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How to Partner with NGOs for Sustainable Community Engagement

Sustainability professionals face many challenges in their efforts to create positive social and environmental impacts. One of the most common and complex challenges is how to engage effectively with the communities where they operate or source from. These communities often have diverse and sometimes conflicting needs, expectations, and interests, and…

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Has Singapore “flatten the curve” on waste generation?

During this coronavirus pandemic, everyone should be familiar with the need to flatten the curve on the pandemic – a term that describes efforts to bring down the peak of infected cases and to spread out the impacts so that healthcare can be sustained over time without being overwhelmed. Can…

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5 Lessons From Coronavirus For Singaporeans To Go Green

The coronavirus pandemic is causing major economic and social disruptions, and impacts to the daily lives of Singaporeans. We should never let a crisis go to waste, as a crisis can result in permanent behaviour change. The pandemic has resulted in changes to how we work and live, and these…

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4 new books on climate change to read while staying at home due to coronavirus

While we practise social distancing and stay at home due to the coronavirus emergency, this is a good time to read up and understand more about the other emergency – the climate emergency. Here are 4 new books about climate change and what governments, businesses and individuals are doing and…

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Sustainable Development Goals 16 to 17: Facts and Ideas for Businesses to Take Action

Here are some facts and ideas that businesses can consider while developing their plans to take action to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 16 to 17. Sustainable Development Goals #16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Businesses can work together with governments, civil society and communities to implement lasting…

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