SMU alumnus, Jaden Teo, arrived in Vietnam just as Covid-19 started grounding travellers the world over. Instead of returning home, he pushed ahead with the launch of his edtech start-up amidst global lockdowns to amazing results.
In an episode of Changemakers' Conversations, a panel of speakers share their journeys on creating value in sustainability.
In the ‘Science’ section of Impossible Foods’ website is a page with the giant headline: HEME + THE SCIENCE BEHIND IMPOSSIBLE™. The page explains thus:
“Heme is what makes meat taste like meat. It’s an essential molecule found in every living plant and animal -- most abundantly in animals -- and something we’ve been eating and craving since the dawn of humanity.”
Price points, fundraising, and scaling are the unavoidable and necessary parts that turn sustainability dreams into reality. It helps to have investors that believe in both the mission and business.
Price points, fundraising, and scaling are the unavoidable and necessary parts that turn sustainability dreams into reality. It helps to have investors that believe in both the mission and business
The pandemic has made it clear that we need to be more adaptive. From the way our lifestyles are changing with the continuation of home-based work and learning, to long-term effects on the economy and expectations on accountability and personal autonomy, we must all learn how to adapt for us humans (and other living creatures) to survive into the future generations.
The swift nascence of the "Asian Century", during which the global centre of trade has shifted to the continent, has led to an abundance of opportunities in Asia. While Asia was not immune to the economic shock triggered by the pandemic, regional GDP growth rates have proved resilient, with the Asian economy shrinking by a mere 1.5 per cent in 2020 versus the 3.2 per cent experienced by the world economy.
At the 27th Future of Asia conference in Tokyo in May 2022, conversations emerged about Southeast Asia’s role and capacity to contribute to global crises.