RGE Pte Ltd. has been distinguished as a ‘Champion of Good’ at the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre’s (NVPC) Company of Good (COG) Conferment ceremony in Singapore on 18 July 2024. The award recognizes RGE’s commitment to sustainable practices in the bioeconomy and its national-level societal contributions. In a landmark year that marked the inaugural […]
APRIL Group Acquires Controlling Stake in India’s Leading Consumer Tissue Products Company, Origami
From left: Lawrence Teh Yew Kiat, General Manager of Human Resources at APRIL; Suneel Kulkarni, Country Head of APRIL India and Subcontinent; Manoj Pachisia, CEO of Origami; Shaohua Wanyan, Head of Paper Business at APRIL; Neelam Pachisia, CEO of Origami; Sanjay Tanwani, Finance Director of APRIL APRIL Group, a leading global producer of fibre, […]
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 […]
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 […]
2022 RGE Town Hall: A New Golden Era Begins
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 […]
RGE 2021 Highlights
From the opening of the world’s largest and greenest pulp mill in Brazil to progress on our sustainability commitments around the world, 2021 was an outstanding year for RGE. The group solidified its place operating at the heart of the bio-economy in the world’s fastest growing markets. Our sustainable natural fibres, edible oils, green packaging […]
RGE Founder’s Day 2021: Giving Back Once Again In ‘The New Normal’
RGE Founder’s Day 2021 was observed globally from October through December under another year of special circumstances. However, the COVID-19 global pandemic and new variants did not dampen RGE companies’ resolve to continue creating value for community, country, climate, customer and the company – our Founder and Chairman Sukanto Tanoto’s 5C’s business philosophy. RGE’s 60,000-strong […]