{"id":3533,"date":"2020-12-22T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T03:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:15:43","slug":"a-cross-agency-strategic-plan-for-green-and-sustainable-finance-in-hong-kong-insights-and-implications-for-market-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/2020\/12\/22\/a-cross-agency-strategic-plan-for-green-and-sustainable-finance-in-hong-kong-insights-and-implications-for-market-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cross-Agency Strategic Plan for Green and Sustainable Finance in Hong Kong: Insights and Implications for Market Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3533\" class=\"elementor elementor-3533\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2d9013 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"a2d9013\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ac6944\" data-id=\"8ac6944\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-624d854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"624d854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Cross-Agency Strategic Plan for Green and Sustainable Finance in Hong Kong: Insights and Implications for Market Participants<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbe4ebb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbe4ebb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b75a1fb\" data-id=\"b75a1fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ce2beb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ce2beb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-05f8db7\" data-id=\"05f8db7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-940de8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"940de8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 17 December 2020, Hong Kong&#8217;s Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (Steering Group) published its\u00a0<a class=\"logclick ct_cont\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfc.hk\/-\/media\/EN\/files\/ER\/Strategic-Plan-20201215-Eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategic Plan to Strengthen Hong Kong&#8217;s Financial Ecosystem to Support a Greener and More Sustainable Future<\/a>\u00a0(Strategic Plan). The Strategic Plan sets out six key focus areas to strengthen Hong Kong&#8217;s financial ecosystem and support the development of sustainable finance in the Special Administrative Region. It is likely that this comprehensive plan will be implemented rapidly given the support of the seven members of the Steering Group, which represent a critical mass of Hong Kong&#8217;s financial regulatory bodies and include the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=e32f602e-2ad4-40d2-921c-ba14ed053a79\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 December 2020, Hong Kong&#8217;s Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (Steering Group) published its Strategic Plan to Strengthen Hong Kong&#8217;s Financial Ecosystem to Support a Greener and More Sustainable Future (Strategic Plan).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3533"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6276,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions\/6276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}