circular economy

Introduced in 2023, the Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Awards recognise small and medium-sized enterprises driving growth in the green economy.
EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2025

Creating holistic solutions for a greener future

EcoSpirits replaces the traditional “make-use-dispose” model with a closed-loop system that includes the ecoTote – a 4.5-litre reusable container.

From Singapore Slings to Vegas pours: ecoSpirits tackles spirits’ packaging waste, now eyes other sectors

Cora Environment is taking steps to “pivot itself into the next paradigm of waste management”, says its CEO Lee Kok Kin.

SembWaste rebrands to Cora Environment, commits S$200 million to waste management growth

Spearheading the new waste-to-resource marketplace are (from right) Greenpac chief executive officer Chika Imakita, Circular Unite co-founder and chief executive officer Emmanual Tay, and A*Star scientist Tan Chuan Fu.
BRANDED CONTENT

Transforming waste into wealth: How firms can unlock revenue streams while reducing their carbon footprint

The students behind the Steady Lah app demonstrating how seniors can play VR games to test their mobility and memory, as well as motor and cognitive skills.
TAKING HEART

Singapore Poly projects spotlight VR solutions for elderly, circular economy

The Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Awards recognise small and medium-sized enterprises driving growth in the green economy.
EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2024

Sustainable solutions for a circular future

BASF and Zara owner Inditex have developed a 100 per cent recyclable nylon fibre. But recycled textiles still make up less than 1 per cent of the global fibre market.

What is the circular economy and where does it lead?

Operations manager Johann Magnusson shows the seaweed which Lava Seaweed grows using nutrient-rich repurposed wastewater from fish farms.
THE BROAD VIEW

How Iceland’s fish-farms are helping to cut greenhouse gas emissions – from cows

Mercantile Pacific Asia's warehouse in Singapore. With around 100 employees, the Singapore facility has the capacity to handle up to a million units of used devices a year.
ENTERPRISE 50 AWARDS 2023

Finding new business opportunities in old phones