Adjusting for sustainable growth

Tuesday,  February 9,2010,16:17 (GMT+7) Climate change, environmental pollution and exhaustion of natural resources have become buzzwords as people are increasingly aware of what would happen in the future if no drastic actions were taken to protect the environment. It is not by chance when people say that development and profit should not be sought after at all costs but the environment should be protected to warrant sustainable business growth.

For a green and clean environment
	Thursday,  February 4,2010,15:05 (GMT+7) Leaders and associates of the Ascott-managed serviced residence buildings in HCMC went to provinces near and far last year to plant trees and clean and upgrade facilities and surrounding areas of primary schools, and their actions have been rewarded with a good response from the community.

Respecting forests and nature
	Thursday,  January 21,2010,15:08 (GMT+7) Choosing timber as a material for construction is not new to the resort developments around the globe, particularly in the tropical Southeast Asian hideaways, but the concept of using sustainably managed hardwood for this purpose is still alien to many developers in Vietnam.

Holcim reuses waste materials to cut down energy cost
	Tuesday,  January 12,2010,14:54 (GMT+7) HCMC – Realizing that natural resources are limited, Holcim Vietnam Limited since 2003 has aimed at sustainable production development by increasing the use of waste materials as main energies to replace fossil fuels at its Hon Chong cement plant in Kien Giang Province.

Development in respect for environment
	Thursday,  January 7,2010,15:09 (GMT+7) Green values and landscapes have become a norm for designs of many property projects as for their developers, these values will make their projects more beautiful and also given them an edge over others.

Green ideas awake
	Tuesday,  January 5,2010,15:00 (GMT+7) Half a century ago, when Noam Chomsky, a great American linguistic and political critic, wrote “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously,” he must have thought the whole sentence was meaningless, as green - a concrete adjective - could not modify idea - an abstract noun.

The green ideas that are worth appreciating
	Thursday,  December 31,2009,15:41 (GMT+7) HCMC - The Saigon Times Top 40 Awards 2009 organizer has received hundreds of nominations from foreign-invested enterprises (FIE) nationwide since the launch on October 29 of the Awards.

Saving water for life
	Tuesday,  December 29,2009,14:56 (GMT+7) Over the past years, Nestlé Vietnam Ltd. and its partners have spent much time and money on a long-term program to help coffee growers in Daklak Province and elsewhere in the country reach sustainable coffee farming by using water and fertilizer appropriately.

Starting from awareness

Thursday,  December 24,2009,14:23 (GMT+7) Awareness is the root of every endeavor, and it is for sure that an environment protection program cannot work without collaboration from every member in a community. Yet how to inspire and encourage staff to partake in a green program is a challenge for many companies which have engaged in going green in their business to contribute to environment protection. HSBC Bank (Vietnam) is one of the companies that have started its going green program from staff awareness.

Benefits from environment protection
	Tuesday,  December 22,2009,14:35 (GMT+7) Since entering the country in 1995, Cargill Vietnam Co. Ltd. has opened six feed mills in Can Tho City and in Hung Yen, Binh Dinh, Dong Nai, Long An and Dong Thap provinces. From the first days on the local market, the enterprise has focused on advanced technologies to improve production and business results and contribute to environment protection.