by Abriel | May 31, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Singtel is collaborating with local polytechnics to help heritage-brand small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt digital technology. Riding on the 99% SME movement, this partnership aims to help preserve traditional businesses in Singapore. “Many SMEs...
by Christie Lee | May 31, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
Coffee production and consumption have risen considerably over the past few decades, with 2.25 billion cups of coffee being consumed daily worldwide. But the future availability and price of coffee are going to be impacted by climate change and farmers who grow it may...
by Christie Lee | May 30, 2017 | 2017
Businesses and NGOs can come together with the best of intentions, but must manage competing desires and expectations. Why do some partnerships achieve a win-win while others are unsatisfying? In recent research, Garima Sharma and Pratima Bansal (Western University)...
by Abriel | May 30, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Both Mr Chua Weng Foo and Mr Gary Seow are dyslexics but are now successful entrepreneurs. Dyslexia is characterised as a reading disorder in which the brain has trouble properly processing language, making it difficult to spell, read quickly and write. But there...
by Abriel | May 29, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
Heat trapped by dark-colored roads and buildings will cause cities’ costs for tackling global warming to be 2.6 times higher by driving up energy demand to keep citizens cool and by aggravating pollution. The “urban heat island effect”, under which...
