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[ January 19, 2009 to January 20, 2009. ] Sustainable manufacturing is defined as the creation of manufactured products that use processes that are non-polluting, conserve energy and natural resources, and are economically sound and safe for employees, communities, and consumers.

Many large, multinational companies are cognizant of impending overseas environmental regulations and growing consumer demand for a new generation of environmentally friendly products, and [...]

Mr Peter Schwartz, Chairman of the Global Business Network and renowned futurist, gave a keynote address on “Assessing the Energy Landscape for Today and Tomorrow” at the Singapore Energy Conference held last week. He is also a member of the International Advisory Panel (IAP) on Energy set up by the Ministry of Trade and Industry [...]

[ November 14, 2008; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Speaker: Ms Carrie Johnson, Senior Lecturer (Adjunct) for Masters in Environmental Management at NUS, and Director of PAIA Consulting

Venue: Level 10, Room 1002, NTUC Centre, 1 Marina Boulevard

The Singapore Environment Institute (SEI), ACCA Singapore and Singapore Compact for CSR are jointly organising the Sustainability Reporting Workshop. This workshop will explain what is sustainability reporting, its [...]

Local News

Environmental pact sees F&B packaging waste down 17% (Channel NewsAsia) - The National Environment Agency (NEA), said that signatories to the Singapore Packaging Agreement, has cut down their packaging waste by 850 tonnes since they joined it last June.
Good things do come in small packages (Today) - The 3R Packaging Awards will be given [...]

Local News

New book on how Singapore achieved environmental and water sustainability (Straits Times via Wildsingapore) - A new book, Clean, Green And Blue, published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies gives a detailed look at how Singapore achieved environmental and water sustainability in 40 years.
Recycling food waste into biogas in Singapore (Business Times via [...]

This article is a news release from The GreenAsia Group.
(Singapore, 20 October 2008) Alila Hotels and Resorts is pleased to announce its commitment to go carbon neutral, first through its head office and then throughout all of its properties in Asia. Working with The GreenAsia Group, a specialist in carbon management in Asia, Alila will [...]

[ November 3, 2008 to November 4, 2008. ] The CSR Asia Summit 2008 will be held from 3-4 November at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. The annual CSR Asia Summit is organised by CSR Asia and provides insight into CSR topics related to Asia, including issues organised under the themes below:

Partnerships for Sustainable Development
Supply Chain Challenges
Community Investment, Social Innovation and Poverty [...]

Local News

From water-scarce island to hydrohub (Business Times via Wildsingapore) - Singapore has evolved from a water-scarce nation into a global hydrohub of solutions and technologies for the water industry.
S’pore to announce development plans for Semakau Landfill in November (Channel NewsAsia) - Singapore will be announcing its masterplan for the Semakau Landfill during the International Solid Waste Association [...]

There has been growing interest in Green IT and the greening of the IT industry over the past few years. To understand more about Green IT, we have the privilege of interviewing Mr Simon Hum, Program Director, Adaptive Infrastructure, Technology Solutions Group for HP Asia Pacific and Japan.
About Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific
HP, the world’s largest technology company [...]

[ October 21, 2008; 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] Venue: Singapore Business Federation, Seminar Room 1, 22nd Level, Keppel Towers

This event is organised by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and is part of the SBF-TP Clean Energy Testbedding Community (CETC) Business Facilitation Series. Participants will learn about fuel cell and other clean energy solutions for green building and facilities management, and also how the [...]