The competition was organized by Netspring and Maverlinn to encourage young children to showcase their digital and creative talents. The award ceremony was held on 11th May at Zero Carbon Park, along with the students’ art exhibition which is the first time in Hong Kong. We get to see a brand-new interpretation of our beloved planet through the eyes of children.
Following our partnership with UPS Shanghai Community Involvement Committees (CIC) last year to collect e-waste from CIC members at its various locations, this year we partnered with UPS China again to launch a pop-up event in its office building on International Recycling Day (May 17th, 2023), aiming to collect obsolete electronic devices, spare books, sporting goods, etc. from employees for sustainable reuse and to support migrant schools in or near Shanghai. 50 UPS employees handed in 220 items of e-waste and books, for a total of 302 volunteer hours converted according to the relevant categories. All renewable electronic items collected will support Netspring Green IT Programs.
In March 2023, partnering with Netspring, Colliers launched e-waste drive in China to echo its global volunteering activities, with aiming at transforming e-waste into e-education and enhancing environmental protection. Besides obsolete laptops or electronics that Colliers delivered, 120 pcs brand new headsets were contributed by senior leadership Mr. Huang individually which will be supported Netspring Green IT Classrooms together with renewable electronic devices.
On March 31, Virtuos Shanghai Studio organized a grounded campus talk themed "The Power of Women Behind Games" with students of IFA Paris at Shanghai University of Engineering Science. General Manager of Virtuos Shanghai Studio gave an in-depth analysis of how women can demonstrate their competitiveness in the workplace, and also tried to help students realized that beauty does not distinguish between industries. Behind a good product must be the integration and application of cross-industry knowledge. Meanwhile, university is the learning of basic skills for students. No matter which industry they go to in the future, they need to learn again.
On April 21 & 26, 2023 the annual earth day e-waste drive co-organised by AmCham Shanghai and Netspring Green IT programs was successfully held in Shanghai & Suzhou. This time we handed over more weight of electronic products than last year. We collected more than 1,600 items weighing more than 6 tons totally in Shanghai & Suzhou. Thank you very much for the generosity and enthusiasm of all participating companies. Over the past 10 years, Netspring team collaborating with AmCham Shanghai and other supporters have provided digital access to more than 75,000 children whilst protecting the environment.
On March 2nd, 2023, supported by Shanghai United Foundation, Netspring and Cisco team held the inaugurate ceremony of “Cisco Green IT Classroom” in a migrant Primary School in Shanghai suburb. On the opening day, the children performed a song “Thank you” in sign language with bright smiles and played cucurbit flute which was the outstanding program of the school. Every gesture conveys gratitude and happiness.
On Dec. 16th, 2022, PVH launched a distance volunteering activity for students located in its Green IT Classroom in Jiangsu Province.
