At the moment, Thailand is reworking its vaccine strategy to contain its worst wave of Covid-19 infections as the pandemic intensifies the country’s economic crisis and complicates plans for reopening their tourism sector. As outbreaks from nightlife venues in Bangkok overwhelms hospitals and healthcare facilities, the Thailand government is compelled to set up field hospitalsContinue reading “#Thailand has started the deployment of disinfection robots to rein in the spread of #Covid19 #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Robotics”
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Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 27 April 2021
In this podcast, I share about:1) SEACEF with Clime Capital, invests in a solar and storage project in Vietnam; 2) Rojana Industrial Park Pcl (rojna) and Evlomo to build EV battery plant in Thailand; 3) Levi Strauss & Co. leads webinar on style and sustainability in Philippines; and 4) Mondelēz International and Olam to create the world’s largest sustainable cocoa farm. Follow me for more ofContinue reading “Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 27 April 2021”
Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 22 April 2021
In this podcast, I shared about:1) How chip fat is being replaced by the increasing use of palm oil in Southeast Asian countries, and how it might contribute to deforestation; 2) Fashion clothing’s suppliers in Asian region banding together through the Sustainable Textile of the Asian Region network, for better supplier terms; 3) Philippines PresidentContinue reading “Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 22 April 2021”
Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 21 April 2021
In this podcast, I shared about: 1) The Zero Waste Cities Challenge that’s funded by Huhtamaki, in Vietnam, South Africa and India; 2) Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts‘ Tree’s Earth Day Getaway campaign in Thailand; 3) Sustainability startups, Nanotronics Inc and Oro Handmade Innovations, recipients of Shell‘s LiveWIRE Acceleration Program in Philippines; and 4) Kerry Foods‘s new plant in Indonesia, withContinue reading “Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 21 April 2021”
#Indonesia partnered the #Netherlands to raise the level of professionalism of Indonesians who aspire to work in the water management, sustainable fisheries and marines sector #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability
The lack of development in Indonesia’s maritime infrastructure has been a crucial factor in the country’s high logistics costs. Potential higher trade growth, lower external financing costs and a depressed oil price as well as infrastructure development should drive Indonesia’s logistics industry forward when the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Indonesia’s logistics performanceContinue reading “#Indonesia partnered the #Netherlands to raise the level of professionalism of Indonesians who aspire to work in the water management, sustainable fisheries and marines sector #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability”
Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 20 April 2021
In this podcast, I shared about: 1) The construction of Jawa 9 and 10 coal-fired plants by South Korea in Indonesia; 2) Philippines lifting restrictions on mining to put the country back on the investment map; 3) Hi tech shrimp farming in Vietnam and how it brings high profits to the Bac Lieu province thatContinue reading “Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 20 April 2021”
#Indonesia has started to ready its small and medium companies over the course of 2021, to expand business development to Russian market #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability
Indonesia begun studying the Russian market a week ago, to which they’ve concluded that there are business opportunities in that market for their small and medium companies and it would be opportune to expand their business beyond the Indonesia borders during the Covid-19 pandemic. Coupled with the growing successes from the previous facilitations of businessContinue reading “#Indonesia has started to ready its small and medium companies over the course of 2021, to expand business development to Russian market #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability”
Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 19 April 2021
1) Vietnam – HCMC-based firm Trungnam Power puts its wind power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province into operation and it is considered as the country’s largest wind plant to date. 2) Thailand – HSBC offers green deposits to Indorama Ventures PCL and CP ALL Shop 7-11 in Thailand and expressed intent to improve depositors’ environmental, social and governance scores and help themContinue reading “Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 19 April 2021”
#Vietnam readies itself to pounce on the right business opportunities by strategising then eyeing for the key industries #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #Energy #AI #ML
Vietnam has begun their study on the list of key industries that the country should focus on, in order to ready themselves to be a developed and high income country beyond 2030. Teams have roughly focused on areas such as exports, renewable energy, data analysis services, new energy, energy processing but would continue to exchangeContinue reading “#Vietnam readies itself to pounce on the right business opportunities by strategising then eyeing for the key industries #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #Energy #AI #ML”
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.
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