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Top corporates show concern over climate change

Thanks to former United States vice-president Al Gore and his inconvenient truth, Hong Kong corporates have never been more aware of climate change and the need for environment protection - or so it would appear.

On the website for an International Conference on Climate Change to be held in Hong Kong next month, we spotted that four of the top six Hong Kong blue-chip companies - ranked by listing code - were among the sponsors.

They were CLP Holdings (stock code 2, platinum sponsor), Hong Kong and China Gas (3, gold sponsor), HSBC Holdings (5, platinum sponsor) and Hongkong Electric Holdings (6, gold sponsor).

Other local corporates involved were Cathay Pacific Airways, Melco Group, Hip Hing Construction, which is part of NWS Holdings, and Jebsen & Co, along with multinationals such as Exxon Mobil Corp, Philips and Siemens.

The conference, to be held over the last three days of next month at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, is themed 'Act on climate change - now or never'.

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