Learning from Sweden’s success and experience in embracing CSR
Sweden has the reputation of being a leader in actively promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR), and Swedish companies such as H&M, IKEA, Ericsson, ICA, Swedbank, and Scania are ...
How a shopping mall in Singapore goes green
Singapore is well-known for its food and shopping experience, and this potent mix can be found at the ubiquitous shopping malls located at all major town centers in Singapore. ...
Die Die Must Share – The Idea of Collaborative Consumption
Eugene Tay, the Editor of Green Business Times and Founder of Green Future Solutions, is a person whom you would describe as a green maven – someone who ...
Using Social Media to Transform Capitalism
In his book, We First: how brands and consumers use social media to build a better world, author Simon Mainwaring proposes the transition from Me First capitalism, the ...
Sustainability Insights and Advice from Interface
At Green Business Times, we have always admired the vision and work of Ray Anderson, a true sustainability leader and the founder of Interface, Inc. To give our ...
The Green Business Times Guide to Singapore Government Funding and Incentives for the Environment
Singapore is well-known as a clean and green city with the government striving for environmental sustainability while growing the economy. The government has also identified Environmental and Water ...
How IKEA Embraces Sustainability Globally and in Singapore
Over 7 million people visited the two IKEA stores in Singapore last year. Singaporeans love IKEA for its affordable and well-designed home furnishing products, but not many realise ...
Introducing ISO 26000 – Guidance on Social Responsibility
The latest International Standard ISO 26000:2010 - Guidance on Social Responsibility, was launched yesterday by SPRING Singapore at a seminar to introduce the new standard to the business ...
Strategy and Leaders
Nippon Paint’s Continuous Sustainability and Innovation Commitment
At the inaugural 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Awards, Nippon Paint was awarded with the product innovation award in decorative paints for its odour-less AirCare, an eco-friendly paint that absorbs harmful indoor air pollutant...
How a shopping mall in Singapore goes green
Singapore is well-known for its food and shopping experience, and this potent mix can be found at the ubiquitous shopping malls located at all major town centers in Singapore. In recent years, shopping malls are starting to look almost alike, with the...
Singapore’s Chief Negotiator for Climate Change expresses cautious optimism on global carbon market
Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Singapore’s Chief Negotiator for Climate Change expresses cautious optimism on the global carbon market, during the opening ceremony of the annual Carbon Forum Asia 2011. Held in Singapore again this year, Carbon Forum...
Clean energy takes center stage this week in Singapore
Clean energy discussions and solutions for the Asian region take center stage this week in Singapore as the annual Clean Energy Expo Asia (CEEA) 2011 Trade Fair and Conference begins today till 3 Nov, and is officially launched by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan,...
Singapore’s strategies to meet its energy challenge amid an uncertain global energy future
Singapore is taking steps to address its energy challenge by diversifying energy mix, managing energy demand, and encouraging innovative technologies, amid an uncertain global energy future. During his Opening Address at the Singapore Energy Lecture,...
Singapore Business Federation helps companies connect to more green growth opportunities
At today’s Asia Pacific Sustainability Leadership Forum, the Singapore Business Federation signed two Memorandums of Understanding and a Letter of Intent with international partners to connect local businesses to international technological and...
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3 Key Lessons on CSR from Swedish Companies
One of the reasons for the success of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Sweden is that big Swedish companies are taking responsibility, because they understand that they have to build trust among stakeholders if they wish to continue doing business...
During one of the plenary sessions on Sustainable Mobility at the recent Clean Energy Expo Asia 2011 Conference, Mr Vivek Vaidya, Vice President, Automotive Practice Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan, shared his findings on the challenges and constraints...
How a shopping mall in Singapore goes green
Singapore is well-known for its food and shopping experience, and this potent mix can be found at the ubiquitous shopping malls located at all major town centers in Singapore. In recent years, shopping malls are starting to look almost alike, with the...
Keppel Land wins the 2011 Singapore Awards for Sustainability Reporting
Keppel Land Limited emerged as the winner of the 2011 Singapore Awards for Sustainability Reporting (SASR), at the awards ceremony organised by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and attended by more than 100 business leaders....
3R Packaging Awards recognise companies for their efforts to reduce packaging waste
The Singapore Packaging Agreement signatories received the 3R Packaging Awards this morning at the Third Meeting of the Regional 3R Forum in Asia, held at Sheraton Towers Singapore for their efforts to reduce packaging waste. The Singapore Packaging...
New Financing Scheme and Minimum Standards for Existing Buildings Announced at the International Green Building Conference 2011
Minister of State for National Development and Manpower, BG (NS) Tan Chuan-Jin announced a new financing scheme and minimum Green Mark standards for existing buildings at today’s opening of the International Green Building Conference (IGBC) 2011,...
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Horizon Fuel Cells – Reviving the Hydrogen Dream
Fuel cells cannot be called the next big thing. They have been around for a long time and was part of the hype around the possibility of using hydrogen to power everything from cars to phones. Fuel cells work by oxidizing hydrogen and emitting only water...
During one of the plenary sessions on Sustainable Mobility at the recent Clean Energy Expo Asia 2011 Conference, Mr Vivek Vaidya, Vice President, Automotive Practice Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan, shared his findings on the challenges and constraints...
How a shopping mall in Singapore goes green
Singapore is well-known for its food and shopping experience, and this potent mix can be found at the ubiquitous shopping malls located at all major town centers in Singapore. In recent years, shopping malls are starting to look almost alike, with the...
