Past Events

Although there is growing acceptance in the property sector on the importance of a ESG strategy in achieving sustainability, a major gap still exists between ESG goals and their implementation. At a seminar on 21 November, Colliers’ Hannah Jeong shared advice on reconciling such differences through such means as creating a set of ESG values. She was then joined by her colleague Andrew Lau, as well as Alex Bent from Undivided Ventures and Ellie Tang from Fidelity International, in a panel discussion on ways for landlords and tenants to work together in achieving carbon neutrality by enhancing building energy efficiency, purchasing carbon offsets, promoting the use of green leases, and building effective corporate governance to meet climate resilience objectives.

The seminar was presided over by Prof. Eric Ma, Chairman of the Chamber’s Real Estate and Infrastructure Committee.

This is the fifth in a series of seminars on ‘Decarbonising Hong Kong 2050’, which focuses on how the government, businesses and communities are working towards Hong Kong's goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
 

Colliers International (Hong Kong) Ltd

Tokenisation lowers the barriers to entry for real estate investment by enabling interests in the asset to be more readily divided across a wider pool of investors. But attention should be paid to potential legal and regulatory uncertainties, given that such new technology is not currently subject to regulation, compared to traditional investment products. 

At a webinar on 6 August, Hannah Jeong, Head of Valuation & Advisory Services at Colliers, discussed the opportunities and challenges arising from the tokenisation of real estate. She said that while tokenisation can be a new source of financing for property developers, the current lack of regulatory oversight in Hong Kong may constrain the rate of adoption. 
 

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