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Reforestation seen as only viable smog solution
Dave Kendall, Published on 01/04/2024
» Northern Thailand's chronic smog problem is usually blamed on burning crop waste, villagers burning wooded areas to pick mushrooms and vehicle emissions. The solutions, we are told, involve regulations and enforcement.
TCMA Champions Net Zero 2050 with Green Strategy
Published on 10/04/2024
» Dr. Chana Poomee, Chairman of the Thai Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA), announced the vision of ‘TCMA Synergising the Actions towards Net Zero 2050’ to drive the cement industry, join forces in all sectors, upgrade industry energy transition with innovation, connect global green funds to realise the Net Zero Goal, increase Thailand’s industrial capacity, and respond to the climate change megatrend.
Building a much stronger food system in Laos
Oped, Published on 29/03/2024
» One of the smallest and most sparsely populated nations in Southeast Asia, the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic, a mountainous, landlocked country wedged between Vietnam, Thailand and China, has long grappled with challenges associated with supplies of food. A recently released Food and Agriculture Organization/World Food Programme joint report warns that food insecurity continues to increase in Laos, last year affecting more than a million people out of the 7.2 million population.
Making exports for a low-carbon era
Oped, Published on 27/03/2024
» Exports have been Thailand's important growth engine for many decades. A number of Thailand's export destinations have shown increasing interest in and support for low-carbon products. Failure to meet global demand for low-carbon products risks Thailand's competitiveness in international trade.
UBE drives up cassava productivity
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/03/2024
» Ubon Bio Ethanol (UBE), a SET-listed ethanol producer, is increasing productivity at its cassava plantations in Ubon Ratchathani after harvests plunged, resulting in a loss of 96 million baht last year.
Thai Cement Industry Leads Low-Carbon Waste Initiative
Published on 04/03/2024
» Saraburi Province and 18 agencies among public sector, local administrative organisation, network partners, and Thai Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA) signed a MOU to drive forward “PPP-Saraburi Sandbox: A Low Carbon City,” turning waste to value through ten pilot projects, seizing the triple effect from waste segregation and value creation: community income generation, waste reduction, global warming alleviation. This collaboration effort represents a key component of the ‘PPP-Saraburi Sandbox’.
Empowering Growth: OR’s Sustainable Coffee Nurtures Careers, Incomes, and Eco-Mindfulness
Published on 06/02/2024
» OR’s SDG = Small-Diversified-Green policy boosts economic growth and sustainability in Thailand through coffee cultivation
Waste not, want not
Business, Published on 16/01/2024
» 900 million tonnes. That is the amount of food thrown away worldwide every year, according to the United Nations.
BBGI searches for green aviation fuel ingredients
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/01/2024
» BBGI Plc, the biotechnology arm of Bangchak Corporation Plc, is looking for new feedstocks, particularly from agricultural waste, to make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support its new business of producing biofuel for aircraft.
33 provinces still blanketed by thick smog
Post Reporters, Published on 13/12/2023
» Dangerous levels of ultrafine dust covered 33 of the 77 provinces on Wednesday morning, an improvement on 47 provinces on Tuesday morning, and the peak pollution level was also down.