APAC Insider- Hong Kong Business Awards 2024 | 6 AI Digital Group is helping to build smarter cities and a greener future for all through its bespoke ESG and sustainable technology solutions. Working with such prestigious clients as Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department (EPD), leading universities across the country, as well as the Hospital Authority, AI Digital Group is immensely proud to be a total green solutions provider, sourcing from the best global vendors to offer bespoke hardware, software, and AI-driven devices. Best ESG & Sustainability Solution Provider 2024 Channelling the limitless power of sustainable innovation and cutting-edge technology to shape cities into smart and yet green, eco-friendly environments, AI Digital Group operates atop more than two decades of distinction within the IT industry, which it excelled in prior to deciding to alter its course and take advantage of AI’s increasingly game-changing abilities. Helping others to harness this technology and similar groundbreaking tools for the good of society, AI Digital Group today stands in a league of its own. Before diving into the specifics of some of the company’s technologies and projects, it is important to reinforce that this entire operation is anchored to a sustainable commitment and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, both of which have become crucial elements in the decision-making process for businesses across the world. In a landscape where sustainability is prized almost above all else, companies are having to accelerate their ESG strategies so as to mitigate their impact on the planet and its people. There to assist them every step of the way, AI Digital Group allows the strength of its projects to speak for themselves, such as its recent undertaking concerning the world’s first AIbased reusable lending and returning system for plastic containers. Across this project, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Jockey Club Sustainable Consumer Programme (JCSCCP), the team worked with eight universities to build the machine, which graced the halls of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Clear Water Bay campus before being rolled out to the other seven members of Hong Kong’s Sustainable Campus Consortium. Using AI object recognition software, built-in cameras, and QR code authentication, these machines allow for products to be taken out and returned 24/7, with students using their Octopus Cards (a reusable contactless card popular across Hong Kong) to return the HK$20 deposit that they pay to borrow these containers. Perhaps best of all for students, since these containers are all professionally cleaned and sterilised by an external company before going back into the machine, they do not need to be washed before being returned. Another defining example of the company’s excellence was its help creating a robust line of smart recycling systems, something it did in partnership with the aforementioned EPD. Across this line of recycling smart bins, food waste smart bins, and other such technologies, AI Digital Group assisted in the pioneering of GREEN$, a loyalty programme comprised of a smartphone app and a reward card that allows the public to earn digital currency when they recycle using these devices. These points can then be redeemed against the likes of groceries. Following on from the introduction of this rewards scheme, as well as the creation of an eco-recycling society, GREEN@Community, the number of people using these systems grew to approximately 500,000 in the two-and-a-half years since their release. This programme continues to be a resounding success, and there is currently 11 recycling stations, more than 77 recycling stores, and in excess of 130 recycling spots in operation, making a measurable difference in the country’s recycling efforts. An offshoot of this project saw AI Digital group serve as the major supplier of these food waste and recycling smart bins in a pilot scheme running across private housing estates. In short, this scheme provided eligible estates with these bins, as well as all installation and maintenance services, for a complimentary twoyear period. Running through to December 2025, this is just the first step in the company’s expansion of its solutions to similar estates right across Hong Kong. Finally, as for the upcoming projects that AI Digital Group is set to work on in the near future, a spokesperson for the company shares with us that the company’s network is set to expand to include Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, a member of the Hospital Authority, which has already begun to use the company’s digital recycling and IoT systems, as well as its big data platform. Whilst all this is simply the tip of the iceberg, it gives a solid overview as to why we have chosen to recognise AI Digital Group as the Best ESG & Sustainability Solution Provider 2024. Contact: Ivan Wan Company: AI Digital Group Web Address: https:// aidigitalgroup.com/home May24484
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