S11E8: Hong Kong’s Green Bond Bites

Sustainable Asia

English - March 01, 2021 11:25 - 11 minutes - 11 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
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Previous Episode: S11E7: K-Pop’s Powerful Bite

Next Episode: S11E9: China’s Carbon Neutral Bite

As Asia’s financial hub just announced its new budget, Hong Kong is set to launch the largest amount of green bonds ever in Asia, aiming to raise billions for sustainable projects. In this episode: how China’s carbon neutrality will play into China’s upcoming annual meetings, Indonesia’s horrendous forest fires and Japan’s innovative packaging alternative to plastics.

Production credits:

Hosts: Chermaine Lee and Bonnie Au

Associate producer: Jiaxing Li

Executive producer: Marcy Trent Long

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin