Science Based Targets initiative Archives

Climate change: Hong Kong, mainland China firms trail regional peers for credibility of emissions targets, MSCI study finds

Some 29 per cent of Hong Kong’s large-cap firms have “less than fully” credible goals, trailing a range of 33 to 86 per cent of companies listed in other countries …

Greener shipping: China can bolster global climate change fight by using biofuel in ships instead of exporting it, Dutch start-up 123Carbon says

by Anas Siddiqui

China, a major biofuel exporter, can do more to fight climate change by using low-carbon fuel in Chinese ocean-going vessels instead of exporting it, according to Holland-based 123Carbon. Doing so …

Climate finance: a year on, Hong Kong’s carbon credit market sees scant volume as its bridge role to China fails to materialise

by Anas Siddiqui

“In our first year of operation in this market, our main goal was to build an ecosystem,” she said. “Besides trading volume, we have been building a client base, which …