GLOBAL – Surbana Jurong Group, a global consultant in urban and infrastructure development, and Atelier Ten, a global environmental design consultancy headquartered in London that specialises in...

GLOBAL – Produced by BBC StoryWorks, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) films explore how sustainable buildings can address climate, health and well-being as well as resource efficiency...

SINGAPORE – NEA is leading the research and development (R&D) efforts to find solutions to extend the lifespan of Semakau Landfill beyond 2035 under the Closing the Waste Loop (CTWL) R&D...

JAPAN – 26 October 2020 — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to build a carbon-neutral “Green society” by 2050, marking a paradigm shift for the world’s...

ASIA, GLOBAL – The theme for this year’s celebration is Toward a Better Urban Future. World Architecture Day is celebrated in concurrent with UN World Habitat Day, which carries a similar theme...

GLOBAL – The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a new report today focused on the Asia Pacific region that outlines the business and climate opportunities of tackling embodied carbon...

GLOBAL, SINGAPORE – International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2020 The annual IBEW will be a complimentary event this year, starting on 1 September 2020 through to 30 September 2020. Dr Ho Nyok Yong,...

SINGAPORE – National water agency Public Utilities Board’s (PUB) Choa Chu Kang Waterworks (CCKWW) has been named Water Project of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2020, a year after its...

MALAYSIA – The Penang State Government initiated an international design competition in January 2020 to transform Penang South Islands into a sustainable, global destination. Penang’s biodiversity...

SINGAPORE – 19 August 2020 — More building owners are aiming for higher tier Green Mark Certifications (Green Mark Platinum and above), an indication of the industry’s awareness of the positive...

SINGAPORE – Moving on from Newater, Singapore has big plans for Newsand – a promising new construction material culled from incineration waste. More ambitiously, it wants to create Newoil...

SINGAPORE – Singapore, 2 July 2020 —  Carbon emissions make up 97 per cent of Singapore’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Under the Paris Agreement, Singapore has pledged to, by 2030,...

SINGAPORE – Singapore, 27 June 2020 – A new $1.36 billion Construction Support Package will be extended to firms in the construction sector to help them cope with the impact of COVID-19. As the...

GLOBAL – On World Environment day, 5 June 2020, World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) released the 2020 Advancing Net Zero Status Report, highlighting leadership action from GBCs and...

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s design community rallies behind DBCS’s call to reimagine a better world with the Design for Good initiative: Six most promising projects selected for funding, project...

GLOBAL – The pandemic has exposed that gains made to address poverty, hunger, good health and well-being may face serious setbacks, unless the global community also urgently addresses the global...

SINGAPORE – Over S$2.42 billion in total raised through sustainable finance in less than two years underscoring CapitaLand’s commitment to responsible growthRecords utilities cost avoidance of...

GLOBAL – 3 April 2020 — CO2 emissions are crashing as the world winds down, but experts say the drop won’t last if governments don’t start moving to cleaner energy. It is...

GLOBAL – 2 April 2020 Good morning. I’d like to begin by thanking Member States for last week’s briefing. It was inspiring to hear from China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore...

GLOBAL – 30 March 2020 — A joint statement Millions of people around the world depend on international trade for their food security and livelihoods. As countries move to enact measures...

GLOBAL – 23 March 2020 — An analysis by China Green Building Council The Assessment Standard for Green Building (ASGB) (GB/T 50378-2019) applies new technologies and new concepts in the...

SINGAPORE – 19 March 2020 —  The HSBC SME Green Loan is the first-ever Green loan in Singapore to draw on existing eco-labelling certifications instead of the externally-reviewed bespoke Green...

SINGAPORE – 22 March 2020 —  More than 35 iconic landmarks and bridges such as the Esplanade, Singapore Flyer, Gardens by the Bay and Helix Bridge lighted up in blue to commemorate World Water...

ASIA – 18 March 2020 — From food to tech, coronavirus to spur urban planning rethink in the Asia-Pacific region, home to some of the world’s most densely populated cities The...

SINGAPORE – 6 February 2020 – To cater to the fast-changing needs of the manufacturing industry, plans are underway to ensure one of Singapore’s oldest industrial estate continues to remain agile...

GLOBAL – Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (photo courtesy of Alice Clancy) 03 March 2020 — Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Dublin, Ireland, have been selected as the 2020...

SINGAPORE – 11 March 2020 — Pomeroy Academy and The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), UK, today announced the launch of a new scholarship aimed at supporting...

SINGAPORE – 4 March 2020 — Singapore’s Ministry of National Development announced that the new HDB Green Towns programme aims to make HDB towns more environmentally friendly and liveable by 2030....

SINGAPORE – SGBC’s new office encapsulates the collaborative nature of the Singapore Green building industry 03 February 2020 — The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) officially opened...

SINGAPORE – Singapore, although somewhat protected by its equatorial location and its ‘City in a Garden’ policies, has been experiencing the twin crises of climate breakdown and loss of...