{"id":17973,"date":"2021-10-06T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/10\/06\/rethink-hk-2021-encourages-businesses-to-lead-for-a-more-sustainable-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:20:00","slug":"rethink-hk-2021-encourages-businesses-to-lead-for-a-more-sustainable-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/10\/06\/rethink-hk-2021-encourages-businesses-to-lead-for-a-more-sustainable-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"ReThink HK 2021 Encourages Businesses To Lead for a More Sustainable Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 6 October 2021 &#8211;<b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/rethink-event.com\/\">ReThink HK<\/a>\u00a0has concluded its two-day event at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition&#13;<br \/>\nCentre. With a fully-packed event schedule, keynotes and panel discussions&#13;<br \/>\nacross disciplines of businesses and services, the expo has facilitated a&#13;<br \/>\nmultitude of conversations as attendees and businesses took on this rare&#13;<br \/>\nopportunity to explore sustainable developments and solutions in a Hong Kong&#13;<br \/>\ncontext.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/Thumb\/500x0\/183884\/rethink.JPG#image-183884\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Expanded partners&#13;<br \/>\nto rethink sustainability<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With over 1,900*&#13;<br \/>\nunique attendees, 122 conference sessions, 134 showcase exhibitor and 303&#13;<br \/>\nexpert speakers ReThink HK has expanded its agenda for the second year,&#13;<br \/>\nproviding a wide range of panel discussions, workshops and seminars, connecting&#13;<br \/>\nattendees and businesses to new business stakeholders, communities and&#13;<br \/>\npotential supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By partnering&#13;<br \/>\nwith well-established organisations&#13;<br \/>\ncommitted to driving awareness and action around sustainable development;&#13;<br \/>\nprofessional trade and industry bodies, Chambers of Commerce, environmental and&#13;<br \/>\nsocial impact groups, media platforms and Hong Kong registered charities,&#13;<br \/>\nReThink HK has reached its goal by providing a platform for how business&#13;<br \/>\nleaders and sustainability practitioners can accelerate and amplify change&#13;<br \/>\nacross different business sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year, ReThink&#13;<br \/>\nHK has worked with the exclusive co-organiser Business Environment Council&#13;<br \/>\nLimited (BEC) for the first time. The partnership with the BEC has enabled new&#13;<br \/>\nopportunities to engage with expanded avenue of stakeholders and communities in&#13;<br \/>\nHong Kong, promoting sustainability in a more multifaceted direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As&#13;<br \/>\nthe co-orgainser of ReThink HK 2021, BEC is pleased to curate a two-day&#13;<br \/>\nprogramme at the BEC Theatre and inspire engaging participants from large&#13;<br \/>\ncorporations to SMEs during the event. Resolving sustainability challenges is a&#13;<br \/>\nlong journey and requires collaboration for transformative change. BEC has been&#13;<br \/>\nHong Kong&#8217;s leading coalition promoting environmental excellence in the&#13;<br \/>\nbusiness sector since our establishment. As we approach our 30th anniversary&#13;<br \/>\nnext year, we stand ready as ever to enable sustainability with members across&#13;<br \/>\ndiverse sectors through learning, sharing and leading responsible business&#13;<br \/>\npractices.&#8221;, Mr Adam Koo, CEO of Business Environment Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Making greener impact<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Being at&#13;<br \/>\nthe forefront of Hong Kong&#8217;s sustainable development, ReThink HK is proud to take&#13;<br \/>\naction and embody one of the key themes of ReThink HK 2021: &#8220;People and Purpose&#8221;.&#13;<br \/>\nAll delegate fees of this year will be contributed to dedicated projects with the&#13;<br \/>\ntwo incredible Hong Kong charity partners, <b>The Green Earth<\/b> and <b>ImpactHK<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>The Green&#13;<br \/>\nEarth<\/b> focuses on raising public awareness on plastic pollution issues in Hong Kong and persuade people&#13;<br \/>\nto use plastic responsibly. Its initiative: <b>&#8220;Rethink Plastic&#8221;<\/b> Education&#13;<br \/>\nCampaign, aims to show plastic&#8217;s different faces and its impacts to the&#13;<br \/>\nenvironment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>ImpactHK<\/b> addresses&#13;<br \/>\nthe vulnerable groups that are the least empowered to make changes to protect themselves&#13;<br \/>\nand the planet. By providing training and holistic support to people who are&#13;<br \/>\nliving in unstable housing or homelessness, ImpactHK&#8217;s recent environmental&#13;<br \/>\nprotection project aims to bring necessary support to Hong Kong&#8217;s vulnerable&#13;<br \/>\ncommunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ReThink HK&#13;<br \/>\nis proud to support the causes of both charity partners \u2014 fighting climate&#13;<br \/>\nchange and the overuse of plastics, and supporting Hong Kong&#8217;s homeless and&#13;<br \/>\nneedy. <\/p>\n<p>*organiser&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\ndata as at 15.00 on 06.10.21<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-10-06\/97882\/rethink-hk-2021-encourages-businesses-to-lead-for-a-more-sustainable-hong-kong\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 6 October 2021 &#8211;\u00a0ReThink HK\u00a0has concluded its two-day event at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition&#13; Centre. 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