Feature Stories
2015
Monday 19 October 2015
M-sand - An Innovative Alternative to Natural Sand
For years, natural sand has been used in the construction industry as a fine aggregate in the production of concrete and as a building material. However, excessive mining of sand to meet the industry’s increasing demand has caused rapid resource...
Sunday 18 October 2015
Revolutionising the Transportation and Energy landscape
In 2010, GENeco, Wessex Water’s renewable energy and waste treatment company, introduced the Bio-Bug, the UK’s first ever Volkswagen Beetle powered by biogas derived from sewage sludge, which marked a monumental breakthrough in the advancement of clean and sustainable power...
Friday 16 October 2015
Sustainable Community Development
As a strong advocate of social development, YTL Jawa Timur (YTLJT) has continually invested time and resources in endeavours that seek to improve the quality of life of communities in which they operate. Most recently, YTLJT collaborated with the Cooperative...
2014
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Save Wild Tigers
Not one individual organisation or nation can save the wild tiger alone. On the back of the world’s biggest ever conservation event at London’s St Pancras International Station a year ago, the global charity initiative, Save Wild Tigers, visited the...
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Conserving with Reef Check Malaysia
Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) is a non-profit organisation that was registered in 2007 to engage with the local community as well as protect, restore and revive coral reefs in Malaysia. RCM partners with a global network of trained and certified...
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Innovation to Change
Innovation is about progressive approaches or changes which tackle the big societal and environmental challenges we face. Communities and the businesses within them are full of innovative people, after all it is what sets humanity apart, and innovation takes. In...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
YTL Foundation Classroom Makeover Programme
It is every students dream to have a nice classroom where they can learn and groom themselves. However, it was a merely a dream for Sekolah Menengah Puchong Batu 14 (SMK Puchong) students as the class is really run down....
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Community Development and Livelihood Improvement: Development of Alternative Energy
The basic concept stated by the United Nations in 1948 was "Community Development is a process designed to create conditions of economic and social progress for the whole community with its active participation and fullest possible reliance upon the community's...