Green Business

Solving the world’s microplastics problem must continue

Here are four solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed

Industry giants, including Contemporary Amperex Technology, BYD and Trina Solar, have announced billions on overseas factories in more than 50 countries.

China’s green tech firms pour billions into overseas factories

Middle East nations have been attracting investments in solar module and electrolyser plants, supported by sovereign offtake agreements

The Network for Greening the Financial System’s climate scenarios reflect different levels of transition and physical risk.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 138: Singapore’s green transformation commitment; carbon capture gets a boost

This week in ESG: Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean makes case for next big economic transformation; Malaysia, Singapore roll out support for nascent green technology

Edward Tan, executive director of Hong Seh Group, says EVs are far cheaper to run than conventional vehicles, making them particularly attractive in commercial settings where the bottom line is king.
BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE ASEAN

Fast lane to green highway: car dealer supports switch to sustainable transport 

Hong Seh went from Italian luxury cars to Chinese commercial EV brands

Projects such as the Hydromover electric cargo vessel represent a wave YGT hopes to ride.
BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE ASEAN

Enabling the electrification of transport on land and sea

Yinson GreenTech is offering companies greener options and expanding charging infrastructure in Singapore and Malaysia

The Singapore-Australia Green and Digital Shipping Corridor will explore facilitating digital information exchange to enable efficient port clearance, port calls and flow of vessels between the two countries.

Singapore, Australia ink pact for green and digital shipping corridor

SINGAPORE and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish the Singapore-Australia Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC).

The most profitable EV batteries to recycle are made of lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese.

Electric cars with recycled batteries are the next green holy grail

THEY call themselves “garbage collectors”, but the metal boxes that Li and his team in southern China gather and sell are in reality immensely valuable – and difficult to come by.

Maersk has ordered 25 green methanol ships.

Billionaire Maersk family forms green methanol firm for shipping

THE billionaire family behind AP Moller-Maersk is forming a new company that will produce green methanol in a bid to help cut emissions from the shipping industry, one of the world’s biggest polluters...

From left: DNV's Brice Le Gallo (partially hidden), CPC Taiwan's Jane Liao, Woodside Energy's Shaun Gregory and Keppel Infrastructure's Chua Yong Hwee at the DNV Singapore Energy Transition Conference panel discussion moderated by Yvonne Chan (far right).

Be first mover or ‘a very good No 2’? Keppel Infrastructure MD on why hydrogen projects face impasse

ENERGY players today face an impasse in deploying low-carbon solutions, despite the immense interest around them to fix global warming. And the barriers go beyond the billions required, Chua Yong Hwee...

By selling shares through qualified institutional placement, or QIP, Adani Green is looking to bring on board more institutional investors and attract more research analysts to cover the firm.

Adani Green weighs raising 123 billion rupees to fund expansion, sources say

INDIAN billionaire Gautam Adani’s renewable energy unit is considering raising about 123 billion rupees (US$1.5 billion) to fund his coal-dependant conglomerate’s green diversification, people familia...