Annual Review 2018

ANNUAL REVIEW HK 2018 CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE CHANGE THE WAY Our 2018 Annual Review cover highlights the Jockey Club Charities Trust, transforming the 2 CONSERVATION WINS passion of youth in speaking for the planet. At reserve in a 21st century nature classroom. the inaugural One Planet Youth Leadership Forum in November 2017, over 80 youth Our work in Hong Kong supports the 4 OCEANS leaders from 20 regions across Asia and Europe government’s goal of translating its Biodiversity converged on Hong Kong to share their ideas Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP) to concrete 8 LOCAL BIODIVERSITY and experience on the topics of conservation, initiatives implemented at a local level by community engagement and education, supporting programmes to bend the curve on biodiversity and sustainability. In support of biodiversity loss and transform Hong Kong into 10 MAI PO & WETLANDS Aichi Target 1, WWF’s goal is to engage one Asia’s most sustainable city. billion people around the world and mainstream 14 CLIMATE & ENERGY environmental issues by 2020. We believe this We mounted oceans conservation programmes goal can be achieved by working with youth, intent on establishing marine protected areas, ANNUAL REVIEW FY18 / ABOUT LIFE schools, corporates and community groups. safeguarding Chinese white dolphins and 16 EDUCATION preventing single-use plastics from entering © WWF-Hong Kong. All rights reserved Wetlands conservation remains a cornerstone our oceans by abating marine litter at source. Publisher: WWF-Hong Kong 22 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MESSAGE of our work with Mai Po a benchmark for These programmes will amplify across the Editors: Douglas Anderson, Saul Symonds the sustainable use of wetlands. Our work Greater Bay Area in the year ahead. We engaged Translation: Jon Wong CONTENTS here extends out across sites along the East government and provided advocacy services to Design: Chiho To 23 FINANCIALS Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) with 32 businesses with our corporate membership and projects funded under the Asian Waterbirds environmental finance programmes. Any reproduction in full or in part must mention the title and 24 OUR THANKS Conservation Funds (AWCF) in 11 Asian credit the above publisher as the copyright owner. This publication countries since 2005. Mai Po is in the midst is printed on FSC-certified paper, containing recycled materials of an infrastructure upgrade sponsored by a and using vegetable oil-based inks. 26 CORPORATE MEMBERS LIST HK$347.86 million grant from the Hong Kong Edward M. Ho Peter Cornthwaite Chairman, Executive Council Chief Executive Officer, 28 OUR CENTRES of WWF-Hong Kong WWF-Hong Kong 29 OUR PUBLICATIONS

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Annual Review 2018 / 1 CONSERVATION WINS The Scheme of Control Agreements submitted to the Legislative Council on 17 April 2018 came into effect on 1 October 2018, with Over the past year, we have celebrated a number of significant conservation wins, the FiT rate set at HK$3-5/kWh for solar and wind systems with a most notably the announcement of an ivory ban in Hong Kong and the implementation guaranteed rebate period of 15 years, aiming to have a system payback of a Feed-in Tariff (FiT), both the culmination of campaigns launched in 2015. within 10 years, promoting small-scale solar system installations and attracting investors in the local renewable energy market.

However, for Hong Kong to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change, WWF advocates for the government to extend the FiT payback period to 20 years, issue clear guidelines on the legality of a canopy of solar panels, release public open space at parks or housing estates for renewable energy installations, provide funding to support community installations, and set clear guidelines for large-scale installations, including from energy sources other than wind and solar.

A ban on the domestic ivory trade with no compensation © WWF-Hong Kong by 2021 and an increase in the maximum penalty for Other highlights of our advocacy work over the past year include our wildlife crime offences to 10 years was approved on 31 100% solar-powered mobile café, officially unveiled on 20 November January 2018 by Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. Hong 2017, and the announcement in March 2018 that the volume of shark Kong is the largest ivory city market in the world and a fin imported into Hong Kong declined from 10,210 tonnes in 2007 major transit hub for illegal wildlife trade. to 4,979 tonnes in 2017, a drop of over 50%. WWF looks forward to more shipping companies banning the carriage of shark fin to protect Our report, The Hard Truth, released in 2015, revealed the species endangered by this trade. We will continue our work make several legal loopholes in Hong Kong’s ivory regulations. Hong Kong a shark fin free city before the end of the next decade. Through in-depth studies on the ivory trade and © WWF-Hong Kong / Tracy Tsang community engagement campaigns, we received The sale of wildlife parts in markets across Asia is being fueled by the enormous public support with 91,643 Hong Kongers demand from Chinese buyers with the trade such as ivory, pangolin signing a petition in support of a ban. In response to and rhino horn. WWF is calling on the Hong Kong government to calls from WWF and other NGOs, the government moved investigate and prosecute transnational criminal gangs who use Hong forward with the proposed five-year timetable to end the Kong as a favoured route for wildlife smuggling. Hong Kong’s wildlife domestic trade. crime offences should be included under Schedule 1 of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance (OSCO). The Hong Kong Police Force Following the announcement, we are calling on and the Customs and Excise Department must step up their joint governments across Asia to follow China and Hong efforts to become much more involved in the process of preventing Kong’s lead and close their ivory markets. transnational wildlife crime. C2 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 3 OCEANS

