New Report Highlights Significant Private Sector Opportunities in Scaling Natural Climate Solutions in Southeast Asia
The report spotlights the importance of NCS in climate change mitigation, challenges to NCS investments and country-specific opportunities for businesses SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 December 2020 – Conservation International, DBS Bank, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Temasek today jointly released a report on The Business Case... Read more
HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 8 December 2020 – On December 4, the VinCSS-FIDO2 product by VinCSS Cyber Security Services LLC (a member of Vingroup) was included in the list of passwordless authenticators recommended by Microsoft for use on Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) – one of its... Read more
USCIRF Welcomes The State Department’s Designation Of Nigeria Among World’s Worst Violators Of Religious Freedom
. Encouraged to See Positive Movement in Some Countries WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) praised the State Department’s announcement that it has named 10 “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs), including Nigeria for the first time, and placed four countries on its “Special Watch... Read more
Cushman & Wakefield Wins “Best Deal of the Year” Award for  Third Consecutive Year at RICS Hong Kong Awards 2020
Winner of “Best Deal of the Year” award for the sale of 12 Link REIT malls Winner of “Retail Team of the Year” award for Nathan 562 project HONG KONG – Media OutReach – 7 December 2020 – Leading global real estate services firm, Cushman & Wakefield, once again... Read more
Mr Keith Kerr receives Lifetime Achiever Award in recognition of his in-depth knowledge and decades of contribution to Hong Kong’s real estate developments HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 7 December 2020 – The RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Awards 2020 Hong Kong was announced and presented... Read more
Awards submissions more than double previous year in strong indication of the rapidly increasing adoption of online accounting and business solutions by firms throughout the region SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 7 December, 2020 – Xero, the global small business platform, today revealed the winners of the Xero Awards... Read more
Four in ten Asian executives say being openly LGBT would hinder one’s career, according to new EIU research
Nearly half of respondents say enacting more LGBT-friendly workplace policies and practices presents a business opportunity Three in five respondents believe the business world has a fundamental imperative to drive change around LGBT diversity and inclusion Executives in China, India especially likely to rate recent progress for LGBT inclusion... Read more
Wildlife on board: DHL safely relocates “the world’s loneliest elephant”
The carefully planned temperature-controlled multimodal journey of Kaavan started from Islamabad and ended in a sanctuary in Cambodia The logistics leader worked with global animal welfare organization FOUR PAWS and veterinary specialists to ensure a safe and comfortable ride for the elephant First-ever adult elephant that was flown out... Read more
Asia Pacific Financial Services Industry organizations’ maturity in adopting innovation has ensured resilience amid the pandemic: Microsoft Study
70% of all FSI organizations in Asia Pacific say innovation is now a ‘must’, and over 6 in 10 FSI organizations (66%) are accelerating digitization in response to the crisis FSI Leaders, with the most mature culture of innovation, are more resilient and expect growth despite the pandemic: –... Read more
NIPSEA Technologies Collaborates With A*Star to Innovate in The Field of Autonomous Navigation
NIPSEA aims to contribute to the innovations needed for C.A.S.E. (Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric mobility). SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 7 December 2020 – NIPSEA Technologies and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have joined forces in the field of coating solutions for autonomous navigation. Over... Read more