{"id":97,"date":"2020-09-09T17:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T09:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/membership-join\/membership-registration\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T01:20:06","slug":"the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/about\/the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1979ff\"><strong>Partnership for Sustainability Leadership in Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to rapid social-ecological changes on a global scale\u2014climate change, resource scarcity, social exclusion and change of customers\u2019 aspirations\u2014 and the United Nations\u2019 call for actions to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many businesses have risen to the challenges and taken actions to contribute to sustainable development. To support and further enhance these efforts and the business sector\u2019s role in promoting sustainability, <strong>The Centre for Civil Society and Governance (CCSG) of The University of Hong Kong<\/strong>, with support from <strong>The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)<\/strong>, has initiated a four-year action research project\u2014<strong>\u201cPartnership for Sustainability Leadership in Business (PSLB)\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This Project is the first-of-its-kind collaborative endeavor leveraging the strengths of academic institutions, businesses, regulators and the community at large to support the business sector, particularly the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in Hong Kong and the region to build the Sustainable Value Chains (SVC) and to promote the SDGs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"testimonial_block\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/pslb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/testimonial.jpg);\">\n\t<h4>The first-of-its-kind collaborative endeavor leveraging the strengths of academic institutions, businesses, regulators and the community at large to support the business sector, particularly the SMEs, in Hong Kong and the region to build the Sustainable Value Chains (SVC) and to promote the SDGs.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>The Project is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/staffs\/professor-lam-wai-fung\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/staffs\/professor-lam-wai-fung\/\">Professor Wai-Fung Lam<\/a> and a group of sustainability experts, with the aims of promoting collaboration and partnership between large corporations and SMEs through knowledge transfer, capacity building, and network development, and building resilience against sustainability challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Project has engaged the <strong>Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)<\/strong> and<strong> the Business Environment Council (BEC) <\/strong>as Project Collaborators, and researchers of <strong>the Faculty of Business and Economics<\/strong>, <strong>HKU (FBE)<\/strong> as Research Collaborators. This Project consists of two key components\u2014<strong>\u201cKnowledge Inventory\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cCollaborative Leadership Scheme\u201d<\/strong>. The former is an online resource hub on which a whole array of resources and tools\u2014\u201cBest Practice Cases\u201d, \u201cGuru Cases\u201d, \u201cSME Sustainability Self-check Tool\u201d, \u201cKick-starter Impact Toolkit: Sustainability Roadmap\u201d, \u201cKick-starter Impact Toolkit: Sustainability Strategy and Action Planning Template\u201d, \u201cPractical Guidebooks\u201d\u2014will be made available to businesses who are keen to integrate sustainability measures in their operations.&nbsp; The latter consists of knowledge-based collaborative events\u2014\u201cKnowledge Primers\u201d, \u201cPractical Workshop\u201d, \u201cMentorship Programme\u201d, \u201cQuick Connect\u201d, \u201cElite Roundtables\u201d and other programmes\u2014through which sustainability leaders in big corporations work closely with SME executives to build a talent pool of sustainability leaders for the business sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnership for Sustainability Leadership in Business In response to rapid social-ecological changes on a global scale\u2014climate change, resource scarcity, social exclusion and change of customers\u2019 aspirations\u2014 and the United Nations\u2019 call for actions to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many businesses have risen to the challenges and taken actions to contribute to sustainable development. To support and further enhance these efforts and the business sector\u2019s role in promoting sustainability, The Centre for Civil Society and Governance (CCSG) of The University of Hong Kong, with support from The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), has initiated a four-year action research project\u2014\u201cPartnership for Sustainability Leadership in Business (PSLB)\u201d. This Project is the first-of-its-kind collaborative endeavor leveraging the strengths of academic institutions, businesses, regulators and the community at large to support the business sector, particularly the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in Hong Kong and the region to build the Sustainable Value Chains (SVC) and to promote the SDGs. The Project is led by Professor Wai-Fung Lam and a group of sustainability experts, with the aims of promoting collaboration and partnership between large corporations and SMEs through knowledge transfer, capacity building, and network development, and building resilience against sustainability challenges. 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