Business Environment Council Explained
| Business Environment Council |
| Type: | Non-profit organisation |
| Foundation: | 1992 |
| Location: | 2/F, 77 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
| Key People: | Chairman – Kevin O'Brien; CEO – Simon Ng |
Business Environment Council (BEC) is a charitable non-profit-making organization established by the Hong Kong business sector to promote environmental sustainability in Hong Kong. BEC has four types of membership, including Council Member, Corporate Member, General Member and Affiliate Member, and most of them are listed companies in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Kevin O'Brien (Gammon Construction Limited).[1] The Headquarters of BEC is located at 77 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong. The BEC Building attained the BEAM Plus Platinum Rating for Existing Buildings, the highest achievable green building rating in Hong Kong twice, in October 2017 and January 2023.
Major programmes
- EnviroSeries ConferenceStaged twice a year, EnviroSeries Conference aims to provide a cross-sector forum to discuss and address key issues related to Hong Kong's environmental sustainability.
- Net-zero Carbon CharterTo align with Hong Kong’s 2050 carbon neutrality goal, the rebranded Net-zero Carbon Charter, which was formerly launched as the BEC Low Carbon Charter in March 2019, aims to make a collective effort among businesses and organisations, urging them to set targets and actions for a net-zero future through a pledge. Under the framework of the Charter, BEC designs and hosts events and programmes to guide companies in formulating, executing, and achieving their objectives. As of June 2024, there is a total of 75 Charter Signatories, in which 20 are the Science-aligned Signatories, while the remaining 55 are Action Signatories.
Major members
BEC has four types of membership: Council Member, Corporate Member, General Member and Affiliate Member, and which mainly come from leading listed, multinational or holding companies, large private or government-mandated corporations.[2]
- Council Member
Organisational structure
Board of Directors for 2024 to 2026
Chairman
- Kevin O'Brien (Gammon Construction Limited)
Board Directors
- Peter Lee (Airport Authority Hong Kong)
- David Simmonds (CLP Holdings Limited)
- Daniel Cheng (Dunwell Enviro-Tech (Holdings) Limited)
- John Chai (Fook Tin Technologies Limited)
- Randy Yu (Henderson Land Development Company Limited)
- Andy Yeung (Hongkong Land Limited)
- Noky Wong (Jardine Matheson Group)
- Ivy S. W. Lee (Leigh & Orange Limited)
- Horace W. M. Lo (Modern Terminals Limited)
- Jonathan Chiu (Schneider Electric (Hong Kong) Limited)
- Anne Yu (Shell Hong Kong Limited)
- Luen Fai Lee (Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited)
- Mark Harper (Swire Pacific Limited)
- Patrick Ho (Swire Properties Limited)
- Jasper Chan (The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited)
- Huifeng Zhang (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)
- Bill Ho (The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited)[3] [4]
Management team
Chief Executive Officer
Director – Finance
Director – Operations
Assistant Director – Communications
Head – Policy & Research
Head – Human Resources & Administration
Notes and References
- Web site: Business Environment Council 商界環保協會. bec.org.hk.
- Web site: All Members | Business Environment Council .
- Web site: Business Environment Council Announces Board of Directors for 2024-26 Term.
- Web site: Business Environment Council 商界環保協會. bec.org.hk. 18 September 2018. 16 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916112245/https://bec.org.hk/about-us/board-of-directors. dead.
- Web site: Business Environment Council 商界環保協會. bec.org.hk.
