B20 ESC Task Force continues to design constructive energy policies
JAKARTA, Apr 23, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The B20 ESC (Energy, Sustainability & Climate) Task Force held the 3rd ESC Task Force Call Meeting on Thursday (April 21), to discuss Policy Action that will be recommended at the upcoming G20, as noted in a release issued by PT Pertamina on Friday. The B20, or Business 20, is a G20 outreach group that represents the international business community. The B20 ESC (Energy, Sustainability & Climate) Task Force held the '3rd Task Force Call Meeting' on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Antara/HO-Pertamina)The B20 ESG Task Force, led by Pertamina, the largest Energy SOE (State-Owned Enterprise) in Indonesia, and Pertamina President Director & CEO Nicke Widyawati, the ESC Task Force Chair, continued to update policy design and policy actions calling for efforts to maintain energy, sustainability and climate change mitigation.The ESC Task Force Call Meeting was attended by around 140 participants including ESC Task Force Deputy Chair, Agung Wicaksono, ESC Task Force Policy Manager, Oki Muraza, 8 ESC Task Force Co-Chairs, as well as members from 19 industries and 25 countries.Widyawati invited members of the Task Force to discu...
Action can be taken against those who flood govt hotlines, incite others to do so: Ministries
SINGAPORE - The authorities will not hesitate to take action against people who disrupt essential call centre operations or encourage others to do so. This includes those who call the National Care Hotline and other government phone lines "with the intention of overwhelming and disrupting" such operations. "The incitement and carrying out of actions that aim to disrupt any essential call centre operations is illegal," said the Ministries of Health and Social and Family Development on Sunday (Oct 17), in response to queries from The Straits Times. "We take this matter very seriously, and will not hesitate to work with the police and enforcement agencies to take action where necessary." Last week, several chat groups on messaging app Telegram had called on members to "flood" government phone lines - including both ministries' hotlines - under the guise of giving feedback on the latest measures that bar unvaccinated people from entering malls and other public spaces. "Get people to demand this gets pushed up to the call centre manager. And ask for them to revert back," the message said. "Otherwise call again tmr (tomorrow) and ask for any feedback." In their joint statement, the minis...
Applications open again for SG Eco Fund, with new category, simpler process
SINGAPORE - People with ideas for community projects which advance environmental sustainability here can once again tap on a fund from the Government. And this time there is a new category, under which the application is simpler and processing faster. Applications for the second grant call for the SG Eco Fund opened on Thursday (Aug 26) and will remain open until Oct 17. The $50 million fund was set up in November 2020 by the Ministry for Sustainability and the Environment (MSE), to support the co-creation of solutions for a sustainable Singapore. The first grant call was open from Nov 25, 2020 to Jan 31 this year, and 37 projects were awarded a total of $3.7 million in funding. These included a self-help recycling zone by the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation, and a laptop repair and upcycling workshop by non-profit organisation Engineering Good. Announcing the second grant call at a virtual event on Thursday, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said it would feature a "Sprout" funding category to spur more ground-up action. This offers a simpler application process for projects seeking funding of up to $10,000. Instead of a written proposal, appli...