Overview of Sustainable Industry in Malaysia.

The 2014 was a huge success to government which a total 396.61MW of renewable energy approved by the Sustainability Energy Development Authority and its represent a total 466% year-on-year growth. The increase of the renewable energy represent years of planning and execution by relevant authorities to regulate and draft policies that suits Malaysian environment. As sustainable industry and climate change are interrelated, often the regulation and policies are overlapped.
The Malaysian governement acknowledge the importance of government’s role in reducing climate change, therefore the history of Malaysian government in regulating the policies can be traced back as far as 1992. Below are summary of the Malaysian government sustainavle development agenda: In 2009, Malaysian parliament had passed the National Renewable Energy policy and Action Plan (2009) with the vision to enhance the utilization of indigenous renewable energy (RE) resources to contribute towards national electricity supply security and sustainable socioeconomic development. The objectives of the policies are:
 To increase RE contribution in the national power generation mix;
 To facilitate the growth of the RE industry;
 To ensure reasonable RE generation costs;
 To conserve the environment for future generations; and
 To enhance awareness on the role and importance of RE.
The National Green Technology Policy which was introduced in 2009 has 2 Strategic Thrust as below:
 Strategic Thrust 2: Provide Conducive Environment for Green Technology Development
 Strategic Thrust 5: Promotion and Public Awareness
The Strategic Thrust is supported by 4 pillars:
 Energy-Seek to attain energy independence and promote efficient utilisation
 Environment-Conserve and minimise the impact on the environment
 Economy-Enhance the national