Oustanding Environmental Performance
Hong Kong Green Awards
The Hong Kong Green Awards was first organised and staged by the Green Council in 2010 with the goal of formally identifying and recognising companies with exceptional performance on green purchasing and/or green management, incorporates with four categories: Green Purchaswi$e Award (GPA), Green Management Award (GMA) Environmental, Health and Safety Award (EHSA) and Corporate Green Governance Award (CGGA).
Green Office and Eco-Healthy Workplace Awards Labelling Scheme
To raise local business awareness of the global environmental challenges addressed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), the World Green Organisation (WGO) initiated a programme, namely Green Office Awards Labelling Scheme (GOALS) , to support offices and retailers to go Green in 8 stipulated aspects of operations, including energy conservation, water conservation, waste reduction, paperless, green procurement, integrated environmental management , education and awareness, and green innovation. Participating offices that demonstrate sufficient achievements in green workplace practices will be awarded with WGO’s Green Office Awards label, Eco-Healthy Workplace label together with a new Certificate with the United Nations PRME logo.
Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence
The Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (the HKAEE) is led by the Environmental Campaign Committee (ECC) , which aims to encourage organisations to implement environmental management, to measure organisations’ performance on their commitment to environmental management, and to recognise organisations with excellence performance on environmental management. The scheme consists of Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE), Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards (HKGIA) and Outstanding Green Achiever Commendation Scheme (OGACS).
Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification
The HKGOC consists of five Certificates, namely “Wastewi$e Certificate”, “Energywi$e Certificate”, “Productwi$e Certificate”, “IAQwi$e Certificate” and “Carbon Reduction Certificate”, which aims to benchmark green organisations with substantial achievement in green management, to encourage participants to adopt environmental practices in different aspects and to recognise their efforts and commitments to the environment. It is a prestigious certification scheme with high credibility. It also encourages participants to strive for self-improvement in specific environmental aspects.