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Lighting the way to a Smart NationConnected lighting is the way forward to a Smart Nation and also a more sustainable one, as Philips Lighting demonstrates with the opening of its Lighting Application Centre in Singapore. -
Buildings should be net zero, says architecture deanProfessor Lam Khee Poh, the new dean of Singapore's top architecture school, is an early advocate of green buildings. In the run-up to the International Green Building Conference next month, he tells Eco-Business why he wants his students to embrace sustainability in their education and work.
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Social enterprises: building businesses that are socially engagedA panel of changemakers at the DBS Asian Insights conference discuss the significance and role of social entrepreneurs in creating businesses with purpose. -
Setting the bar for sustainability in hospitalityCornell releases updated benchmarks to enable hotel owners and operators to measure the sustainability levels of their properties in a way that is practical and reflective of industry realities.
Opinion
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Closing the broadband divide to connect people in Asia and the Pacific– Internet access is a clear development enabler, yet it remains unequally distributed across the Asia-Pacific region. UN under-secretary-general Dr Shamshad Akhtar shares what's being done about this. -
The world's carbon stores are going up in smoke with vanishing wilderness– Enforce protective legislation and halt destructive activities now, urge scientists. The loss of the wilderness is a blow against animals, indigenous peoples, and the fight against climate change. -
17 SDG reasons we must focus on transport– Almost half of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030 are directly or indirectly related to transport, and it's time to relook Asia's transport system if the region is to meet the goals in time, says ADB's Nana Soetantri.
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