6 existing marine parks CONSERVATION PRIORITY SITES The interactive roadshow highlighted the range of marine life in Hong Kong and the threats it faces from rampant 3 proposed marine parks TUNG PING CHAU MARINE PARK Our call for the government to increase marine protected areas (MPA) was highlighted development, unregulated fishing, escalating marine WWF suggested with the identification of seven sites of conservation priority, in conjunction with local traffic, and marine litter pollution. Activities included marine protected areas YAN CHAU TONG MARINE PARK academics and experts, for the establishment of an MPA network in the territory. augmented reality and virtual reality experiences, which presented the beauty of our seas and the threats to vulnerable species, such as the Chinese white dolphin. HOI HA WAN MARINE PARK

Our proposal for these areas, and suggested conservation PAK NAI Between October 2016 and September 2017, a total of FOR HONG KONG measures, are outlined in our Sea for Future: Conservation seven underwater sound recorders collected the whistles TOLO CHANNEL AND HARBOUR New Territories Priority Sites for Hong Kong booklet published in May 2018. and echolocation clicks of the Chinese white dolphin and There is an urgent need to conserve our valuable marine finless porpoise, as well as the noise generated by vessels, habitats and species, to make them more resilient to human providing insights into the movements and feeding disturbance and climate change and this booklet is a solid patterns of these marine mammals, giving the first full guide for policymakers to refer to in extending the protected SHA CHAU AND LUNG KWU CHAU picture of how they use coastal habitats intersected by MARINE PARK areas to regain the health of Hong Kong’s marine ecology. the busy shipping channels during the day and night. SHARP ISLAND & SHELTER ISLAND IN PORT SHELTER THE BROTHERS MARINE PARK The suggested conservation measures include setting up 3RS MARINE PARK* The issue was the focus Kowloon different management zonings, banning non-selective fishing of a crowdfunding appeal methods, restricting vessel speeds, regulating human activities we launched to purchase with a code of conduct, and adopting a co-management hydrophones as we expand NINEPIN GROUP approach. our monitoring study to WEST LANTAU Lantau Island Hong Kong Island cover west Lantau coastal To raise public awareness of these issues, we launched a habitats such as Tai O and Yi SHUI HAU roadshow and are calling on all Hong Kongers to sign a petition. CAPE D'AGUILAR O. The data gathered will be MARINE RESERVE Only 5% of Hong Kong waters are currently established, or used to lobby the government promised by the government, as MPAs by 2023 will not be for the establishment of more SOUTHWEST LANTAU SOUTH LAMMA MARINE PARK enough. MPAs. SOUTH LANTAU MARINE PARK

With a mere 47 Chinese white dolphins estimated to be * Marine park for compensation of construction of third runway project. left in Hong Kong waters, there is an urgent need for the government to act fast. Effective conservation measures are needed before it’s too late. SIGN OUR MPA READ OUR PRIORITY SITES CONSERVATION PETITION NOW! SEA FOR FUTURE BOOKLET C4 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 5 OCEANS TACKLING MARINE LITTER DISCOVERING OUR OCEANS The marine litter problem in Hong Kong and the rest of the The Hoi Ha Marine Life Centre was the focal point of numerous activities over the past 12 world is getting worse. Our addiction to single-use plastics, months designed to raise public awareness of the threats faced by our beautiful oceans which break up into smaller and smaller fragments over from human activity and to highlight the hard work of marine conservationists. time, is destroying our oceans. Our work advocates for a variety of source reduction strategies. In 2016, we launched ECF Discovery of Ocean Drifter with 10 primary schools and 10 secondary schools, using interactive activities and scientific experiments to discover the In the past year, we engaged over 30 marine recreational amazing world of plankton and teach them about the complicated biodiversity of our groups to promote the switch from disposables to reusables, oceans. as well as introduce recycling facilities. We are working towards replacing the ubiquitous polystyrene fish boxes, The project took the form of school talks and art workshops for primary schools, which are a major source of marine litter, by conducting introducing the importance of plankton in marine ecosystems, while secondary schools tests on various alternatives and discussing the issue with had a more science-based approach with a survey conducted across Hong Kong waters to the fishery industry. © WWF-Hong Kong determine seasonal or regional discrepancies in plankton compositions.

