#consumer products Berita
The city's disposable tableware ban which comes into force today has spooked small retailers over the price of "sustainable" items. Limited composting facilities is another concern. But NGOs hail the territory for the scope and breadth of measures to cut plastic pollution.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Bay Meng Yi joins Singapore Environment Council as director for sustainability
Bay replaces Vincent Tan at the environmental non-profit and will oversee its certification programmes.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Recipes for sustainable food systems
The measurement of recipes' biodiversity footprints, such as chickpea curry's positive impact compared to the significant greenhouse gas emissions from dairy, meat and shrimp farming, promotes sustainability.
Big brands must pay their share of green investments to shrink the industry's carbon footprint, Global South garment makers say.
#consumer products Opini
Regulation, alongside consumer pressure, has developed a strong appetite to progress delivery of more sustainable solutions into the market, thus generating higher demand for recycled materials.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The case for free trade in environmental goods
Liberalising cross-border flows of green products and services could be the key to saving the planet.
The region has a specialty coffee industry that is booming. But profits from the highly-priced coffee drinks do not translate to increased incomes for growers. Government subsidies and better consumer awareness can help.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Reinventing food supply chains for a growing world
Supporting start-ups can accelerate innovation and bring solutions to market faster, before our planet reaches its best before date.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Borderless haze threatens Southeast Asia
Lingkungan
Vegetarian by default
Lingkungan
Lemons and leggings
#consumer products Video
A campaign by the WWF Singapore has revealed that the average person consumes approximately 5g of plastic every week. The NGO is calling on governments and businesses around the world to forge a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution.
Studio EB
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals' aim to eradicate poverty, a Japanese multinational electronics firm is providing power supply stations, solar storage and products to countries with little or no access to electricity.
Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.
Make some extra cash and reduce waste by putting your belongings to work. This online market place plugs Australians into the sharing economy.
#consumer products Podcasts
Pangan & Agrikultur
Dimsum from microbes, anyone?: How alternative proteins are cheaper, tastier and going local
Studio EB
What are the latest trends in the alternative proteins industry today? The Eco-Business podcast discusses new hybrid products, more localised offerings and cheaper prices due to economies of scale.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The rise of womentech: Do we really need more technologies for women?
What are the dangers of gender bias in technology design and what are the market opportunities for womentech—technologies that centre the needs of women?
Studio EB
Recycling efforts in the Philippines are shrinking amid the pandemic, even as the plastic waste challenge mounts. Is the country on the verge of a more devastating plastic waste crisis?
Studio EB
The once abundant peat forests of Indonesia's Kampar peninsula have been deforested to half its size over the last two decades. Is there hope in saving the country's largest remaining forest reserve?
#consumer products Rilis Pers
Plastics Industry Development Center
Nupelle introduces sustainable and eco-friendly leather alternative, Panex revolutionising the vegan leather industry
Equator Pure Nature Co., Ltd.
Equator Pure Nature wins ‘Outstanding Intellectual Property Award’ in Thailand
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP, UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide to contribute to sustainable change
#consumer products Riset
Accenture and WWF-Singapore
Sustainability in Singapore—consumer and business opportunities
WWF-Singapore
The business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution
WWF-SG
PACT Impact Report 2020
