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EB Studio As AI and cloud use surge, the city-state explores new ways to cut the rising energy footprint of digital services.

Despite rising commitments from Japan and Thailand’s seafood companies, few firms have implemented the robust traceability systems required to manage escalating environmental and social risks, an investor assessment finds.

China remains the most disrupted market globally, with executives showing the world’s highest optimism on AI at 90 per cent.

In Climate UX's study of Singapore's websites, small-to-medium sized businesses had the greenest digital presence, as they were most likely to use cloud services by big providers that procure clean energy.

Big finance, media and government websites are the least climate friendly, SME sites the most. B Corp sites perform better than the average, but many still rely on fossil-powered hosting, revealing a digital sustainability credibility gap.

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