Media Invitation - Corporate Sustainability For Schools Launch cum Seminar

23 Oct 09 (Fri), 2:30-4:30pm at Langham Place Ballroom, Mongkok Langham Place Hotel

You and your representatives are cordially invited to attend the Corporate Sustainability For Schools (CS4Schools) Launch cum Seminar, a program funded by the Sustainable Development Fund of HKSAR Government. Business Environment Council the organizer of this program. The aim is to prepare our future leaders who are still in secondary school students to learn from leading companies their success stories and best practices on corporate social and environmental responsibility, via business leaders sharing, company visits and seminars, as well as web resources, teaching aids, lesson plans and fact sheets.

More than 30 secondary schools and 15 leading companies as Corporate Partners have joined this program, and the Corporate Partners representatives will also share their sustainability vision, insights and experience.

Confirmed speakers include Mr Sunny Yeung, Executive Director of Sino Group, Mr Peter Young, Head of Technical Services & Sustainability of Hongkong Land, Mr Martin Putnam, Corporate Environmental Manager of Airport Authority and Mr Ip Tat Yan, Environmental Affairs Manager of The Hongkong Electric; Ms Maria Cheung, Assistant General Manager, NWS Holdings Limited. For more information about the program, please visit: www.cs4s.hk.

Participating Corporate Partners include: Airport Authority, CLP Power, Gammon Construction, The Hongkong Electric, Hongkong International Terminals, Hongkong Land, HSBC, Hysan Development Company, Modern Terminals, MTR Corporation, NWS Holdings, PCCW, Schneider Electric (Hong Kong), Sino Group and Swire Properties.


About Business Environment Council (www.bec.org.hk)

The Business Environment Council (BEC) is the longest running independent, private-sector non-profit organization in Hong Kong promoting corporate social and environmental responsibility. Set up by business for business in 1989, BEC offers sustainable business solutions covering baseline assessment, advisory, research, training and award program for companies across all sectors and at any stage of their corporate sustainability journey.