While there may be developments in the substantive obligations in green arbitration, it is difficult to say the same for the procedural aspects. Many have voiced concerns over the huge environmental impact in cross-border arbitration as a result of flights necessary for hearings and countless bundles of documents (just to name two examples). A select number of arbitral institutions have implemented climate-friendly practices in their rules and practice (whether pre- or during the COVID-19 pandemic), but such initiatives are far from sufficient. Although the new norm of virtual hearings has become common, some are concerned about their adoption, alleging a violation of the right to a physical hearing and consequently access to justice. Yet a relevant report released by the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (‘ICCA’) has definitively concluded otherwise. In this article, the Belt and Road Initiative (‘BRI’) provides the backdrop as one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the world that utilizes international arbitration. There are various initiatives within the BRI that gather major stakeholders, with the most relevant project here being the Beijing Joint Declaration by Arbitration Institutions for the BRI (the ‘Beijing Declaration’), which was issued by major arbitral institutions around the world and pushes for innovative changes in arbitration. Building on green practices in the arbitration community and the confirmation by ICCA that virtual hearings in and of themselves do not encroach on access to justice, the author suggests that arbitral institutions involved in the Beijing Declaration or along the BRI could pioneer changes in green arbitration by launching a Green Model Clause, which could operate as a clause for parties to adopt alongside carbon emissions scorecards, with the scorecards setting out a framework on the relevant factors for the tribunal to consider in the process of cost optimization.