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Luxury brands

She started with recycled toilet paper. Now she’s taking on luxury fashion

Elvis & Kresse have redefined sustainable luxury, turning 315 tonnes of landfill-bound waste into handbags and belts – and it all started in Hong Kong.

Food and Drinks

Meet the ‘sober sommeliers’ shaking up Hong Kong’s fine dining scene

China and climate change

Opinion | Why it makes sense for green-tech exporter China to ramp up coal power

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Climate change

Letters | If the world is going to keep using coal, let’s make it sustainable

Readers discuss the need to include coal in policy discussions, and the hype around the ‘silver economy’.

A couple walk on a hill called “Teletubbies Hill”, a locally popular tourist attraction, as the chimneys of Suralaya coal power plant loom in the background, in Cilegon, Indonesia, on January 8, 2023. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks

Dish in Focus: Pumpkin gnocchi at Primo Posto

At Primo Posto, head chef Gabriele Fusi celebrates Milanese heritage with his handcrafted pumpkin gnocchi.

Family offices

Hong Kong emerges as hub for impact investments as family offices embrace ESG

Nine out of 10 family offices globally invest in ESG projects, a Sustainable Finance Initiative survey shows.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s sustainable debt market grows 15% on eve of Green Week

First-half issuances reach US$34.3 billion amid strong demand from international investors in Europe and the US, HKMA official says.

Tibetan sheep graze amid solar panels in Hainan prefecture of western China’s Qinghai province on July 1, 2025. Photo: AP
Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s crop of green bonds, ESG funds flourishes

City’s role as a bridge connecting mainland projects with the world ‘not easily found in other markets’, financial-services secretary says.

Climate change

Opinion | 3 climate misconceptions that add to noise over energy and net zero

Confusion over power vs electricity, energy input vs output and net zero vs zero emission does not help the already complex climate conversation.

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Renewable energy

Drought-hit Morocco deploys floating solar panels to protect water reserves

Morocco is using ‘floatovoltaic’ panels to reduce evaporation while also generating green energy to power a major port.

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Workers inspect a floating photovoltaic solar installation on the Oued Rmel dam near the city of Tangiers in Morocco. Photo: AFP
India

Can India become a green hydrogen superpower with US$92 billion in investments?

India is on a mission to create half a million jobs and slash its reliance on fossil fuel imports. But it still has some hurdles to clear.

A crude oil refinery in India’s Kerala state. Heavy reliance on crude oil has put pressure on India’s foreign exchange reserves. Photo: AP
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Does recycling in Hong Kong have to be a financial burden?

Readers discuss the costs involved in recycling, a recent football event, and a kind gesture by Cathay Pacific.

Wealth: Family Offices

Rise in ESG investing in Hong Kong prompts improved reporting standards

Family offices and others’ growing focus on the sector is driving local authorities to tighten up regulations to increase transparency and make gains more measurable.

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Trip Inspiration

8 sustainable getaways: are these the world’s most eco-friendly destinations?

Singapore, Copenhagen, Bhutan and others put the planet and local communities first.

Sunbathers near the Royal Library in Copenhagen, beside a harbour that is clean enough to swim in. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong environmental issues

A year after axing waste-charging scheme, is Hong Kong better off?

Officials cite trash volume declines and more recycling activity as victories, but environmentalists say the numbers do not paint the full picture.

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Environment

Can you trust that ‘eco’ label? How to shop sustainably online

There is no single way of knowing for sure whether a product online is sustainable. Experts reveal what to look for on boxes and websites.

Climate change

Opinion | Hong Kong can find its niche in Greater Bay Area climate resilience

Preparing for extreme weather is not just an environmental imperative but a strategy to safeguard regional prosperity for decades to come.

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On Our Radar

Savour sustainability at Landmark Mandarin Oriental’s anniversary dinner

Amber, Roganic, Feuille and Mora are collaborating for the first time, sharing their signature dishes for one night at Landmark Mandarin Oriental.

Amber restaurant, at The Landmark hotel in Hong Kong, part of the prestigious Mandarin Oriental chain. Photo: Handout
Environment

Brazil seeks China’s support to salvage maritime emissions pact opposed by Trump

Plan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping.

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Tourism

Catch trains, not planes: why your next European journey should be by rail

While often slower, train journeys tend to be more comfortable, greener and more interesting – they just take a bit of extra planning.

Hong Kong

7 sustainable designs from Hong Kong and Asia that balance style and utility

From Kibo’s apple-based sneakers to Bamboa’s bamboo bedding, these products prove sustainability doesn’t mean compromise.

Papery’s MahjongDao recycled mahjong set. Photo: Papery
Egypt

Egypt’s Red Sea tourism push threatens last of green turtles’ wild habitats

Cairo wants to attract 30 million visitors by 2028 – a plan conservationists say has ‘largely been at the expense of the environment’.

A tourist lies in the shallow waters of the Ras Hankorab beach in Egypt’s Red Sea Wadi Al-Gemal protectorate on May 28. Photo: AFP
Fashion

Australian designer Raechel Temily opens up about making it in fashion

Temily on the joy of getting noticed by Gabriela Hearst, her place in an unsustainable industry, and what it means to have women want to wear her clothes.

Food and Drinks

Could plant-based egg be answer to UK’s allergy and sustainability concerns?

Just Egg’s vegan egg has just launched in the UK, one of the world’s most allergic countries, where one in 20 people develop an egg allergy.

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Style Edit: Rolex SailGP Championship prizes sustainability as well as speed

F50 foiling catamarans reaching 100km/h compete in the international series but teams also have to commit to environmental responsibility.

The international fleet of identical F50 catamarans warm up for the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney in February, the third race in the Rolex SailGP Championship series. Photo: Handout
Business of climate change

New accounting rules to force firms to show climate impact on bottom line

IASB to release a finalised set of examples by October to show companies how to disclose the impact of climate change in their accounting.

An Iraqi man stands under an electricity transmission tower. Iraq’s 46 million people face rising temperatures, chronic water shortages and year-on-year droughts, in a country intensely impacted by the effects of climate change. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Hong Kong chief executive can’t treat the environment like a side dish

Readers discuss why the environment must be front and centre of the government’s work, premium taxi fleets, and the root of the city’s retail problem.

Environment

Deadline looms as nations remain divided on global plastic pollution treaty

A coalition of oil-producing states remains at odds with an ‘ambitious’ group that wants radical action written into a treaty.

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