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Danone celebrates 4 major awards at HR Asia ceremony
Business, Published on 30/09/2025
» Danone Thailand picked up four major honours at the HR Asia Best Company to Work for in Asia 2025 Awards, including "Best Company to Work for in Asia", the "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" award, the "Most Caring Company" award, and the "Sustainable Workplace" award.
Danone Thailand Delivers IDA Screening Tools to BMA
Published on 10/10/2024
» Danone Specialized Nutrition (Thailand) Co. Ltd. has officially handed over Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) screening tools to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), marking a significant milestone in Bangkok’s health initiative. These tools are set to play a vital role in BMA’s ambitious plan to conduct health checks across the city, with a particular focus on making non-invasive IDA screening more accessible for children. This step is crucial in the early detection and prevention of IDA’s long-term effects on health and brain development.
Asia lagging in removal of unhealthy trans fat from food: WHO
Published on 23/01/2023
» Asian and African countries are lagging in efforts to eliminate harmful trans fat from food products by the end of this year, despite the substantial progress made worldwide since the World Health Organization set the goal in 2018, a report said Monday.
Holiday mood
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/05/2022
» Returning to Phuket for the first time in three years, Henri Giscard d'Estaing is busy visiting government officials and business partners on the southern island world-renowned for its white sandy beaches, crystal clear waters, historical old town and delicious food.
Korea infections top 1,200: Virus update
Published on 26/02/2020
» Thailand reported three new cases of coronavirus as mounting cases across the Middle East, Europe and Asia sparked concern the outbreak is widening into a pandemic.
Shoppers in Asia want Europe’s handbags, not its supermarkets
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/12/2019
» LONDON: Even as global consumer brands grow more dependent on Asia for sales of everything from fancy handbags to baby formula, European retailers keep retreating from the world’s fastest-growing markets.
Circular solution to plastic plight
News, Published on 24/12/2019
» We are drowning in plastics. Unless we change our behaviour, there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050. Solving this crisis requires us to do more than just banning plastic straws. We need a paradigm shift. We must adopt deep structural changes to our plastic production and consumption patterns in order to move away from the extractive linear model of "take, make, use and dispose" towards a "closed-loop" circular economy -- an economy that is intentionally restorative.
Functional drinks ready for windfall from lower excise tax
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 30/09/2019
» The functional drink market expects a big boost after the cabinet last Tuesday approved lowering the excise tax on functional products, effective from Oct 1.
WHO: Baby food has too much sugar
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/07/2019
» ZURICH: Baby food often contains too much sugar and is incorrectly advertised as suitable for infants under six months of age, according to a new World Health Organization report.
Plastic peril
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 20/05/2019
» The spectacle of the ever-changing sunset above a beach in front of a five-star resort on a beautiful Pacific island was a memory I will cherish forever. But my reverie was rudely interrupted by the sight that greeted me on a public beach nearby.