Renewables 2011 Global Status Report
Global Renewable Energy now accounts for 16% of final energy consumption in 2009 and for about a quarter of global power capacity from all sources. Despite the recession, there is momentum in the sector with total global investment in renewable power...
Clean Energy Expo Asia 2011 Trade Fair [Photos]
The annual Clean Energy Expo Asia (CEEA) 2011 Trade Fair is held at Suntec Singapore from 1 to 3 Nov. This year’s CEEA Trade Fair hosts about 170 exhibiting companies from 26 countries, with 6 country pavilions from Canada, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore...
Technical factors to consider when implementing solar photovoltaic systems
Solar energy systems are often hailed as one of the more viable renewable energy sources for sunny Singapore. Given that solar module prices are rapidly falling, Singapore will surely reach grid parity in the near future. Grid parity refers to the point...
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Time for a more inclusive sustainability construct?
This year, the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Report is on the theme of ‘Sustainability and Equity’, which is a very apt topic in the light of the run up to the Millennium Development Goals deadline of 2015, as finally sustainability...
3 Key Lessons on CSR from Swedish Companies
One of the reasons for the success of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Sweden is that big Swedish companies are taking responsibility, because they understand that they have to build trust among stakeholders if they wish to continue doing business...
Learning from Sweden’s success and experience in embracing CSR
Sweden has the reputation of being a leader in actively promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR), and Swedish companies such as H&M, IKEA, Ericsson, ICA, Swedbank, and Scania are known to be leaders in sustainability and corporate responsibility. The...
Time for businesses to walk the talk on human rights
There has been a huge bit of hype over corporate citizenship and its onus to protect the rights of workers in the past few years. Corporate Social Responsibility and its corresponding voluntary ISO 26000 standard, includes human rights as one of the...
Integrated Reporting is here to stay despite the challenges
A high-level roundtable discussion on integrated reporting concluded that integrated reporting is here to stay despite the challenges involved. The roundtable discussion on Integrated Reporting: The Future of Corporate Accounting? was organised by ACCA...
Keppel Land wins the 2011 Singapore Awards for Sustainability Reporting
Keppel Land Limited emerged as the winner of the 2011 Singapore Awards for Sustainability Reporting (SASR), at the awards ceremony organised by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and attended by more than 100 business leaders....
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Singapore Green Landscape 2012
Do you want to know more about the environmental scene in Singapore? Find out now from our 3rd edition of the Singapore Green Landscape. This year, the Singapore Green Landscape 2012 provides a review of 90 key environmental news in Singapore last year, and gives an overview of 156 non-governmental...
The National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS) is currently preparing the National Climate Change Strategy 2012 (NCCS-2012) publication, and is seeking public feedback and ideas. The NCCS-2012 will provide a framework and overall strategy for Singapore to tackle climate change, and will outline policies...
The Green Business Times Guide to Singapore Government Funding and Incentives for the Environment
Singapore is well-known as a clean and green city with the government striving for environmental sustainability while growing the economy. The government has also identified Environmental and Water Technologies (EWT) including Clean Energy as strategic areas where Singapore has a competitive edge and...
Eco labels and certifications for products, services and facilities provide a certified green trustmark for consumers and businesses who wish to choose more environmentally-friendly alternatives and make the right choice. There are hundreds of eco labels in the global market. In Singapore, we have about...
The Singapore Green Landscape 2010 published last year by Green Future Solutions was well-received and was downloaded 970 times over the past year. This year, the Singapore Green Landscape 2011 provides a review of 80 key environmental news in Singapore last year, and gives an overview of 160 non-governmental...
Singapore Green Landscape 2010 gives an overview of the various non-governmental organisations (NGOs), green groups, business associations and groups, green websites, government agencies, and institutes and centres in Singapore, which are related to the environment. We hope that the publication is useful...
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Green Events Management
Positive Events is a special events company with a solid track record of producing quality corporate events for the past 9 years. Some of their clients include Fuji Xerox, HP, EPSON, Hitachi, Shell, SMRT and Changi Airport Group. After years of being the preferred events management partner for the Singapore...
MyGreenOffice Exhibition and Roadshow
MyGreenOffice is an eco initiative by Positive Events that brings climate change activism to the workplace. Conceptualised in consultation with the Singapore Environment Council (SEC), it features a mobile exhibition and interactive roadshow highlighting easy-to-follow tips and best practices for the...
Green MBA – Master of Business Administration (Sustainable Development)
You want to be the change. You intrinsically understand by now that confronting the issue of ecological sustainability at all levels is non-negotiable – but try explaining that to your peers or senior leadership. You wonder how to broach the subject on how the green movement has affected your customers...
SS 564:2010 Green Data Centres – Energy and Environmental Management Systems Awareness
This course, SS 564:2010 Green Data Centres – Energy and Environmental Management Systems Awareness, is conducted by the Centre for Safety & Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ), a business unit of ST Electronics (e-Services) Pte Ltd. This course provides delegates with an overview of...
SS 564:2010 Green Data Centres – Energy and Environmental Management Systems Development
This course, SS 564:2010 Green Data Centres – Energy and Environmental Management Systems Development, is conducted by the Centre for Safety & Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ), a business unit of ST Electronics (e-Services) Pte Ltd. This course provides delegates with an overview of...
SS 564:2010 Green Data Centres – Energy and Environmental Management Systems Internal Auditor Training
This course, SS 564:2010 Green Data Centres – Energy and Environmental Management Systems Internal Auditor Training, is conducted by the Centre for Safety & Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ), a business unit of ST Electronics (e-Services) Pte Ltd. Internal audit is one of the system...
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