THE Centre of Environmental Technology is a non-profit-making organisation founded and funded by the Private Sector Committee on the Environment.
CET's charismatic executive director Mr Stephen Lam Wing-hong explained that the primary objectives were the generation, marketing and implementation of projects which would have a direct impact on the territory's environment.
A firm believer in the carrot-and-stick policy for encouraging success and punishing failure in environmental terms, Mr Lam nevertheless strongly favoured the positive aspects of the equation.
''We have initiated the Governor's Award for Industry : Environmental Performance to promote a wider appreciation of the vital role of environmental protection among Hongkong's manufacturers,'' he said.
''The award recognises businesses which have incorporated into their manufacturing processes, practices which are either not harmful to, or positively enhance, the environment,'' he added.
''But we need to go much further than that in Hongkong. The private sector can do only so much, and there are many steps that have to come from the Government,'' he said.
In particular, Mr Lam wanted to see the establishment of powerful incentives for small-and medium-sized businesses ''to get on the green path''.