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2. The Wellness Club provides green solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong and discusses the environmental issues the region faces from increasing energy consumption and waste.
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Textured Composite Handles (4 points) - Providing a secure, non-slip grip is another key feature that helps those struggling with grip strength.
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• Sustainability Terminologies
• Corporate Sustainability
• Corporate Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
• KYOSEI & TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE (TBL)
• One of the fundamental characteristics of a corporate is perpetuity. In the eyes of law, it is treated as a separate legal entity which can hold assets and bear liabilities, can sue and be sued.
• The word sustainable is derived from sustain or sustained. The synonyms of the word sustained as per the Collins Thesaurus include perpetual, prolonged, steady.
• Sustainable development is a broad, concept that balances the need for economic growth with environmental protection and social equity.
• WCED recognized that the achievement of sustainable development could not be simply left to government regulators and policy makers. It recognized that industry has a significant role to play.
• Four fundamental Principle of Sustainable Development- Principle of Intergenerational equity; Principle of sustainable use; Principle of equitable use or intergenerational equity; Principle of integration.
• Corporate Sustainability is a business approach that creates long-term shareholder value by embracing opportunities and managing risks deriving from economic, environmental and social developments. corporate sustainability describes business practices built around social and environmental considerations • Key drivers need to be garnered to ensure sustainability - Internal Capacity Building strength; Social impact assessment; Repositioning capability; Corporate sustainability.
• Kyosei philosophy reflects a confluence of social, environmental, technological and political solutions. It works in five stages-- First is economic survival of the company. Second is cooperating with labour. Third is cooperating outside the company. Fourth is global activism, and fifth is making the government/s a Kyosei partner
• In 1999 Elkington developed the concept of the Triple Bottom Line which proposed that business goals were inseparable from the societies and environments within which they operate.
• The emergence of corporate responsibility, from being a niche interest of environmentalist and pressure groups to one public. Concern, has in part, stemmed from the realization that corporate governance and social and environmental performance are important elements of sustained financial profitability.
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That is where AI – and most importantly, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model techniques – could make a difference. This natural language, conversational engine could facilitate access and usage of the data leveraging the semantics of any data source.
The objective of the presentation is to propose a technical approach and a way forward to achieve this goal.
The key concept is to enable users to express their search queries in natural language, which the LLM then enriches, interprets, and translates into structured queries based on the Solr index’s metadata.
This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
The LLM acts as an intermediary agent, offering a transparent experience to users automatically and potentially uncovering relevant documents that conventional search methods might overlook. The presentation will include the results of this experimental work, lessons learned, best practices, and the scope of future work that should improve the approach and make it production-ready.
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We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
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-Hallie Cramer, Google
-Daniel Roesler, UtilityAPI
-Henry Richardson, WattTime
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inQuba Webinar Mastering Customer Journey Management with Dr Graham Hill
2011.5.13 Sustainability Strategies In The Global Fmcg Industries
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Sustainability Strategies
in the
Global FMCG Industries
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Founder & CEO, Wellness Club Ltd
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What is climate change?
Definition by The United Nations
Framework Convention:
“a change of climate which is attributed
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directly or indirectly to human activity
that alters the composition of the global
atmosphere and which is in addition to
natural climate variability observed over
comparable time periods”.
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2500 scientists
say:
“Global warming
is real and
caused by human
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activities and
many say we
have only 10
y
years to take
action before we
reach a point of
no return”.
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up to 2° Less food and water, more disease, floods,
droughts, heat waves and storms
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+2 - 3° Coral reefs almost extinct and 20 - 30% of all
species face extinction
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+3 - 4° Major species extinctions around the world.
Collapse of Amazonian rainforest
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+4 - 5° Major coastal cities threatened including
London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
+5 - 6° We don’t want to go there
Source: IPCC Report 2007
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Environmental Protection in HK
Two significant environmental issues of concern are:
Hong Kong’s increasing energy consumption, its contribution to
climate change and its deteriorating ambient air quality are
major challenges in the region.
The increasing quantities of solid waste requiring disposal
which,
which according to the Hong Kong SAR Government will
cause the Region’s landfills to reach capacity within 8-10 years.
The landfills are filling up faster than planned.
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"HR has Key Role
HR
in Sustainability
Strategies
Strategies"
according to the report, Advancing Sustainability: HR's Role,
released April 11.
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*Sustainability programs should be prominent and
leveraged to attract and retain t l t and t enhance
l d t tt t d t i talent d to h
an organization's brand.
