Promoting the “Leave No Trace” message to create a greener future

The 31st Green Power Hike, organised by Green Power with AXA as the Title Sponsor for the first time, successfully took place on 13 January. As the largest annual charity hiking event on Hong Kong Island, it attracted more than 2,000 participants who joined a timed hiking challenge along the Hong Kong Trail with routes spanning 10km, 25km and 50km, respectively. Numerous teams in addition to individual participants from AXA, including executive committees, employees, financial consultants and customers joined the race, bringing the “Leave No Trace” belief to life and advocating a greener and more sustainable lifestyle. Moreover, members of AXA Hearts in Action, AXA’s employee volunteer team, took part as the event’s volunteers and cheerleading team to show their support for the Green Power Hike.

On the day of the event, Ms. Diane Wong, Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology of the HKSAR Government, Ms. Sally Wan, Chief Executive Officer, AXA Greater China, Ms. Orchis Li, Chairman of The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers, Mr. Ellis Ip, Council Member of The Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies, Ms. Connie Siu, Activator (Environmental Education) and Dr. Cheng Luk Ki, Director of Green Power jointly served as guests at the 50km race’s kick-off ceremony to cheer on the participants. They also thanked everyone for their support on the Green Power Hike and the significant contribution to local environmental education. This year, the Green Power Hike raised a donation of more than HKD 3.5 million, which will be fully used for work related to environmental education and ecological conservation.

Among the participants of AXA, they raced in the 10km route of the Green Team category, 10km, 25km and 50km routes of the HKFI Cup and Team categories, as well as the Male / Female Individual categories. Among all the races, AXA’s teams are proud to have won the top three places at the 50km route of the HKFI Cup, as well as the 2nd runner up at the 10km route of the Team category.