by ESGpedia | Mar 21, 2023 | Industry Insights
Singapore is on track to become the greenest city by 2030, with the BCA targeting to achieve 80% green buildings by 2030. Real estate is a key global contributor of carbon emissions, accounting for 40% per cent of total emissions, of which around 70% are created by...
by ESGpedia | Mar 6, 2023 | Events, Industry Insights
Climate change has often been touted as the greatest challenge of our time. Yet, countries are still severely off-track in their progress towards sustainability goals. Countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, better known as OECD, are...
by ESGpedia | Jan 31, 2023 | Events, Industry Insights
2023 ESG Finance outlook: All sectors must go green Leading on from COP27 and as we kick off 2023 in the ESG finance space, it’s apparent that nations are staying committed to their long-term green ambitions despite some short-term headwinds, with Asia set to play a...
by ESGpedia | Jan 19, 2023 | Events, Industry Insights
The Perils of Fast Fashion The fashion industry has a terrible reputation for being one of the world’s most polluting industries. Second, only to oil and gas, the global fashion and textile industry accounts for around 10% of the world’s carbon dioxide output. In...
by ESGpedia | Nov 24, 2022 | Industry Insights
The Hospitality Industry and the Environment Nature and the hospitality sector are invariably linked; but how will the environmental, social, governance(ESG) and hospitality go hand in hand? Hotels and resorts rely heavily on the beauty of the natural environment to...
by ESGpedia | Sep 13, 2022 | Industry Insights
The Rise of Sustainability and Climate Control Since the establishment of the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement, governments and members of society have been uniting on the frontier of sustainability. Singapore is no...