{"id":71787,"date":"2025-11-22T09:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=71787"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T02:27:00","slug":"hsuhk-honours-outstanding-smes-with-esg-and-business-performance-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/hsuhk-honours-outstanding-smes-with-esg-and-business-performance-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"HSUHK honours outstanding SMEs with ESG and Business Performance Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"71787\" class=\"elementor elementor-71787\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>21 November 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>HSUHK hosted the Presentation Ceremony for the Outstanding SME ESG and Business Performance Awards on 21 November 2025.<\/p><p>A total of 23 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were recognised for their excellence in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles with strong business performance. Seven companies received the Outstanding SME ESG Product Award, while 16 companies received the Outstanding SME ESG Service Award.<\/p><p>In his welcome address, President Simon Ho reaffirmed HSUHK\u2019s commitment to cultivating responsible business leaders. He emphasised that true business success goes beyond profit \u2014 it encompasses accountability to shareholders, employees, society, and the environment.<\/p><p>Officiating guest Dr Bernard Chan, Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, praised HSUHK and its Start-up and SME Resource Centre for their leadership in promoting ESG awareness and education. He highlighted that a stable business environment, transparent corporate governance, and social harmony are essential to maintaining Hong Kong\u2019s attractiveness as a global business hub.<\/p><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0ddc6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0ddc6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32de24d\" data-id=\"32de24d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68316d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68316d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RPT_251121_0647_601631-1140x570.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RPT_251121_0647_601631-1140x570.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RPT_251121_0647_601631-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RPT_251121_0647_601631-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RPT_251121_0647_601631-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">HSUHK hosts Outstanding SME ESG and Business Performance Awards 2025. \n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":71788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10,128],"tags":[],"topics":[228,231],"month":[449],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71787"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71796,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71787\/revisions\/71796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71787"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=71787"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=71787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}