Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority is incentivising new buildings that use electric rather than gas cooktops with a tweak to its green buildings certification scheme.
Government agencies charged with devising effective policies to clean up our fossil-fuel-based economies often lack the resources and expertise to do so, underscoring the need for NGOs to provide the critical data and technical know-how.
Google.org recently announced that it is committing another US$5 million to the AVPN’s APAC Sustainability Seed Fund to support Asia-based non-profits to address key environmental challenges.
Funders in the region see weak sustainability ratings of prospective assets as an opportunity to overhaul their ESG practices and add market value, rather than a reason to exclude them.
I met VegTech Invest CEO, Elysabeth Alfano at the 2023 ESG for Impact Conference, where she made a strong case for investing in food and agricultural systems innovation as a method for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental harms. ...