Session Details
Session 1
Introduction/ESG Reporting Guide
Part 1
- What is ESG?
- How do the "E" and "S" fit with THE "G”"?
- An overview of ESG Reporting Standards, including TCFD and ISSB Standards
- HKEX's new proposals in terms of climate-related disclosures
- How to progress from reporting to performance
- The role of the board and how to engage them
- The role of the management team
Part 2
- The value of reporting: why companies, including SMEs, benefit from ESG reporting
- Transformation from business as usual: the link between purpose and sustainability
- Case studies on sustainability maturity: lessons learned
Ms Gill Meller FCG HKFCG(PE)
Immediate Past President, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute; Legal and Governance Director, MTR Corporation Limited
Ms Pat Dwyer
Founder and Director, The Purpose Business
Session 2
Effective governance for ESG management and disclosures
Part 1
- Barriers and tools for effective ESG integration/governance
- Board's leadership
- Directors' duties in general and specific duties and responsibilities in ESG and climate change
- Governance structure
- Forming committees/task forces, coordinators, and teams consisting of each department of the organisation
Part 2
- Workshop: creating the company's governance structure
Ms Edith Shih FCG HKFCG(PE)
Past International President, The Chartered Governance Institute, and Past President, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute; Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited
Ms Rebecca Donnellan
Group Senior Sustainability Manager, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited
Mr James Lai
General Manager - Group Management Services, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited
Mr Sébastien Pivet
Chief Sustainability Officer & QA Director, A.S. Watson Group
Ms Jo Richmond
Head of Sustainability, CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited
Session 3
Deep Dive into Strategy Setting, Materiality Assessment and Risks and Opportunities Identification
Part 1
- Strategy setting – how to identify related risks and opportunities specific to the company's operations
- Materiality assessment through stakeholder engagement
Part 2
- Workshop: how to (i) set ESG/climate change strategy and; (ii) conduct materiality assessment
Mr Michael Ling FCG HKFCG
Joint Company Secretary, CLP Holdings Limited
Ms Eddie Ng
Partner, Business Reporting and Sustainability, KPMG China
Session 4
Setting Metrics and Targets
Part 1
- Metrics and targets - regulatory requirements and various standards
Part 2
- Workshop: how does ESG create value for a listed company?
- Overview of corporate ESG reporting
- Prioritise ESG indices and rankings and improve performance
- Understand how investors perceive ESG performance and strategy
- Learn to set metrics and targets
Mr Cyrus Cheung
Partner, ESG Disclosure & Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Isaac Yeung
Head of Corporate ESG/Head of Corporate Affairs, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas)
Session 5
ESG and Climate-Related Disclosures
Part 1
- Introduction of latest developments in ESG reporting
- ESG Reporting Guide – including TCFD recommendations
- Analysis of climate-related risks and opportunities: physical and transition risks
- Assessment and mitigation of climate risks: TCFD recommendations and ISSB standards on
- scenario analysis
- Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions
Part 2
- Workshop: examples and discussion of climate-change related disclosures
Ms Melissa Fung
Risk Advisory Southern Region Lead, Deloitte China
Dr Pascal Vuichard
Associate Director, Climate Change & Sustainability, Deloitte Carbon Care Asia
Session 6
Getting Started (1)
Part 1
- Data collection
- Report drafting
- Timeline (Industry sectors: Financial, Multi-national Corporations)
Part 2
- Workshop: ESG report writing
Mr Ee Sin Tan
Partner, Hong Kong and Macau Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS), Ernst & Young
Ms Jack Lee Loo
Head of Sustainability Strategy, Sustainability Strategy, Economics & Strategy Planning Department/ Hong Kong Financial Research Institute of Bank of China, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
Session 7
Getting Started (2)
Part 1
- ESG Materiality assessment
- SDGs mapping
- Sector specific KPIs
- Alignment with international standard (Industry sectors: Transportation, Constructions)
Part 2
- Workshop: ESG report writing
Part 3
- Technology-assisted reporting
Mr Ricky Cheng
Director and Head of Risk Advisory, BDO Risk Advisory Services Limited
Mr Andy Lau
Senior Vice President, Head of CSR & Foundation, Corporate Communications, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Mr Mark Blick
CEO & Founding Member, Diginex
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