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Six inexpensive (or even money-saving) things cities can do to become more sustainable nowComprehensive plans are great, but small, low-budget changes can make a big difference, too. -
Do mobile payment games spur green living?Alipay’s Ant Forest turns green choices into trees. Is it a viable model of scaling up public climate action?
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Is carbon-neutral beef the future of Australia’s beef sector?As beef consumption grows in Asia, a handful of Australian producers are trying out going carbon neutral. Is this the future of the industry? -
Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for goodBusinesses with a social purpose across Southeast Asia struggle to juggle more money and staff with their ideals of improving the lives of vulnerable communities.
Consumer Products Opinion
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Why aren't global clothing brands responding to #MeToo?– The clothing industry should work harder to prevent and address gender-based violence in their supply chains. In order to do so, they first need to confront how badly their inspection or social auditing programs fail to protect women. -
Pooling resources can help beat stunting in children– People are the world’s most important resource, yet stunting in children limits human capabilities and reduces current investment in the future. Fortunately, the rapid growth of digital technologies means that millions of small individual financial donations can help to end this scourge. -
Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers– Instead of passing on old and unwanted clothes to charity stores, consumers should re-direct the items to fast fashion companies that should pay for the waste they generate and fund research on new recycling technologies.
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We are eating a credit card's worth of plastic every week– A campaign by the WWF Singapore has revealed that the average person consumes approximately 5g of plastic every week. The NGO is calling on governments and businesses around the world to forge a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution.
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An electrifying solution to improve livelihoods– In line with the Sustainable Development Goals' aim to eradicate poverty, a Japanese multinational electronics firm is providing power supply stations, solar storage and products to countries with little or no access to electricity.
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The solar cow that powered an African village– Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.
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With this new website, rent don't buy to cut waste– Make some extra cash and reduce waste by putting your belongings to work. This online market place plugs Australians into the sharing economy.
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The Eco-Business 10th Anniversary Gala NightCelebrate Eco-Business' 10th Anniversary as we unveil the Eco-Business A-List. -
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