Sustainable Development News
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Students for sustainability… Roots and Shoots club leader Raha IslamThis slow fashion advocate and Roots and Shoots club leader shares the importance of sticking to your beliefs and going against the grain despite meeting strong resistance at the beginning of her environmental activism journey. -
Rishi Kalra joins Accounting for Sustainability as co-chair of Asia Pacific chapterKalra, chief financial officer of agribusiness giant Olam, has become part of the global group of chief financial officers from large organisations which aims to embed social and environmental impacts in strategic planning.
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Jane Goodall: If young people lose hope, that’s the end of humanityInstead of the well-known phrase ‘think globally, act locally’, Jane Goodall urges youths to reverse that and first take action locally. -
Marina Bay Sands recruits Chitra Venkatesh from WWF Singapore to lead education at ArtScience MuseumCarbon & Climate
Marina Bay Sands recruits Chitra Venkatesh from WWF Singapore to lead education at ArtScience Museum
Venkatesh moves on after six and a half years at WWF Singapore.
Sustainable Development Opinion
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Climate clock reset shows the world is one year closer to 1.5 C warming threshold– The planet is now only a little more than 10 years from 1.5 C of global warming. In 2021, emissions are climbing again. But a lot can happen in a decade. Every avoided emission is a unit of time that we can add to the 'climate clock', writes its developers H. Damon Matthews and Glen Peters. -
ESG 2.0 is in the making– The backlash against environmental, social, and governance factors in investing heralds a major transition for the better, write Georg Kell and Todd Cort. -
Lemons and leggings– Bumper profits and hefty price-tags do not equate to athleisure brand, Lululemon's, social mission and core sustainability considerations. Lululemon should find the time to realign itself with its supposed socially-oriented values.
Videos
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Singaporeans love food, but are they valuing food enough?– Singaporeans are well-known foodies, but around 800,000 tonnes of food is wasted every year. Why is so much food wasted, and what can consumers do about it?
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Pandemics and the exploitation of wildlife — what's the connection?– The origin of Covid-19 is believed to be a market selling live wild animals. Eco-Business asked Anbarasi Boopal of Singapore-based animal welfare charity Acres about the link between the exploitation of animals and pandemics, and what can be done to curb the illegal wildlife trade.
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How can Singapore kick its plastic bag habit?– Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?
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Hot air? Vietnam's wind energy story– Vietnam's wind market is thriving, but more work lies ahead if the country wants to power its booming economy without imperilling its people and the planet.
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