Enhance your ESG Knowledge

Why this matters right now Circular economy used to sound like a long-term ambition: recycle more, waste less, do good. (Try to find the tradition 3R and their definitions...) Today, it’s becoming a near-term business requirement. Between tightening rules on packaging, sharper scrutiny of environmental claims, and rising costs of materials and waste management, many companies are realizing that circularity is one of the few ESG approaches that can cut risk and create measurab

SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board ) Standards are industry-specific ESG disclosure standards built for investors . They focus on a short list of sustainability topics that are more likely to affect a company’s financial performance (often described as “ financial materiality ”). (Compared to the impact analysis of GRI...) 1) What SASB is (and what it is not) What it is: A set of 77 industry standards (now maintained by the ISSB / IFRS Foundation ) Discloses d

A sharper strategy for a tougher global landscape Hong Kong’s Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (established May 2020) has set out its Strategic Priorities for 2026–2028 , aiming to strengthen Hong Kong’s competitiveness as a sustainable finance hub amid shifting global expectations. What stands out is the move from building the disclosure “plumbing” to accelerating real-economy outcomes —especially on transition finance and adaptation/resilience fina

Green Bond Principles (GBP) are voluntary guidelines that help issuers raise debt financing specifically for environmentally beneficial projects while giving investors a clearer view of where the money goes. Published by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) , the GBP are widely treated as the market’s shared “rulebook” for green bond credibility—especially at a time when stakeholders are more alert to greenwashing risk. The Four Core Pillars of the Green Bond

Digital red packets ( e-hongbao ) are often framed as an easy Lunar New Year sustainability win: fewer paper envelopes printed, transported, and discarded. (have you ever think about this topic can related to ESG/ Sustainability?) That benefit is real—especially in high-volume corporate gifting where envelope design, specialty paper, and packaging add up fast. But if ESG conversations stop there, we miss the bigger picture. Dematerialisation shifts impact rather than eliminat