Hong Kong
Sustainable Development Capital (Asia) Limited (“SDCL”) is a multi-disciplinary financial and investment advisory firm, specialising on financing for environmental and social infrastructure assets and services. Founded in 2007, it has offices in London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York. It has advised on the creation of several infrastructure and private equity investment vehicles and funds. It focuses on initiatives that provide long-term value, increased efficiency and superior risk-adjusted returns through scalable business models that positively impact the environment and society. SDCL seeks to maximise energy savings, costs-efficiency and performance. It focuses on commercially proven technologies (i.e. lighting, heating, cooling, insulation systems) and seeks to work with best-in-class energy services companies and suppliers, on solution that can be scaled and replicated. SDCL’s professionals are drawn from a variety of backgrounds including finance, engineering, environmental markets and law.
In Asia, SDCL signed an agreement with EDB to establish the Energy Efficiency Financing Pilot Programme of up to SGD 200m for the industrial and manufacturing sector in Singapore. In China, SDCL has completed various investment grade energy audits with major supply chain manufacturers.
Indoor air pollution is complex. It comes not only from outdoor pollution and smoking, but also from cleaning products, furniture, paint, pesticides, printing, drains and other sources. What can businesses do to effectively solve this problem?
Meo is a unique and easy-to-deploy B2B digital platform which identifies the root cause of the indoor air pollution, and advises on simple yet efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly actions to reduce the pollution impact.
We focus on grade A buildings that host businesses which have a high focus on employee performance and satisfaction. They are looking for enhanced workplace wellness solutions. We work with offices and schools in Hong Kong and Europe, and we partner with The University of Hong Kong.
Our business model is a subscription-based service for which customers receive devices which measure the key pollutants, access to digital platform for analytics and advice.
The team is composed of experienced professionals in Electronics, Software, Cloud, Data Science, Medical Science, Sales and Marketing.
We advise on how to get cleaner air with simple behavioral changes.
Hong Kong-based Taiping Reinsurance is involved in risk assessment and abatement for multi-billion US dollar projects across the Belt and Road Initiative, including an oil extraction project in Myanmar, metro rail development in Malaysia and hydroelectric power in Pakistan. General Manager Polly Ho says the company is a “protection provider” for clients, while Hong Kong can build on its role as a re-insurance centre for international firms.
Speaker:
Polly Ho, General Manager, Taiping Reinsurance Co Ltd
Related Links:
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
http://www.hktdc.com
HKTDC Belt and Road Portal
http://beltandroad.hktdc.com/en/