NAME
HATCH
NEW URBAN
Future Talent, Lifestyle Urban
YEAR ESTABLISHED
TYPE
Portfolio Venture / Impact Business
Redefining the “Made in Hong Kong” culture with community empowerment
OVERVIEW
HATCH aims to redefine the “Made in Hong Kong” culture by bringing local brands and women with diverse backgrounds. HATCH employs women as talents, providing them with a family-friendly and flexible working model as well as career-building opportunities that create room for personal growth and wellbeing. Besides operating the co-working factory in Kwai Chung, HATCH also engages different corporate to create ‘opportunity employments’ across Hong Kong.
SVHK’s ROLE
SVhk is HATCH’s parent company and brings in strong support to HATCH’s social innovation strategy, opportunity employment advocacy, network referral, and social mission alignment to ensure its ongoing successes.
HIGHLIGHTS / PARTNERSHIPS
Engaging corporates to redefine local manufacturing needs
HATCH is supported by over 20 corporate partners with regular jobs and has curated over 10 special projects with corporate partners to increase exposure of HATCH talents.
Career exploration with Lane Crawford
HATCH was engaged to support the creation of display installations for 8 Lane Crawford stores across Hong Kong and mainland China in preparation for their Chinese New Year campaign. This collaboration demonstrated new possibilities in combining the pursuits of business needs and corporate responsibility through the lens of: sustainability with the use of upcycled Lane Crawford shopper bags as primary raw materials and empowerment by championing the employment and engagement of underprivileged women through SVhk, including mothers seeking flexible working opportunities.
