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Composer: Lee Fengheng (Top winner of NEA’s Eco-Music Challenge 2011)

Clean & Green Singapore 2012 music video “World Without Fences” depicts the development of Singapore’s beautiful, clean and green environment through the eyes of a female protagonist, as she grows progressively younger. The video hopes to inspire every individual to play a part to safeguard and cherish this environment for future generations.

GHG Protocol Launch – Opening Remarks by Manish Bapna, WRI from World Resources Institute on Vimeo.

Instep Programme registered as a Qualified Service Provider to the HKAEE Carbon Less Scheme.

Scheme encourages business to apply for a Carbon Less Certification and requires independent QSP to report on the reduction of overall Carbon Emissions. The scheme requires the business to monitor and reduce its Carbon Footprint.

www.hkaee.org.hk

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Australia

The Instep Sustainable Events Programme (ISEP) has been used in monitoring the recently concluded Australian University Games in Queensland Australia.

It was indeed a challenge with some 6700 student in 30 odd location covering 32 sports, but we came through well. Once again this positions Instep as a leader in Sustainable Events Monitoring.

www.unigames.com.au

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New Zealand

The ISEP programme will be used to monitor NZ Agricultural Fieldays.

This is an iconic event in NZ and is the largest Agricultural Trade Show in the Southern Hemisphere.

www.fieldays.co.nz

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More information about Instep Carbon & Sustainability Programmes

SINGAPORE – Singapore has dropped one notch in an Asian report on sustainability disclosure. This year’s Asian Sustainability Rating (ASR) ranked Singapore sixth out of 10 Asian countries, down from fifth position last year.

South Korea retained its top ranking while Thailand moved up two notches to place second.

The third, fourth and fifth positions were taken by Malaysia, India and Taiwan respectively. China, Indonesia, Hong Kong and the Philippines filled up the remaining four spots.

At the company level, Singapore firms were not placed in both the top 10 and bottom five lists.

Hong Kong-listed China Light and Power Holdings received the highest ASR score of 91 per cent, while Indonesia-listed Sterling International Enterprise received the lowest score of 4 per cent.

The ASR is a benchmarking tool that looks at publicly available information of listed companies pertaining to environmental, social and governance issues.

Speaking at the 2011 Singapore Awards for Sustainability Reporting organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) yesterday, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu said that while companies here should be commended for governance reporting, “there is room for improvement in the areas of social and environmental impacts”.

Ms Fu said: “Sustainability reporting is still voluntary. But when more businesses step forward, I understand that SGX will consider taking the next step of formulating formal rules to regulate disclosure.”

Keppel Land was the winner of this year’s Singapore Awards for Sustainability Reporting.

Mr Darryl Wee, country head of ACCA Singapore, said: “If we want to position ourselves as global players, we need to increase our efforts in producing more sustainability reports.”

SINGAPORE: The National Climate Change Secretariat (NCSS) said the government will invest in infrastructure as well as in research and development of low carbon technologies for deployment in Singapore.

In its addendum to the President’s Address, NCSS stressed that climate change is a major challenge and as a responsible member of the global community, Singapore will also play its part to lower carbon emissions.

The secretariat, which is under the Prime Minister’s Office, highlighted that businesses and households will also have to change their practices and lifestyles to be more environmentally sustainable.

It aims to reduce carbon emissions in two main ways – greater use of less carbon intensive fuels, and improve energy conservation and efficiency. This will require promoting energy-efficient design, equipment and processes in industries, transport, buildings and homes.

In addition, the secretariat will enhance understanding and expertise in climate science and build up Singapore’s resilience and adaptability to climate change in key areas such as coastal protection, water resources and drainage, biodiversity, public health as well as urban infrastructure.

NCSS said Singapore’s experience and expertise in addressing the challenges of climate change will generate new economic opportunities in emerging industries such as clean energy, carbon services and energy services, as well as in existing industries.

The secretariat will work with the business community to seek out and capitalise on such opportunities locally and abroad.

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“As long as these companies [that emit large quantities of greenhouse gases] have a high value, we are giving out the wrong signals,” said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, told an audience of carbon finance specialists in London. “It has got to be that those companies that are investing in the technologies of the future are recognised.”

Full Story on Guardian.

In Asia, the Singapore Stock Exchange was the first exchange to encourage listed companies to start reporting their sustainability performance, by issuing guidelines in August 2010. According to the Guide to Sustainability Reporting for Listed Companies, “The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines provides a valuable framework to assist listed companies with sustainability reporting. Companies may adopt an approach best suited to their industry and location.”

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