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This vending machine turns plastic into gold

...plastic bottle and each aluminium can. “ Unlike cash, physical gold is a desirable form of savings in emerging markets such as Southeast Asia. By making access to gold easy and affordable, both onlin...

29 三月 2018

This vending machine turns plastic into gold

Brian Reilly, founder and chief executive of Revolv, talks on a panel at Unlocking Capital for Sustainability. Reilly raised US$500,000 from Hong Kong-based hedge fund Sylebra and is looking to secure more funding to aid the company’s launch in Singapore. Image: Eco-Business

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How can Asia bridge the gap between finance and sustainability?

...Southeast Asia, for BNP Paribas said he was optimistic about the future of sustainable finance in Asia. “We are evolving towards a financial system that takes sustainability increasingly into account,...

8 二月 2019

How can Asia bridge the gap between finance and sustainability?

The Conscious Festival by Green is the New Black was held in Hong Kong early this year, bringing together local and international brands that promote sustainable lifestyle and consumption choices. Image: Green Is The New Black Asia

新闻 / 生活方式

Will sustainability ever trump price for Asian consumers?

...Asia Price prevails over sustainability in Asia It would be impossible to turn all consumers on to sustainable products. So companies in Asia are expanding their consumer bases by not just targeting...

28 八月 2018

Will sustainability ever trump price for Asian consumers?

新闻 / 城市

How can Asia's sweltering cities be made more liveable?

...plastic pollution in the ocean. Eight out of the 10 rivers that account for 95 per cent of the plastic in the ocean are in Asia. It is projected that by 2025, Asia will increase its plastic consumptio...

10 四月 2018

How can Asia's sweltering cities be made more liveable?

新闻 / 垃圾

Southeast Asian plastic recyclers hope to clean up after China ban

...Southeast Asian countries. Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand are among the Southeast Asian countries that have attracted Chinese investors in the plastics recycling sector over the past year, ...

17 一月 2018

Southeast Asian plastic recyclers hope to clean up after China ban

新闻 / 垃圾

Can marketing solve Asia’s plastic pollution problem?

...plastic problem, suggested delegates. Five of the world's top 10 biggest sources of marine plastic pollution are Southeast Asian, so a solution to the problem should come from the Association of South...

31 一月 2018

Can marketing solve Asia’s plastic pollution problem?

The Seabin collecting trash at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club. Image: Eco-Business

新闻 / 垃圾

The Seabin won't swallow Asia’s plastic pollution problem—but it’s a start

...plastic to catch plastic,” says the 39 year-old Australian of the invention, which features a catch bag made from high-density polyethylene, a strong petroleum-based plastic used to make drink bottles...

11 四月 2018

The Seabin won't swallow Asia’s plastic pollution problem—but it’s a start

新闻 / 碳与气候

Environmental issues are top priority for Asia’s youth

...Southeast Asia, Myat Thu Mon had spent the last few days in Singapore, engaging with her peers on regional and global sustainability issues. Jointly organised by Temasek Foundation International and N...

5 七月 2018

Environmental issues are top priority for Asia’s youth

Cargo ship swept ashore by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

新闻 / 碳与气候

How will you respond to the IPCC's urgent climate warning?

...Southeast Asia, and are major sources of greenhouse gases. If we were to power our air-con units down and take advantage of passive cooling, we could make a major contribution to easing the region's e...

15 十月 2018

How will you respond to the IPCC's urgent climate warning?

新闻 / 碳与气候

Do you have a solution to the biggest challenge in human history?

...Southeast Asia’s first e-commerce platform for electricity that launched last July, who spoke at the event. Lim told Eco-Business: “If you invest in technology today, it’s won’t come to market tomorro...

14 一月 2019

Do you have a solution to the biggest challenge in human history?

What will the Singapore skyline look like in the future? Sustainable infrastructure and industries are essential to maintain the city-state's competitiveness. Image: Eco-business

新闻 / 城市

How can industries innovate in the year of climate action?

...plastic trash bound for the ocean and use it to make packaging for its top-of-the-range laptops. The Asia Pacific director of Dell’s global takeback programme, Crystynna Ewe, tells Eco-Business that i...

23 四月 2018

How can industries innovate in the year of climate action?

