Facilities capable of producing 70,000 to 100,000 tonnes of green methanol from leftover food will be ready by the end of 2025, Shi Pingyang, vice-president of Shenergy, told reporters on Wednesday.

Meghan Markle, Rihanna and Zendaya have declared their love of the lab-grown alternative to natural diamonds, while Dorsey, Grown Brilliance and Mazarin are fuelling interest with more colours

A ChatGPT-led boom in artificial intelligence is expected to fuel an exponential growth in demand for liquid cooling technology from data centre operators, according to Macquarie Capital.

A carbon trading system that promotes tighter supply and higher prices can induce China’s cement makers to undertake costly investment, Ian Riley of World Cement Association says.

The International Chamber of Sustainable Development will also expand the accredited planner course, which more than 3,000 people have completed in Hong Kong, to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

The 21-year-old indigenous up-and-comer made her Met Gala debut in 2021 and recalls feeling ‘really lonely’ – this year, she owned the event in a custom gown and created a ‘safe space’ for newbies

Hong Kong-based private equity firm and BP Ventures to invest US$10 million each in the latest funding round, helping Hysata to scale up its green hydrogen facilities in New South Wales.

Ganfeng Lithium’s potential buyout of a Malian lithium mine gives it greater security over raw material supplies.

CK Infrastructure’s US$113.5 million purchase of UU Solar, its second acquisition of UK renewable-power assets in two weeks, includes 70 solar, wind and hydropower projects.

The 2024 Paris Olympics is going all out in its food offerings for athletes, with hundreds of new recipes created that focus on sustainability, diversity and showing what ‘French cuisine is about’.

Fintech company Stacs and ESG consulting firm Downundered are among those offering tools for SMEs to measure emissions.

Grace Wang Guixin talks about how she has wedded her Chinese heritage and US upbringing in her Grace Gui knitwear label – and added a focus on womanhood and sustainability.

Chanel’s cruise 2024-25 show in Marseille reflected the seaside vibes of the French Mediterranean city – take a look at the highlights of its customer-friendly collection

Sustainable packaging firms have seen an increase in business as the recent ban on disposable plastic takeaway containers pushes the city’s food and drink companies to opt for environmentally-friendly alternatives.

City must encourage retrofitting or replacement of old ‘carbon-hog’ buildings and accelerate adoption of construction materials with lower ‘embodied’ carbon, says World Green Building Council founder David Gottfried.

Austrian crystal maker Swarovski has launched a lab-grown diamonds collection in China, in a sign that it has confidence in its second-largest market by sales despite some economic turbulence.

The former World Bank economist’s sustainable clothing label, SukkaCitta, ensures better wages for the women working for it, while providing education to their families

The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong’s third original musical, Shark Symphony features a dazzling range of diverse performances to tell a story based on sustainability and shark’s fin soup.

Hong Kong has the potential to become an international innovation hub for hydrogen technologies, says Towngas’s Don Cheng.

Hong Kong can do more to help finance the transition of high-emitting sectors and heavy-polluting industries to more sustainable business activities as a hub for the region, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.

Most restaurants and takeaway shops in tourists areas such as Mong Kok, Prince Edward and Yau Ma Tei still using plastic utensils at lunchtime.

Readers discuss why Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastics should be embraced, and the need for the city’s residents to do to their bit to prevent wastage of food.

The ISSB, a sustainability-reporting standard-setting body, will vote this week to add biodiversity-related disclosures to its work plan, paving the way for such standards to become the global baseline.

Hong Kong’s representatives to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation business advisory council plan to use the platform to showcase the city as more than just a finance hub.

Nicolaj and Ditte Reffstrup, the Danish brand’s CEO and creative director respectively, talk about dressing the quintessential ‘Copenhagen girl’ and making fabrics from biowaste

Local guides say a lack of respect for indigenous culture in India is a concern as tourist footfall increases amid plans to build facilities in tribal territory.

All financial institutions licensed by the SFC should be required to submit ESG reports for the development of a comprehensive ecosystem of sustainability disclosures, City University of Hong Kong says.