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Press Releases / Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls & Institute of Technical Education partner on real-life technical workforce training

...theory lessons come alive for students when they can use and work on a real chiller plant system. It makes learning authentic and helps our students to assimilate quickly into the actual work environm...

12 三月 2018

Johnson Controls & Institute of Technical Education partner on real-life technical workforce training

新闻 / 企业社会责任

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

...thern Thailand for tourists to stay with local families and immerse themselves in hill-tribe culture. The aim was for the villagers to see some financial benefit from their country's multi-billion-dol...

9 十月 2017

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

新闻 / 城市

Ancient fort community in Bangkok loses 25-year battle against bulldozers

...the 18th century, is one of the oldest structures in Bangkok, one of 14 citadels that once guarded the city. Only one other fort remains. The eviction of the community and the demolition of their eleg...

7 五月 2018

Ancient fort community in Bangkok loses 25-year battle against bulldozers

cargo shipping containers at The port of Singapore

新闻 / 碳与气候

Mapped: The world’s largest CO2 importers and exporters

...their 1990 emissions. The grey area represents the difference between the two. Based on data from the Global Carbon Project. Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts. When imported carbon is included, ...

6 七月 2017

Mapped: The world’s largest CO2 importers and exporters

观点 / 政策和金融

Having more, owning less: How to fight throwaway culture

...the items they borrow and to do things for themselves. And given that the average electric drill is in use for just 15 minutes each year, and is kept in storage for the rest of the time, it’s clear th...

8 八月 2017

Having more, owning less: How to fight throwaway culture

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

...the effects of climate change and natural catastrophes," said Stefan Hirche, board chairman of the InsuResilience Investment Fund, which is helping finance the new scheme. The goal is to reduce the vu...

22 一月 2018

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

Marina Bay Financial Centre in Singapore.

观点 / 企业社会责任

How are Singaporean businesses stepping up to the challenge of the SDGs?

...the SDGs. Only 12 per cent of the SGX 50 have integrated the SDGs into their business or CR strategy while 18 per cent mapped their business or CR strategy to the SDGs. A reason for these numbers cou...

22 一月 2018

How are Singaporean businesses stepping up to the challenge of the SDGs?

新闻 / 碳与气候

Meet the winners of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize

...the 1960s and 80s. The indigenous Q’eqchi people who lived around the mine claimed that the company was forcibly removing them from their land without their consent. To find out if the community had l...

26 四月 2017

Meet the winners of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize

A garment factory worker in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

观点 / 制造业

How fashion brands are tackling modern slavery in Mauritius

...their rights before they leave, and when they arrive. Ultimately, the real measure of success will be whether these efforts effectively eliminate debt bonded labour. So far, however, the process has b...

9 三月 2018

How fashion brands are tackling modern slavery in Mauritius

新闻 / 碳与气候

Carbon credit prices should be increased to protect forests from rubber

...the revenue generated by rubber plantations. A carbon credit is a way of paying landholders to keep their forests in the ground and the carbon they contain out of the atmosphere. These credits are adm...

9 三月 2018

Carbon credit prices should be increased to protect forests from rubber