{"id":1257,"date":"2020-12-11T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T09:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/?page_id=1257"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:28:12","slug":"ir-sophia-lau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/slgppeople\/ir-sophia-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"Ir Sophia Lau"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1257\" class=\"elementor elementor-1257\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cce5f4 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3cce5f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c303df6\" data-id=\"c303df6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616f773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"616f773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ir Sophia Lau<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9d883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb9d883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honorary Senior Lecturer, Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67213dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67213dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fe722d\" data-id=\"4fe722d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127a7c7 mi-big-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"127a7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Staff Profile<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c51d6f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c51d6f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4e78cc\" data-id=\"b4e78cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f77087 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f77087\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Ir Sophia Lau has been working in Environmental field for over 20 years. As a professional Environmental Engineer, she has been heavily involved in large EIA projects and played a key role in delivering green solutions on behalf of contractors in Hong Kong. Ir Lau is also a sustainability expert in aviation field. She spent over 15 years at the Hong Kong International Airport on operation and expansion projects, where she leads various Carbon\/ESG\/Sustainability projects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ir Lau completed ISO 14001 lead auditor course and she is also a certified carbon auditor. Over the years, she conducted ISO14001 \/ carbon audits for over 50 companies in Hong Kong and assisted companies in the development of carbon reduction plan and carbon target setting. With her passion in building a sustainable world, she has been recently devoted herself in providing trainings to corporates and nurturing the future generations. In 2019, Ir Lau found ASEL Environmental Consulting Company Limited. She is currently teaching at HKIA Aviation Academy and providing training courses at Business Environmental Council and Green Council. Since 2017, she has been appointed by the University of Hong Kong as Honorary Senior Lecturer under the centre for Civil society and Governance, teaching MSc in Environmental Management and MSocSc in Sustainability Leadership &amp; Governance.&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-569d675\" data-id=\"569d675\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd33f3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd33f3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sophia_Lau2-e1724064812613-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sophia_Lau2-e1724064812613-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sophia_Lau2-e1724064812613-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sophia_Lau2-e1724064812613-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sophia_Lau2-e1724064812613.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35fef10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"35fef10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honorary Senior Lecturer, Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7750,"parent":371,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[5],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7749,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1257\/revisions\/7749"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}