Eleven schools partnered in educational activities tracing marine litter from its land- The award-winning documentary A Plastic Ocean, featured in many of our Hoi Ha Wan based sources, and designed their initiatives to promote conservation messages at school activities, shows in chilling detail how plastics seriously affect humans and animals. and in the community. We also conducted 27 clean-up activities with local community groups, and we experimented with two innovative marine litter interception methods, a One of the film’s producers, Jo Ruxton, WWF-Hong Thomsea trawl net and a floating refuse boom. Kong’s Oceans conservation consultant, was on hand to share her views on how catastrophic the plastic trash In addition to addressing local sources of marine litter, we must look to mainland China, epidemic has become, its threats to human health, and and form cross-border partnerships, if we are to comprehensively tackle this problem. At what we can do to change the way we live and reduce the China Ocean NGO Forum held in August 2017, we co-hosted a panel on marine litter single-use plastics in our lives. and arranged a field trip to Hong Kong to showcase marine litter stakeholder projects. #NoPlasticInNature T6 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 7 LOCAL BIODIVERSITY

PROTECTING OUR BIODIVERSITY Nature and biodiversity are key to Earth’s life support system. In Hong Kong, we enjoy a rich biodiversity Lobbying the Hong Kong government to focus on brownfields for housing development and the government recognizes the importance of rather than reclamation or impacting country parks was a major focus of the work carried biodiversity conservation. As promised in Hong Kong’s out by our environmental watchdog team in 2018. We launched our lands supply petition in first Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP), the 2018 as part of our campaign to lobby the government to adopt a “brownfield first” policy government will prioritize actions to safeguard the city’s and identify areas of high ecological value to remain development free. biodiversity from 2016-2021.

Our work to protect local biodiversity in ecologically important areas is supported by our annual Walk for Nature event, which gives participants a chance to learn about environmental protection and sustainable development by experiencing Hong Kong’s biodiversity first-hand at the iconic Mai Po Nature Reserve, which boasts over 2,050 species.

On 4-5 November 2017, a total of 2,000 participants and Given that Hong Kong has almost 1,200 hectares of representatives from 31 organisations took part in the brownfield sites, with the total area of big clusters at 390 two-day event. Meandering along the sunny 5-kilometre hectares, we believe the government should speed up the walking route, participants discovered our Sustainable resumption of these areas and devise a fair compensation Living Lab, with activities designed to stimulate the five mechanism for planned development projects. senses of sight, sound, taste, touch and smell to introduce the rich world of wetland biodiversity and encourage Building on our natural areas would not only cause them to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle. irreversible damage to the city’s ecology, but is detrimental to local biodiversity and will take longer to Highly-anticipated new events included a guided tour produce housing than building on brownfield sites that down a floating boardwalk amidst an ethereal mangrove already have the necessary infrastructure. forest, and yoga in a secluded bird hide with views of pristine mudflats stretching ahead. A “brownfields first” policy will remain a key element of our advocacy work in the year ahead as we ask the government to identify unprotected areas of high ecological value to remain “development free” and assign them permanent protection status. P8 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 9 MAI PO & WETLANDS

