Indonesia's leading early-stage venture capital firm AC Ventures (ACV) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) jointly released the country’s premier report on the decarbonization sector and its sweeping implications for the nation’s 'green growth' potential, outlining a pivotal role for the country on the global stage as it seeks to...
Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad has announced that its inaugural Alliance Bank Heritage Run 2023 will take place on 29 October this year in George Town, Penang. As a community-centric organisation, the Run is part of the Bank’s focus to positively impact society, the environment and the economy.
Alliance Bank said...
Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SEDANIA Innovator Berhad’s Sustainable Energy arm SEDANIA Technologies Sdn Bhd to launch a fully-funded programme to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) become energy-sustainable organisations.
Under the MOU, SEDANIA as an environmental, social, and governance...
International SOS, a security and health services company, was delighted to meet with InvestKL and their senior management team led by CEO, Datuk Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli in London, United Kingdom recently.
Held to strengthen the long-standing relationship between the two organisations, the company said in a statement that the constructive...
GAIT (Green Artificial Intelligence Technology) Global, a Singapore-based climate group specialising in carbon projects, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), and green technologies, has been awarded the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Financial Sector Technology and Innovation (FSTI) Proof of Concept (POC).
The FSTI POC grant provides funding support for experimentation, development, and...
BillionBricks, a climate-tech venture that combines clean energy and large-scale affordable housing, announced today it has closed a US$2.45 Million seed funding round which was led by investment from Thakral Corporation Ltd. Thakral Corporation joins ENGIE as cornerstone investors in BillionBricks.
The Singaporean start-up was founded in 2013 as a...
Marriott International recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Leading Innovative Technologies & Systems (LiTS) to install and operate public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in all participating Marriott Bonvoy Hotels and Resorts in Malaysia by 2023.
In recognition of the government’s push towards decarbonizing the electricity sector in Malaysia...
Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia) and Apollo EV Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Apollo) have ventured into a partnership to cooperate in the development of Apollo’s new energy vehicles (NEVs).
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed on October 24, 2022, aims to harness the expertise of both parties...
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has announced the return of its flagship The Cooler Earth Sustainability Summit this year themed ‘Facilitating a Just Transition’. Now in its 4th year, the hybrid Summit will be held from 20 to 24 September 2022 at Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur, and will also be...
DBS Foundation, in partnership with the National Environment Agency (NEA), announced the launch of DBS Foundation X NEA Hungry for Change Challenge. A nationwide zero food waste challenge to inspire and empower youth from Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) to develop and pilot innovative solutions to reduce food waste.
Food...
WWF-Malaysia has launched a project supported by CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (CIMB Islamic) to inventorise and catalogue the botanical treasures of the Fraser’s Hill Forest Complex, under its Peninsular Malaysia Terrestrial Conservation programme.
Apart from emphasising floral species diversity, endemism and conservation status, this botanical inventory project will also provide...
The East Coast Town Council (ECTC), Accenture and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are collaborating on a pilot to move towards net zero emissions for a more sustainable future. This includes deploying cloud-powered sustainability solutions that provide insights and recommendations to help residents and businesses lower their carbon footprint.
The six-month...