新闻 / 垃圾

How household gardens are improving sanitation in Indonesia

...Southeast Asia, nearly a billion people lack access to basic sanitation while 140 million remain out of reach from safe drinking water. Munsari, a 50-year-old father of three, said he had learnt abou...

2 十一月 2018

How household gardens are improving sanitation in Indonesia

新闻 / 能源

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

...Southeast Asia. The letter was sent to the banks on Monday, the same day that Singapore hosted the Special Asean Ministerial Meeting on Climate Action for government officials from the 10-nation South...

12 七月 2018

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

新闻 / 垃圾

Singapore's new online grocer wants to prove sustainability and e-commerce can go hand in hand

...plastic crates for deliveries. The co-founders aim to reach 20 per cent of Singapore’s population and 10 per cent of Singapore’s retail market, with plans to expand into the rest of Southeast Asia. G...

28 五月 2018

Singapore's new online grocer wants to prove sustainability and e-commerce can go hand in hand

Press Releases / Eco-Business

First-ever Liveability Challenge offers up to S$1m for game-changing urban innovations

...Asian nations into some of the world’s biggest producers and polluters of e-waste and plastics. Singapore alone generated 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste in 2017, while global recycling powerhou...

5 四月 2018

First-ever Liveability Challenge offers up to S$1m for game-changing urban innovations

观点 / 能源

Southeast Asia is the global laggard in renewables, but for how much longer?

...Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a regional grouping of 10 countries with a combined population of 640 million people. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Singapore — the only first-world cou...

6 七月 2018

Southeast Asia is the global laggard in renewables, but for how much longer?

Cows. The contribution that intensive livestock rearing and dairy is making to climate change is unbelievable—bigger than energy production. Image: AFNR / Shutterstock.com

新闻 / 碳与气候

Are we on track to create a sustainable world by 2050?

...plastics. But we didn't have the research that has emerged in the last five years showing the impact of microbeads and microplastic to give policymakers compelling evidence against plastic. “ When p...

4 四月 2018

Are we on track to create a sustainable world by 2050?

新闻 / 企业社会责任

5 ways Wonderfruit makes sustainable living easy and fun

...plastic rule. Image: Wonderfruit Another sustainability issue the festival set out to tackle was plastic waste. It did so by banning the use of single-use plastic during the four-day event. Partneri...

20 二月 2018

5 ways Wonderfruit makes sustainable living easy and fun

新闻 / 垃圾

5 ways to win the war on plastic pollution

...plastic materials—whether it is a cup made from post-consumer plastic, swimwear made from recycled plastic drink bottles, or shoes made from recovered plastic—is essential to close the plastic loop, s...

7 十一月 2017

5 ways to win the war on plastic pollution

新闻 / 水

The top 5 water stories in 2017

...plastic has been found in the drinking water on five continents, highlighting the problem of ocean microplastics . A recent report by World Resources Institute stated that Asia's recent industrial bo...

29 十二月 2017

The top 5 water stories in 2017

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新闻 / 碳与气候

Malaysia launches its first carbon market policy, puts carbon tax on hold

The policy prioritises low-cost solutions for domestic decarbonisation, and higher-cost measures for international markets under Article 6. An …
视频 / 碳与气候

‘Resilience is not a buzzword’: Palm oil leaders call for industry reset amid global shocks

What does it mean to build a truly resilient food system? For two of the palm oil sector's …
新闻 / 碳与气候

China’s air pollution control enters ‘deep water’ phase

Now the main challenges lie in regional disparities, increased coal-chemical use and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.
新闻 / 企业社会责任

Silence is a climate risk – brands urged to trumpet sustainability progress by ‘greenshouting’

As experts warn that “greenhushing” risks undermining climate progress and enabling misinformation to fill the void, a new …
新闻 / 粮食和农业

Are Southeast Asia’s organic farmers more resilient to fertiliser price spikes?

Organic farmers in Malaysia and Indonesia have built small-scale models of food security and fairer trade for local …
新闻 / 水

Water stress increases downside risk to credit ratings of lower-income countries: AIIB

Improved water pricing can crowd much-needed investments into the water cycle and facilitate transfers from advanced to developing …

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