2024 will be "year of public hygiene" for the city-state. Beyond enforcement, community clean-up organisation Stridy hopes to see infrastructure improvements such as better-placed bins and signages, as well as more efforts to recognise cleaners.
Asia’s sustainability heads foresee some relief from reporting burdens this year, but articulating the financial value of social, biodiversity and climate-related impacts, engaging suppliers and staying ahead of regulations will keep them busy.
Procter & Gamble has responded to complaints that its recyclability claims on its packaging are misleading by making an “amicable settlement” with consumers. Other accused companies Coke, Nestlé and Unilever did not join the dialogue.