Green industry

As Hong Kong sets out its plans to decarbonise by 2050, hydrogen is drawing strong interest as the way to store, transport and deploy clean energy.

The global surge in renewable power installation, especially solar, resembles the revolutions brought by coal-fired steam in the mid-19th century and petrol-driven engines in the early 20th century.

The textile and fashion industries have focused on sustainability recently and among the 10 laureates at this year's Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Start-up Express: International Edition are two green fashion start-ups from Thailand.

With sustainability an increasingly critical issue across industries, firms are rapidly adopting innovative digital technologies to drive green development.

Young entrepreneurs were born into a world where the commercial internet was already an everyday reality, and mobile phones were ubiquitous.

Two years ago, Mainland China set 2025 as a target for half its power capacity to come from renewable resources, a landmark the economy has already reached two years ahead of schedule.