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Simon Bennett, The China Navigation Company

News / Transport

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

...t over the last 12 months. In this interview with Eco-Business, Bennett talks about why he chose a career in sustainability, the hardest thing about this job, the question sustainability executives sh...

15 Dec 2019

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

A blue recycling bin in the district of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The city-state's recycling rate has been stagnant since 2012. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Campaign asks Singaporeans to limit plastic bag habit to two a day

...tte & Touche. It found that Singapore residents use on average of two to four plastic bags for each trip to the supermarket, one to three polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles a week, and one ...

1 Aug 2018

Campaign asks Singaporeans to limit plastic bag habit to two a day

Children play with informal waste pickers in Myanmar

News / Lifestyle

7 eco-friendly ways to stir the senses this Earth Day

...t that it's stopped working before its time? It could be time to switch to Fairphone, the world's first modular phone "that's built to last". Though it might not be the sexiest gadget ever invented, t...

24 Apr 2019

7 eco-friendly ways to stir the senses this Earth Day

News / Lifestyle

Social businesses take tourists off beaten path to 'spread the wealth'

...to stay at the hotel because of its proximity to London City Airport and the ExCeL centre, host to events such as the 2009 G20 summit and the London Boat Show. Of the five guests the Thomson Reuters F...

16 Jul 2019

Social businesses take tourists off beaten path to 'spread the wealth'

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Three ways businesses can lead the transition to a low carbon economy

...t leaders to "set the direction of travel that will provide us with the clarity and confidence to act." In May, eight EU countries began pushing other EU members to do just that. Business stands to ga...

22 May 2019

Three ways businesses can lead the transition to a low carbon economy

News / Carbon & Climate

Could developing-world cities make or break the 1.5C warming goal?

...t noted. How to tackle the conditions that lead to informal urban settlements and fuel the risks to their inhabitants "is a central question", the report said. Among the problems that need to be addre...

12 Oct 2018

Could developing-world cities make or break the 1.5C warming goal?

Activism, Singapore-style. Students from National University of Singapore and Yale-NUS are supporting a movement for their universities to divest from fossil fuels.

News / Lifestyle

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

...tment and manning booths such as the one at EarthFest. He also hopes to enter negotiations with NUS management. "At this point they’ve been quite unreceptive, but we hope to meet with them." “ There’...

4 Feb 2019

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

News / Food & Agriculture

Farming insects may solve one problem but create others, scientists warn

...the facilities (where insects are grown)? What about transportation?" she said to the Thomson Reuters Foundation via phone. "One of the biggest threats to both natural systems and production systems t...

15 Jan 2019

Farming insects may solve one problem but create others, scientists warn