Bangunan Hijau Berita
Hudson joins the computing giant from McKinsey. His role will involve procuring renewable energy for the firm, which plans to erase its historical carbon footprint by 2050.
Karbon & Cuaca
One-third of companies that lost SBTi net-zero target validation are from Asia Pacific
The UN-backed net-zero target validator started removing firms with commitments that did not make the grade early last year. Of 173 companies dropped from its list, Eco-Business found that 49 were based in Asia Pacific. Why is it so hard for firms to get science-based targets approved?
Urban Institute's work will look beyond hard infrastructure to consider socio-cultural issues surrounding city living, such as inequality and the consequences of growth. Launched by SMU, it will be helmed by geographer Orlando Woods.
The co-founder of Earth Company and owner of Mana Earthly Paradise hotel tells Eco-Business about the perils of over-tourism in Bali and the huge potential for affordable eco-resorts in Asia.
Polisi & Kewangan
15 things that frustrated chief sustainability officers in 2023
Bangunan Hijau Pendapat
Indonesia's soaring post-pandemic digital economy is being powered mainly by coal. The archipelago needs to find ways to decouple rapid data centre growth from carbon emissions.
Karbon & Cuaca
I am proud of how far Singapore has come. But let’s not trade liveability for short-term returns
In a speech at Singapore's climate rally, Madhumitha Ardhanari asked her audience to dream of a Singapore that thrives within planetary boundaries, is a better regional environmental neighbour, and reconsiders what progress means beyond economic growth.
Karbon & Cuaca
Exploring the intersection of business and our ecology
Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently.
Polisi & Kewangan
How businesses can create the green markets of the future
Ahead of the “Summer Davos” forum in China this week, the World Economic Forum’s managing director says businesses need more ecological intelligence and leadership to advance the sustainability agenda.
Bandar-bandar
If your city is sinking, why not make it float?
Polisi & Kewangan
Why India must account for climate adaptation in its budget
Bangunan Hijau Video
Bangunan Hijau
Getting our urban environment to net-zero
Studio EB
Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.
Bandar-bandar
How would you better the world with a million dollars?
After two months of searching for sustainability solutions and a showdown between six finalists, the finale of The Liveability Challenge 2018 culminated in a proposal for biodegradable straws winning nearly a million dollars.
Welcoming 3,800 people this year, the carbon neutral, zero waste festival has grown six-fold since its first edition in 2015.
No hot air here: Researchers from the National University of Singapore produce the first prototype of a new, environmentally friendly air conditioner in what could be a “quantum leap” in the 100-year old technology.
Bangunan Hijau Audio
Can the hotels sector, traditionally resource-intensive and wasteful, reinvent itself and go green? Eco-Business asks two hospitality executives about balancing post-Covid recovery, and if luxury can be made compatible with sustainability.
Studio EB
The built environment's sprawling carbon footprint can be reined in by giving old buildings a 'climate makeover' as cities grow. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to Vinod Jethani about the benefits and challenges of retrofitting old buildings.
Bandar-bandar
Biophobia in the city: Are people who are fearful of nature less willing to protect it?
Eco-Business talks to environmental psychologist Dr Denise Dillon about Singapore's uncomfortable relationship with nature, whether loving nature is essential for conservation, and why climate anxiety might actually be a good thing.
Eksklusif
Following the launch of the CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge, Eco-Business speaks to the Group's chief sustainability officer Lynette Leong on why sustainability innovation is defining the next phase of growth for the real estate giant.
Bangunan Hijau Siaran Akhbar
UN Global Compact Network Singapore
The Decade to Deliver: DPM Heng Swee Keat calls for urgent action and perspective shift to meet 2030 Agenda
Bangunan Hijau Penyelidikan
Huawei
Green Development 2030
Eco-Business & Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of the KAS
The value of biodiversity for Asia's megacities
Eco-Business
Tomorrow's cities: Engineering the energy transition
Eco-Business
Freezing in the tropics - Asean's air-con conundrum
