Author Archives: Juliana Rodriguez, Senior Editor

Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 15 April 2021

In this podcast, I share about the latest happenings in Southeast Asia. 1) Vietnam near bottom for sustainability perception ranking, 2) Timor Leste suffering from flooding 3) Thailand food packaging roundtable and 4) Coca Cola sustainability initiative in Indonesia.

Water scarcity and high temperatures could reduce rice yields in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to 50% of today’s levels by the year 2100 #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Predictive

Climate change is a threat in the present and our meals will likely be quite different in just a few decades. For e.g. rice is a ubiquitous grain in more than 100 countries and provides half of the calories for 520 million people living in Asia. In its many forms, this grain is grown submergedContinue reading “Water scarcity and high temperatures could reduce rice yields in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to 50% of today’s levels by the year 2100 #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Predictive”

Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability from Southeast Asia – 13 April

In this podcast, I share about the latest happenings in Southeast Asia. 1) Thailand – Plastic foot print reduction project, 2) Vietnam – Eliminating plastic waste in ocean, 3) Malaysia – Plant-based food solution, 4) Indonesia – Forest conservation.

#Indonesia started an official group to rally Indonesians who graduated from American universities, to advance the country and build the Indonesian Dream #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Data

Just like many who aspired to the American Dream and embarked daringly on bold and innovative initiatives, thereby propelled the United States of America to the world stage, Indonesia also wanted its people to envision the Indonesian Dream and have them to work towards advancing Indonesia to greater heights. To this end, Indonesia has officiallyContinue reading “#Indonesia started an official group to rally Indonesians who graduated from American universities, to advance the country and build the Indonesian Dream #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Data”

#Thailand is aggressively trying to attract more foreign investments and facilitate expansion for companies like Panasonic to push for more investments in the automotive, smart home and smart factory sectors #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Smart #Industry4.0

Thailand is aggressively trying to attract more foreign companies that want to embark on global business restructuring plans. To this, the country has been marketing itself as a possible manufacturing base for companies to produce their products by providing economy of scale thereby, enhancing profitability and competition. Panasonic, like many of its European competitors suchContinue reading “#Thailand is aggressively trying to attract more foreign investments and facilitate expansion for companies like Panasonic to push for more investments in the automotive, smart home and smart factory sectors #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Smart #Industry4.0”

#Indonesia’s effort to facilitate online business matchings for Indonesian private sector with overseas companies is starting to pay off #SoutheastAsia #Asean #Business #Economy

Travel restrictions during the pandemic prevented many countries from finding new cross-border business partners and that resulted in a sharp drop in Indonesia’s export. Indonesia’s total export (billion dollar) declined by 28.95 percent year-on-year in May 2020. To arrest the situation, Indonesia quickly stepped in with an experiment to facilitate online business matching for itsContinue reading “#Indonesia’s effort to facilitate online business matchings for Indonesian private sector with overseas companies is starting to pay off #SoutheastAsia #Asean #Business #Economy”

#Indonesia ushered in “Making Indonesia 4.0” with 156 Indonesian companies participating in one of the world’s largest technology fair #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Data

This year, Indonesia was chosen as the official partner for the Hannover Messse 2021. The Hannover Messe is one of the world’s largest technology trade fairs. The event will be held digitally during April 2021 via an online platform which will be supported by Deutsche Messe AG, the event organizer. The theme of this year’s eventContinue reading “#Indonesia ushered in “Making Indonesia 4.0” with 156 Indonesian companies participating in one of the world’s largest technology fair #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Data”

#Indonesia aimed to attract global investors and create new job openings by strengthening their Copyright Act #SoutheastAsia #Asean #economy #copyright

Indonesia believed that they are on the right track to economy recovery and cited the recent successful launch of their Indonesia Investment Authority. The investment authority is the country’s sovereign wealth fund organisation. The creation of the sovereign wealth fund would serve as the primary vehicle for global investors to invest into the many upcomingContinue reading “#Indonesia aimed to attract global investors and create new job openings by strengthening their Copyright Act #SoutheastAsia #Asean #economy #copyright”

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