While disclosure obligations are inevitable where companies need to invest time and resources in gathering and disclosing sustainability related financial and non-financial information, sustainability or ESG itself could mean more than just fulfilling disclosure requirements.
Nowadays, companies are operating in a complex environment which brings a lot of challenges to a company’s business operation such as supply chain disruption, stakeholder activism, change in customers’ expectations, compliance, etc. To navigate in the evolving landscape and enhance business resilience, companies need to formulate sustainability strategy that could help them to overcome these challenges and at the same time creating value for the company.
The workshop series
We are going to organise a series of workshops covering different industries, with relevant case studies, to understand:
- Identification and responses on sustainability challenges
- Identification of climate transition risks
- Integration of sustainability in operations
- Governance structure for managing sustainability risks and opportunities
- Creation of value out of sustainability practices
RICKY CHENG, Director and Head of Risk Advisory, BDO
Ricky Cheng is BDO ’s Director and Head of Risk Advisory, with major responsibility in the area of risk advisory services. He specialises in assisting clients in managing their internal audit function and meeting corporate governance requirements in both China and Hong Kong.
Ricky has 20 years of risk and assurance experience. He worked for large international accounting firms and had commercial internal audit experience. His expertise covers various services such as Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, risk management assessment, compliance assistance, corporate governance compliance review, internal audit assistance, business process review, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) readiness and reporting support services review, stored value facilities (SVF) licence independent assessment review, etc.
The portfolio of clients managed by Ricky comes from various industries including transportation, property development and construction, gaming and entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing, gold and minerals mining, fast moving consumer goods, retailing and department chain stores, financial institutions such as brokerage houses and derivative products companies.
Ricky is a frequent event speaker of related topics for professional body organisations and training for listed and non-listed companies.
Current and past professional/public appointments
- Governor, The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong (2021 – present)
- Advisory Board member of Global Centre of ESG Education and Research, The Hong Kong Management Association (2021 – present)
- Member, Advisory Peer Group of The Hong Kong Metropolitan University (2020 – present)
- Chairman, Research and Education Committee of The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong (2021 – present)
- Member, Sustainability Committee of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accounts (2018 – present)
- Member, Training Committee of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (2013)
- Member, ACCA Hong Kong Committee (2011 – 2013)
Qualifications and professional affiliations
- Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Certified Internal Auditor
VIJO FOK, Principal of Risk Advisory, BDO
Vijo has extensive experience in handling pre-listing internal control review, risk management, corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Section 404 compliance review and internal control review. She got experiences from various industries including manufacturing, trading, property investment, media, telecommunications, construction, real estate, gaming and entertainment etc.
Vijo is also responsible for providing the ESG reporting and supporting services for the companies listed in HK from different industries such as manufacturing, construction, mining, banking and financial services and property developme
ALPHA CHIA, Manager of Risk Advisory, BDO
Alpha has more than 10 years' experience in the environmental industry. After graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Alpha joined several main contracting construction companies in Hong Kong. He started as an assistant environmental officer and gradually became a project environmental manager with years of experience. His projects ranged from green buildings to ISO 14064, 14001 audit etc. He is qualified as a BEAM Pro NB 1.2 and 2.0. He was also responsible for drafting environmental management plan, sustainable management report etc.
Alpha has also been working as Senior Consultant in Arcadis due to his skills and technical knowledge in the environmental and construction industry. After gaining experience from green building design, Alpha joined HKQAA and was responsible for project management in the intelligence business department, focusing on green finance, sustainability-linked loan and TCFD. As a project manager, he developed, maintained, and monitored the quality of the technical consultation service in green and sustainability finance provided by company to be delivered in an effective, efficient, and reliable way. He was a qualified lead assessor green bond/loan and sustainability-linked loan in the company and was a TCFD trainer in-house for other colleagues. He is the author for five sets of 'Green Finance Implementation Guidebook for SME' in 2022 under TCF funding.
Details are as follows:
| Date | : | Thursday, 10 October 2024 |
| Time | : | 15:00 – 16:30 |
| Venue | : | BDO Limited |
| 25th Floor, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong | ||
| (Sheung Wan Wing On Department Store’s building) | ||
| Language | : | Cantonese, supplemented with English materials |
| Target audience: |
ESG practitioners in the industrial sector | |
| Fee | : | Free of charge |
| Remarks | : | 1. For any enquiries, please contact Ida Cheung at +852 2218 3714 or idacheung@bdo.com.hk. |
| 2. Confirmation will be sent to you by email after successful registration. | ||
| 3. Registrants from the industrial sector will have priority to get the seats for this workshop. | ||
| 4. An e-certificate of attendance will be issued to those who have attended the workshop. | ||
| 5. The organiser reserves the final right of acceptance of registration. |