MAI PO AND BEYOND In early 2018, we launched a crowdfunding site to raise HK$450,000 to support monitoring of the endangered Urban wetlands, like Mai Po, play a vital role in filtering waste, reducing air pollution great knot, whose main food source of small clams and are essential to our future. Since 1990, over 5,000 local and international dropped 95% at the Yalujiang mudflats. The Yalujiang researchers and wetland conservation managers have attended our professional wetland is the most important migratory site for the wetland management courses at Mai Po. Every year, some 12,000 school students species, supporting nearly a quarter of the world’s great and youth take part in education programmes developed around citizen science and knot population. © Shutterstock experiential learning. The money raised helped to purchase binoculars and telescopes for our field surveyors to monitor the birds’ activity at partner sites along the EAAF, from Mai Po, Hong Kong to Mundok, Korea, an important stopover and refuelling station. At Mundok, a one week field survey Mai Po serves as a stopover for migratory birds on the was conducted during the spring 2018 migration with a East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF). Our Mai Po further survey planned for the autumn 2019 migration. team plays a key role in training managers and sharing Around 200 great knots visit each migration period, and © Bena Smith best practice at critical wetlands along the EAAF. In the data gathered has significance for their conservation 2017, WWF signed an MoU with the Paulson Institute, at an international level. the Forestry Department of Hebei Province and The People’s Government of Luannan County with the aim of Our work along the EAAF covers projects under the Asian providing better protection for the Nanpu wetland and Waterbird Conservation Fund (AWCF), which focuses on helping the local government to establish it as a legally partnerships that bring benefits to the local communities protected area with stricter conservation measures. at the project sites.

Additionally, WWF-Hong Kong is designing a scientific- Over the past year, our work at Mundok, Korea designated © WWF-Hong Kong / Christopher Lee based management plan following the completion of a a Ramsar site in 2018, included training officials and baseline survey and will launch environmental education locals about wetland ecosystems and migratory bird initiatives at the reserve. In October and November 2017, conservation. wetland management training courses were organized for Nanpu staff in Mai Po and in Chongming Dongtan in Shanghai. JOIN OUR GUIDED LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ECO-VISITS AT MAI PO WORK ON THE EAAF M10 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 11 MAI PO & WETLANDS

NATURE’S CLASSROOM Our three-year Nature with No Barriers project, sponsored by HSBC in 2015, has enabled us to expand An infrastructure upgrade and improvement programme has commenced, creating universal universal accessibility at Mai Po Nature Reserve. The access and providing opportunities to empower people from different backgrounds and all upgrade of facilities focused on bird hides and visitor sectors of society with important knowledge about wetland and environmental protection as paths. well as sustainable development. Nature with No Barriers has helped to make the reserve © WWF-Hong Kong more accessible to people with physical disabilities and to The most extensive of these works is funded by a underprivileged communities. Over the past three years, HK$347.86 million grant from the Hong Kong Jockey HSBC have sponsored 225 tours under this project, with Club Charities Trust. The project has been in the specially trained educators and the enhancement of core planning stages since 2016. Construction kicked-off on site infrastructure, including universal access at two bird 10 September 2018, with the commencement of internal hides and along the main visitor path. renovations at the Mai Po Education Centre.

New facilities include 3D bird models, education panels The project will create an enhanced exhibition area and a mobile app. The six 3D bird models (black-faced © WWF-Hong Kong with interactive learning for young people, wet/dry spoonbill, black kite, common kingfisher, Eurasian laboratories that offer students and researchers the wigeon, Eurasian curlew, spotted dove) include braille opportunity to interact with flora and fauna, conduct information panels and sound clips of the bird calls. research and collect citizen science data, augmented reality, and tactile and auditory experiences. The first A portable digital telescope system was developed to phase will be ready in mid-2019. enable visitors, especially those in wheelchairs, to observe birds close-up using tablets. Under the programme, we This upgrade project is currently underway and includes also installed a wireless live camera at a floating bird hide an internal renovation of the Education Centre, a new on the mudflat to provide views of birds and mudskippers. © WWF-Hong Kong Peter Scott Field Studies Centre, and the building of two tower hides, one in the east and one in the south of the reserve. Supporting the visitor experience, a 1-kilomere natural boardwalk linking the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department post and the Education Centre will replace the existing path and provide universal access DISCOVER OUR facilities. VISITS TO MAI PO FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS N12 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 13 CLIMATE & ENERGY RAISING CLIMATE CHANGE GREEN BUSINESS Our Corporate Membership Programme (CMP) expanded laterally in 2017 with the inaugural Corporate Sustainability Summit & Award Presentation at the Zero Carbon Building in Kowloon AWARENESS Bay on 7 November 2017. The event acknowledged the contributions of our business partners from CMP, LOOP (Low-carbon Office Operation Programme) and LCMP (Low-carbon Manufacturing The urgent need for institutional investors to factor climate change risks and rewards Programme) for their commitment to implement climate change solutions. The event brought into portfolios and recongise the potential impact that environmental factors can have hundreds of businesses and corporate members together to share best practices in corporate on global financial stability is the driving force behind the recent publication ofour sustainability and look at issues such as ESG reporting. Climate Primer for Institutional Investors, sponsored by Credit Suisse. The publication is intended to give regional investors a fundamental understanding of the key issues of The event was a launchpad for our new CMP programme and sustainability advisory service, to climate change, focusing on the science involved, the ongoing policy response, evolving assist in sustainability tracking and work with companies to advance conservation, community technological approaches, and how these factors are linked to the financial sector. and business objectives.

