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[ 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 [...]

The National CSR Survey was released yesterday by the Singapore Compact for CSR, together with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Singapore Business Federation. The survey was conducted with about 500 companies, both large companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and measured their awareness of corporate social responsibility (CSR), including what it meant to [...]

Local News

International panel to review BCA’s green plans (Business Times via Wildsingapore) - The Building and Construction Authority has invited five international experts to review its green building plans and recommend new directions for Singapore’s green building efforts.
Can a green F1 ever exist? (Straits Times Blogs)- The environment takes a backseat during the F1 Grand [...]

Local News

‘Green’ meetings take off here (Straits Times via Wildsingapore) - More companies are starting to hold green meetings and requesting for eco-friendly measures to be included in the hotels and convention centres.
A green meeting place (Today Online) - City Development Limited’s new eco-friendly City Square Mall will be opened at the end of next [...]

[ September 10, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] Speaker: Mr Poul E Kristensen, Managing Director, IEN Consultants Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Venue: Seminar Room II, ISEAS

This seminar discusses the need for buildings to reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions. The speaker will explain that it is possible to reduce the energy consumption of buildings by a factor of 4 through energy efficiency and [...]

Local News

Got a plan to harvest solar energy? (Today Online) - The Clean Energy Programme Office (Cepo) is calling for research proposals to develop roof-mounted solar harvesting devices and systems for the tropical region.
Energy sector can fuel Singapore manufacturing growth (Business Times via Wildsingapore) - The Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group said that Singapore [...]

Gary Hirshberg is the CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, which is the largest organic yogurt manufacturer in the world. In his book, he describes how his company incorporates environmental principals and embraces sustainability, while making money at the same time.
He also shares similar environmental efforts by other companies such as Whole Foods, Timberland, Wal-Mart, Patagonia, Seventh [...]

Verdiem, together with Microsoft and Climate Savers Computing, announced the release of the Verdiem Edison, a free energy monitoring software application that allows users to control their PC’s energy consumption and save energy. Edison enhances the existing power settings of Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems, and provides a user-friendly interface. The software features include:
Scheduling - [...]

Dell announced yesterday that it has met its carbon neutral goal 5 months ahead of schedule. It has achieved its planned target of being carbon neutral by end of 2008 by implementing a global energy efficiency campaign and increasing purchases of green power, verified emission reductions and renewable energy certificates. Dell Chairman and CEO, Michael Dell, said:
We’re [...]

trendwatching.com, an Amsterdam-based independent trend firm, scans the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas. For their June 2008 Trend Briefing, the focus is on 3 trends for the branding of eco products and services: ECO-ICONIC, ECO-EMBEDDED and ECO-BOOSTERS. Read the full Trend Briefing.
1. ECO-ICONIC
Eco-friendly goods and services sporting bold, iconic [...]