Sustainable Development Goals
Five agreements inked to take Asean’s smart cities plan forward
In Thailand’s Chonburi province, a smart city — also the country’s largest industrial city — is aiming to rely solely on itself for power using renewable energy sources.The Amata Smart City Chonburi, which houses 5,000 expatriates and 200,000 workers, plans to set up a Smart ...
SCG works to promote sustainability
SET-listed Siam Cement Plc (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement maker, has set aside an annual budget of 6 billion baht for R&D and innovation projects to further the company’s sustainable growth.Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Economic agencies told to focus on quality of life
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs has pressed all economic agencies to make progress in ongoing projects, emphasizing those to do with quality of life and social equality.Keep reading ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
How Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is changing the region
For Seng Voleak, a 23-year-old bank employee in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, her commute home has become easier thanks to buses donated by China.Voleak rides the city bus twice a month to travel from where she lives in central Phnom Penh to the city’s western suburb, ...
Regional Consultation on South-South Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific
On 27 June 2018, H.E. Mr. Vijavat Isarabhakdi, Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, delivered a welcoming address at the Regional Consultation on South-South Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific: Towards the Buenos Aires Plan of Action 40th Anniversary, alongside Mr. ...
SET and Alliances Launch "Care The Bear" Project to Reduce Global Warming
SET, together with 22 alliances, has jointly launched “Care the Bear: Change the Climate Change by Eco Event” project to encourage Thai listed firms to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Goal 13: Climate action. ...
Renewable energy should be focus of new power plan: expert
Experts are urging Thai authorities to change their mindset about power development and to be more in step with global trends by prioritising renewable energy. Adopting a new approach would solve current problems, such as the current excessive electricity reserve margin and greenhouse gas emissions ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Social Entrepreneurship: Partnership Platforms For Sustainable Societies
Dr Marie Lisa Dacanay, President of the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia, defines Social Entrepreneurship as ‘a game-changing strategy to mainstream social enterprises to help the poor/ marginalized and women at the grassroots become key partners in multi-stakeholder innovation platforms for developing inclusive, Sustainable ...
6th Marine Science Conference focusing on better management and value of marine resources
Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is presenting how it intends to use research to manage better and enhance the value of Thailand’s marine resources at the 6th Marine Science Conference taking place in Bangsaen of Chonburi. Keep reading ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
The battle against climate change has just begun
The scale of the climate challenges we face today is clear. The adverse effects of climate change are already being felt around the world and pose a great threat to our planet and its people. Moreover, they could undermine both the development gains made over ...
