{"id":445,"date":"2022-04-27T15:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T07:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/?page_id=445"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:05:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T05:05:14","slug":"launchingevent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/home\/launchingevent\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia\u2019s first climate change alliance launches to help businesses build resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"445\" class=\"elementor elementor-445\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\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-a44fc18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a44fc18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-303660e\" data-id=\"303660e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ded7658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ded7658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.0 - 12-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Asia\u2019s first climate change alliance launches to help businesses build resilience<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\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-a1947a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1947a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5687d58\" data-id=\"5687d58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d55c34 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2d55c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.5.0 - 12-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>(Hong Kong \u2013 28 April 2022) Initiated by the World Green Organisation (WGO), with Arup and PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong (PwC) as technical advisors, the Asian Corporate Coalition for Climate Change Resilience (A4CR) was launched today to support businesses in tackling climate change and build a first-of-its-kind climate-resilient business community in Asia. Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Joseph Chan, and Director and Head of Policy Research, Financial Services Development Council, Dr Rocky Tung, officiated the online launching ceremony.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\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-7d6b14f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d6b14f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9215de4\" data-id=\"9215de4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db701f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db701f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.0 - 12-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/A4CR_Group_photo-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/A4CR_Group_photo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/A4CR_Group_photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/A4CR_Group_photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/A4CR_Group_photo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/A4CR_Group_photo-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/A4CR_Group_photo-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\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-32edefb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32edefb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-241b6d0\" data-id=\"241b6d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ea9ac7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ea9ac7\" 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\t\t<h6><em>Photo (from left) Dr Bruce Chong, Director of Climate and Sustainability at Arup, Dr William Yu, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation, Dr Rocky Tung, Director and Head of Policy Research, Financial Services Development Council, Dr Vincent Cheng, Arup Fellow and Director of Climate and Sustainability Services in East Asia, and Mr Cyrus Cheung, Partner, ESG Services \u2013 ESG Reporting, PwC Hong Kong.<\/em><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\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-d5335c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5335c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09f22c0\" data-id=\"09f22c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2d2a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2d2a6\" 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\t\t<p>Dr William Yu, Founder and CEO of WGO, said, \u201cClimate change is having a growing impact on people, businesses and governments worldwide. To achieve the nationally determined contributions and decarbonisation targets, businesses are increasingly engaged with the scale of change required. The A4CR aims to help corporates understand and address climate change risks while enhancing their readiness for climate-related disclosures in a systematic approach.\u201d<\/p><p>The A4CR brings together a line-up of global and regional experts, industry thought leaders and advisors from WGO, Arup, PwC as well as academia and professional institutions. By offering unparalleled scientific understanding and knowledge, ample connecting opportunities and a comprehensive benchmarking scheme, it will form a strategic coalition among major businesses in Asia to mainstream climate actions into corporate governance, strategies, operations and financing. As the ESG reporting technical advisor of A4CR, PwC will assist corporates to integrate ESG into their business and capture sustainable finance opportunities that deliver long-term financial benefits and value for investors. Arup, serving as the coalition\u2019s climate technical advisor, will draw on its in-depth understanding of the built environment to help businesses identify, assess, mitigate and adapt to current and future climate change risks.<\/p><p>Ms Amy Cai, ESG Managing Partner, PwC China, said, \u201cThe increasing trend of climate-related disclosures calls for corporates to prepare for investor-grade reporting and review their overarching strategic approach to ESG. With PwC\u2019s technical prowess in formulating and implementing ESG strategies and setting carbon targets, we help corporates turn climate-related disclosures into opportunities to create sustainable advantage and value.\u201d<\/p><p>Dr Vincent Cheng, Arup Fellow and Director of Climate and Sustainability Services in East Asia, said, \u201cArup\u2019s technical expertise, combined with a strong track record of delivering sustainable projects, enables us to advise businesses on the most effective strategies to address the impacts of climate change. By guiding companies to take the right action towards improving their resilience, we help make their business more sustainable in the long run.\u201d<\/p><p>Members of the A4CR will have the opportunity to demonstrate business leadership in accelerating the regional climate resilience agenda while enjoying a wide range of benefits. Events, trainings and social events will be held in which members can keep tabs on best practices and emerging trends in climate change preparation and connect with like-minded organisations. Members can also take part in a benchmarking exercise to evaluate their ESG and climate-related performance against their industry peers.<\/p><p>The A4CR has garnered widespread support from major businesses in Hong Kong, with steering members including Henderson Land Development Company Limited, Kerry Properties Limited, MTR Corporation Limited, Swire Properties Limited and The Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. Ordinary members include Chinachem Group, Nan Fung Development Ltd., The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited and New World Development Limited. The coalition will continue to expand its presence in the Greater Bay Area and across Asia.<\/p><p>Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Joseph Chan, said, \u201cAs a leading financial centre in Asia, Hong Kong is actively driving climate-related disclosures and sustainability reporting. Our experience in global risk management and familiarity with both Mainland and international standards will enable us to set a good example for other Asian cities in climate-related disclosures. Hong Kong can also serve as the bridge between the world and the mainland \u2013 raising funds through issuing bonds, funds, initial public offerings and other channels \u2013 to help companies adopt different measures and technologies to mitigate climate risks and enhance resilience.\u201d<\/p><p>For more information, please visit the website of A4CR:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/\">https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/<\/a><br \/>For Press kit, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/a4cr428\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/a4cr428<\/a><\/p><p><strong>About World Green Organisation<\/strong><\/p><p>The World Green Organisation (WGO) is an independent non-governmental organisation concerned with environmental conservation and environmentally related livelihood and economic affairs. We aim to improve the economy, the environment and people\u2019s living through science-based public policies and comprehensive community projects, helping all sectors especially the grassroots to meet the challenges and implement the vision of sustainable development. For more information about our organisation, please view our website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewgo.org\/\">https:\/\/www.thewgo.org\/<\/a>\u3002<\/p><p><strong>About Arup<\/strong><\/p><p>Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of 16,000 designers, advisors and experts working across 140 countries. Founded to be both humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arup.com\/\">https:\/\/www.arup.com\/<\/a><\/p><p><strong>About PwC \u2013 Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR<\/strong><\/p><p>PwC Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR work together on a collaborative basis, subject to local applicable laws. Collectively, we have over 800 partners and more than 20,000 people in total. We provide organisations with the professional service they need, wherever they may be located. Our highly qualified, experienced professionals listen to different points of view to help organisations solve their business issues and identify and maximise the opportunities they seek. Our industry specialisation allows us to help co-create solutions with our clients for their sector of interest.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwchk.com\/\">https:\/\/www.pwchk.com<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Media enquiries<\/strong><br \/>Flora Ip<br \/>Assistant Manager, Digital Marketing, World Green Organisation<br \/>Tel: +852 2991 9118<br \/>Email: floraip@thewgo.org<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia\u2019s first climate change alliance launches to help b&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/home\/launchingevent\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asia\u2019s first climate change alliance launches to help businesses build resilience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"on","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/445\/revisions\/602"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewgo.org\/site-wgo\/a4cr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}