Awareness of the financial risks presented by climate change differ by geography, with At the event, we presented awards to 95 of our corporate members to acknowledge their support relatively lower engagement with the issues in the Asia Pacific region. To raise regional to our conservation and education work. Companies participating in the climate-focused LOOP awareness of these issues, we organise workshops with institutional investors and and LCMP collectively avoided over 171,000 tonnes of carbon emissions in the previous year when corporate groups across Hong Kong. compared to a business-as-usual scenario. It would take over 7,400,000 trees one year to absorb

that amount of carbon. The special report on global warming of 1.5°C published by IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) highlights that urgent action is needed. We urge the government to step up commitments, set ambitious targets, strengthen policies and encourage regional and local investments to tackle climate change with the support of environmental financing.

READ OUR CORPORATE READ THE PRIMER SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMME R14 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 15 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION OPEN-AIR LEARNING

Outdoor learning experiences are a focal point of the education programmes we run in our three open-air classrooms at Hoi Ha Marine Life Centre, Island House Conservation Studies Centre and Mai Po Nature Reserve. With © WWF-Hong Kong a mixture of nature observation and wildlife surveys, our educators engage students’ mental and sensory faculties as they discover a range of habitats and each location’s unique flora and fauna while learning about conservation.

Sensory activities are integrated in our outdoor learning experience, in particular for younger students. Wetland Detective at Mai Po Nature Reserve, Held on 14 April 2018, our 35th anniversary Big Bird for example, allows primary students to understand the important role that Race, a BioBlitz-style event involving 14 teams from natural spaces have, even in cities. Here they explore the biodiversity of Mai Hong Kong, China and Taiwan competing to record as Po’s rich wetland habitats and the discover their importance to both humans many bird species as possible, wound to a close with © Augustine Chung / WWF-Hong Kong and wildlife by observing birds’ roosting habits and examining plant life in the Sparrows claiming top honours for the Most Birds Seen mangroves. award, spotting 156 species over the course of 12 thrilling hours. Learning-by-doing is a key feature of our outdoor programmes, seen in the survey secondary students conduct as part of Undiscovered Truth at Island House Conservation Studies Centre. The coastal area exploration includes a marine litter survey to teach students about this persistent environmental issue that has plagued Hong Kong for decades and is only getting worse. © WWF-Hong Kong / Tracy Tsang The secondary school programme Seafood Watch highlights issues such as over-fishing and the conflicts between different stakeholders. The programme starts with observing the marine environment at Hoi Ha, followed by a field study at Sai Kung markets, and finally interviewing a range of stakeholders along the supply chain. SEE THE FULL ONE PLANET SCHOOL 2018-19 PROGRAMME O16 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 17 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION

LET’S TALK ABOUT BIODIVERSITY In April 2018, we asked members of the public, as well as schools and corporates to join us and our One Planet Discovering the rich biodiversity of Hong Kong’s natural spaces is the first step in Youth ambassadors for a citizen science BioBlitz that TOGETHER starting a conversation about protecting them. Our three centres at Mai Po, Hoi Ha INSPIRING Insert Partners challenged them to record and identify as much wildlife ENVIRONMENTAL logo in this area LEADERS OF Wan and Island House, Tai Po have some of the territory’s most unique range of TOMORROW as they could. The event was the City Nature Challenge plant and animal life and provide the perfect starting point to engage more people in organised with the Tai Tam Tuk Foundation. The premise discovering biodiversity. is simple: © WWF-Hong Kong

1. Find wildlife 2. Take a snap 3. Upload it via the iNaturalist app

From 27-30 April, we joined over 60 cities around the world to promote nature awareness and contribute to the growing database record of Hong Kong’s biodiversity. We arranged eco-guided visits at Hong Kong Park, and © WWF-Hong Kong at our centres, which have some of the widest range of biodiversity in the city. With the collective efforts of 750 participants joining teams from WWF-Hong Kong, we uploaded a total of 20,268 photographic wildlife observations*, covering 2,932 species*, to iNaturalist. This placed Hong Kong among the top 10 of 68 cities that participated in City Nature Challenge!

