Indonesia and Germany have launched a strategic partnership to develop green infrastructure in the South East Asian country. The initiative aims to reduce carbon emissions in urban areas across Indonesia. According to the agreement, Germany will provide EUR 2.5...
Singapore’s fourth desalination plant, the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP), has officially opened. KMEDP is operated by Marina East Water Pte Ltd (Marina East Water), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd (Keppel...
Malaysian Water Agencies, Air Selangor in Selangor state, and Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK), a company under the Ministry of Finance have signed a partnership agreement on a sustainable water recycling project through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) named...
Republic Cement, a leading construction solutions provider and Colgate-Palmolive Philippines, makers of leading oral and personal care health and hygiene products, have joined together to address the plastic waste problem in the Philippines. Both companies signed a...
Aiming for a zero-carbon future, Thailand is currently developing long-term strategies to present at the 26th session of the United Nations climate change conference (COP26), which will take place in Glasgow, Scotland later in 2021. Over the past 7 years, the South...
On behalf of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the World Bank has signed a grant worth USD 11.3 million issued to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to to support energy efficiency investments in Vietnam. A USD 75 million guarantee is also included in the GCF’s overall...
The Indonesian Ministry of Public Housing, in collaboration with the Korean Ministry of Environment, has launched a pilot project to upgrade the Flores Island water management system. Located in southeastern Indonesia, Flores Island is relatively underdeveloped and is...
The European Union is partnering with the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and other stakeholders in improving plastic waste management in Vietnam. Vietnam has introduced the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the revised Law on...
Malaysia’s hazardous waste management expert, Kualiti Alam Sdn Bhd, has reported that it collects more than 50 tons of pharmaceutical waste every month from pharmaceutical manufacturers and private hospitals for disposal. There is also a possibility that the company...
Maynilad, the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base, announced that it has opened its new and expanded Water Laboratory, which monitors and tests the quality of water supply and wastewater effluents within its concession...
The Singapore Green Plan 2030, launched on February 10, 2021, will be spearheaded by five ministries – the Ministries of Education, National Development, Sustainability and the Environment, Trade and Industry, and Transport – and will be supported by the whole...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Thailand recently announced a USD 2 million technical assistance grant to help promote the adoption of climate-smart agriculture in the highlands of northern Thailand. The technical assistance grant, funded by the...
