http://www.greenkampong.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/if-you-cant-beat-them-buy-them-out/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/if-you-cant-beat-them-buy-them-out/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:03:07 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3750 “Green” investment funds typically aim to avoid investing in polluters, but a new fund aims to attack the enemy from within. An investment vehicle claimed to be “the world’s first climate change advocacy fund” is being launched on Thursday. Australian Ethical Investments already offers a range of funds, but so far it has followed the [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/if-you-cant-beat-them-buy-them-out/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/britain-needs-15-billion-green-bank/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/britain-needs-15-billion-green-bank/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:00:25 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3693 What about an Asian green bank? Even more far fetched? A “green bank” funded by new consumer levies; the sale of emissions permits to industry; and institutional and retail interest in new investment products will help plug the gap, according to the Green Investment Bank Commission. Read more at Reuters.]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/britain-needs-15-billion-green-bank/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/malaysia-to-switch-to-biofuel/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/malaysia-to-switch-to-biofuel/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:10:01 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3525 From Straits Times Interactive: MALAYSIA, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, will make it mandatory for all vehicles to use biofuel from next year, the government announced on Wednesday. Malaysia’s plans to shift to biofuel – a mixture of diesel with five per cent processed palm oil – have been delayed over the past few [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/malaysia-to-switch-to-biofuel/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/uk-to-launch-3-billion-green-investment-bank/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/uk-to-launch-3-billion-green-investment-bank/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:25:50 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3522 via Reuters: The green bank, designed to help finance projects such as railways, offshore wind power generation and eco-friendly waste management, will be half-funded from government asset sales with the remaining one billion pounds coming from the private sector.]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/uk-to-launch-3-billion-green-investment-bank/feed/ 1 http://www.greenkampong.com/business/green-gems-in-the-new-economic-strategy/ http://www.greenkampong.com/business/green-gems-in-the-new-economic-strategy/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:22:40 +0000 Richard Hartung http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3516 At first glance the recommendations from the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) in February barely seem to mention green initiatives. Yet hidden amongst the frequent mentions of productivity, innovation and economic growth are many opportunities to make Singapore more environmentally friendly. Some of the initiatives to make Singapore more green are clearly stated, even if they [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/business/green-gems-in-the-new-economic-strategy/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/business/singapores-cleantech-park-52m-masterplan-unveiled/ http://www.greenkampong.com/business/singapores-cleantech-park-52m-masterplan-unveiled/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:07:29 +0000 Olivia Choong http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3465 JTC Corp and Economic Development Board (EDB) have unveiled plans on the $52million CleanTech Park (CTP) slated to commence construction in July, the first of three phases of development. Upon completion by 2030, this 50-hectare eco business park will be Singapore’s clean technology research and development hub, and is expected to create 20,000 jobs in the sustainability sector. [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/business/singapores-cleantech-park-52m-masterplan-unveiled/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/new-soap-old-bottle/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/new-soap-old-bottle/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:33:55 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3387 A company in the U.S. buys brand-name detergents and soaps and sells them to consumers in recycled plastic and glass bottles, calling it an eco-initiative aiming to “give consumers a greener option”. The company doesn’t vouch for the eco-friendliness of the contents of the bottles, but you get the drift.]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/new-soap-old-bottle/feed/ 0