Hong Kong – Dutch entrepreneurs learn about opportunities to collaborate with Hong Kong in achieving climate goals and advancing ESG practices (with photos)
Dutch entrepreneurs learn about opportunities to collaborate with Hong Kong in achieving climate goals and advancing ESG practices (with photos)
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Dutch entrepreneurs attending a seminar in Wassenaar, the Netherlands, on October 12 (Netherlands time) knew about the abundant business opportunities available to them to partner with Hong Kong as it strives to reach carbon neutrality before 2050 and advance Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.
The seminar and dinner, titled “Sustainability and ESG in and with Hong Kong – How to make it work!”, was a biannual event for the Dutch business community organised by the Netherlands Hong Kong Business Association and the Netherlands China Business Council, with the support of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels (HKETO, Brussels) and Invest Hong Kong.
The seminar provided an opportunity for Dutch companies to explore potential partnerships with Hong Kong in the context of global climate goals and the implementation of ESG practices. Business leaders from Hong Kong, other parts of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the Netherlands shared their experience and expertise during panel sessions on “Sharing best practices in ESG and sustainability” and “Green investing is making money while saving the planet”.
In her welcoming remarks, the Deputy Representative of the HKETO, Brussels, Miss Fiona Li outlined Hong Kong’s plan and challenges in promoting decarbonisation and sustainable development, and how Hong Kong can promote the global agenda.
The Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Union, Miss Shirley Yung, said in her speech that Hong Kong can play to its strengths and make a significant contribution to the global fight against climate change in areas of green finance and green tech.
“As one of the world’s biggest international financial centres, Hong Kong is poised to become a premier centre for green and sustainable finance that serves the green transformation in Mainland China, the region and the rest of the world,” she said.
She noted that more than 100 green tech companies and start-ups operate at Cyberport and Science Park, and that the city combines its strengths with those of its neighbours.
“For example, the Global Innovation Index, which ranks countries and economies based on their innovative capacity each year, has just ranked the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou science and technology cluster second in the world,” she said.
Miss Yung encouraged Dutch businesses to make use of Hong Kong’s excellent services and platform to expand in the region, the GBA, Mainland China and beyond.
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Europe Asia In Japan, KLM operates a twice weekly service to Osaka via Incheon (South Korea), as well as three weekly flights to Tokyos Narita Airport, also via Incheon. Additionally, there is a direct service twice a week to Tokyo. The frequency on this route will increase in September to five direct flights a week to Tokyo. KLM also serves the Indonesian destinations of Denpasar and Jakarta via Singapore. North America Middle East Caribbeanand Suriname South America Africa
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Summer Schedule 2023
From the start of the summer schedule, the KLM route network will comprise 165 destinations 96 European and 69 intercontinental. The airline is expanding its Asian network, doubling the number of KLM flights to Asia compared with 2022. KLMs new Premium Comfort class will be increasingly available on intercontinental flights.
Following the success of the Nantes route last winter, KLM is adding this city to its summer schedule. Nantes will be served by three daily flights. A daily service will operate to Rennes, the regional capital of Brittany, from the start of the summer schedule.
KLM is further expanding its route network in Asia, following disruptions caused by Covid-19. KLM will operate services to 16 Asian destinations in summer 2023, doubling the number of flights to the region compared with 2022. KLM operates daily services to Beijing and Shanghai. The airline also is once more operating services three times a week to Hong Kong and twice a week to Taipei via Incheon (South Korea).
Manila (Philippines) is served five times a week via Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
In India, there is a daily service to Delhi and Mumbai, and five weekly flights to Bangalore.
KLM operates services to 18 North American destinations. In the USA, these include New York, Atlanta, Austin, Washington, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The route network is expanding this summer to include 13 flights a week to Toronto in Canada, compared with 10 flights in 2022. KLM also operates services to the Canadian cities of Edmonton, Montreal and Vancouver.
KLMs new Premium Comfort class is available on flights to New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Toronto and Calgary.
A daily service will operate to Dubai and Tel Aviv (Israel). Tel Aviv will be operated with the widebody Boeing 777.
KLM also operates a daily service to Kuwait, four times a week in combination with Bahrain and three times a week in combination with Muscat.
KLM is operating daily services to Curaao this summer. During the high season, in July and August, there will be as many as 10 flights a week to the island. There will also be a daily service to the islands of Aruba and Bonaire.
Paramaribo will be served by six weekly flights and KLM will also operate three weekly services to Port of Spain and Sint Maarten.
KLM is operating services to 10 destinations in South America this summer, including daily services to Sao Paulo (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Panama City (Panama). Flights to Costa Rica will operate according to the winter schedule until mid May, with three weekly flights to San Jos in combination with Liberia (Costa Rica).
Passengers will be able to fly KLM to 10 African destinations this summer. Tropical Zanzibar will be served by two weekly flights in combination with Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. And daily services will operate to Nairobi, Cape Town and Johannesburg.2local Dutch Company to Present a First Blockchain-Powered Marketplace with Unique Cashback System
Company Name: 2local
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Address: Netherlands, Beelaerts v Bloklandstr 3
City/State: Driebergen-Rijsenburg/Utrecht
Email: [email protected]
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