City Nature Challenge will expand into 2019 as we send © WWF-Hong Kong youth teams from Hong Kong to Habitat Penang Hill rainforest in Malaysia and to Tokyo, Japan. A team from Malaysia will also come to Hong Kong for the event.

*As of 15 November 2018. THE NEXT CITY NATURE CHALLENGE WILL TAKE PLACE 26-29 APRIL 2019. FIND OUT MORE L18 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 19 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION

EMPOWERING YOUTH TO SPEAK The forum aimed to provide more opportunities for young people to get involved in environmental issues, share their ideas and experience on the topics of conservation, community engagement & education, as well as biodiversity and sustainability FOR THE PLANET within the framework of UN Sustainable Development Goals and Convention on Biological Diversity. One Planet Youth partnered with groups such as Raleigh Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association on a citizen Our youth programmes expanded over the past year as science programme at Mai Po. After being instructed by our expert team at workshops, the youth conducted ecological surveys we sought to support Aichi Target 1 with the launch of the in Mai Po, collecting data for a status update on the wetland’s biodiversity to improve our ongoing habitat management work. © WWF-Hong Kong inaugural One Planet Youth Leadership Forum from 9-13 November 2017, bringing over 80 youth leaders from 20 We continued this work with the Scout Association of Hong Kong (SAHK) conducting a baseline ecological survey, including regions across Asia and Europe to Hong Kong, to speak for the a coral spot check, water quality monitoring, a plankton diversity survey and collection of sediment data, at Hoi Ha Wan. The planet and show that youth can be leaders in our communities programme began in April 2018 and will continue in the year ahead. for sustainability. FIND OUT MORE For One Planet Youth programme enquiries, email [email protected] ABOUT OPY

E20 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 21 The following highlights provide an analysis of the Annual Report and Accounts of WWF-Hong Kong for the year ended 30 June 2018. The Annual Report and Accounts have been audited by BDO Limited and are prepared in accordance with the Hong Kong Financial CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIALS Reporting Standards. As a leading non-profit conservation organization, WWF-Hong Kong commands a high degree of public trust due to our professionalism, OUR INCOME DELIVERING IMPACT AND RESULTS integrity and transparency. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WWF-Hong Kong’s income increased 9.3% to HK$103.1 million in FY18, which was Total expenditure for FY18 amounted to HK$97.9 million. Conservation, and (Members as at 30 June 2018) attributable to support from individual donations which continue to be the largest community and schools’ education, remained our major investments in FY18, WWF-Hong Kong’s governing body is the Executive Council. Its members, income source, representing 60% of the total income for FY18. Corporate donations represented 65% of the total expenditure. We continued to strive to achieve professionals from conservation, scientific, education and business fields, Chairman including income from our Corporate Membership Programme, sponsorships strong conservation impact, our conservation programmes were delivered in areas are strongly committed to nature conservation. They serve on a voluntary Mr Edward M. HO for Earth Hour and service fee income transferred from a financial institution’s including Mai Po & Wetlands, Climate & Energy, Oceans, Threatened Species basis, providing advice from their professional perspectives, approving e-statement initiative, represented 13% of the total income for FY18. Trust and Protection, Local Biodiversity, and Community Engagement & Education. We strategic direction, conservation programmes and annual budget, and Members foundation income for the conservation study of the biodiversity in Hong Kong contributed 5% of the total expenditure to the WWF network to deliver global monitoring operations of WWF-Hong Kong. Mr Daniel R. BRADSHAW (Hon. Legal Advisor) wetlands in FY17, was replaced by the public sector grants funding new conservation objectives. Ms Sylvia CHAN programmes including ECF Discovery of Ocean Drifter and ECF Sea Without Litter. Members of the Executive Council must be trustee members of WWF- Ms Irene N.Y. CHU Other income mainly represented support for our centre-based activities, school Adapting and building capacity, and implementing new strategies, is key to our Hong Kong and are elected by other trustee members at the Annual Professor David DUDGEON partnerships and wetland management training run by WWF-Hong Kong. ongoing success. We continue to pursue the shared vision of all team members to General Meeting (AGM). Each council member shall hold office until the Mr William W. FLANZ deliver WWF-Hong Kong’s goals to grow conservation impact, supporter base and third AGM next following his or her election when he or she shall retire, Mr David M.H. FONG, BBS, JP engagement, and revenue to support our expanded conservation mission. but shall be eligible for re-election for one further term of three years. Ms Sarah LEGG (Hon. Treasurer) Members may serve a maximum of six years, unless decided otherwise by Mr Frederick J. LONG Other income WWF Network HK$8.6M HK$4.6M the Executive Council. Dr PANG King-chee, MH Fundraising Administration Professor Yvonne SADOVY events and trading HK$5.2M HK$4.0M A number of sub-committees, composed of experts in the relevant fields, Mr Douglas C.K. WOO, JP Events and trading 8% HK$3.0M 5% enhance the breadth and depth of the Executive Council’s work. Each 5% sub-committee provides professional advice in areas of conservation, Public sector 4% 3% grants education, development, finance and the management of the Mai Po HK$8.9M Nature Reserve. 9% EXPENDITURE ALLOCATION WWF-Hong Kong understands that voluntary disclosure is essential in Trusts and SOURCE OF INCOME FOR FY2018 Individual Supporter base 6% FOR FY2018 Conservation establishing public confidence. To ensure that our financial resources foundations donations development HK$5.9M 60% 22% 46% HK$45.0M are spent appropriately, we are committed to providing clear, accurate HK$103.1M HK$62.5M HK$21.8M and transparent financial information for public scrutiny. Our financial HK$97.9M accounts, prepared in accordance with the Hong Kong Financial Reporting Corporate 13% Standards, are independently audited by BDO Limited and published donations HK$13.2M yearly in our annual report. 19%

