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A Word from the Interim Convenor

HKU’s convenorship marks eight years of the Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium (HKSCC). Having co-developed the HKSCC strategic plan (2019 – 2027), I am excited to facilitate the consortium into another eight fruitful years of working together to build a sustainable future in the higher education sector in Hong Kong and beyond.

Joy Lam

Head, Sustainability Office

University of Hong Kong

Background

There is increasing global attention to climate change and the associated challenges of sustainable development. Asia is a region that is highly vulnerable— in which economic development, environmental degradation, and the growth of the higher education sector have been dramatic in recent decades. Public and private organisations around the world are seeking new ways to respond to these issues. Universities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) recognize that they have a responsibility to take up this challenge by contributing to solutions and strategies that will serve our community and the world.

Therefore, the Vice Chancellors and Presidents of the eight publicly- funded universities in the HKSAR signed the Hong Kong Declaration in May 2010 – a statement of principles which highlights the importance of sustainable development in light of climate change, and a commitment to provide appropriate responses to the ensuing challenges through the universities’ core missions of research, teaching and knowledge exchange.The Hong Kong Declaration also acknowledges the importance of universities to serve as models within the community and to work across communities to forge appropriate solutions.

Terms of Reference

With the signing of the Hong Kong Declaration, all the eight institutions joined hands to form the Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium (HKSCC) in 2010.

Encourage and promote the ongoing efforts of the member universities in their development and implementation of sustainability solutions through research and teaching, campus policies and operations, local and international outreach, and knowledge exchange;

Provide a vehicle for mutual support and the exchange of good practices with member universities through appropriate programs, projects and activities, and the establishment of specialist groups and/or working parties, as necessary;

Provide a platform for public discussion of these issues through regular meetings, conferences, ad hoc projects, electronic communications and other means;

Facilitate the sharing of information and resources as the member universities’ interests and activities with regard to sustainability expand in the future.

Collective GHG Reduction Target

The HKSCC supports the Government’s latest emissions target set out in the Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2030+. In 2017, the consortium carried out a study to project our forthcoming emissions and set a medium‐term collective target for the tertiary education sector – aiming to reduce aggregate greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020/2021 (from the base figures of 2015/2016).

Convenor and Secretariat

Member universities will take turns to take up the HKSCC convenorship on a yearly basis, and the university with the convenor role will provide secretarial support to the Consortium for that year. In 2013, the HKSCC agreed to move the term of the convenorship from an academic year to a calendar year.

2019	The University of Hong Kong
2018	Lingnan University
2017	The Education University of Hong Kong
2016	Hong Kong Baptist University
2015	City University of Hong Kong
2014	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2012 - 2013	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2011 - 2012	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2010 - 2011	The University of Hong Kong

Our members

The HKSCC’s founding members are the eight publicly-funded institutions of the HKSAR. As the Consortium’s activities expand in the years ahead, other higher education institutions in the region may also be invited to participate.

List of representatives:

(as of January 2019)

City University of Hong Kong Professor LI Wen Jung Associate Provost (Institutional Initiatives) Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering	Ms Brenda LAI Director of Facilities Management
Hong Kong Baptist University Dr Andy LEE Shiu-chuen Vice-President (Administration) and Secretary	Dr CHUNG Shan Shan Senior Lecturer Department of Biology
Lingnan University Professor Mark A. MCGINLEY Professor of Teaching, Head of Science Unit Core Curriculum and General Education Office	Mr Ian WOO Comptroller
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Mr Eric S.P. NG Vice-President (Administration) and University Secretary	Mrs Cecilia S. S. LAM Director, Campus Planning and Sustainability Office Director, Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change
The Education University of Hong Kong Mr LAU Wai Tat Director of Estates	Dr TSANG Po Keung Eric Acting Dean & Acting Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies & Student Learning) Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Mr Joseph CHAN Head Campus Sustainability Office	Professor WAI Ping Kong Alexander Vice President (Research Development) Chair Professor of Optical Communications
The University of Hong Kong Joy Lam Head Sustainability Office	Dr Kaimin SHIH Professor Department of Civil Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Mr Davis BOOKHART Senior Manager,Sustainability Unit Assistant Adjunct Professor, Division of the Environment	Professor Jimmy FUNG Professor and Head Division of Environment

Membership of the Working Group on Sustainability Performance 2019