ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Guangdong recently rolled out 10 measures for optimising key environmental protection projects with the aim of serving high-quality economic development. These include the strengthening of regional environmental access guidance and scrutiny of planning in high energy-consuming and high-emission industries, as well as environmental impact assessments for special industrial and energy-related programmes. More

Based in the mountainous region of Spain’s Basque country from which it takes its name, Papel Aralar has been making paper since 1936. The company supplies the rapidly growing global market for industrial paper and in recent years has been focusing heavily on eco-friendly products and processes as the clamour to eliminate planet-damaging plastics grows. From its Hong Kong office, the company is turning its attention to the GBA and its opportunities. More

With almost 40,000 employees worldwide, Acciona, the Spanish provider of renewable energy, infrastructure and water services, is part of a consortium that will design, build, operate and maintain Hong Kong’s newest and largest desalination plant. The development is the latest in a series of major infrastructure projects the company has worked on in the city, and it is hoped that it will serve as a platform for its expansion into the Greater Bay Area. More

Cleanship was founded in 2012 as a spin-off from Malin Group, the long-established UK-based marine industry company. It has become one of the world’s leading marine environmental protection businesses. In 2019, the firm – which is based in Glasgow, Scotland – opened an office in Hong Kong and is looking to expand into the Greater Bay area. More