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International Built Environment Week (IBEW)
Pioneering Asia’s built environment future with technology, talent and sustainability at IBEW and BEX Asia 2025
The International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2025 opened today at the Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, marking a major convergence of innovation, expertise, and sustainability in the built …
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
IFC and QBE Insurance team up to drive building resilience in Asia Pacific
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused …
Steel plays a vital role in today’s world of industrialisation, from the manufacturing table to infrastructure and economic …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Here’s how buildings contribute to climate change – and what can be done about it
The amount of building floor space is expected to double by 2050, with many of the additions coming …
All #construction Press Releases
5 May 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific countries endorse bold steps for greener, resilient cities at UN assembly
28 March 2025
25 March 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Emissions from building sector stopped rising for the first time since 2020: UN
24 January 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Innovative financing plan helps Vietnamese wind farm get off the ground
20 January 2025
1 November 2024
9 July 2024
26 June 2024
Volvo Construction Equipment Asia
Indonesia’s new capital city Nusantara can pioneer sustainable and clean urban construction in Southeast Asia
19 May 2024
11 April 2024
United Nations Environment Programme
Not yet built for purpose: Global building sector emissions still high and rising
27 March 2024
Volvo Construction Equipment Asia
Why electric construction machines should play a key role in bringing Singapore’s Green Plan to life
19 January 2024
8 January 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
US$200 million ADB loan to help prepare climate-resilient Philippine infrastructure projects
2 January 2024
UN Environment Programme
Global annual finance flows of US$7 trillion fueling climate, biodiversity, land degradation crises
3 July 2023
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