Prof. Michael EDESESS, Adjunct Associate Professor of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) shared his thoughts on Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) investment, saying for fashion consumers, even if they say they prefer green products, in the end they just want to purchase items that are stylish.

Prof. Donald LOW, Professor of Practice of Division of Public Policy (PPOL) shared his thoughts on Singapore’s 2020 General Election and the campaign of People’s Action Party.

Prof. Guojun HE, Assistant Professor of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) shared his thoughts on how lockdown in mainland cities trigged by COVID-19 has improved air quality.

Prof. Michael EDESESS, Adjunct Associate Professor of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) commented on the relationship between Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) issues and stock performance, saying a company with an environmental liability is likely to have an accordingly depressed stock price.

Prof. Joseph KWAN, Adjunct Professor of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) and Mr. Hamilton HUNG, consultant of the HKUST-CIL Joint Laboratory of Innovation Environmental Health Technologies talked about the innovation of an antimicrobial polymer (MAP-1) coating and its wide application in the community.

Prof. Masaru YARIME, Associate Professor of Division of Public Policy (PPOL), Prof. Erik BAARK, Emeritus Professor of Division of Social Science, Prof. NG Tze-Ling, former Assistant Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dr. Constantine SPANDAGOS, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of PPOL, have conducted a study and found that smart technology tools could facilitate energy-saving in HK households.

The new smart anti-microbial coating developed by the research team led by Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and Prof. YEUNG King Lun, Professor of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) was featured in articles on the potential market of disinfectant products.

Prof. Christine LOH,Chief Development Strategist of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) shared her thoughts on why she thinks China and US should find ways to coexist instead of decoupling.

Prof. Naubahar SHARIF, Associate Professor of Division of Public Policy (PPOL) stated the importance of using symmetrical criteria while analyzing or evaluating different places’ responses to COVID-19 crisis.

Prof. Albert PARK, Affiliated Faculty of Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management (T&M-DDP) said he is skeptical that promoting a street vendor economy will substantially boost consumption as hawkers may draw away businesses from regular shops.