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Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance Award 2024 
Recognise Shopping Malls and Shops' Outstanding Green Performance
Join Hands to Create a Greener Shopping Environment
 

Hong Kong, 11 December 2024 – The “Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance Award 2024” (the Award) Presentation Ceremony, funded by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC), was held successfully at the JC Cube, Tai Kwun on 10 December 2024. Ir Harry LAI, BBS, Executive Director of the HKGBC, together with judging panel members of the Award, including Ir Prof. Steve WONG, Chairman of the Environment & Sustainability Committee of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Ir Sr Jonathan LEE, President of The Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management, Mr Kevin CHU, Vice President of The Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies, Mr Raymond KOH, Immediate Past President of The Hong Kong Chapter of International Facility Management Association, Ms Sam LAM, Deputy Director of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Ms Margaret HO, Senior Manager, Industry Development, Environment & Sustainability of the CIC and Task Force Members of the Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance 2024, attended and presented awards to the winning organisations. The Award Presentation Ceremony brought together over 100 guests to witness the remarkable contributions made by winning shopping malls and shops in promoting green shopping environment in Hong Kong throughout the past year.

Honourable guests from the Supporting Organisations and representatives of shopping malls and shops participated in the “Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance Award 2024” Presentation Ceremony.
  A group photo of Judging panel members and Representatives of HKGBC at the Award Presentation Ceremony.

The Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance Award marks its fifth edition this year. All malls, chain stores and individual shops in Hong Kong were invited to submit their green cases or collaborative projects implemented in the past year, competing for recognition across three award categories, including the “Green Mall of the Year”, the “Green Shop of the Year” and the “Collaborative Project of the Year (Circular Economy / Behavioural Change)”. In order to further enhance industry engagement and participation, a new award named “Excellent Green Practices Award”, focusing on waste management, was introduced this year to recognise the efforts of shopping malls and shops in waste reduction and support the Government's waste reduction and recycling initiatives.
 

To promote industry exchange and collaboration, Ir Prof. Steve WONG, Chairman of the Environment & Sustainability Committee of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, shared valuable insights on sustainable business strategies in the retail sector at a special session titled "Balancing Green Together". Additionally, representatives from the winning organisations, including Chow Sang Sang, Towngas Cooking Centre, Tai Po Mega Mall, Times Square, Link Real Estate Investment Trust and Citywalk, also engaged in discussions on their sustainable retail operations to share best green practices with other industry practitioners for mutual learning. 

 

  

 

Moving forward, to enhance the effectiveness of the Award and address industry feedback, the Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance Award will be changed to a biennial event starting from the next edition slated for 2026. In line with this award reform, the Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance will organise a series of capacity building workshops and seminars in 2025 to provide Alliance Members with insights into emerging trends in green shopping environment and deepen their understanding of the "Six Green Aspects" (namely Better Use of Energy, Better Use of Water, Municipal Solid Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling of Material, Social Green Behaviour and Green Procurement). These initiatives also help Alliance Members be better-prepared for the forthcoming Award.

The Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance looks forward to further expanding its reach and impact in the future by welcoming more shopping malls and stores into the Alliance to demonstrate the commitment to sustainability. By working together, we can create a greener shopping environment and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. 

For the Awardees List of “Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance Award 2024”, please visit https://hkgsa.hkgbc.org.hk/textdisplay.php?serial=82&lang=en
 

  

 

The Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) is a non-profit, member-led organisation established in 2009 and has become a public body under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance since 2016. The HKGBC strives to promote the standard and development of sustainable buildings in Hong Kong. The HKGBC also aims to raise green building awareness by engaging the government, the industry and the public, and to develop practical solutions for Hong Kong's unique, subtropical built environment of high-rise, high density urban area, leading Hong Kong to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and to become a world’s exemplar of green building development. The Founding Members of the HKGBC include the Construction Industry Council (CIC), the Business Environment Council (BEC), the BEAM Society Limited (BSL) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC). 
 

To learn more about the HKGBC, please visit www.hkgbc.org.hk