30th May 2023

Start-ups Turn EV Niches into Opportunities in Southeast Asia

As the world shifts to electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce climate change and increase efficiency, global automobile companies setting up EV automobile factories in key markets in Southeast Asia. Start-ups are taking a different path, however, and using a different approach to open up new avenues for potential success with EVs.

11th May 2023

Polaris Empowers Family Businesses to Maximize Impact | Impact Entrepreneur

For centuries, family businesses have been interconnected through friendships and partnerships. Over three decades ago, a small group of family businesses established a more enduring structure to connect and exchange insights. This structure, the Family Business Network (FBN), was founded in 1989 and now comprises over 4,000 business families with 17,000 individual members across 65 countries.

Solar Washington • 9th May 2023

The Future is Bright: How Solar Panels Will Generate Far More Power

While solar panels today provide many benefits, they are barely more than 20 percent efficient. New materials and even artificial intelligence may soon increase output tremendously.

9th May 2023

Directors need social media strategies

Many companies have strategies and teams to best position themselves in the social media space. However, company executives and directors are often less conscious of the impact of their personal activity in social media on the company – and themselves.

9th May 2023

Directors need social media strategies

A social media presence that “personalises” leaders can help their companies gain a competitive advantage and garner support from employees and investors.

25th April 2023

Solar Power Microgrids Transform Lives in Asia | Impact Entrepreneur

Despite more than 90 percent of households in Cambodia and 96 percent in the Philippines having electricity, hundreds of thousands of people in these countries still lack access to it. High costs further limit usage among those who are connected. However, entrepreneurs are now developing innovative solar solutions to provide affordable electricity in these and other countries where millions lack access to energy.

CNA • 25th April 2023

Commentary: Cleaners are the unsung heroes of Singapore’s clean city

As the Tripartite Workgroup on Lower-Wage Workers noted in a report in 2021, Singapore should be a place where workers are able to progress with a sense of dignity regardless of where they start, and all Singaporeans can earn a decent living. Are the wages of our cleaners enough for them to have a decent living?

17th April 2023

Restaurant Menu Design can Help Save the Planet

Huge numbers of people say they want to eat more meatless meals. When they go to restaurants, though, their willpower drops and they may order meat. By changing their menu designs, restaurants can help customers eat less meat, live healthier and be more sustainable.

11th April 2023

Asian Family Offices’ New Focus on Sustainability | Impact Entrepreneur

In the past, many families chose not to establish family offices, and those who did primarily focused on maximizing returns. However, as the second generation becomes less involved in family businesses, they increasingly rely on family offices to manage their investments. Although financial results remain crucial, a growing number of family offices now prioritize sustainability in their investment strategies.

Solar Washington • 8th April 2023

Investing in Solar for Impact and Income

While putting solar panels on your house is one of the best and most direct ways to invest in solar power and reap the benefits, there are other, or additional, options for investors to support clean energy. Opportunities include equities, investments in startups, investments in community projects and more.

4th April 2023

Closing the Generation Gap in Wealthy Families

Studying how Asian families manage wealth from one generation to the next has led advisors to enhance how they work with high-net-worth families -Tensions between first and second generations -COVID-19 altered the dynamics - Wealth advisors who leverage mindset changes gain competitive advantage

Payments Consulting Network • 22nd March 2023

Banks need Hyper-Personalisation to Catch up with Customers – and Starbucks

Use the Starbucks app and you may start getting offers for chai latte with soy milk or chocolate muffins, if those are your favourites. Watch Netflix for just a little while and you’ll get recommendations for new shows similar to what you watched in the past as well as shows in adjacent genres that you might enjoy. Consumer companies like these leaders use customer data, artificial intelligence (AI) and more to deliver real-time hyper-personalised recommendations for services you use and products you did not even realise you wanted.

Centre for a Responsible Future • 28th February 2023

Go Plant-Based and Save Money – Even Once a Week on Meatless Monday

A common lament is that going plant-based costs too much. However, it’s not true to say that your budget for groceries for a vegan lifestyle will go up even though some items such as Impossible burgers and Oatly ice cream cost more. In reality, you can save money by switching to a plant-based lifestyle, whether it’s just meatless Mondays or every day.

21st February 2023

The sustainability shift - future perspectives on cross-border payments

Much of the focus on mitigating climate change has been on solutions such as renewable energy, agtech innovation, electronic vehicles, and sustainable fashion. Perhaps surprisingly, initiatives to make payments more sustainable can reduce climate change too. Although many of these payment solutions are domestic, cross-border payments also play a role in sustainability.

Centre for a Responsible Future • 9th February 2023

New Ways to be Climate Friendly at Restaurants

While making climate-friendly meal choices at home has long been easier than when eating in restaurants, consumers and restaurants now both have innovative opportunities to make dining out far more climate friendly.

Solar Washington • 8th February 2023

Solar Power requires Improvements to the Electrical Grid to Succeed

A fractured grid that was built for coal- and fuel-based energy generation does not meet the decentralized needs of a clean energy economy. Extreme weather conditions have caused the electrical grids to fail . Attacks on power substations showed just how vulnerable our electrical grid is. Improving the infrastructure and resolving risks is critical for the future of solar energy.

CNA • 30th January 2023

Consumers, it's time to stop the huge spending driving inflation

Revenge spending and holiday expenses are causing inflation to rise. It’s time to slow down the spending.

CNA • 19th January 2023

Commentary: As Singapore makes space for development, where will the animals live?

Singapore has done well in making multi-decade plans for where people will live. As more areas are cleared for urban development, a critical question is whether animals can have places to live and even survive

Payments Consulting Network • 18th January 2023

Payments Go Green Behind the Scenes

Recyclable non-plastic credit cards and benefits for consumers who go green get plenty of attention amidst the increasing focus on mitigating climate change. While initiatives behind the scenes in operations get less attention, financial institutions (FIs) have also taken almost equally big steps to mitigate climate change with their practices for payments in the back office. While paying with a card might seem to have little impact on the environment, everything from making cards and payment t

23rd December 2022

Ethical Sourcing, Recycling and the Value Chain in the Solar Panel Industry

A 2016 report by the International Renewable Energy Agency(*) found that, given an average solar panel life span of 30 years, it is likely that millions of metric tons of solar panels will be decommissioned by the early to mid-2030s and may end up in landfill. That forecast and the pressure to use more responsibly-produced materials for solar panels should incentivize everyone from materials suppliers and manufacturers to installers and utilities to source panels responsibly and seek means to recycle or reuse them. Unfortunately, the tools are not easily available.