Community and 22 / Annual Review 2018 schools education Annual Review 2018 / 23 HK$18.3M WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES, We would like to extend our Enviu Lidl Hong Kong Limited Shaffi’s Indiand Restaurant gratitude to the following Eosana Lilongwe Wildlife Trust SHINEWING ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS organizations for joining our Erth Company Linklaters Shun Tak Holdings Limited OUR THANKS First Shanghai Group Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited Lululemon Hong Kong Ltd centre activities and events FlexSystem Limited Maeda Corporation South African Consulate-General, HKSAR/ MSAR Hong Kong Education City Otto International (Hong Kong) Limited TMT Plaza Organization Adan Promotional Concepts Fresh Up Group Ltd. 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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Lidl Hong Kong Limited Ove Arup & Partners HK Ltd Times Square Institute, Science Education Mr Ng Yee Yum Chinese International School Lord Wilson Heritage Trust Starbucks Hong Kong Hong Kong Housing Society Elite Partners CPA Limited Parenting Headline Towngas Swire Properties Limited Mr Pang Chung Cheung Circle K Marks & Spencer Hong Kong Maritime Museum TRAFFIC HK Emperor Group PCCW Limited Tai Tam Tuk Foundation Ms Amy Pun Citi Maxgrand Limited Hong Kong Mediation and Arbitration TRAFFIC, Tanzania Eurofins Product Testing Hong Kong Limited Phenomé Telford Plaza Mr Ben Ridley Citic Pacific Limited Centre Charity Fund MaxiPro (Asia) Limited Transparency International Green Strength Technology Limited Play-Asia The Body Shop Mrs So Tam Kit Ying Cityplaza Hong Kong Society of Medical Professionals Megabox Urban Spring Facebook Hong Kong Limited Pololi The Habitat Penang Hill Audrey Tam COSCO SHIPPING International Hong Kong St John Ambulance Brgiade Mira Place (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. Youth Command Pure Performance Distribution Limited V Cycle Festival Walk The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited Mr Thomas Taw Mitsubishi Electric (Hong Kong) Limited Cotton Leaf Limited Hopewell Holdings Limited Quest Terrarium VF Asia Ltd Hang Seng Bank The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Miss Monica Terwindt Moet Hennessy Diageo Hong Kong Limited Victor and William Fung Foundation Harbour City Corporation Limited Mr Rafael Tross Crystal International Group Limited ING Bank N.V. Richemont Asia Pacific Limited MOKO Mall WALHI, Indonesia Hayco Group The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited Mr Timothy T. Wong CSX World Terminals Hong Kong Limited Ingrid Millet Rotary Club of Hong Kong MUJI (Hong Kong) Company Limited Watsons Water Henderson Land Group The Hong Kong Girl Guides Assoication Mr Xu Jian Ken Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd IUCN Environmental Law Centre Royal China (Hong Kong) Limited New Town Plaza Weekend Weekly Hip Shing Hong (Holdings) Company Limited The Hong Kong Jockey Club Dr Cynthia Yau Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition JDI Hong Kong Limited Runner’s World HK New World Development Company Limited (Hong Kong) Limited WildAid, HK Ho Koon Nature Education cum The North Face Asia Pacific Mr Ying Kwok Man Jebsen Group Running Biji HK New World First Ferry Wildlife Direct, Kenya Astronomical Centre The Swire Group Charitable Trust DHL Global Forwarding (Hong Kong) Limited Kerry Holdings Limited Sa Sa International Holdings Limited Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation Limited Wildlife First, India Hong Kong Army Cadets Association The Tokio Marine and Fire Donnelley Financial