by Abriel | Jun 9, 2017 | 2017, Partnership For The Goals
This year Ecosperity, an annual conference held by Singapore investment firm Temasek, focused on getting the private sector to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Temasek’s chairman, Lim Boon Heng, made the case for sustainable business, pointing out that...
by Abriel | Jun 9, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
At United Nations (UN) oceans summit in New York, delegates from China, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines said they would step up efforts to halt the flow of millions of tonnes of plastic waste into the oceans, the BBC reported. UN officials praised the...
by Christie Lee | Jun 9, 2017 | 2017, Company of Good
THE BODY SHOP – The Body Shop is on a quest to help a monkey – an endangered red-shanked douc named Reggie – find love. No, the 41-year-old L’Oreal-owned firm has not become an animal-dating service agency. The search for Reggie’s...
by Abriel | Jun 8, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
20 divers collected more than 72kg of trash in 45 minutes at Sisters’ Islands Marine Park on World Oceans Day, such as metal nails, a discarded trolley, and an old boat battery among others. The information on trash collected from the clean-up was uploaded onto...
by Abriel | Jun 8, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
British entrepreneur Richard Branson handed over a petition with more than a million signatures to the UN on Thursday, urging governments to protect at least 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030. Speaking to reporters after the first Ocean Conference...
