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GreenGov.SG, the public sector’s new sustainability movement, was officially launched today by Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (MSE), at the Partners for the Environment (PFE) Forum held during Climate…

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DBS Sets The Pace For Singapore’s Corporate Sustainability Efforts With Plans For Nation’s First Net Zero Building By A Bank

July 11, 2021

Building on its commitment to achieve net zero operational carbon emissions by 2022, DBS today announced plans to transform an existing four-storey office building located at 135 Bukit Timah Road…

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Joint Ventures Between Allgreen Properties Ltd And Kerry Properties Ltd Secure S$861.75 Million Green Loan From DBS, Maybank And OCBC Bank

July 11, 2021

Phoenix Residential Pte Ltd and Phoenix Commercial Pte Ltd (“the Borrowers”), both 70:30 joint ventures between Allgreen Properties Ltd and Kerry Properties Ltd, have secured a S$861.75 million green loan…

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Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Banque de France Break New Ground In CBDC Experimentation

July 9, 2021

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Banque de France (BdF) today announced the successful completion of a wholesale cross-border payment and settlement experiment using central bank digital currency (CBDC).…

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Ascott Launches Discoverasr.com To Unify 14 Lodging Brands On One Global Online Travel Booking Platform

July 9, 2021

CapitaLand’s wholly owned lodging business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott) has launched discoverasr.com, unifying its separate brand websites1 on one single global online travel booking platform. discoverasr.com provides guests with one-stop access to Ascott’s more than…

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NUS Researchers Bring Attack-Proof Quantum Communication Two Steps Forward

July 9, 2021

Assistant Professor Charles Lim (back) and Dr Zhang Gong (front) with their team’s first-of-its-kind quantum power limiter device. Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method for secure communication that uses…

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Technology

Ransomware incidents, online scams, and COVID-19-related phishing activities dominated cyber landscape in 2020

July 9, 2021

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) released its Singapore Cyber Landscape (SCL) 2020 publication today, revealing an increase in cyber threats such as ransomware and online scams in 2020.…

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NEA Launches Youth For Environmental Sustainability (YES) Programme

July 9, 2021

The National Environment Agency (NEA) launches the new Youth for Environmental Sustainability (YES) Programme today. This initiative aims to support youth interest in environmental sustainability throughout the year, in partnership…

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Cities

The city as an emergent life form, with architecture as the skeleton and roads as veins

July 8, 2021

While comparing cities to living things perhaps isn’t as novel in 2021 as it was when Organism was first released in 1975, the analogy has never been as dizzyingly inventive or convincingly…

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Grab Singapore Announces Transport Sustainability Goal As Part Of Its GrabForGood Initiative; Aims For A Full Fleet Running On Cleaner Energy By 2030

July 8, 2021

Grab Singapore today announced its 2030 Transport Sustainability Goal, where it has committed to operate via a full fleet running on cleaner energy by 2030. This goal is set as…

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