The Cleaner Production Partnership Programme was launched in 2008 to encourage and facilitate Hong Kong-owned factories operating in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province to adopt cleaner production technologies and practices, thereby improving quality of the regional environment. The new phase of the programme has been open for application.

To encourage the business community to use the environmental protection facilities, the Government has allowed a profits tax deduction for capital expenditure on environmental protection machinery and installation since the year of assessment 2008-09. With effect from the year of assessment 2010-11, the deduction was extended to cover the capital expenditure on environment-friendly vehicles.

The Recycling Fund was launched in October 2015 and is open for application all year round. The Recycling Fund aims to promote the recovery and recycling of waste by facilitating the recycling industry to upgrade its operational capabilities and efficiency for its sustainable development.