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22 March 2008

Singapore, US and Abu Dhabi release SWF principles

The governments of Singapore, Abu Dhabi and the US have come to an agreement over how sovereign wealth funds (SWF) should be used. The result is a (very brief) set of principles for SWF and countries receiving SWF investment (see the policy here). There is nothing in the policy that remotely addresses social or environmental performance, and as far as standards go this one is erring on the side of skeletal.

20 March 2008

HIV/Aids in rise on Thailand/ CSR Briefing on HIV in Singapore

A new survey in Thailand has found that HIV/AIDS cases are on the rise again with at least 40 people a day being infected. According to the research only 9% of office employees surveyed used condoms with their partners. Our next CSR Briefing on 26 March in Singapore will look at why HIV is a business issue, and how companies can develop policies and education programmes. To register email csrbriefings@csr-asia.com and more on the survey in Thailand here.

Car sales to go down

This article looks at the rising costs of car ownership in Singapore. Dealers report that "People may switch to... CNG cars, hybrid cars, smaller CC cars or even cheaper cars, or they will switch to buying used cars." They might even go crazy and use public transport!

19 March 2008

Shrimp crackers off the shelves

Nong Shim the largest processed food producer in South Korea requested shrimp crackers be pulled off the shelves immediately after sending out an advisory note after a suspected rat's head was found in a bag of its shrimp crackers. It is the year of the rat after all but even so....

17 March 2008

SEA's first food recycling plant generates biogas, fertilizers

Chinatown Hawker Centre in Singapore is the first hawker centre to participate in the segregate food waste project launched by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Southeast Asia's first food waste recycling plant, IUT Singapore. After collection, food waste is brought to the plant where the conversion of organic waste to biogas begins. At full capacity, the plant is estimated to be able to produce more than 6MW of electrical energy per hour – enough power for over 10,000 households. The recycling plant also produces compost so that nothing at all goes to waste. More here.

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