Solutions KnitWarm Limited Sailing Boat Catering Group Ltd. Hongkong Bank Foundation Ocean Park Corporation Insurance Co. (HK) Ltd. Ecostore KPMG Samsonite Asia Limited WTT HK Limited Hong Kong Canoe Union Olympian City Times Square Edgar LAWSGROUP Seiko Instruments (H.K.) Ltd. 24 / Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 / 25 We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of our corporate and individual donors for Emperor International Holdings Limited Lidl Hong Kong Limited Orient Overseas Container Line Limited enabling us to carry out our mission, making our conservation and education goals possible. With E-pac Packaging Services Co. LTD Light Engine Limited Pandora Jewelry Asia-Pacific Ltd generous support from all of you, a small number of whom are recognized here, our endeavours have CORPORATE MEMBERS First Shanghai Group Linkz Industries Limited PCCW Limited CORPORATE MEMBER LIST 2018 been such a success as we work to transform Hong Kong into Asia’s most sustainable city. Global International Credit Limited Lombard Odier Rothschild (Hong Kong) Limited LIST 2018 Gravity Partnership Limited Long Data Technology Limited Sa Sa International Holdings Limited Hinrich Foundation Manulife (International) Limited Shenzhou International Group Holdings Limited Double Diamond members Gold members Silver members Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Limited Mayer Brown JSM SHINEWING China Everbright International Limited Carthy Limited AFSC Operations Limited Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited McDonald’s Hong Kong Shun Tak Holdings Limited Hang Seng Bank Simmons Bedding & Furniture (HK) Limited Crystal International Group Limited Arup Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Meiriki Japan Company Limited Hayco Group AXA Hong Kong Sinomax Health & Household Products Limited Jebsen Group Hopewell Holdings Limited Modern Terminals Limited Kerry Holdings Limited Henderson Land Group Centuryan Environmental Services Group Limited Swarovski Hong Kong Limited Hysan Development Company Limited MTR Corporation Limited MF Jebsen International Limited MUJI (Hong Kong) Company Limited Chevalier Group Swire Resources Limited Inchcape Hong Kong M.Y.Cheng & Co. (Engineering) Limited Search Investment Group Limited ZeShan Foundation China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited Time Interconnect Ltd Johnson Matthey Pacific Limited Nameson Holdings Limited The Hong Kong Jockey Club China Everbright Limited Texwinca Holdings Limited KPMG Neonlite Electronic & Lighting (H.K.) Limited The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. Pearl members China Fortune Investments (Holding) Limited The Bank of East Asia, Limited LAWSGROUP New World Development Company Limited The Wharf (Holdings) Limited Canon Hongkong Company Limited Chun Wo Development Holdings Limited The Dairy Farm Company Ltd – 7-Eleven Noble Group Limited Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Cinda International Holdings Limited The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited Olympus Capital / Asia Environmental Partners Diamond members Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited Citi Galaxy Entertainment Group Como Como Top Form International Limited Man Cheong Metals And Building Materials Company Limited Kowloon Development Company Limited COSCO SHIPPING International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. Winnington Capital Limited Pacific Tiger Group Limited Swire Properties Limited CREE Hong Kong Limited Shaw & Sons Limited Simatelex Group Crocodile Garments Ltd S.C. 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