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Eco-Business
Sustainability startups Cricket One and GAFT win S$1 million prize each at The Liveability Challenge 2024
Two winning solutions emerge as top winners at The Liveability Challenge 2024, addressing key challenges in climate change and food & nutrition.
Volvo Construction Equipment Asia
Why electric construction machines should play a key role in bringing Singapore’s Green Plan to life
In 2023, Singapore became the first country in Southeast Asia to receive electric construction equipment from Volvo CE. …
Geo Connect Asia
Geo Connect Asia 2024: Exploring the transformative power of geospatial technologies in Southeast Asia
Geo Connect Asia (GCA), the region's leading trade event for geospatial, positioning, digital construction, and remote sensing industries, …
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
New UN report: Along with gender, where people live key factor in determining levels of poverty, inequality in APAC
Progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains uneven and inadequate across various segments of the population …
All #urbanisation Press Releases
18 December 2023
19 November 2023
Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Renewed calls for Asean to prioritise and protect citizens’ rights to clean air from transboundary haze
5 November 2023
24 October 2023
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures
16 October 2023
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Regional UN forum to spotlight future of Asian and Pacific cities
23 August 2023
3 July 2023
27 June 2023
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
India’s G20 presidency: an opportunity to steer world toward inclusive, sustainable growth
22 March 2023
10 October 2022
25 January 2022
26 November 2021
5 November 2021
19 May 2021
12 May 2021
City Developments Limited
CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2021 spotlights its adaptable and resilient ESG strategy
6 April 2021
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