Paving Your Professional
Career Path in Sustainability
Episode 1
Tuesday, 02 March 2021
15:00 – 16:00 (HKT)
About the Event
Sustainability is a rising sector gaining increasing attention and interest. However, the general consensus is that there is a need for the market to build up ESG capacity to keep up with this movement.
Some of the questions commonly asked by those who would like to pursue a career in sustainability and ESG include:
What is a typical path to becoming an ESG/sustainability professional?
What skills and knowledge are needed?
What does the job entail?
What roles and functions are available?
What are the differences between working for a consultancy firm and working for a corporation?
What are the prospects, both locally or globally?
In this episode, seasoned sustainability professionals from Swire Coca-Cola and MTR Corporation will share their personal career journeys, words of advice, and insights on job prospects. During this one-hour panel discussion, the audience will have the opportunity to raise questions and receive first-hand information on the industry.
About the Speakers
Suzanne Cheung
Head of Sustainability, Swire Coca-Cola | HKIQEP
Suzanne is a Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment and the Hong Kong Institution of Qualified Environmental Professionals with over 20 years of experience. In the last 10 years she has held senior positions in the corporate sector, government-subsidized organizations and NGOs.
Suzanne has diverse expertise related to sustainability, covering policy advocacy, strategy and management; awareness promotion and training; research and survey; climate change; waste management; and green purchasing / environmentally preferable products. Suzanne has directed, managed and provided technical inputs to various projects related to sustainability, including government policy paper submission on behalf of green groups.
Suzanne currently works at Swire Coca-Cola HK Limited as Head of Sustainability and oversees public affairs and communications. She leads the execution and communications of sustainability commitments of Swire Coca-Cola HK, in particular beverage packaging materials and carbon reduction.
Jessica Chan
Head of Sustainability, MTR Corporation limited
Jessica is currently the Head of Sustainability of MTR Corporation Limited responsible for developing sustainability-related policies and strategies as well as driving sustainability initiatives for the Corporation. She is a seasoned sustainability professional with over 20 years of experience in environmental and corporate sustainability with diverse expertise in sustainability strategies and policies, sustainability reporting, regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement, and emerging sustainability issues. Prior to joining MTR, she was a team head of a consulting company providing environmental and sustainability services for a wide range of clients.
Dr Glenn Frommer
Founder, ESG Matters
Glenn Frommer 馮悟文博士是企業永續發展和環境管理的先驅。他在公司風險管理方面樹立了權威標準，並在為ESG績效制定國際標準時供獻了他的專業知識。
Prior to founding ESG Matters, Glenn held senior management positions with the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Ltd. in Hong Kong for more than twenty-two years where he embedded sustainability through an Enterprise Risk Management approach and implemented China’s and the transport sector’s first climate change policy. His extensive cross-sector and cross-industrial experience extends throughout the international arena, specifically in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
在香港，澳大利亞，丹麥和美國居住和工作過後，他對不同的文化，習俗和治理問題有了深入的了解和領悟。