In recent years, I’ve noticed an entirely new vocabulary being used to describe the modern business approach to sustainability. A number of them cropped up during our panel discussion at Singapore’s Media Leader’s Forum in December – resilience, adaptation, positive social change, CSR, behavioural change, going green. But how ‘modern’ is this ethical approach? In Read on…

I’ve spent a lot of time in Singapore over the last few months, presenting at sustainability and energy conferences. From SMU and SIEW, to EnviroAsia and the ‘Eco Ideas’ forum, I’m greeted with the same query, “what is a sustainable business?” Good question! To answer it though, we need to look at the alternative question, Read on…

Article by Paul Valenta The Daily Energy Report In the early days of air-conditioning, electricity was plentiful and cheap, which enabled the building industry to provide almost all commercial buildings with comfort cooling.  As a result, comfort cooling is standard in almost all of today’s commercial buildings. As the global economy continues to grow, demand for Read on…