{"id":23859,"date":"2022-01-18T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T02:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/?page_id=23859"},"modified":"2022-03-22T10:57:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T02:57:02","slug":"knowledge-primer-2-jan-7-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/collaboration\/events\/knowledge-primer-2-jan-7-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Primer 2 (January 7, 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#10c5bf\"><strong>Re-envisioning Business Sustainability with Innovation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text_box\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-1536x841.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-2048x1122.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-260x142.jpg 260w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-50x27.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2_digital-bannerwith-speakers-Copy-137x75.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Partnership for Sustainability Leadership in Business (PSLB) programme under the Centre for Civil Society and Governance (CCSG) of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) today organised its <strong>second Knowledge Primer (KP)<\/strong>. Themed <strong>\u201cInnovation for Sustainability &#8211; Improving Corporate Innovation Capacity\u201d<\/strong>, the event brought together around 270 sustainability experts and industry practitioners virtually to discuss &nbsp;the different approaches to building corporate innovation capacity for attaining sustainability goals.<br><br>The surge in attention to corporates\u2019 environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and demand for corporate actions on environmental and social challenges calls for a shifting mindset from conceiving businesses as merely product and service providers in economic terms, to ones that create environmental and social values. When the conventional ways of doing business are deemed unsustainable to the society, building a company\u2019s innovative capacity is key to transit towards sustainability. This KP focuses on how new technologies, cross-sector partnership, business incubation and creative employee engagement etc. could improve the innovation capacity of companies to drive more sustainability solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three panel speakers, Mr. George Chen, Managing Director, Public Policy (Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia), Meta; Mr. Donald Choi, Executive Director &amp; Chief Executive Officer, Chinachem Group; and Mr. Barry Kwong,  Regional Head of Climate Solutions Partnership, Asia Pacific Region, HSBC, each delivered a presentation on &#8220;VR for Good: Leveraging new technologies to drive purposeful business and sustainability advocacy&#8221;, &#8220;Innovation in business process and corporate culture to accelerate sustainability&#8221;, and &#8220;Innovating climate solutions through collaborative partnerships&#8221; respectively. The event ended with a panel discussion on &#8220;Improving corporate innovation for sustainability&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2-Conference-summary_Clean.pdf\">Knowledge Primer 2 Summary_January 2022 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KP2-Conference-summary_Clean.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/KP2_Rundown_V4.pdf\">Knowledge Primer 2 Event Rundown 2022<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/KP2_Rundown_V4.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1U4EJ8YGKkb30z2KkEEz2dyY0NSpz48XR?usp=sharing\">Event Photos<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(Event Highlights) Knowledge Primer 2: Innovation for Sustainability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"(Event Highlights) Knowledge Primer 2: Innovation for Sustainability | (\u6d3b\u52d5\u82b1\u7d6e) \u77e5\u8b58\u8b1b\u58022\ufe30\u4ee5\u5275\u65b0\u5e36\u52d5\u6c38\u7e8c\u767c\u5c55\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lK0F2-pLsgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Themed \u201cInnovation for Sustainability &#8211; Improving Corporate Innovation Capacity\u201d, the event brought together around 270 sustainability experts and industry practitioners virtually to discuss &nbsp;the different approaches to building corporate innovation capacity for attaining sustainability goals. The surge in attention to corporates\u2019 environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and demand for corporate actions on environmental and social challenges calls for a shifting mindset from conceiving businesses as merely product and service providers in economic terms, to ones that create environmental and social values. When the conventional ways of doing business are deemed unsustainable to the society, building a company\u2019s innovative capacity is key to transit towards sustainability. This KP focuses on how new technologies, cross-sector partnership, business incubation and creative employee engagement etc. could improve the innovation capacity of companies to drive more sustainability solutions. 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