About the ESG Challenge
Why you should join this ESG Challenge?
ESG is strongly emphasized by Hong Kong government and employers As many industries start to put more and more emphasis on ESG, it is crucial for students to keep up with this new requirement. The Hong Kong government has been promoting ESG and Green Finance in a substantial manner. For example, the HKMA issued USD56.6 billion and HKD20 billion of Green Bond in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Mainland China also recognizes the importance of ESG. Large banks and mutual funds in Mainland recently have started to recruit university graduates as ESG analysts and professionals. These recent events clearly demonstrate the importance of ESG knowledge and skills needed for a successful career in finance and business. As a result, Hang Seng Bank and Value Partners have taken up the commitment of sponsoring an ESG competition to create awareness among students in Hong Kong.
You will become an ESG Elite Through this ESG Challenge, we aim to help students gain a deeper knowledge about ESG through the training and coaching we provide. A very special feature of this Challenge is to train ALL student participants to become an "ESG Elite". We strongly believe that having ESG related experience can enhance students' personal development and open up more job opportunities for them. Furthermore, we hope to cultivate university students as future ESG experts to respond to the rising need of the business world. We believe that, by joining this Challenge, students can also broaden their horizons and establish connections with industry professionals.
Great prizes and career development opportunities For this challenge, we have prepared a lot of great prizes, which includes cash rewards and career development opportunities such as jobs, internships, and interviews with well-known companies.
Challenge format:
Our competition takes place in the form of a challenge. When participants join the Challenge, they will receive coaching and will be given challenging tasks to complete. The Challenge is divided into two stages, each with a round of evaluation.
First stage:
The Challenge begins with an opening forum. Guests from different well-known financial institutions will be invited to give a speech. Intensive ESG training, which includes ESG training videos and trading simulation will be provided to participants. At the end of this stage, students will be evaluated through trading simulation and participation during the process. The best performing eight teams can enter the second stage of the Challenge. More importantly, many additional prizes in terms of job, internship, and interview opportunities will be available to participating teams in the first round as well. The main purpose of the Challenge is to make ALL participating students to go through e-learning, training, trading simulation (and presentation for Final 8 teams), so that all students may become an “ESG Elite”.
Second stage:
During this stage, the Final 8 will receive coaching from Big4 firms. They will then do a physical presentation in front of the judging panel and the top 3 winners will be selected. In addition to the cash prizes for the Final 8, additional prizes in terms of job, internship, and interview opportunities will be available to these winners as well.
Benefits and value of joining the Challenge:
No pain no gain!
If you want to:
- equip yourself for better professional and career development
- learn from senior executives and top ESG professionals
- build up your CV
- learn more about ESG through hands-on experience
Join our Challenge!
More about the Challenge:
As many industries start to put more and more emphasis on ESG, it is crucial for students to keep up with this new requirement. The Hong Kong government has been promoting ESG and Green Finance in a substantial manner. For example, the HKMA issued USD56.6 billion and HKD20 billion of Green Bond in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Mainland China also recognizes the importance of ESG. Large banks and mutual funds in Mainland recently have started to recruit university graduates as ESG analysts and professionals. These recent events clearly demonstrate the importance of ESG knowledge and skills needed for a successful career in finance and business. As a result, Hang Seng Bank and Value Partners have taken up the commitment of sponsoring an ESG competition to create awareness among students in Hong Kong.
Through this ESG Challenge, we aim to help students gain a deeper knowledge about ESG through the training and coaching we provide. A very special feature of this challenge is to train ALL student participants to become an "ESG Elite".
We strongly believe that having ESG related experience can enhance students' personal development and open up more job opportunities for them. Furthermore, we hope to cultivate university students as future ESG experts to respond to the rising need of the business world. We believe that, by joining this Challenge, students can also broaden their horizons and establish connections with industry professionals.
For this challenge, we have prepared a lot of great prizes, which includes cash rewards and career development opportunities such as jobs, internships, and interviews with well-known companies.