Will Legend Loves Nature – SDGs, ESG & CSR

I love doing something to help nature and society, not just for now, but for future.

– W.L. Hung, CEO

For some people who especially live in the cities, it’s hard for them to understand the value of nature such as wildlife animals, insects, plants, rivers, oceans, forests, and beautiful landscapes etc. The fact is, nature underpins our society, economy, lives, and our very existence indeed. We shouldn’t consider that nature is free, and often take it for granted and overexploit it.

To Will Legend, love humans and nature (the Earth) is to

  1. Educate public especially kids the importance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  2. Achieve Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by cutting out toxic cleaners, pesticides (insecticides), or herbicides to protect humans & nature
  3. Create Will Legend A Flower to Wildlife Corridor to increase biodiversity and achieve Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) goals
  4. Through Will Legend Sustainable Health to ensure access to clean water and sanitation
  5. Rebuild our ecosystem especially for insect & animal pollinators
  6. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, allow more natural habitats to achieve sustainable development
  7. Support forest regeneration, reduce CO2 emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, maintain a livable climate
  8. Tackle climate change and work to preserve our oceans and marine resources
  9. Protect the health and safety of humans and nature (the Earth) from the source
  10. Fulfil green businesses (green services & products) and achieve Eco Living

Will Legend “Home for Bees” Conservation & Education Programme

Safeguard the last piece of pure land on the Earth, let the glacier cool, let the ocean breathe, run through the pulse to wildlife corridor, draw a “Green-blueprint”, build a cradle of ecosystem, increase biodiversity, make human health and prosperity sustainable

– The Sustainable Conservation Goals of Will Legend

Smaller but Greater

Bees are important pollinators of agricultural crops. They are not only an indispensable role in the ecosystem, but also have an important impact on global food supply and even the fight against poverty.

Bees are small insects live in nature and spend their days foraging and reproducing. Some people consider them pests because they accidentally cross our boundaries. By interacting with bees firsthand, Will Legend hopes to showcase the gentle nature of bees and help people understand that they are an important part of the natural world. Every day, bees work hard to collect nectar and pollen along with other pollinators and animals, helping to solve global food supply issues and alleviate hunger in developing countries.

Pollination is a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. Around 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least in part, on insect & animal pollination, along with more than 75% of the world’s food crops and 35% of global agricultural land. It’s however, bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities.

Humans and the Earth, Home for Bees

In order to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and their contribution to sustainable development, the United Nations has designated May 20th as World Bee Day (WL 520 World Bee Day). Through our “Home for Bees” conservation and education programme, Will Legend aims to educate the public on the importance of protecting bees & other pollinators, and understand the threats they face. This will greatly contribute to the survival & reproduction of plants, support the regrowth of forests, reduce carbon emissions to achieve carbon neutrality, increase global food supply & quality and maintain a livable climate, and achieve the sustainable goal to a balanced coexistence between humans and nature.

Relocate & Return Bees to Nature

Most of the public cannot distinguish between bees (Apidae) and wasps (Vespidae). The Asian honeybees and Western honeybees commonly found in Hong Kong have gentle temperaments. In contrast, wasps or hornets, such as the Asian giant hornets, belong to a category with strong aggressiveness. In addition, bees can only use their stingers once and they will die after use, so they rarely attack other species, including humans. Instead, they are often the targets of attacks and hunting.

In the past, whether it was a private or public institution, once someone reported or complained about the discovery of either bee or wasp colony, and regardless of where it was found, the vast majority of handling methods involved pest control companies directly exterminating the bee colony. Even if a small number of bee farmers were willing to take in the bees, they rarely release them back into nature.

Will Legend hopes that the public can accept coexistence with bees, and create an inclusive community and inclusive ecology. In the cases we have handled, bee colonies are often located very close to pedestrians and residential areas. Through our “Will Legend Home for Bees Conversation & Education Programme”, in collaboration with bee conservation groups, bee colonies are first brought to a conservation center. After bees are settled down, an assessment will be conducted. If we find that the bee colony is capable of surviving on its own, the bees will be released back into nature, allowing these important pollinators to continue playing their crucial role in the natural world.

Is Relocation the Only Way to Protect Bees?

Preserving the bee colony in its original habitat is the best option for both the bees and the ecosystem, as each relocation results in a certain amount of bee loss. Even if a bee colony is found in a workplace, home, or park, if they are not causing any disturbance, it is best to leave the bee colony there to continue their natural role endowed by nature.

Through the “Will Legend Home for Bees Conversation & Education Programme”, Will Legend hopes that the public can accept gentle-natured bees and learn to coexist with them, in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the sustainable development of humans and nature (the Earth). By protecting the health of bees and other pollinators and animals, increasing biodiversity, increasing the number of plants and forests, and achieving carbon neutrality, we can achieve the sustainable health that we have always advocated for.

Make A Home for Bees, Even A Phone Call Can Help!

If you discover a beehive at your residence or office, Will Legend encourages the public to call us. We support a “relocate & return” approach rather than using pesticides to kill bees. Through the “Will Legend Home for Bees Conversation & Education Programme”, we collaborate with bee conservation groups to bring bee colonies to conservation center before releasing them back into nature. In this way, the next generation can achieve sustainable health and happiness and enjoy eco living.

Will Legend works with local bee conservation organizations to save bees and allow them to continue their pollination work. In addition to providing direct economic support for the cost of relocating bee colonies, we also repurchase bee-related products from bee farmers and conservation groups. This not only fulfills Will Legend’s commitment to loving the community and supporting local farmers, but also reduces the carbon footprint by shortening the logistics distance, helping us move towards our goal of carbon neutrality.

Nectar-garden for bees

In addition to the familiar honeybee, there are other bee species that are also important pollinators. Will Legend encourages you to build your own pollinator garden, we will subsidy you to grow plants, even small-scale garden. The nectar-garden will become a sweet home, providing nectar, and pollen for bees, and other beneficial insects, at the same time, you’ll enjoy a beautiful garden that produces flowers in every season.

Common nectar plants in Hong Kong are Hawthorn, Lantana, Pentas, Blue Plumbago, Chinese Hibiscus, Britton’s Wild Petunia, Billygoat-weed, Bidens alba, and Ixora etc. Some Trees like Ivy Tree is one of the few flowering plants in winter, and attracts many butterflies, and bees when it blooms. Butterfly larvae feed on host plants, Mandarin (Citrus reticulata)、Turmeric, Chinese Knotweed, Kwai Fah, Dwarf Date Palm (Phoenix roebelenii) and Ramie (Boehmeria nivea) etc.

Nectar-garden for bees

In addition to the familiar honeybee, there are other bee species that are also important pollinators. Will Legend encourages you to build your own pollinator garden, we will subsidy you to grow plants, even small-scale garden. The nectar-garden will become a sweet home, providing nectar, and pollen for bees, and other beneficial insects, at the same time, you’ll enjoy a beautiful garden that produces flowers in every season.

Common nectar plants in Hong Kong are Hawthorn, Lantana, Pentas, Blue Plumbago, Chinese Hibiscus, Britton’s Wild Petunia, Billygoat-weed, Bidens alba, and Ixora etc. Some Trees like Ivy Tree is one of the few flowering plants in winter, and attracts many butterflies, and bees when it blooms. Butterfly larvae feed on host plants, Mandarin (Citrus reticulata)、Turmeric, Chinese Knotweed, Kwai Fah, Dwarf Date Palm (Phoenix roebelenii) and Ramie (Boehmeria nivea) etc.