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Pangyo Techno Valley: Leading the Charge in ESG Management and Building a Sustainable Industry Ecosystem

AsiaTechDaily

ESG embodies a company’s commitment to maintaining sustainable business practices, upholding core values, and transparently reporting non-financial performance metrics. Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016.

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Banyan wants to unlock financing for a (more) sustainable future

TechCrunch

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. trillion per year investment gap in renewable infrastructure that is required in order to meet our net zero targets by 2050.

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InnerPlant grows with new John Deere-backed millions for sustainable farming

TechCrunch

The world is headed for a food shortage by 2050 as its population increases, so anything to make it easier for farmers to grow food will go a long way. That’s what InnerPlant founder and CEO Shely Aronov is trying to do with her startup that uses plant physiology to gather loads of data to make farming more efficient and sustainable.

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Singapore’s InterContinental Energy Attracts $115M Funding from GIC and Hy24

AsiaTechDaily

This infusion of capital is projected to accelerate further the company’s efforts to expand the production and adoption of green hydrogen, a key player in the global transition towards cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. The ultimate goal is to achieve a total installed renewable capacity of nearly 100 gigawatts (GW). .

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Tanso banks a seed for its CO2 footprint software for industrial manufacturers

TechCrunch

Munch-based climate tech startup Tanso , which sells software to help industrial manufacturers carry out sustainability reporting and carbon accounting, has banked €6.5 However a lot more of these manufacturers will be as the EU’s sustainability reporting requirements expand in the next couple of years.

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ZEBOX, an incubator for supply chain startups, launches its Asia hub in Singapore

TechCrunch

The APAC hub is backed by Enterprise Singapore, a board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry to foster SME development, and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, alongside industry partners Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore, PSA unboXed and Synergy Marine Group.

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AppHarvest is now APPH: Rise of the Rest’s First Publicly Traded Company

Revolution

The company’s sustainable growing techniques yield nutritious, chemical pesticide-free non-GMO fruits and vegetables at scale, using 90 percent less water than traditional open-field agriculture and 100 percent recycled rainwater. But in reality –and without jest?—?the