*Effective execution of sustainability initiatives requires
breadth and depth of connection within the corporation
and the ability to affect the right levers HR is well
levers.
positioned to step into this role.
*Sustainability is important for all employees, esp. th
*S t i bilit i i t tf ll l the
youngest workers. It's very appropriate that HR take
the lead in driving the initiatives.
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Key Drivers of Investment in
Sustainability:
~ Contribution to society
~ Competitive financial advantage
~ Environmental considerations
~ Saving money on operational costs
~ Health and safety considerations
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Positive Outcomes from
Sustainability Initiatives:
~ Improved employee morale*
~ More efficient business processes
~ Stronger public image
~ Increased employee loyalty
~ Increased brand recognition
~ H lth and safety considerations
Health d f t id ti
*Employee morale tops the list of outcomes is significant, noted
by leaders in corporate sustainability
sustainability.
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Positive Outcomes from Sustainability Initiatives:
Sustainability strategies
helped companies to survive
and thrive during recession.
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The community viewed them
positively, and th i b t
iti l d their best
employees stayed.
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Top 3 Strategies for
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Sustainability Employee
Engagement
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Top 3 Strategies for Sustainability Employee Engagement
#1. Involving employees in the company's
commitment to become carbon neutral or
reduce carbon emissions.
Level of engagement: getting started
~ e.g. promoting walking, public transport to work
~ e.g. using a carbon calculator to measure carbon
footprint of the company*
~ align employee values with company values, help turn
employees into ambassadors for your brand
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*Carbon Emissions Reductions examples
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*Become Carbon Neutral Company
Area of Certification
Carbon Neutral Company
GHG emissions included are:
a) Energy consumption
b) Business travel
c) Company owned vehicles
d) Waste sent to landfill
e) Staff commuting (optional)
GHG emissions are quantified for all sites owned or leased. A company can decide
to certify the entire company or specific sectors as carbon neutral. These typically
include head office transportation or operations
office, operations.
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Top 3 Strategies for Sustainability Employee Engagement
#2. Engage employees i reducing waste,
#2 E l in d i t
saving resources, and living healthy.
Level of engagement: getting sophisticated
~ e.g. process and system to measure exactly
“waste reduction, water & trees saving, healthy living**”
~ let employee see how personal lifestyle changes impact
the company, the environment and themselves reinforces
company themselves,
connection between employee and the company,
empowers them to realize an internal paradigm shift to a
more conscientious person
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**Healthy Living examples
e.g. WC “Staff Work-life-balance Program”
Anti-aging
e.g. WC “LOHAS Fun Day”
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Top 3 Strategies for Sustainability Employee Engagement
#3. Rewarding employees who achieve
goals that are aligned with the company's
company s
sustainability strategy.
Level of engagement: getting committed
~ e.g. contests with prizes*** for high achieving employees,
departments, or offices
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~ focus on the process of behaving more sustainably in a
fun and engaging way
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***Sustainability Reward Scheme examples
e.g. WC “Health and Wellness Incentives”
~ retreat camp
~ organic farm tour
~ low-carbon cooking class
~ eco-friendly cookware gift
~ organic fair trade gift hamper
~ detox program for busy executives
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Benefits of S
B fi f Sustainability
i bili
Employee Engagement
1. a powerful component of a sustainable business
strategy
2. produces tangible results e.g. staff retention and
recruitment, brand value creation
3. differentiate from competitors, in the eyes of current
and future employees and customers
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23. About Wellness Club Ltd. 悠學坊
Ltd
We are the first green business and wellness consultancy founded in Y2006 to help
business go green and employees well-being. O sustainability solutions i l d
b i d l ll b i Our t i bilit l ti include:
~ carbon neutral training and certification
~ staff work-life-balance programs
~ corporate health and wellness reward scheme
ellness re ard
~ LOHAS Fun Day event planning
~ organic product training and food nutritional labeling
~ green investment practices
In recognition of green procurement, sustainable business practices and corporate
social responsibility, Wellness Club Ltd is awarded
* Hong Kong Green Awards 2010
– Green Purchasewi$e Gold Award (SME)
* Caring Company Logo 2008‐11 (3 consecutive years)
* HSBC Living Business Awards 2009 10 (2
HSBC Living Business Awards 2009‐10 (2 consecutive years)
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Be the change you want to see in the world.
Yolanda Che
info@wellnessclubhk.com
www.wellnessclubhk.com
copyright 2011