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SBR: An ecological-resort on Sentosa island
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Minister Vivian Balakrishnan visits Siloso Beach Resort .
SBR was honored to receive the visit of Minister for the Environment and Water resources Vivian Balakrishnan and to share some of our sustainability initiatives with him and his team
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Project Partnership between Ngee Ann Polytechnic and SBR SBR partnered with Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s final year students to create a prototype called the “Earthworm Habitat Monitoring System”. This prototype helps to take measurements of the pH and moisture level in each of the earthworm trays. The results are keyed into the system automatically.
SBR was featured in Channel News Asia about this collaboration: Click here for the article and here for the video
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Platinum Achievement Band in the Community in Bloom Awards 2014 Siloso Beach Resort is very pleased to announce it has received the Platinum Achievement Band in the Community In Bloom Awards 2014. Our Resort has received this award due to the many sustainable initiatives that we have started, including preservation of biodiversity, earthworm composting and the promotion of sustainable growing methods to schools and the community. SBR Community In Bloom booth at the Singapore Garden Festival Siloso Beach Resort took part in the Singapore Garden Festival on 21 Aug 2014, by having a booth station and sharing our involvement and commitment towards our green initiatives.
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SBR Sustainability Report 2014 Since 2012, SBR has been publishing a Sustainability Report. Reporting is important in order to be transparent with our stakeholders, share best practices to inspire others and it also helps us internally to monitor our progress for continuous improvement. To download the 2014 Sustainability Report, click here
SBR featured in “PURE Magazine”
SBR was recently featured on the October 2014 issue of PURE Magazine with the diving twins, Timothy and Mark Lee. For the e-copy of the magazine, Click here
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Sharing thoughts about sustainability issues is part of SBR’s CSR agenda. Below is a recently published article: Biomimicry incubators: the business case for conservation Biomimetics refers to the specific study of species characteristics in order to derive ideas and applications that could serve our everyday applications. Despite a promising start at the end of the 20th century, the concept hasn’t really been exploited at all to the level it could be: the concept and potential hasn’t been understood. This short article highlights the business potential and a framework for effective implementation. For the full article click here
Previous articles can be seen here
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Singapore Tourism Board Exhibition SBR was one of the hotels featured in a STB exhibit that highlight sustainable practices in the hotel industry. It was held from 22nd October 2014 to 3rd November 2014 at the Waterfront Promenade, between MBS and the Marina Bay City Gallery
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Singapore International Water Week .
SBR was part of the water showcases in the Singapore International Water Week 2014. Click here for the video of the highlights of the event.
NEA CEO’s Luncheon SBR held the 13th CEO’s Luncheon. The objective of this luncheon is to allow more businesses to learn about the Singapore Packaging Agreement and about the new sustainability guidelines for business events. It was held on 12 May 2014.
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Clean & Green Singapore SBR joined in the Clean & Green Singapore 2014 this year by sponsoring the lucky dip event. Interested visitors brought in 2kg of recyclables and they got a chance to join in the lucky dip.
Friends of Water 2014 SBR took part in the Friends of Water Event. Participants got to brainstorm ideas for World Water Day 2015. It was held on the 14 November 2014 at The Treetop, *SCAPE. Click here for more pictures
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Selection of latest Eco Latest Environmental news Tours groups SBR has been testing out on using spring water to flush our toilets
SBR has been conducting some upgrading for our chiller system.
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MINDEF These articles were published by SBR on 20 June Biodiversity 2014 “The 65 Nanyang Polytechnic This was part of Sentosa’s 7 Nov 2014 Corporate Social 64
SBR joined in the Sentosa Gives program whereby free lunch was provided for the less privileged children.
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It was held from 6-14 September 2014.
Our Eco Tour program is an ongoing initiative which has now educated 7500+ people on sustainability. Click here for more
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SBR resources • • •
Biodiversity.sg Portal: here SBR’s Sustainability Portal here Our published sustainability report here
The book: “The Diversity of Life on Earth from heritage to extinction” We provide exclusive partner discounts if you purchase the Book through us Book overview: here
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www.newnatureofbusiness.org/ (white paper featuring SBR) SBR Update Issue 1 (June 2013) SBR Update Issue 2 (December 2013) SBR Update issue 3 (may 2014)
Contact us at: csr@silosobeachresort.com
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