DHL Express Singapore improves carbon efficiency with GoGreen program

The DHL Express division in Singapore achieved a 15.7% improvement in carbon efficiency in 2010, and this was through the implementation of the GoGreen program on climate protection.

As a logistics company with a global network and footprint, DHL is conscious of its environmental and social responsibility. One of the key areas that DHL is committed to is on combating climate change. Christopher Ong, Vice President of Business Development, First Choice and GoGreen, DHL Asia Pacific, shares that the global carbon footprint of DHL in 2010 is 28.4 million tonnes, with the bulk from transport.

He added that DHL has set a goal to improve its carbon efficiency by 10% by 2012, and by 30% by 2020. This goal would be achieved through its climate protection program, GoGreen, which was rolled out in 2007, and focuses on fleet renewal, energy efficiency, new technologies, employee engagement and involving business partners and customers. Read more

LEDs to Save Town Councils $5M a Year [News]

It’s a bright idea – install LED lights in the common areas of 2,000 Housing Board blocks islandwide and help town councils save $5 million a year.

Better still, the switch to this energy-efficient option may also yield about $250,000 worth of carbon credits a year for the next 10 years.

This is what 10 town councils here will be doing this year – registering their energy-efficient efforts with the United Nations (UN), in what will be Singapore’s first public-sector carbon-credit project.

Under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol, certain countries, including Singapore, are allowed to register for carbon credits, which they can sell for money in the carbon market. Read more

Alila Hotels and Resorts Head Office is Carbon Neutral

This is a press release from The GreenAsia Group.

(Singapore, April 2009) Since announcing its commitment to become carbon neutral last October, Alila Hotels and Resorts has achieved carbon neutrality for its head office in Singapore for the year 2008, after calculating its carbon footprint and offsetting its emissions with a cogeneration project in India.

In October 2008, Alila Hotels and Resorts commissioned The GreenAsia Group, a specialist in carbon management in Asia, to conduct a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment of its management operations based in Singapore. This was compiled by an international third party expert in GHG calculations. Read more

ecoWise First in Singapore to Successfully Register CDM Project with UNFCCC

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