International Singapore Compact CSR Summit: Strategy for Sustainable Business Success
200 exhibiting companies from the region and beyond to showcase Build Eco products at Southeast Asia’s biggest green gathering – BEX Asia 2010
Eco Event to Coincide with Announcement of Singapore’s own Green Product Certification by SGBC
(Singapore, September 06, 2010) – In one week, over 200 exhibiting companies from more than 20 countries internationally will showcase their latest environmentally-friendly building products, technologies, concepts and solutions at BEX Asia 2010, Southeast Asia’s premier Build Eco Xpo.
The three-day expo which is held in Singapore from 13-15 September will showcase major global players like BASF, Carrier, EnGro Corporation Limited, Johnson Controls, KONE, Interface, Sanyo and Trane and many more from the region and beyond including the United States, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand.
The event will be held alongside the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) International Congress 2010 – held for the first time in Asia – and the inaugural Singapore Green Building Council’s (SGBC) ‘Green Building Conference’. Read more
Clean Energy Expo Asia 2010 set to drive sustainable energy growth in the region
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, total new investment in sustainable energy worldwide reached $162 billion in 2009, nearly four times of 2004. With $65 billion worth of new financial investment in clean energy already registered in the first half of 2010, some 22 percent up on the same six months of 2009, the market seems to be on an upswing. What is significant is the distinct shift in focus from Europe and North America to Asia-Pacific, with a sharp increase in financial investment from $31.3 billion in 2008 to $40.8 billion in 2009. Some $188 billion in government stimulus packages was also allocated to greening and climate change measures in 15 major economies between the autumn of 2008 and early 2010, with Asia-Pacific accounting for over 45 percent of this spending[1]. Read more
CARBON FORUM ASIA 2010: At the heart of the world’s most exciting new market
As of July 2010, the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) has registered over 2,300 CDM projects globally, an increase of more than 35 percent over a year ago. More than three-quarters of these projects are registered in Asia and the Pacific, spelling once again the abundant opportunities in the region’s carbon trading markets.
With the Kyoto protocol nearing its expiration date in 2012, climate change negotiators are focusing their attention on reaching a definitive agreement for a global fight against climate change. These, and other exciting developments in the emissions trading and global carbon markets will be the centerpiece of the discussions at the fifth edition of CARBON FORUM ASIA, from 27 – 28 October 2010 in Singapore. Read more
Optiled Cooperates with Cree to Deliver Ultimate LED Lighting Solutions
Meeting the international standards of Singapore’s Jurong Town public housing project with industry-leading cooperative effort
Hong Kong, August 2, 2010 – Leading LED lighting solutions provider Optiled Lighting International Ltd. (Optiled) has again successfully joined with world-renowned LED maker Cree to complete the first phase of the massive lighting upgrade at Singapore’s historic and significant Jurong Town public housing estate. Built to meet the Singaporean government’s highly precise and stringent standards, this installation is the largest public LED lighting makeover that the Singaporean government has ever conducted in history. Read more
Aztech Won Second LED Lighting Project Tender for Public Housing from Aljunied Town Council
SINGAPORE, 4 August 2010 – Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Aztech Group Ltd (“Aztech”) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aztech Technologies Pte Ltd, has been awarded a S$2 million contract by Aljunied Town Council to supply and install LED lighting for public housing estates, solidifying its position as the leading provider of LED lighting to Town Councils in Singapore.
This tender win marks the second public housing project in Singapore to deploy eco-friendly and energy-efficient LED lighting. Earlier this year, Aztech was awarded a contract by Jurong Town Council to supply and install LED lighting for selected public housing blocks. Read more
Singapore bags 5 ASEAN Energy Awards
Four Singapore organisations bagged top awards at the 2010 ASEAN Energy Awards. Convened annually, the ASEAN Energy Awards recognise efforts by enterprising ASEAN companies to integrate renewable energy and energy efficient solutions in their projects.
The winners are:
ASEAN Energy Awards – Renewable Energy Project Competition 2010
(i) IUT Singapore Pte Ltd – Food Waste to Renewable Energy (Winner, On-grid category)
IUT Singapore Pte Ltd innovatively burns food waste to generate renewable energy. Electricity produced is used to power the plant itself and the excess electricity is exported into Singapore‟s power grid. By burning food waste, this project also helps to reduce the need for landfill space and the methane-rich bio-gas (methane is one of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change) produced is used to generate power. Read more
A*STAR Musters a Line-up of Four Industry Players to Develop Future Energy Technologies
Groundbreaking of A*STAR’s Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) on Jurong Island paves the way for cutting-edge R&D to develop Singapore as a ‘living laboratory’ for smart grid solutions
1. Four companies, namely, Rolls Royce, Vestas, SP PowerGrid and CEI Contract Manufacturing entered into strategic partnerships with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today to develop smart grid and distributed energy solutions. This was announced at the groundbreaking ceremony of its smart grid research facility of the Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) by Guest-of-Honour, Mr Ravi Menon, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade & Industry.
2. The technologies and solutions being jointly developed will form the key components to be integrated into the intelligent grid system. Said Mr. Lim Chuan Poh, Chairman, A*STAR: “Smart grid R&D is critical to transforming Singapore into a smart energy economy and EPGC is an important enabling infrastructure that will bring us a step closer to realising an intelligent national energy grid. With this infrastructure in place, Singapore will be well-positioned to take R&D in energy solutions to the next level.” Read more
ST Engineering Inks Contract for Integrated Waste Management Facility Project
Brunei contract is its largest environmental engineering projects to date
Singapore, 14 July 2010 – ST Marine, the marine arm of ST Engineering, and its Brunei consortium partner QAF Limited today officially signed the S$66.5m contract to design and construct a modern Integrated Waste Management Facility in Brunei. The contract was announced by the Brunei Economic Development Board on 11 June 2010. Today’s signing ceremony was witnessed by Guest of Honour, YB Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, Brunei’s Minister of Development, Singapore’s High Commissioner to Brunei, Mr Joseph Koh, and Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) CEO, Mr Andrew Tan. The ceremony signifies another milestone in collaboration between the two countries. Read more
P&G Wins at the 7th Annual International Business Awards with its Live, Learn and Thrive Corporate Cause Program in Asia
Awarded Stevie Winner for CSR Program of the Year in Asia (Subcontinent, Australia and New Zealand)
Awarded Stevie Distinguished Honoree for CSR Program of the Year in Asia (China, Japan and Korea)
SINGAPORE, July 13, 2010 – The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today won the Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year in Asia (Subcontinent, Australia and New Zealand) category and was named a Stevie Distinguished Honoree in the Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year in Asia (China, Japan and Korea) category at the 2010 International Business AwardsSM for its Live, Learn and Thrive™ (LLT) corporate cause program.
The International Business Awards are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in business and is nicknamed the Stevie® for the Greek word “crowned”. Honorees were selected through two rounds of judging by business professionals worldwide, and winners selected from more than 1,700 entries received from organizations and individuals in more than 40 countries. Read more
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