Inclusive growth strategy is aimed at improving livelihood and creating opportunities for broad-based progress.
APRIL Shares Approach to Drive a Greener Fashion Industry @ TaFF Fashion Sustainability Summit 2022
From fast fashion to e-commerce to the large amounts of clothes being thrown away, the fashion industry is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, accounting for around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions — more than international flights and shipping combined. There is an urgent need for the industry to rethink their existing practices. How […]
Enable the Change: RGE Partners TaFF to Support Sustainable Fashion in Singapore
As part of efforts to support sustainable fashion in Singapore, RGE is proud to be a strategic partner of the Textile and Fashion Federation (TaFF). RGE and like-minded partners celebrated a big TaFF day on 6 July 2022 with the launch of the ‘Fashion The Change’ Exhibition at The Cocoon Space, ‘Enable the Change Sustainability […]
APRIL Shares Approach to Forest Conservation @ Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources
The world continues to ramp up efforts in forest conservation, with ambitious commitments to halting and reversing forest loss. Following the signing of an international treaty to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming at COP26 last year, both public and private sectors have made commitments to advance nature based solutions. Yet, delivering […]
RGE Rugao Industrial Park – Bright Pearl in the Yangtze River Delta
At a construction site in Changjiang Town, Rugao, Nantong on the northern bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, there are tower cranes, trucks, mixers, excavators and other machines busy at work. This is the site of the RGE (Rugao) Industrial Park, RGE’s largest integrated project in a single city and province in […]
Woodfibre LNG Sets Benchmark in Economic Reconciliation with Indigenous People
Construction at the Woodfibre LNG project in Vancouver, which is currently gearing up, will generate economic benefits for the Indigenous Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). Woodfibre LNG believes that industry can be an integral part of reconciliation with the Indigenous people of Canada and has forged a unique relationship with the Squamish Nation. This has resulted […]
President Joko Widodo inaugurates Rumpin Modern Nursery in Indonesia, set up in partnership with APRIL Group
New nursery set up through a ground-breaking public-private partnership between the Indonesian Government and APRIL Similar nurseries to be established across Indonesia The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), recently inaugurated the Indonesian Government’s tree nursery in Rumpin, Bogor, in west Java. The new nursery will produce seedlings for plantation in a […]
RGE@Ecosperity 2022 In Singapore
Businesses are increasingly recognising that nature-based solutions have a role to play in carbon-offsetting as part of their holistic abatement strategy in achieving net-zero targets. While there are a number of such carbon projects in the market that businesses can invest in, few are able to demonstrate the carbon credits generated are credible, legitimate and […]
APRIL Group Drives Indonesia’s Green Economy With Investment in New Sustainable Paperboard Packaging Mill
In line with its commitment to help grow Indonesia’s green economy, APRIL Group is set to expand its product portfolio in the downstream sector by investing IDR33.4 trillion (US$2.28 billion) in a new sustainable paperboard production facility. One of the largest manufacturing investments in Sumatra in the last decade, the new packaging facility is expected […]
2022 RGE Bankers’ Forum: Leading the Bioeconomy from its Core
The 2022 RGE Bankers’ Forum welcomed close to 400 of the regional and international banking community in-person and via Zoom. Themed “Leading the Bioeconomy from its Core”, the 7 April 2022 event saw RGE senior management team and business group leaders deep dive into the market trends that RGE is well-positioned to leverage on. This […]