Hosted by South China Morning Post, Asia Sustainability Conference returns in 2021 with this session moderated by Andrew Chang, Program Director for New Energy Nexus China.

Climate change is an imminent and pervasive issue in the modern world. The transition to green technology can help the environment heal and pave the way to a future of sustainability. 45 per cent of global investment in the transition to cleaner power is found within Asia, and the priorities are clear: a low-carbon future, Greentech adoption, and clean energy.
 
The question is, what actions are truly going to lead to a quantum change across all of society? Austin R. Bryan, Senior Director of Innovation at CLP Holdings Limited, suggests we “stop talking about an aspiration,” and instead “have a plan for actionable leadership around sustainability.” In other words, companies need to take action - as opposed to just ‘thinking’ about changes that will help the environment. Businesses need to make it clear to their customers and their employees how decarbonisation and sustainable digitalisation is essential to the plan of the future.

To achieve this future, Peggy Liu, Chairperson of JUCCCE, suggests we think of “the world as what and how [we] want it to be.” The main objective is to get all of society thinking about a collective goal for the future before anything else, because the ‘how’ can come to fruition with time and effort after a widespread goal is acknowledged.