Interdisciplinary Program Office (IPO) Sustainability Seminar Series Fall 2021 - A Quest for Sustainability
The concept of ‘sustainable development’ was the foundation of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. This event was the beginning of an international movement for Governments around the world to commence devising and implementing action plans and strategies for moving towards a more sustainable pattern of development. Since then, the public and private sectors, communities and individuals, have all embarked on their own journeys in search of the connection between sustainable development of society and their own sustainability.
Drawing from over 25 years of experience in the environmental and sustainability fields, Dr Ng will share her perspectives on the quest for sustainability in the various contexts of the energy industry, the environmental profession and as an individual working in the sustainability arena.
Dr Jeanne Ng is the Director of the CLP Research Institute and Founding Chair of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals Limited (HKIQEP).
Jeanne holds a BSc in Toxicology from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Environmental Management from the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CLP, she had accumulated a decade of consulting experience in Hong Kong’s environmental industry as one of Hong Kong’s foremost experts in air and greenhouse gas emissions inventories, including developing Hong Kong’s first greenhouse gas inventory manual for the HKSAR Government.
She joined CLP in 2003 and was involved in starting up its Group Environmental Affairs, Group Sustainability and more recently the CLP Research Institute functions. She established the foundation for CLP’s Sustainability Report and was a key contributor to setting up CLP Group’s first renewable energy targets and original Climate Vision 2050 carbon reduction targets.
Jeanne is also the Founding Chair of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals (HKIQEP), which was formed to support the creation and development of the environmental professional industry in Hong Kong and beyond.