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Study reveals the Pacific Garbage Patch is much heftier than thought — and it’s growing

...ing a new dimension to their investigation. They shared their results on March 22 in the journal Scientific Reports. Previous probes of the garbage patch relied primarily on sampling nets and visual s...

29 Mar 2018

Study reveals the Pacific Garbage Patch is much heftier than thought — and it’s growing

News / Policy & Finance

Does the Philippines care about the SDGs?

...ifficult is lining up the financing to support implementation, ensuring partnerships with private and public sector, and ensuring domestic and international goals. Otherwise, I think we are moving in ...

17 Oct 2017

Does the Philippines care about the SDGs?

Discussions in progress at the Latin America Business Forum at Singapore International Water Week 2016. Image: SIWW

News / Water

Shining a light on water opportunities

...isations, exhibitors and presenters specialising in water resource management, development and investment,” said Al-Arifi. During the 2016 Business Forums, the discussions included opportunities in wa...

23 Jun 2018

Shining a light on water opportunities

Opinion / Energy

Energy in 2050: Clean, free, and for all

...ialist since 2001 in Afghanistan, Cambodia, PRC, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mongolia, among other Asian countries. This story was published with permission from the Asian Development Bank.

11 Aug 2017

Energy in 2050: Clean, free, and for all

Press Releases / GGEF

GGEF Women Eco Game Changer Awards announce winners for 2018 in Beijing

...ies within the communities. The Eco Star of Asia went to Armelle Le Bihan, who set up Technisoft, a green building consultancy and engineering firm in Thailand. To inspire young Chinese women to bui...

24 Apr 2018

GGEF Women Eco Game Changer Awards announce winners for 2018 in Beijing

News / Energy

Solar lamps light up more African nights

...ials with 9,000 families in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia. The SM100, as it is called, is now being made in China by the solar giant Yingli and distributed in Africa by the charity SolarAid. The lamp is ...

6 Jun 2017

Solar lamps light up more African nights

News / Corporate Responsibility

Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands

...it has been buying palm oil from 23 of the dirtiest producers in Indonesia, much of it via Wilmar,” he said. “This is something it can change immediately. If Nestlé is serious about fixing its palm oi...

27 Sep 2018

Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands

Opinion / Transport

A world without exhaust pipes

...icle emissions are a major contributor to dirty air everywhere. Investing in electric mobility and infrastructure – including electrified public transportation, charging stations, and electric car-sha...

10 Oct 2017

A world without exhaust pipes

News / Corporate Responsibility

Confidence in UN's global goals faltering amid slow progress - survey

...ion, the far right showing in the French presidential election, and hard-line leadership in Turkey and India. "Unfortunately the change in the U.S. administration and similar populist tides in other c...

19 Sep 2017

Confidence in UN's global goals faltering amid slow progress - survey

Blockchain in fashion Martine Jarlgaard and A Transparent Company

News / Manufacturing

This company wants to make the fashion industry sustainable using blockchain

...ith certification programmes to help them go digital. She said certification today is little more than a label on a package and does not offer sufficient information. "If certification was digital, yo...

18 Aug 2017

This company wants to make the fashion industry sustainable using blockchain

Maria Frostic investigates the shrinking population of puffins in Iceland

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The pathway from Paris starts and ends with the media

...issions via their Nationally Determined Contributions, and open up the vital national dialogues that will inform a climate-resilient future. In this sense, the media serve as bridge builders and knowl...

14 Sep 2017

The pathway from Paris starts and ends with the media

News / Energy

Graft and government policy keep Indonesia burning coal while sidelining renewables

...and eight in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. No more coastal power plants will be built on either island, says the minister for energy and mines, Ignasius Jonan. “For islan...

29 Aug 2018

Graft and government policy keep Indonesia burning coal while sidelining renewables

Singapore's only landfill, the purpose-built trash island of Semakau

News / Waste

How will Singapore defuse a 16-year waste timebomb?

...illion tonnes in 2000 to 7.7 million tonnes in 2018—the land-scarce island is running out of space to manage it. Pulau Semakau, Singapore's only landfill, is filling up rapidly, and strategies to avoi...

25 May 2019

How will Singapore defuse a 16-year waste timebomb?

News / Carbon & Climate

From Asia to Antarctica: Eco-Business joins expedition to uncover climate change threats

...ica Cheam, founder and managing editor, Eco-Business “It is a huge honour to have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the most pristine, last wilderness on the planet. It is visibly suffering...

24 Feb 2018

From Asia to Antarctica: Eco-Business joins expedition to uncover climate change threats

Press Releases / Ground-Up Initiative

Ground-up initiative launches Kampung Kampus for conscious education

...ilent warriors behind the organisation.” GUI is open to partnerships with organisations and individuals with shared values and GUI’s vision for a 5G Singapore and a sustainable future. It...

20 Mar 2017

Ground-up initiative launches Kampung Kampus for conscious education

Opinion / Manufacturing

What Karl Marx has to say about today's environmental problems

...is critique of the exploitation and inequality of capitalism and imperialism, and the struggle to transform society in a socialist direction. Sadly, there was little—far too little—on Marx’s thinking ...

7 Jun 2018

What Karl Marx has to say about today's environmental problems

News / Carbon & Climate

Why mangroves matter: Experts reply on International Mangrove Day

...ish species, and support a massive diversity of wildlife, including tigers, crocodiles, otters, turtles and several species of birds and insects. Given all that mangroves do, it is unsurprising that t...

30 Jul 2018

Why mangroves matter: Experts reply on International Mangrove Day

The closing plenary at the Water Convention. Image: SIWW

News / Water

Convening water science, strategies and solutions

...icles. Their invention, which was successfully tested in a drinking water distribution system, can help utilities to monitor the different dynamics of bacteria and sterile particle levels in drinking ...

7 Jun 2018

Convening water science, strategies and solutions

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Improving the sustainability of development finance

...il, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, and Vietnam) received high marks for innovation. Reforms in these countries included the introduction of large-scale and transparent monitoring progr...

9 Mar 2018

Improving the sustainability of development finance

Kesara Manchusree, president, Stock Exchange of Thailand

News / Corporate Responsibility

How Thailand built Southeast Asia's most sustainable stock exchange

...ith one another." It is not mandatory for the 741 companies listed on Thailand's stock exchange to report their sustainability performance, as it is for big companies in Malaysia and will be in Singa...

17 Oct 2017

How Thailand built Southeast Asia's most sustainable stock exchange

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