Press Releases / South Asia
UN Trade and Development
Empowering women digital entrepreneurs in South Asia
UN Trade and Development and partners shore up support to female digital business leaders, accelerating shared prosperity across the region.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee
Integrated ecological efforts assist green development in China’s western region
Under the warm autumn sun, hundreds of farmers are racing to seize the remaining chance before winter to …
United Nations Environment Programme
As landscapes heal, Nepal’s most iconic animals stage a comeback
UN Environment Programme
US$134-million initiative aims to eliminate mercury-containing medical devices
Albania, Burkina Faso, India, Montenegro and Uganda have joined forces to halt mercury pollution from the healthcare sector.
All South Asia Press Releases
26 May 2024
16 October 2023
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum opens with a resounding call to accelerate SDG action in South Asia
21 August 2023
24 June 2022
NEU Battery Materials
NUS GRIP Deep tech start-up, NEU Battery Materials raises S$800,000 in seed funding
5 November 2021
Imagine H2O Asia
Meet Imagine H2O Asia’s third cohort of water tech startups
3 November 2021
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
New collaborative platform to engage with suppliers to halve GHG emissions before 2030
27 October 2020
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation commits US$1 billion to catalyse a green recovery from pandemic
8 July 2020
26 May 2020
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Ethical Corporation by Reuters Events
The Responsible Business Week [June 8-16] is now an online event and entirely free to attend.
8 March 2019
2 May 2018
10 March 2017
18 March 2016
22 June 2015
23 January 2015
Big Ass Fans, Singapore
Big Ass Fans expands into South and Southeast Asia
25 June 2014
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok
Key priorities identified to achieve sustainable development in South Asia
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