SUPPORTED EVENT – SVIHK is supporting the “Social Innovations for Sustainable Communities” Programme initiated by the Social Entrepreneurship and Civic Action Lab of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong.
OPEN EVENT – Gaëlle Loiseau, CEO of Shared Value Initiative Hong Kong, and Martina Mok, Head of Programmes & Partnerships, SVIHK, will speak at the Hong Kong Management Association on “Creating Shared Value: The New Competitive Advantage”.
Let’s read how Esquel led the cotton manufacturing industry in its transformation towards a more sustainable model while creating competitive advantage.
CANCELLED – OPEN EVENT – Gaëlle Loiseau, CEO of Shared Value Initiative Hong Kong, and Martina Mok, Head of Programmes & Partnerships, SVIHK, have been invited by AmCham to present Creating Shared Value.
With Shared Value at the core of its philosophy, Medix’s purpose is to enable greater accessibility to quality healthcare services.
CEO of AXA in Asia & Africa, Gordon Watson explains how he came to embrace Shared Value, a global movement which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and became the Founding Chair of Shared Value Project Hong Kong, now renamed Shared Value Initiative Hong Kong.
Shared Value Project Hong Kong becomes Shared Value Initiative Hong Kong, effective 14 April. Gaëlle Loiseau, our CEO, explains the reasons for this change in this article.
Reflecting on the last few months of industry events, partner conversations and Member meetings, here are my observations on some major barriers to social innovation in Hong Kong. Some of my views may be unpopular, but then again we’re not here to be mainstream. Alongside each is an example of what we’ve tried in overcoming that barrier, in case it’s useful to others.
In 2012/13, I was tasked to help establish a whole new government funding scheme, namely the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (SIE) Fund, with an aim to provide impetus to propel the development of social entrepreneurs and build the local social innovation ecosystem. At the time, the government had been providing resources to fund and support the development of the social enterprise sector for almost a decade. The staunch support from the government had already enabled the social enterprise sector to flourish and gain recognition generally in Hong Kong.
The impact of the extensive development in The Greater Bay Area for Shared Value Practitioners as interpreted from the Outline Development Plan, recently released by the PRC government (with the support of the Hong Kong SAR government), is one of great opportunity.
Enactus and SVIHK are establishing collaborations on several business initiatives towards a common vision in driving a better sustainable future world.The first initiative is to present our student-led social innovation projects to the business world. We target to leverage our networks in connecting corporates who are committed to shared value creation and seeking innovative ideas; and students who are passionate in social innovation and seeking business advisory in sustaining their projects. We aspire to create synergy and positive impacts with effective resource allocation through partnerships.
