Sustainability

Sustainability • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 05, 2018 • 15 min read

Renewable energy The price of power

By Amanda Kaufmann • Sep 05, 2018
The deadly dam collapse in Laos in 2018 brings Cambodia’s own grand plans for hydropower into question – and thrusts solar power to the forefront of the Kingdom’s quest for energy independence

Sustainability • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 03, 2018 • 9 min read

dam collapse Laos gambles on becoming ‘battery of Southeast Asia’

By Thomas Brent • Aug 03, 2018
The collapse of a hydroelectric dam in Laos last week has reinvigorated a debate on the potential consequences of the country’s fervent building of dams, leaving many to question if the rewards outweigh the risks

Sustainability • Mar 01, 2018 • 10 min read
Sustainable urban development

Southeast Asia's megacities have a choice: Shangri-La or slum

With Southeast Asia's population expected to grow by more than 100 million people in the next 30 years, the region's crowded megacities are in danger of becoming dystopian nightmares - unless governments and city planners act now
By Paul Millar • Mar 01, 2018

Sustainability • Nov 06, 2017 • 11 min read
Cambodia's construction boom

A future without home?

The construction industry in Cambodia has been enjoying great growth in recent years. Yet there are concerns over the quality of some of these projects and an over-reliance on Chinese investment
By Nathan Paul Southern • Nov 06, 2017

Sustainability • Oct 31, 2017 • 2 min read
Bugs to Pasta

The cricket pasta that can help feed the world

Chomping on crickets is nothing new in Southeast Asia, but a global market for critter-based foods could turn edible insects into a major industry
By Colin Meyn • Oct 31, 2017

Sustainability • Mar 31, 2017 • 11 min read
Urban Migration

Cambodia’s affordable housing crisis

Several privately funded affordable housing developments have broken ground in Cambodia but, as urban migration intensifies, can the country meet the urgent demand for social housing?
By Claire Knox • Mar 31, 2017

Sustainability • Aug 23, 2016 • 12 min read
Responsible Business

How good business changes Southeast Asia

With more and more customers seeking out socially conscious products, the business of ‘doing good’ is booming for social enterprises
By Paul Millar • Aug 23, 2016

Sustainability • Mar 29, 2016 • 7 min read
Custom made

Mass production was yesterday

Consumers are moving from identikit items to customised creations in a megatrend that strategists have dubbed the “youniverse”
By David Hutt • Mar 29, 2016

Sustainability • Oct 22, 2015 • 8 min read
Knowledge-based economy

Follow the leader

Southeast Asian nations will eventually need to swap farming for flash drives and become knowledge-based economies. Singapore is already showing how it’s done
By Kevin Ponniah • Oct 22, 2015

Sustainability • Apr 02, 2015 • 6 min read
Green Innovation

Home on the farm

With an ageing population and little space to grow food, Singapore needs to innovate. One project aims to address these pressing issues
By Daniel Besant • Apr 02, 2015