Singapore Students Win FedEx Access Award at the 2012 Asia Pacific Junior Achievement Company of the Year Competition

At the 2012 Asia Pacific Junior Achievement (JA) Company of the Year Competition hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia, student-run company, “y-Craft,” won the annual FedEx Access Award. These student entrepreneurs from Jakarta created gifts and premium giveaway products intended to help build their clients’ brands. Y-Craft created a multi-use pen which included a USB drive and presentation pointer. Y-Craft also produced luggage tags intended as giveaways for convention and trade expo attendees. Read more

Kraft Foods wages war on waste, one plant at a time

Kraft Foods’ employees are making steady progress reducing the amount of manufacturing waste they produce. And in doing so they’re reducing their environmental impact. Together, they’re finding better uses for waste and even turning manufacturing byproducts into new energy sources.  Read more

Asian charities for children to benefit from RICE

Returns Invested in Children and Education (“RICE”), a Singapore‐established charity launched by Asia‐based alternative asset managers, recently announced that it has been officially registered as a Hong Kong charity. The move paves the way for RICE to begin fundraising activities in Hong Kong, which will generate donations and awareness for vital health, welfare and education projects across the region. Read more

Handing out some radical Asian philanthropy

Courtesy of Insead Knowledge, by Mrinalini Reddy

Wealthy Asian dynasties are redefining the way they share their gains with the communities that helped them prosper. A new study by INSEAD and UBS reveals for the first time shifting trends in Asian philanthropy, from obscure donations to progressive strategies. Read more

Singapore drivers can save 144 million liters of fuel per year with ‘Green Tires’ – LANXESS study reveals

Some 7.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) was estimated to have been emitted in to Singapore‟s atmosphere in 2010. Some 45% of this was emitted from passenger cars which accounts for 64% of the total vehicle population recorded in Singapore for the same period. Read more

Kraft Foods’ annual community program reaches out to young and old in need

Kraft Foods’ annual community program, Delicious Difference Week, kicked off at St. Joseph’s Home and Hospice and the Mountbatten Vocational School. About 90 Kraft Foods employees based in Singapore volunteered to cook, serve, garden and even went bowling with the needy and disadvantaged. Read more

Conservation International Expands Presence in Singapore

Leading global NGO Conservation International (CI) is expanding its presence in Singapore, after receiving positive response from governments and corporations based here and across Asia. The move reflects an increasing need for sustainable development in this part of the world, and recognition that many development choices that affect the environment are made by corporations, investors and influential leaders. Read more

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