Organisation Award：

The Award is open to all organisations from the public or private sector.

• Companies registered under the Business Registration Ordinance (Chapter 310) or incorporated under the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622) or the predecessor Ordinance (i.e. the old Company Ordinance (Chapter 32))
• Non-governmental Organisations / Non-profit-making Organisations / Social Purpose Organisations such as educational organisations, healthcare organisations, charitable organisations, social service organisations, social enterprises, statutory bodies, chambers of commerce and professional bodies
• Government Bureaux /Government Departments

Talent Award：

The Talent Award aims to recognize outstanding sustainable development innovation and technology talents who have made significant contributions to their organisations and the society.

• All entrants must be nominated by their organisation. Self-application is not accepted.
• Organisations can nominate only one entrant per enrolled category.
• Each entrant can only enrol in one category.
• The entrant must play a key role in the organisation’s design, development, and implementation of sustainable development innovative technologies.

Applicants are required to submit an Online Enrolment Form

Organisation Award：

Participating organisations can enrol in a maximum of THREE categories out of twelve. Participating organisations must submit separate application documents for each category. The content of the documents should reflect the most relevant innovative technological solutions within the specified category. Documents for different categories should be significantly differentiated.

Required documents:

1. A “Sustainable Development Innovation and Technology Solutions” report, in any format, showing the organisation’s strategy and performance in promoting sustainable development with innovative technology, such as:

(1) Sections of the organisation’s ESG (environmental, social, corporate governance) report related to innovative technology solutions

(2) Innovative technologies/technical solutions that the organisation has implemented to promote sustainable development

(3) Elaborate separately on how these technologies can effectively promote sustainable development at the “economic”, “social” and “environmental” levels

(4) The mechanism behind the organisation advocating other organisations in its supply chain to use innovative technology solutions for sustainable development

(5) The innovative features and breakthroughs of the solutions

(6) The solutions’ application, actual outcome, relevant skills, educational promotion plans, future plans, etc.

(7) Innovative technology solutions implemented by the organisation that have contributed to carbon emission reduction (including the time and resources invested, field and scale of application)

(8) The overall plan, strategy, and direction of the organisation in respect to sustainable development innovation and technology

(9) Pictures related to the sustainable development innovation and technology solutions submitted by the organisation, including the demonstration of implementation in the project

(10) Description of the organisation’s strategies and results for implementing ESG (environmental, social, corporate governance) (no more than 800 words)

[Report template (.pptx)] [Report template (.docx)]

Talent Award：

Required documents:

2. Information of the talent nominated by the organisation

(1) Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the nominee (including nominee’s age, education, professional qualification and work history)

(2) A description of the nominee’s contribution to sustainable development innovation and technology

(3) Past awards and achievements of the nominee

(4) Media reports, pictures, and other relevant supporting documents

[Talent Award template (.docx)]

3. The scanned Applicant Consent Form with the signature and organisation chop

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Participating organisations should upload the required documents to a cloud drive, and provide the cloud link in the Online Enrolment Form. For organisations participating in multiple categories, please save the separate documents required for each enrolled category into a corresponding folder named after the award title.

Example: If an organisation participated in 2 Organisation Award categories and 1 Talent Award category, they need to submit 3 separate enrolment documents and the Applicant Consent Form.

Reminders on cloud drive:

1. All enrolment documents will be downloaded by the Secretariat starting from 11 January 2025. The documents submitted after the enrolment deadline will not be accepted (based on the last modified date displayed on the cloud drive).

2. Please ensure that the cloud link provided is valid until 28 February 2025.

3. Please make sure the cloud drive is assessable. If the cloud drive is encrypted, please provide the password or extraction code in the Remarks section of the Online Enrolment Form.

4. If the submitted enrolment documents need to be opened in a specific way, such as specific software or a login account, please provide the relevant information and installer in the Remarks section of the Online Enrolment Form.

The sustainable development innovation and technology initiatives or cases cited in the required enrolment documents should be:

• implemented by the participating organisations; and
• launched within the time period of October 2022 and October 2024

The Award Secretariat may request verification of the information submitted by participating organisations during the assessment process.

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Session 1

Date：22 Nov 2024
Time：2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Format：ZOOM Online Meeting
Language：Cantonese

Session 2

Date：13 Dec 2024
Time：2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Format：ZOOM Online Meeting
Language：Cantonese

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