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Lifestyle

People hugely underestimate carbon footprint of the wealthy: report

A recent study found that people across different income levels significantly underestimate the carbon footprints of the wealthiest and overestimate those of the poorest, revealing widespread misconceptions about the inequality in personal carbon emissions.
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Lifestyle

Mass tourism brings dollars but with all the baggage

Post-pandemic Asia is working to revive tourism revenues, but overtourism is straining the environment and local communities, highlighting the need for sustainable tourism support from sending countries.
Breakfast Tales: Choose your own adventure game

Food & Agriculture

Can a game increase awareness and demand for local produce in Singapore? Agroath says yes

Jansher Singh, co-founder of Agroath and one of the very first participants in EB Impact's Sustainability Exchange, speaks on how the programme has enabled him to raise awareness of Singapore's food security concerns.
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Cities

To engage China’s Gen Z on climate, speak to their life values

Young people need to be shown how climate issues connect to their lives, research finds.

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20 August 2024

Ocean plastics

Waste

The case for mandatory extended producer responsibility in Malaysia

7 August 2024

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Lifestyle

Facing eco-anxiety, Malaysian professionals feel government is taking insufficient climate action

24 July 2024

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Waste

Waste-to-energy plants should be last resort for Malaysia: Penang Green Council rep

24 June 2024

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Lifestyle

How to cut emissions from ‘big sport’?

21 June 2024

Lim Lecarl

Cities

Students for sustainability… Post-Growth Singapore founder Lim Lecarl

19 June 2024

Packaging for Taiwanese bottled water brand pH Balancer bears the plastic resin identification code for PET. Though the circular recycling symbol implies recyclability, it actually refers to the type of plastic used. Only 81 per cent of PET is recycled globally.

Waste

'The recycling deception': Plastics industry accused of greenwashing circularity, stalling progress on pollution treaty

Singapore's blue recycling bins

Waste

Singapore's plastic recycling rate drops to 5 per cent

11 June 2024

An advertisement for Australian Gas Network

Carbon & Climate

As UN chief slams advertising industry for promoting fossil fuels, agency majors go quiet

17 May 2024

Singapore train station

Carbon & Climate

Majority of Singaporeans aware of net zero concept, but less clear on national climate targets: study

29 April 2024

Singapore's Extended Producer Responsibility scheme will require all importers and manufacturers of beverage containers in Singapore to collect most of the products they sell to consumers. Industry players led by Coca-Cola have opposed the scheme, citing cost and other concerns.

Waste

Singapore's polluter-pays scheme faces further delay amid concern over industry stalling tactics

22 April 2024

A single-use plastic soup spoon in use in HK

Waste

Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives

12 April 2024

Singapore Environment Council's office

Policy & Finance

Bay Meng Yi joins Singapore Environment Council as director for sustainability

11 April 2024

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Food & Agriculture

Recipes for sustainable food systems

15 March 2024

Yasser Amin_Stridy

Waste

Singapore's efficient ‘cleaning army’ has led to litter apathy: Stridy chief Yasser Amin

19 February 2024

B Corp certification

CSR

B Lab Singapore restructures as CEO Amelie Remond moves on

30 January 2024

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Waste

Where do Singapore's old ‘sexy shorts’ go?

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