed green bond offering. Subject to market conditions, a US dollar-denominated green bond offering may follow, an announcement said.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the representative in the potential green bond offering, unveiled three measures to support and promote Hong Kong’s green finance development today.

Source: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=127326&sid=2

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.

Supporting UN SDGs

On September 25th 2015, the UN general assembly adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal had specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. These 17 goals comprising 169 targets are part of an ambitious global plan to transform our world economically, socially, and environmentally

Sustainable Development

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable Development means "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." ["Our Common Future", 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development]

The goal of sustainable development is to strike a balance between the needs of the environment, society and economy in order to maintain a quality standard of life for both present and future generations.

Sustainable Development in Hong Kong

A sustainable future for Hong Kong would require a change of our mindset to achieve economic and social development with conservation of the environment.

It requires all sectors of the community to work hand in hand in order to achieve a sustainable future for Hong Kong.  There are many ways in which you can get involved.  You can contribute to sustainability by reducing energy consumption, using less water, and reducing waste.

Source: https://www.gov.hk/en/residents/environment/sustainable/dev.htm

HOW TO PREPARE AN ESG REPORT 如何準備環境、社會及管治報告

上市上市規則與指引其他資源上市公司環境、社會及管治
Listing Rules and Guidance Other Resources Listed Issuers Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Appendix 1: Toolkit

 

Appendix 2: Reporting Guidance on Environmental KPIs

 

附錄一：工具庫

 

附錄二：環境關鍵績效指標匯報指引

Source: https://www.hkex.com.hk/-/media/HKEX-Market/Listing/Rules-and-Guidance/Other-Resources/Listed-Issuers/Environmental-Social-and-Governance/How-to-Prepare-an-ESG-Report/app2_kpis.pdf?la=en

https://www.hkex.com.hk/Listing/Rules-and-Guidance/Other-Resources/Listed-Issuers/Environmental-Social-and-Governance/How-to-Prepare-an-ESG-Report?sc_lang=en

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), today (Friday) published the findings of its review of listed issuers' Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reports.

EXCHANGE REVIEWS LISTED ISSUERS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF ESG REPORTING GUIDE
Regulatory
18 May 2018
First review of its kind by Exchange
Disclosures by 400 randomly selected issuers examined
Overall level of compliance with ESG Guide high; quality of reporting varied


The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), today (Friday) published the findings of its review of listed issuers' Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reports.

The review involved analysing the disclosures made by 400 randomly selected issuers with financial year-end dates of 31 December 2016, 31 March 2017 and 30 June 2017 (Sample Issuers).

Overall the level of compliance with the ESG Guide was high although the quality of reporting varied.  At one end of the spectrum there was some excellent reporting, both in terms of detail and clarity, while at the other end, there were some ESG reports that appeared to show that a “box-ticking” approach had been adopted.

Source: https://www.hkex.com.hk/News/News-Release/2018/180518news?sc_lang=en

Hong Kong companies are stepping up on ESG reporting

Hong Kong-listed companies are seeing the benefits of corporate sustainability with the majority of these firms reporting on environmental, social and governance activities.

Source: https://esg.theasset.com/ESG/34816/hong-kong-companies-are-stepping-up-on-esg-reporting

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• Monitoring of resources consumption on a per-location basis, consumption types include :-
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• Collection of Waste Management data
• Reporting on consumption and cost
• Reporting on CO2 Emission
• Record and Document Management on
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  • Environmental Issues and Non Compliance Records
  • Training Records
  • Environmental Audits

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The e-commerce headlines have been buzzing these last few days with word that global giant Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is abandoning China, representing the latest setback for a western Internet company in the large market. 
Source: http://www.youngchinabiz.com/en/e-commerce-is-amazon-leaving-china-or-not/

Patrokles QA Manager

Achilles and Patroclus grew up together and had become close comrades in the fight against the Trojans. Achilles is the most dominant, and among the warriors in the Trojan War he has the most fame. Patroclus performs duties such as cooking, feeding and grooming the horses, yet is older than Achilles and wise regarding counsel.

Source: http://www.patrokles.com/brand-story/

MVC system design - Model–view–controller

Model–View–Controller (usually known as MVC) is an architectural pattern commonly used for developing user interfaces that divides an application into three interconnected parts. This is done to separate internal representations of information from the ways information is presented to and accepted from the user.[1][2] The MVC design pattern decouples these major components allowing for efficient code reuse and parallel development.

Traditionally used for desktop graphical user interfaces (GUIs), this architecture has become popular for designing web applications.[3] Popular programming languages like Java, C#, Python, Ruby, PHP have MVC frameworks that are used in web application development straight out of the box.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller

Source: https://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/lecture_notes/2007-08/20080402/slide34.html

(Updated) Environmental Management System - Environmental Features - Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Our Management System - Environmental Features:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy (Updated)

• Recording power consumption based on the monthly electric bill.
• Ghg Protocol Scope 3 emission factors on Electricity consumption unit. The Scope 3 Standard is the only internationally accepted method for companies to account for these types of value chain emissions
• Intensity calculated as per number of employee, company's production unit, property area and company's turnover
• Top 10 consumption unit for advanced monitoring and further actions to reduce consumption.

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QA/QC quality assurance

QA/QC
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QA/QC is the combination of quality assurance, the process or set of processes used to measure and assure the quality of a product, and quality control, the process of ensuring products and services meet consumer expectations.

Quality assurance is process oriented and focuses on defect prevention, while quality control is product oriented and focuses on defect identification.[1]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QA/QC