Impact International Launches Connect
January 30, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Marketing and CSR, Strategy and Leaders
This is a press release from Impact International.
Demonstrating a significant commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, Impact International has launched a new online forum for developing sustainable corporate-community relationships.
Connect has been developed over the past 8 months as an online resource to help forge and support sustainable corporate-community relationships through people and organisational development methodologies.
Although the initial launch is targeted at Asia Pacific, Connect has been developed as an international forum that will help organisations to:
- share resources and ideas
- get involved in facilitated projects
- promote ideas for action and collaboration
The expectation is that through Connect Impact global clients and partners will be able to build and develop sustainable organisations and enterprises that make a positive contribution to the world. Specifically Impact are hoping that by providing facilitated community projects and initiatives they can take corporate responsibility beyond philanthropy and to a stage where CSR delivers triple bottom line results.
How does it work?
Once organisations and communities join Connect they will be able to view and post events, projects, stories and other relevant information on what they do and what kind of partnership they are looking for. They will also have access to the chat forums and to other opportunities and facilitated initiatives.
Corporate members will be able to access Connect to search for community partners in locations around the world and will be exposed to small NGO’s that do not have access to their own websites or marketing. The site also features Impact ‘Turn-Key’ projects that have been designed and are ready to go. These projects will be facilitated to deliver measurable business results as part of an organisational people development and retention strategy.
Over the next few months Impact will also be developing a set of Connect Awards for organisations and communities that are involved in sustainable projects and are examples of global best practice.
For more information or for a sneak preview please have a look at www.impactinternational.com/connect.
Latest Environmental News from Singapore and the World
January 17, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Uncategorized
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Welcome to Green Business Times
January 17, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Features
Welcome to the new revamped Green Business Times. We are an online publication that helps businesses in Singapore go green. Our aim is to provide environmental news and resources for business leaders and professionals to take action in reducing their environmental impacts and to implement green business strategies and practices. Green Business Times is published by Green Future Solutions.
Advertise with Green Business Times
January 17, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Features
Green Business Times targets companies, business leaders, green professionals and interested parties in business and the environment. We offer advertisement space for you to reach out to this audience and market your green products and services to them.
The following ad space and specs are available on our website (see screenshot example here):
- Leaderboard Ad (728 x 90)
- Header Ad (468 x 60)
- Sidebar Ad (300 x 250)
- Skyscraper Ad (120 x 600)
- Post Ad (468 x 60)
We can also tailor other ad space and specs according to your needs. For enquiries and rates, email us or use this contact form.
CapitaLand Reduces Electricity and Water Consumption
January 15, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Operations and Culture
This is a news release from CapitaLand.
Singapore, 14 January 2009 – CapitaLand’s Group-wide initiatives to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle have paid off. In the first 11 months of 2008, the Group reduced electricity and water consumption in 23 retail malls, office buildings and serviced residences in Singapore by 4% and 5% respectively compared to the same period in 2007, after adjustments for human traffic and occupancy rate. This is equivalent to about S$1.5 million based on current utility costs. The electricity saved can power 12,500 five-room HDB flats for one month while the water saved can fill 24 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Read more
Global CSR Summit 2009
January 12, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
The Global CSR Summit 2009 will be held from 13-16 Jan at the Raffles Hotel Singapore. Organised by The Pinnacle Group, this event showcases the best practices in corporate social responsibility (CSR), and is a good opportunity for companies to learn about strategies to enhance CSR. Visit the event website for details.
Electric Car and Electric Scooter
January 8, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
Speakers: Mr Lim Kian Wee, Founder and Executive Director, 1AMPLEWORLD Company; Mr Jan Croeni, Managing Director, Zeco Scooters Pte Ltd
Venue: ISEAS Seminar Room, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119614
The first presentation is on Global Warming and Financial Fallout of Auto Giants – Two Crises; One Promise?, which discusses the evolution and potential of green vehicles. The second presentation is on A Greener Singapore: Sustainable Mobility, which discusses the challenges and opportunities of shifting to electric vehicles and the necessary infrastructure in Singapore.
Participants will also get to view an electric car and scooter. For registration, email your name, designation and organisation to esibox2@nus.edu.sg by 14 January 2009.
Challenges and Opportunities in Energy: Perspectives From MIT
January 7, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
Venue: National University of Singapore, Shaw Foundation Alumni House Auditorium, 2nd Storey, 11 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119244
This is an energy symposium organised by the MIT Club of Singapore in conjunction with the Singapore-MIT Alliance and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, with support from the Energy Studies Institute and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. The topics covered include US Energy Perspective, Past, Present, and Future; Renewable Energy; The Built Environment; and New Materials and Energy Technology.
For registration, email your name, designation and organisation to esibox2@nus.edu.sg by 20 January 2009. For enquiries, you may call Ms May Koh at +65 6516 6739.
ecoWise First in Singapore to Successfully Register CDM Project with UNFCCC
January 5, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Strategy and Leaders
This article is a media release from ecoWise Holdings Limited.
Singapore 30 December 2008 – Mainboard-listed ecoWise Holdings Limited (“ecoWise”), a Singapore-based integrated environmental solutions provider, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bee Joo Industries Pte Ltd (“Bee Joo Industries”), has become the first Singapore registered company to successfully register its first CDM project with UNFCCC.
Mr. Lee Thiam Seng, Chairman and CEO of ecoWise proudly remarked, “Last year, we were the first Singapore-based company to receive the Letter of Approval from the Designated National Authority for our CDM project. After a year of consistent effort, we are indeed very pleased to have our project registered with the UNFCCC.” Read more
