CLP Power Academy
Let’s read how CLP develops a young talent pool in Hong Kong to face the challenge of increasing retirement rates among its workforce coupled with stagnating intakes of student engineers.
“Social Innovations for Sustainable Communities” Programme – Cohort II
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.
HKMA x SVIHK: Creating Shared Value: The New Competitive Advantage
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”.
Integral – Esquel’s Sustainable Development Garden
Let’s read how Esquel led the cotton manufacturing industry in its transformation towards a more sustainable model while creating competitive advantage.
AmCham x SVIHK: Redefining Success in Asia’s New Economy with Shared Value
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.
Medix: Democratising Healthcare Through Shared Value
With Shared Value at the core of its philosophy, Medix’s purpose is to enable greater accessibility to quality healthcare services.
When Business Sense Equals Common Sense
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.
A New Name to Enter the Decade of Action
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.
SVIHK Creating Shared Value 101 Workshop
MEMBERS EVENT – Designed for our members’ department heads, key managers and existing Shared Value champions, this Shared Value training workshop will cover: what Shared Value is and is not, how to start your company’s CSV journey by stages, case studies...
Impatient Optimism in a World on Hold
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.
I Dream A Shared Value Dream
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 role of Shared Value in the Guangdong Development Plan
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.
