{{multiple issues |1= {{notability|Companies|date=July 2017}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2018}} {{third-party|date=September 2018}} }} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox company | image = BEC Colour Logo horizontal JPG 500.jpg | image_size = 310px | name =Business Environment Council | logo = | type = Non-profit organisation | foundation = 1992 | location = 2/F, 77 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | key_people = Chairman – Kevin O'Brien; CEO – Simon Ng | homepage = {{url|http://bec.org.hk/|Business Environment Council}} }}
'''Business Environment Council''' ('''BEC''') ({{zh|t=商界環保協會}}) is a charitable non-profit-making organization established by the Hong Kong business sector to promote environmental sustainability in Hong Kong. BEC has four types of membership, including Council Member, Corporate Member, General Member and Affiliate Member, and most of them are listed companies in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Kevin O'Brien (Gammon Construction Limited).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bec.org.hk/|title=Business Environment Council 商界環保協會|website=bec.org.hk}}</ref> The Headquarters of BEC is located at 77 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong. The BEC Building attained the BEAM Plus Platinum Rating for Existing Buildings, the highest achievable green building rating in Hong Kong twice, in October 2017 and January 2023.
==Major programmes== ; EnviroSeries Conference Staged twice a year, EnviroSeries Conference aims to provide a cross-sector forum to discuss and address key issues related to Hong Kong's environmental sustainability.
; Net-zero Carbon Charter To align with Hong Kong’s 2050 carbon neutrality goal, the rebranded Net-zero Carbon Charter, which was formerly launched as the BEC Low Carbon Charter in March 2019, aims to make a collective effort among businesses and organisations, urging them to set targets and actions for a net-zero future through a pledge. Under the framework of the Charter, BEC designs and hosts events and programmes to guide companies in formulating, executing, and achieving their objectives. As of June 2024, there is a total of 75 Charter Signatories, in which 20 are the Science-aligned Signatories, while the remaining 55 are Action Signatories.
==Major members==
BEC has four types of membership: Council Member, Corporate Member, General Member and Affiliate Member, and which mainly come from leading listed, multinational or holding companies, large private or government-mandated corporations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bec.org.hk/en/members | title=All Members | Business Environment Council }}</ref>{{col-begin}} ; Council Member {{col-3}} *Airport Authority Hong Kong *Baguio Green Group Limited *China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited *Chinachem Agencies Ltd *CLP Power Hong Kong Limited *COSCO Shipping Ports Limited *Gammon Construction Limited *Green Island Cement Company Limited *Hang Lung Properties Limited *Hang Seng Bank Limited *Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. *Hongkong Land Limited *Hysan Development Company Limited *Jardine Engineering Corporation (Representing the Jardine Matheson Group) {{col-3}} *Kerry Properties Limited *Kum Shing Group Limited *Link Asset Management Limited *Modern Terminals Limited *Nan Fung Development Limited *New World Development Company Limited *Orient Overseas Container Line Limited *PCCW Limited *Schneider Electric (Hong Kong) Limited *Shell Hong Kong Limited *Siemens Energy Limited *Siemens Limited *Sino Land Company Limited {{col-3}} *Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited *Swire Pacific Limited *Swire Properties Limited *The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited *The Hong Kong Jockey Club *The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited *The Hongkong Electric Company Limited *The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited *Wheelock & Company Limited {{col-end}}
== Organisational structure == {{col-begin}} {{col-3}}
=== Board of Directors for 2024 to 2026 === Chairman *Kevin O'Brien (Gammon Construction Limited)
Board Directors *Peter Lee (Airport Authority Hong Kong) *David Simmonds (CLP Holdings Limited) *Daniel Cheng (Dunwell Enviro-Tech (Holdings) Limited) *John Chai (Fook Tin Technologies Limited) *Randy Yu (Henderson Land Development Company Limited) *Andy Yeung (Hongkong Land Limited) *Noky Wong (Jardine Matheson Group) *Ivy S. W. Lee (Leigh & Orange Limited) *Horace W. M. Lo (Modern Terminals Limited) *Jonathan Chiu (Schneider Electric (Hong Kong) Limited) *Anne Yu (Shell Hong Kong Limited) *Luen Fai Lee (Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited) *Mark Harper (Swire Pacific Limited) *Patrick Ho (Swire Properties Limited) *Jasper Chan (The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited) *Huifeng Zhang (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) *Bill Ho (The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bec.org.hk/newsroom/bec-bod-2020-2022-e|title=Business Environment Council Announces Board of Directors for 2024-26 Term}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bec.org.hk/en/our-governance|title=Business Environment Council 商界環保協會|website=bec.org.hk|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=16 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916112245/https://bec.org.hk/about-us/board-of-directors|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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=== Management team === Chief Executive Officer *Simon Ng Director – Finance *Ivan Chan Director – Operations *C.F. Leung Assistant Director – Communications *Maggie Lam Head – Policy & Research *Merlin Lao Head – Human Resources & Administration *Michelle Fung<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bec.org.hk/about-us/management-team|title=Business Environment Council 商界環保協會|website=bec.org.hk}}</ref> {{col-end}}
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Category:Organizations established in 1992 Category:Business organisations based in Hong Kong Category:1992 establishments in Hong Kong