ESG Reporting

Financial Reporting

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CPA, FCCA, CIA, CISA, CTA (HK)
Ricky is responsible for Risk Management Advisory and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Advisory services in AVISTA.
Ricky has 20 years of experience in the fields of accounting, auditing, taxation, asset management, corporate finance and risk management. He has advised pre-IPO and listed clients in various industries, including property, financial services, TMT, manufacturing and licensed corporation, etc. Before joining AVISTA, Ricky had worked in Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, Ernst &amp; Young and KPMG in Hong Kong for a number of years.
Ricky has been invited to speak for the seminars and training of professional institutions such as, HKICPA, HKICS, HKiNEDA as well as those of various listed companies and professional training centers to share his valuable experiences in areas, including listing, risk management, internal control and ESG.

RICKY HO

Director

CPA, ACS, CTA(HK), CIA
Joey has profound experience in enterprise risk management, internal controls, financial due diligence and external audit.
Joey has more than 10 years’ experience in handling assignments of initial public offerings, resumption of trading and merger and acquisition exercises for listed companies. She has extensive experience in different industries including manufacturing and trading, property development and investment, financial services, money lending and provision of educational services.
Before joining AVISTA, Joey had worked for professional advisory firms and accounting firm with extensive experiences in providing accounting, auditing, risk advisory services for HK IPO listing companies and listed companies.

JOEY LEONG

Principal

CPA, CIA
Andrea has over 10 years experiences in the fields of corporate governance, due diligence, business consulting, risk management and internal control review. She has served clients in a range of industries, including garment and textile, licensed corporation, property, construction, automotive, pawn loan, travel and tourism, logistics, mining, energy, TMT, financial services, catering, healthcare, beauty and wastewater treatment etc.
Before joining AVISTA, Andrea had worked for professional advisory firms, accounting firm and multinational corporation with extensive experiences in providing accounting, auditing, risk advisory services for HK IPO listing companies and listed companies.

ANDREA KWAN

Sabrina has 6 years of substantial experience in environmental, social and governance / corporate sustainability, risk assessment and investor relations advisory for Hong Kong listed companies spanning a wide variety of industries including but not limited to information technology, healthcare, Internet finance, property development, investment &amp; management, luxury goods &amp; retail, video games &amp; entertainment, new energy, wastewater treatment, water supply, hospitality, food &amp; beverages, apparel &amp; textile, logistics and manufacturing across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia and other Asia Pacific regions.
Sabrina has been a reviewer for the Sustainability and Social Responsibility Reporting (SSR) award under the HKICPA’s Best Corporate Governance Awards (BCGA) since 2020, reviewing the ESG report of the selected listed companies based on her professional knowledge and insights in the ESG profession.

SABRINA LAM

Newly-Released ESG Guide Consultation Conclusions and ESG Disclosure Review by HKEX

Coupled with rising concerns of climate change and governments’ commitment to carbon neutrality, it is an irreversible trend of electric vehicles increasingly being adopted, with China and Europe being the key markets. This phenomenon has unsurprisingly brought investment attractiveness in the financial market. The electric vehicle-related Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) notably outperformed the general market in both the United States and China over the previous year, which was contributed by the companies in the value chain of industry, ranging from lithium &amp; battery to vehicle manufacturing.
 
Click <a href="../../../../../uploads/New_Energy_Vehicle_Sector_Update_July_2021_1b542f4196.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to download the full report. 
 
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Electric Vehicle Sector Update - July 2021

The Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) issued a circular providing guidance to management companies of SFC-authorized unit trusts and mutual funds on enhanced disclosures for funds that incorporate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors into their key investment focus (“ESG funds”) on 29 June 2021.
 
As a replacement for the previous version released in 2019, the circular includes an additional requirement that ESG funds should conduct and disclose periodic assessments concerning how ESG factors are integrated and provide guidance for climate-oriented ESG funds.
 
According to SFC, the number of ESG funds offered to the public in Hong Kong has more than doubled since 2019. Increasing awareness regarding ESG investing has led to a need for asset managers to clearly explain their ESG focus, helping investors determine if the products meet their investment goals.
 
The circular outlines the requirements for ESG funds to disclose in their offering documents, including a description of the ESG focus and a list of ESG criteria used to measure the fund’s ESG focus, such as filters, indicators, ratings, third party certificates, etc. ESG funds should also disclose their investment strategies, asset allocations, benchmarks and risks associated with their ESG focus. Furthermore, there are new requirements outlined in the updated circular, requiring ESG funds to make periodic assessments and reports on attaining the ESG focus, and specific guidance for ESG funds that focus on climate change.
 
"Making sustainability-related disclosures more transparent, comparable and consistent will help investors identify suitable ESG funds and reduce opportunities for greenwashing," said Mr Ashley Alder, the SFC's Chief Executive Officer. “Hong Kong’s financial market is where global capital connects with Mainland enterprises, so what we do here can have an outsized influence on global developments in green and sustainable finance.”
 
Currently, there are about 60 SFC-authorised funds with an investment focus on climate change, green, ESG or sustainable development in the SFC database on authorised ESG funds. To enhance transparency for these funds, their key features will also be listed in the database after the new circular takes effect on 1 January 2022.
 
As the ESG landscape is still developing rapidly, the SFC will continue to monitor the market developments and may provide further guidance or impose additional requirements for ESG funds, where appropriate.
 
Click <a href="https://apps.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/api/circular/openFile?lang=EN&amp;refNo=21EC27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to read the full circular.
 
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