Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (MWSI), one of the two utility concessionaires in Metro Manila serving the West Zone, has committed PHP 178 billion (USD 3.18 billion) over the next two decades to improve its wastewater management projects. The funds will be used to...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), a Japanese company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Mitsubishi Company, and Chiyoda Corporation to undertake decarbonization projects in Thailand. The MoU was...
VietCycle and ALBA Group Asia have entered into a partnership to construct a plastic recycling facility in Vietnam. The facility can process high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and food-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. It will have a projected annual...
The Philippines is making significant progress in the renewable energy space and is poised to overtake Vietnam as Southeast Asia’s leading producer of green energy by 2030. Several government reforms aimed at promoting clean power are gaining traction, leading...
Malaysia and Sweden have inked a collaboration agreement on green transition which is intended to intensify collaborations, promotion and innovation for sustainable technology solutions. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Malaysian Green Technology...
Afry, a Swedish-Finnish supplier of engineering, design, and advisory services, has just closed a deal with Vietnam’ LIG-Huong Hoa 1 Joint Stock Company to become the owner’s engineer for the 48 MW Huong Hoa 1 onshore wind farm. LIG-Huong Hoa 1 is a project company...
Scientex Group, a Malaysian flexible packaging firm, has collaborated with SABIC, a Saudi chemical manufacturing company, to create the world’s first flexible food packaging based on advanced recycled ocean-bound plastics (OBP), using circular polypropylene (PP)...
Thai agro-industrial and food conglomerate CP Foods recently announced plans to increase the installation of solar panels at 180 animal farms, feed mills, and processing plants across Thailand, with a total capacity of 65 Megawatts (MW) by 2023. The company is gearing...
In February 2023, the Philippine government announced allocating PHP 20 billion (USD 365 million) for the first phase of the Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in the three major river basins in the country – Abra, Ranao (Agus), and...
Thailand’s SCG Chemicals (SCGC), one of the largest integrated petrochemical companies in Asia, is set to build a bio-based ethylene factory producing plastic materials made from plants. The factory will have a production capacity of 200,000 tons per year. It...
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Indonesia and Dynapack Asia, a leading manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging and components, have unveiled the Amandina Bumi Nusantara Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Recycling Plant in Bekasi, West Java. The two companies also...
Starting from Jan 1, 2024, new projects in Singapore’s water-intensive industries will be required to meet recycling standards to help reduce water consumption. These sectors, including wafer fabrication, electronics, and biomedical industries, account for...
