香港交易及结算所有限公司（HKEX）的一位高管表示，该交易所已完成与广州和深圳交易所分别开展的两项试点计划下的首笔跨境绿色产品交易。
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has completed the first cross-border trading of green products under two pilot programmes with mainland exchanges in Guangzhou and Shenzhen separately, according to an executive.
HKEX集团首席可持续发展官周冠英在接受《南华早报》周二采访时表示，交易所的Core Climate平台已使包括机场管理局、中国电力国际发展、中国银行（香港）等在内的15家公司能够通过广州电力交易中心购买绿色电力证书（GECs），总量约为10万张GECs。
The exchange’s Core Climate platform has enabled 15 companies, including Airport Authority, China Power International Development, Bank of China (Hong Kong) and others, to purchase Green Electricity Certificates (GECs) through the Guangzhou Power Exchange Centre with a total volume of about 100,000 GECs, said Paul Chow Koon-ying, group chief sustainability officer at HKEX in an interview with the South China Morning Post on Tuesday.
周冠英表示，GECs是中国大陆全国认可的能源属性证书，每张证书代表一兆瓦时的可再生电力。企业可以通过交易这些证书来满足其可再生电力承诺。
GECs are the nationally recognised energy attribute certificates in mainland China, with each certificate representing one megawatt-hour of renewable electricity. Companies can trade the certificates to meet their renewable electricity commitments.
Core Climate平台于2022年推出，是香港面向国际企业交易碳信用的国际绿色市场，而此次新试点计划则是首次将GECs纳入该平台。
Launched in 2022, Core Climate is Hong Kong’s international green marketplace for international firms to trade carbon credits, while the new pilot programme is the first time GECs have been added to the platform.
周冠英表示，该平台使企业、投资者和项目所有者能够获取透明且经过认证的环境工具，也是HKEX更广泛承诺的一部分，即推动香港成为领先的可持续金融中心。
The platform enables companies, investors and project owners to access transparent and certified environmental instruments and forms part of HKEX’s broader commitment to advancing Hong Kong’s role as a leading sustainable finance centre, Chow said.
他表示：“这些试点是加强大湾区绿色能源和碳市场互联互通的重要步骤。”
“These pilots are important steps in strengthening green energy and carbon market connectivity across the Greater Bay Area,” Chow said.
“我们将致力于在香港商业化GECs，目标是通过Core Climate使其可用，同时加强与合作伙伴的协作，以在地区层面发展透明、高效且互联互通的可持续金融基础设施。”
“We will work towards commercialising GECs in Hong Kong, with the aim of making them available through Core Climate, while strengthening collaboration with our partners to develop transparent, efficient and connected sustainable finance infrastructure across the region.”
HKEX周三表示，在另一项试点计划中，Core Climate平台被用于与深圳绿色交易所结算深圳排放配额交易。
In another pilot programme, the Core Climate platform is used to settle Shenzhen Emission Allowance transactions with the Shenzhen Green Exchange, the HKEX said on Wednesday.
“该试点标志着境内外碳交易所首次实现跨境结算，加强了香港与中国内地碳市场的互联互通，”周表示。
“The pilot marks the first cross-boundary settlement between onshore and offshore carbon exchanges, strengthening carbon market connectivity between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland,” Chow said.
周表示，这些试点项目支持国家双碳目标，回应了中国内地和香港关于探索跨境碳交易与结算的政策优先事项，为该地区碳市场的持续发展提供了实践经验。
Chow said these pilot programmes supported the nation’s dual carbon goals and responded to policy priorities in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong to explore cross-border carbon trading and settlement, providing practical experience to support the continued development of the region’s carbon markets.
据汇丰银行首席可持续发展官朱利安·温特泽尔（Julian Wentzel）在上个月接受《南华早报》采访时表示，自美国-以色列对伊朗战争于二月下旬爆发以来，全球对绿色融资的需求有所增加，这推高了油价，并促使全球企业寻求更便宜、更稳定的能源供应。
Globally, there has been an increase in demand for green financing since the US-Israel war on Iran started in late February, which has driven up oil prices and prompted global companies to seek cheaper, more stable energy supplies, according to Julian Wentzel, chief sustainability officer at HSBC in an interview with the SCMP last month.
温特泽尔表示，公司和政府需要筹集资金，以在未来五到八年内为全球高达20万亿美元的支出提供融资，以建设或升级其设施，以使用可再生能源或其他清洁能源。
Companies and governments would need to raise funds to finance up to US$20 trillion in global expenditure over the next five to eight years to establish or upgrade their facilities to use renewable energy or other clean energy, Wentzel said.