Emerging Enterprise: Greening maritime fleets in a port that never sleeps

Shipping plays a pivotal role in the global economy, transporting about 80% of the world’s trade. The industry, too, accounts for around 3% of global emissions. And experts say the world will not be able to achieve carbon neutrality without tackling these emissions. In a port that never sleeps, o…

Emerging Enterprise: Transforming the eldercare sector, for there's no place like home

With Singapore set to reach super-aged status as early as 2026, the nation’s vision centres around ageing-in-place. This brings into focus the importance of integrating medical, social and allied health services within the heartlands, something that PanCare Medical has built into its model, which …

Emerging Enterprise: Making the green shift, one shower wash at a time

Did you know that about 75 to 85 percent of your standard bottle of shampoo is made up of water? The haircare sector’s carbon footprint has also ballooned, becoming one of the biggest contributors of single-use plastics through the plastic packaging industry, which makes up about US$25 billion in …

Emerging Enterprise: One on-demand bus-pooling app is setting out to green your rides

Is your morning commute helping or hurting the start to your day? Long waits and traffic jams could cause frustration when you’re in a rush, so one company called RushOwl has come up with an on-demand model in hopes of addressing the limitations of traditional transit. They provide shuttle servic…

Emerging Enterprise: Decoding dialects through AI

Advancements in technology over the last decade have brought about major breakthroughs for translation and speech recognition programs, which now possess the capabilities to transcribe, translate and even analyse dialects. But, while AI translation tools can provide accurate word-for-word translat…

Emerging Enterprise: Closing the food loop by building a zero-waste food system

Did you know that households waste over 1 billion meals worth of edible food every day, the equivalent of 1.3 meals every day for everyone in the world affected by hunger. In fact, according to the UN, about 13.2 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail. In line with Singapore’s…

Emerging Enterprise: How one Indonesian social enterprise is giving plastics and rice husks a second lease of life

By the middle of the century, global emissions from plastic production could triple to account for one-fifth of the Earth’s remaining carbon budget. But one Indonesian social enterprise by the name of Plana, is working hard at turning back the clock on our plastic waste. It has developed innovativ…

Emerging Enterprise: Venturing into beauty never crossed the minds of trio who created a Korean beauty empire

Competition is fierce in the Korean beauty industry, and brands must constantly innovate to stand out. But that didn't stop the trio behind Kskin, which provides express Korean facial services. The franchise has since ballooned, with multiple outlets, in Singapore and abroad. On this episode of 20…