Environment

Australia overhauls decades-old environmental laws

LARGE carbon-emitting projects in Australia will be required to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions as well as pollution reduction goals under new legislation overhauling decades-old environmental...

The projects in the deal will generate enough solar power to reduce 169,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.

New Aster unit inks Sembcorp Solar deal for power worth 17,000 cars’ emissions

Aster Power will focus on advancing power and steam generation, as well as renewable power solutions across Aster’s assets

Sembcorp plans to explore opportunities to deploy battery stacking across other sections of the energy storage system.

Sembcorp partners EMA to test energy-storage system for grid stability

Company also unveils Singapore’s largest ground-mounted solar project – the Jurong Island Solar Farm

Nestle's exit from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance comes less than two years after the alliance's founding.

Nestle bows out of initiative to reduce dairy’s climate impact

[DUBAI] Less than two years ago, a group of the world’s biggest food companies, including Nestle, Danone and Kraft Heinz, announced a major alliance to cut methane emissions from their hundreds of tho...

A 2006 study shows that a cotton bag must be reused 327 times to have “lower global warming potential” than a plastic bag that gets reused as a bin liner.
THINKING ALOUD

We need to stop making reusable ‘eco-friendly’ bags

[SINGAPORE] Single-use plastic bags, once ubiquitous in grocery and department stores, have become a public enemy in the fight against the climate crisis – and rightly so.

According to the National Environment Agency, 265 million kg of disposables was discarded in 2022, including plastic bags and food packaging.
THINKING ALOUD

Taking away food in CBD? Refuse the disposable cutlery at least

[singapore] Recently, I was at Raffles Place for a lunch appointment. It was a bustling scene, with people streaming out of offices seeking their midday nourishment. 

Gardens by the Bay's newly expanded system generates clean, renewable energy to power part of the park’s operations, in a move towards a more sustainable and greener future.

Gardens by the Bay expands solar power system in renewable energy push

It completes the installation of over 1,700 solar panels with a total capacity of 1.08 megawatts-peak

Cedric Lecamp leads Pictet Asset Management's water strategy, which marks 25 years in 2025.

Robust growth drivers for listed equities in water and environmental solutions: Pictet 

[GENEVA] While themes such as digital and robotics have been leading the way in financial performance in recent years at Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM) – a pioneer in thematic equities – the asse...

Oil palm production can be a major driver of deforestation and climate change. Smallholder farmers make up a significant proportion of the industry, but they often lack the access to the resources that would help them switch to more sustainable practices.

Giving a leg up for small businesses using sustainability

Impact investing is the next step for such firms, with Bitcoin cited as a successful example

Scientists estimate around 30% of the carbon dioxide released by humans is absorbed by the oceans, playing a crucial role in climate regulation and reducing the rate of global warming.

Human activity disrupting ocean CO2 absorption: study

[Washington] Commercial activities that damage sea floors are disrupting the oceans’ natural carbon capture capacity, with more research needed on their impact on carbon dioxide absorption, according ...