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Collective for a Stronger Society surpasses S$21 million in donations to strengthen support for lower-income families

...17 CSS-supported programmes have reached over an estimated 10,000 families and 30,000 beneficiaries, supporting them across the areas of health, employment, housing, education and social well-being. ...

24 Jun 2026

...12 DENR memorandum that sets uniform replacement ratios for cut or relocated trees, including a 1:100 replacement requirement for naturally growing trees affected by development projects. However, May...

29 May 2026

...1), adopted on May 11, 2021 and effective from August 12, 2021, made a legal presumption that food delivery riders are employees rather than self-employed. In Asia, Singapore’s Platform Workers Act ca...

3 Oct 2025

New white paper: BASIC nation firms target competitive edge with border carbon policies

Actionable insights for global CBAM-exposed businesses, with case studies from China, Brazil, India, and South Africa charting a path from compliance to competitiveness HONG KONG – December 15,...

15 Dec 2025

The 26 August failure occurred in Nepal’s Langtang National Park near the border with China.

...1,000 security personnel, civilian workers and volunteers have been mobilized, with India and China also providing experts and equipment. Among the facilities hit was the 216-MW Upper Trishuli-1 proje...

1 Sep 2026

...1 per cent of profits or 0.1 per cent of revenue, Carbon Brief estimates that AstraZeneca could potentially contribute as much as £41-66m (US$54-88m) and GSK £31-35m (US$41-46m) each year to the fund....

8 Aug 2025

China’s rapid surge of overseas cleantech investment is reshaping global power dynamics, with more than US$180 billion committed since early 2023, according to a new report, as developing nations turn...

10 Dec 2025

...1, the SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard aims to help companies set consistent emissions reductions targets in line with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. So far, nearly 1...

22 Mar 2025

Australia outback and road into the unknown

...1. Publish a clear presidency agenda within 90 days. What will Australia push for at COP31? Will it prioritise Pacific concerns? How will it structure ministerial leadership? Clarity is essential - am...

20 Nov 2025

...10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen per year in the EU by 2030 and importing a further 10 million tonnes. In 2023, the commission adopted detailed rules and binding targets for “renewable hydrogen...

27 Aug 2026

...1 gigawatt (GW) of power. The resource demands extend beyond electricity. The proposed 1,620-hectare Pax Silica site in New Clark City, Pampanga could require up to 3GW of electricity and 39 billion l...

27 Aug 2026

...1941. The marsh is home to the critically endangered Philippine crocodile and is the country’s last frontier for Tachybaptus ruficollis cotabato, a subspecies of the little grebe found only here, and ...

21 Apr 2026

From flooded to future‑ready: Why Asia‑Pacific cities must become ‘sponges’

...15 while directly advancing SDGs 11.5 and 13.1. Sponge city approaches are not a panacea. Their effectiveness can be constrained by governance capacity, implementation scale and maintenance requireme...

21 Apr 2026

...1,100 GW, almost double global installations of 570-630 GW. The excess production capacity sank module prices to 1 yuan (about US$0.14) per watt, below production costs, necessitating the current cuts...

5 Oct 2026

...19.7 billion, a 156 per cent increase from 2024, a new report from monitoring firm Top10VPN found. This was the highest economic toll since 2022, when 114 shutdowns in 23 countries cost US$24.6 billi...

22 Jan 2026

...1 coal-fired power plant (CFPP) in Indonesia. The early retirement of Cirebon 1 is the first transaction under the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ADB ETM). Endorsed by C...

5 Dec 2024

...13.9 GW in 2024, followed by the pulp and paper industry (3.2 GW) and industrial estates that supply power and other utilities to multiple factories (2.4 GW). The energy-intensive nature of smelting ...

20 Aug 2026

...11 August. According to Malaysia’s Air Pollutant Index Management System (APIMS), 11 areas in Sarawak recorded unhealthy API readings on 11 August, up from eight on 9 August. The worsening air qualit...

19 Aug 2026

Jardine Matheson continues to progress sustainability roadmap

...1, 2, and 3 emissions in 2024, joining DFI, Gammon, Hactl, and Hongkong Land and bringing the total number of companies with SBTi validation to seven. 41 per cent of energy across the Group was deri...

13 May 2025

...1, 2026, is nevertheless a serious intervention. From January 2027, only electric three-wheelers and N1-category light goods vehicles can be newly registered; from April 2028, the mandate extends to n...

14 Aug 2026

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