The 16th presentation ceremony for the Joint Recognition Scheme was held in Hong Kong on 31st October 2024. This year, a total of 215 enterprises were commended as Hong Kong-Guangdong Cleaner Production Partners to recognise their efforts in pursuing cleaner production. Of these, 42 and 149 Hong Kong-owned manufacturing enterprises were commended as Excellent Partners and Partners respectively. Other commended enterprises included three sourcing enterprises and 21 environmental technology (ET) service providers.
Officiating at today's ceremony were the Secretary for Environment and Ecology of the HKSAR Government, Mr Tse Chin-wan and the Director-General of the GDDIIT, Mr Tu Gaokun. About 200 representatives from the Hong Kong and Guangdong governments, and members of trades and industries and enterprises of both places, were also present.
In addition, the 11th meeting of the JWGCP was co-chaired by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology of the HKSAR Government, Mr Tse Chin-wan, and the Director-General of the GDDIIT, Mr Tu Gaokun. The meeting reviewed the work progress in 2024 and approved the 2025 work plan. Governments of both Hong Kong and Guangdong will continuously promote the adoption of cleaner production technologies in energy-intensive industries for saving energy and the development of energy-saving equipment; support water-intensive industries to apply water-saving technological upgrades to reduce and control wastewater discharge; promote enterprises to adopt relevant technologies to reduce solid waste and emissions, including controlling and reducing volatile organic compounds emissions at source; encourage polluting industries to undertake cleaner production audits; and support enterprises to pursue green transformation. Both sides will also continue to implement various publicity activities to promote the effectiveness of cleaner production to the industry.
Hong Kong and Guangdong have been jointly promoting cleaner production to tackle environmental pollution in the region. By adopting cleaner production, enterprises can improve their environmental performance and reduce pollutant emissions in addition to increasing their economic benefits through energy saving and waste reduction.
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The Environment and Ecology Bureau and the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province (GDDIIT) today (October 31) held the award presentation ceremony for the Hong Kong-Guangdong Cleaner Production Partners Recognition Scheme in Hong Kong to commend the efforts of over 210 enterprises in pursuing cleaner production. The Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan (seventh right, back row), the Director-General of the GDDIIT, Mr Tu Gaokun (seventh left, back row) and other guests are pictured with representatives of enterprises commended under the Scheme. |
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The Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan (fourth left), and the Director-General of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province, Mr Tu Gaokun (fourth right), today (October 31) co-chaired the 11th meeting of the Hong Kong-Guangdong Joint Working Group on Cleaner Production. |