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The report ‘Trading in Extinction: The Dark Side of Hong Kong’s Wildlife Trade‘, consolidates a large body of pre-existing work and reconciles this with a snapshot of Hong Kong’s seizure data. It aims to update and, for the first time, illustrate the extent and nature of the wildlife trade and wildlife crime in Hong Kong.Read more

The positioning paper shows that Hong Kong can and should adopt comprehensive strategies and actions to reduce single-use beverage packaging from going to waste by moving to a circular system where beverage packaging has a market value that incentivises recovery, recycling and reuse. The Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group includes HK’s leading beverage producers andRead more

How Civic Exchange influenced policy making to reduce ship emissions in Hong Kong 2006-2015. The “Fair Winds Charter” report documents Civic Exchange and other key stakeholders’ 10-year effort to tackle the problems of ship emissions and air pollution in Hong Kong. The charter, a voluntary initiative led by the shipping industry requiring ocean-going vessels toRead more

Rivers are important to Asia as one in every 2.5 Asians live along Asia’s 10 major rivers. Over USD4 trillion is generated here, but there is little conversation on the threats to Asia’s Water Towers or water and climate risks faced by these rivers. To catalyse such conversations, this report seeks to provide an overviewRead more

Asia’s growing appetite for meat and seafood is a recipe for environmental destruction. According to the report, population growth and rising incomes across Asia will drive a 78% increase in meat and seafood consumption by 2050. It examines the environmental effects of meeting Asia’s growing demand for protein, discloses for the first time the dramatic impact onRead more

With China moving to mandatory environmental disclosure it is a good time to take stock on where Chinese companies are on the Environmental aspect (E) in ESG disclosure. Published by CWR and Syntao.Read more

First-ever statewide research in Maharashtra on the implementation of the Child Protection Law shows that in order to better protect victims of sexual offences, departments & institutions need to be rigorously trained and work together in convergence. Published by Aarambh and funded by ADMCF.Read more

First-ever statewide research in Maharashtra on the implementation of the Child Protection Law shows that in order to better protect victims of sexual offences, departments & institutions need to be rigorously trained and work together in convergence. Published by Aarambh and funded by ADMCF.Read more

This first-ever book on environmental risk analysis by financial institutions introduces environmental risk analysis & management for commercial banks, asset management companies and insurance companies. CWR co-authored the water risk chapter. Published by China’s Green Finance Committee (China CFCRead more

The report compares and analyses prevailing laws and regulations in Hong Kong with international best practices and suggests practicable legislative changes that may be adopted and implemented by the HK with the primary objective of preserving shark species and to prevent dwindling numbers. Published by HK Shark Foundation.  Read more