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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The launch of the new Bracell pulp mill in São Paulo state, in Brazil, has resulted in the company becoming the largest dissolving pulp producer in the world, with a production capacity of up to 1.5 million tonnes of dissolving pulp or three million tonnes of kraft pulp per year at the new facility. More […]
RGE held its annual Town Hall at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore on 11 February 2022. Attended in-person by senior leaders in Singapore under safe distancing measures, the 2022 RGE Town Hall was also broadcast live to more than 500 senior leaders from over 20 locations around the world. In his opening address, RGE Chairman […]