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Tan Szue Hann is, among other roles, chairman of sustainability for Singapore Institute of Architects. He says students need to be aware that "they do have agency in contributing towards environmental sustainability." Image: Tann Szue Hann

Berita / Bangunan Hijau

How I got here... architect and green building advocate, Tan Szue Hann

...the common perception is that sustainability adds to capital expenditures, and does not contribute to the bottom line. The truth is far more complex than that, and it can be easily proven that sustain...

5 Apr 2020

How I got here... architect and green building advocate, Tan Szue Hann

Press Releases / The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

Australian fisheries seeking sustainability certification largely driven by social responsibility

...to different organisations that make frequent requests for this data (i.e. retail, non-government organisations, and the Australian government) through the MSC certification reports. There are cu...

26 May 2020

Australian fisheries seeking sustainability certification largely driven by social responsibility

Musim Mas and IFC have engaged smallholder farmers in sustainable cultivation practices.

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

...ts on its website, by letter or text message. Tichit says the company is fortunate that there are not many cases of reported abuse, but worries that workers have not been provided with the right tools...

22 Jul 2021

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Banana ban and meatless menus, but how green is Davos summit?

...trekked to the ski resort over two days. "This is the most important topic that we are facing today," Marila, 19, a student from Olten, Switzerland, who did not want to give both names, told the Thoms...

22 Jan 2020

Banana ban and meatless menus, but how green is Davos summit?

Berita / CSR

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

...ten given little value," Leakena told the Thomson Reuters Foundation during a visit to the factory. "But now we make outfits that are suitable for queens." With the 'Markle Sparkle', the little-known ...

19 Nov 2019

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Coronavirus vaccine passports: What you need to know

...t months. In October, Estonia and the World Health Organization started a pilot for a digital vaccine certificate, with the Baltic country announcing earlier this year that it had begun testing a sepa...

18 Feb 2021

Coronavirus vaccine passports: What you need to know

Air-conditioning units on a building in Singapore

Berita / Pembuatan

Playing it cool on climate: Cooling tech firms are not innovating or promoting energy-efficient products, report finds

...ttle ambition to reduce the climate impact of their products, the report titled Playing it cool from environmental measurement non-profit CDP found. This is reflected by the fact that 60 per cent of ...

8 Jun 2020

Playing it cool on climate: Cooling tech firms are not innovating or promoting energy-efficient products, report finds

60 per cent of Prudential Singapore's staff are women. A higher female ration has helped the company in two key ways: collaboration and relationship-building. Image: Prudential Singapore

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

How diversity is driving sustainability for one of Singapore’s biggest insurers

...to be among internal stakeholders. "We thought that ethics was a given, but it’s not. We thought it's hardwired, but it's not. We stumbled into the fact that we really needed an ethics team, as ethics...

21 Feb 2020

How diversity is driving sustainability for one of Singapore’s biggest insurers

Berita / Pengangkutan

When air travel rebounds, will sustainability be a concern for business travellers?

...ty… we're beyond that. It's so fundamental to business culture now.” “They are not trying to reduce their carbon footprint just because it's the right thing to do: they are doing it because it’s susta...

15 Feb 2021

When air travel rebounds, will sustainability be a concern for business travellers?

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

...t people don’t see the direct impact of someone throwing rubbish into the street. Even if they are aware, they don’t know what to do about it, or don’t see the point. Few people separate their trash i...

22 Jun 2020

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

Berita / Tenaga

Zero-carbon water pumps turn Pakistan's barren mountains green

...tor at ICIMOD. The government's efforts to bring water to high-altitude communities may also get a boost from nature itself. Climate experts predict shifting rainfall patterns in Pakistan could in fut...

30 Mar 2020

Zero-carbon water pumps turn Pakistan's barren mountains green

Berita / Tenaga

Explainer: what is deep-sea mining?

...to the paper by the Institute of Sustainable Futures. “Industry wants us to think mining the deep sea is necessary to meet demand for minerals that go into electric vehicle batteries and the electron...

3 Aug 2021

Explainer: what is deep-sea mining?

Berita / Tenaga

Floating wind shapes up as wind industry's next frontier

...ts increase their support. Speaking last week at a virtual event titled The Transition Faster Conference: Let's Talk Wind and hosted by multinational certification firm DNV GL, the experts said as wit...

4 Feb 2021

Floating wind shapes up as wind industry's next frontier