Green Shop Alliance Launching Ceremony cum Exhibition (1 Jun)
To echo the World Environment Day (5 June) and promote green shopping practices, the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) has established the Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance (the “Alliance”). A Launching Ceremony cum Exhibition was held at the Pacific Place in Admiralty today and officiated by Mr Cheung Hau-wai, Chairman of the HKGBC, together with Mr Eric Ma Siu-cheung, Under Secretary for Development, Government of the HKSAR and Dr Raymond Yau, General Manager, Sustainable Development of Swire Properties, the first shopping mall owner supporting the Alliance. Representatives of the Alliance members also attended the ceremony, witnessing the establishment of the Alliance which aims to join forces to promote green shopping practices by putting forward the Six Green Areas (namely better use of energy, better use of water, municipal solid waste reduction, material reuse and recycling, green procurement and social green behaviour) into daily store operations.