Tag: sustainability

AWS works with The Rivers Trust and Action for the River Kennet to create two wetlands on a tributary of the River Thames (Image: Kevin Grieve/Unsplash) Amazon Web Services has announced it aims to be water positive by 2030, returning more water to...

Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has announced the set-up of its latest research centre — the Environmental Sustainability & Energy Efficiency Centre (ESEE) — at the “Values-Based Green Transition – For Singapore Businesses”, a sustainability networking and knowledge sharing conference organised by SP and...

Proceeds from green bonds issued will finance projects to strengthen Singapore’s water security and sustainability PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, has established a Green Financing Framework to fund planned and future green projects that support PUB’s sustainability efforts. As...

In the face of the greatest challenge of our time – climate change – cities of the future not only have to be smart but also sustainable, as Water & Wastewater Asia finds out more from Christopher Steele, head of digital products and services at Binnies, an...

With electricity prices soaring, Riventa has voiced its support to the chairman of Isle’s call for the water industry to make the most of innovative, energy-saving technology. Speaking on the unavoidable climate crisis, Dr Piers Clark, chairman of technical...

Jason Tang Chih Wei, director of Environmental & Water Technology Centre of Innovation (EWTCOI), Ngee Ann Polytechnic; and Kenth Hvid Nielsen, regional managing director, Asia-Pacific, commercial buildings, Grundfos. Grundfos has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) to co-develop...

Xylem’s latest Sustainability Report tracks progress in addressing global water challenges. Solutions from Xylem have helped prevent more than 500 billion gallons of polluted water from flooding communities in 2021, according to the company’s annual Sustainability Report. The report...

Li-Cycle Holdings has selected Veolia Water Technologies as a partner for its lithium-ion battery recycling in Rochester, New York. The facility will help give life back to the equivalent of approximately 225,000 electric vehicle batteries per year by utilising Veolia’s HPD crystallisation...

The application period is open for the Utility of the Future Today recognition programme, which seeks to honour water resource recovery facilities for community engagement, watershed stewardship and recovery of resources such as water, energy and nutrients. This year’s...

The Housing and Development Board (HDB), a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for Singapore’s public housing, will be extending the UrbanWater Harvesting System (UWHS) to existing estates for the first time through a pilot project covering 89 blocks in two HDB towns.