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Retail Asia29/09/2021
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Food

Starbucks launches Asia’s first Greener Store

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Starbucks has expanded its Green Store initiative into Asia with the first store opening in Shanghai, focusing on reducing waste and repurposing foods. Greener Store Shanghai is the Chinese mainland’s first Starbucks store to use recycled and lower-impact building materials such as wood reclaimed from the renovation of other Starbucks stores. The store features a […]
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Retail Asia27/02/2020
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Finance

DBS Converts Bank Guarantee Facility to Green Facility

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With the new green facility, Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa, which has over 100 gigawatts of installed wind capacity and aims to be carbon-neutral by 2025, will be able to issue green guarantees. DBS has converted its €500 million ($542.45 million) bank guarantee issuance facility with Siemens Gamesa to a green facility, the bank said […]
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Retail Asia19/11/2019
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Food

Green Common expands into Mainland China

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Hong Kong plant-based grocery shop and cafe Green Common will launch online on Tmall Global at the end of this month, during the marketplace’s Black Friday event. The grocer, known for its plant-based products, will be making its first appearance in Mainland China, offering a range of about 40 food items, including products from popular […]
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Retail Asia21/06/2019
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General

Ecostore is New Zealand’s most valuable and trusted brand

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Skincare brand ecostore has been crowned New Zealand’s most authentic brand according to research conducted by branding agency, Principals, and analytics firm The Navigators. The Brand Alpha 2019 Top 20 Most Authentic Brands report graded brands on four key drivers of authenticity – visibility, value, vitality, and virtue. “We are thrilled that consumers have chosen ecostore as […]
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Retail Asia31/05/2019
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Finance

OCBC Cycle 2019 Expands On Green Initiatives

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The eleventh edition of OCBC Cycle featured new initiatives associated with the environment, adding on to those implemented last year.  About 6,800 cyclists, ranging from casual riders to competitive athletes, participated in the OCBC Cycle event held on Sunday. The event’s eleventh edition expanded on its green initiatives from previous years. Cycling is a green sport.  I […]
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Retail Asia03/05/2017
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General

Indonesia-Denmark launch wind power map

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The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry and Denmark’s Development Cooperation Ministry launched on Tuesday a map pinpointing the wind power potential for electrification in Indonesia. Denmark Development Cooperation Minister Ulla Tørnæs said this was part of a six-month cooperative engagement between the two governments, during which they exchanged their experiences in developing renewable energy sources […]
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Retail Asia27/03/2017
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General

Indonesia’s First Green Airport Ready for Operations

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Indonesia’s first airport built on the green concept in Banyuwangi, East Java, is ready to start operations, Banyuwangi District Head Abdullah Azwar Anas stated on Saturday. “It has been ready. God willing, before Eid, it will become operational with the realization of a direct flight service on the Jakarta-Banyuwangi route. There are some technical matters […]
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Retail Asia09/02/2017
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General

Weak green tax can lead to more single-use plastic bags

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The weight-based environmental tax can do more harm than good if businesses try to ease the burden by making and using thin plastic bags. The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has weighed in on a debate involving changes to the country’s Environmental Protection Law. Lawmakers are considering raising the environmental protection duty imposed […]
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Retail Asia23/01/2017
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Automotive

China’s Future Mobility plans $1.7 bln electric car plant in Nanjing

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Chinese electric car venture Future Mobility plans to build an 11.64 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) factory in Nanjing, aiming to capitalise on rising demand for electric cars in the world’s second-largest economy and elsewhere. The investment announced on Thursday comes despite a delay to planned funding from technology giant Tencent Holdings and Taiwan manufacturing heavyweight […]
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Retail Asia17/01/2017
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Automotive

Thai electric car rolls out

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Thailand’s first electric car brand has made its debut amid scepticism from an industry expert about its commercial viability. Vera Automotive, founded on Oct 7, 2015 by five Thai engineers from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), yesterday introduced the Vera V1 battery electric vehicle (BEV), powered with a battery capacity of 22 kilowatts […]
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Retail Asia23/11/2016
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Food

Promotion, collaboration sought to boost tea exports

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The government should give more attention to Indonesia’s tea industry by intensifying promotional efforts and strengthening collaboration among ministries to reverse the trend of declining exports that started a few years ago, a public policy expert suggests. “The Trade Ministry, for example, can collaborate with Pak Arief Yahya [the tourism minister]. So while traveling overseas, […]
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Retail Asia15/11/2016
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Automotive

BMW eyes 100,000 electric car sales in 2017

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BMW wants to boost sales of electric cars by two-thirds next year to 100,000 vehicles as the luxury automaker is offering more battery-powered models, citing Chief Executive Officer Harald Krueger. Munich-based BMW expects to increase its deliveries of fully electric and hybrid vehicles to around 60,000 units this year, Krueger said. Sales of battery-powered BMW […]
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