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 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...
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 US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program, has awarded grants worth nearly PHP 42 million (USD 890,000) to five organizations in support of local solutions that address marine plastics...
As the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, about 5.2 million hectares (ha) or 88% of Malaysia’s total oil palm plantation areas in the country have been certified by the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) standards. The MSPO certification scheme is...
In late December 2020, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) announced that it would award a SGD 237 million (USD 180 million) contract to the China State Construction Engineering (CSCE) branch in Singapore. It is the sixth major construction contract awarded by PUB for...
TMB Bank Public Company Limited is providing Thailand-based Constant Energy Group with a THB 1.5 billion (USD 50 million) green finance loan package. The funding will be deployed to expand Constant Energy’s solar energy projects for commercial and industrial (C&I)...
