Greenway 2025: Accelerating Changes

30.06.2025 Press and information team of the Delegation to HONG KONG and MACAO

On 23 June, the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao together with the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong proudly organised ‘Greenway 2025: Accelerating Changes’ as the fourth edition of the flagship sustainability event of the European Union in Hong Kong.

The event was jointly opened by The Hon. John KC Lee, Chief Executive of the HKSAR, and Ambassador Harvey Rouse, Head of the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao.

EU Ambassador Harvey Rouse and Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee at Greenway 2025.

During the conference, Secretary for Environment and Ecology of Tse Chin-wan and Acting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Joseph Chan also delivered keynote presentations.

The EU is a global leader on sustainability and green growth, setting standards on green technology, green finance and climate mitigation. European companies possess unparalleled expertise on sustainability and decarbonisation. Ambassador Rouse emphasised that ‘greening our economies requires cooperation and working together. The EU, as the largest foreign business presence in Hong Kong, active in all sectors of the economy, and with bilateral trade of over HK$ 605 billion, has much to offer. Hong Kong is a trade and transport hub with high expertise in green finance. Today’s conference showed again our joint commitment to further deepen our cooperation on the sustainability agenda.’

The event brought together more than 200 leaders from government, business, and civil society to explore practical ways to foster EU-HK cooperation and accelerate Hong Kong’s green transition.

This year’s edition focused on advancing green mobility, sustainable finance, circular economy and building green cities and was supported by the Business Environment Council, the Consulate General of Sweden in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

In the three thematic panel discussions, European and Hong Kong speakers shared their expertise and valuable insights and formulated recommendations on how to accelerate Hong Kong’s transition towards a greener economy, also highlighting opportunities for cooperation with the EU and European companies.

The event concluded with Iñaki Amate, Chair of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Patrick Yeung, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, jointly presenting 23 recommendations from the European and Hong Kong business communities to the Hong Kong Government on ways to accelerate the green transformation of our economies.