Knai Bang Chatt Cambodia Co. Ltd.
Located in Kep, formerly known as Cambodia’s Riviera in the 1960s, Knai Bang Chatt is a coastal resort promoting regenerative travel, environmental stewardship, and sustainable local livelihoods.
Business CaseThe ASEAN Circular Economy Business Alliance (ACEBA) is a dynamic and growing ASEAN-centric, business-led alliance focused on advancing the circular economy transition in Southeast Asia. Its mission is to drive business action through peer learning, knowledge sharing, networking, and advocacy.
Read MoreCircular Economy targets net zero by ending unsustainable resource use as the common root cause of climate change, loss of nature and biodiversity, and accumulation of pollutants and waste, which together constitute the triple planetary crises.
Circular Economy closes natural resource use loops by designing in resource circularity, resource efficiency and resource substitution.
Circular Economy involves business taking responsibility for the impacts on environment and society of the materials and other natural resources that are required throughout the lifecycle of its products and services.
Circular Economy frames ideation and co-creation by business and its value chains to innovate and develop circular product and service solutions.
Circular Economy de-risks the economy and society from the impacts and risks of their unsustainable use of natural resources to generate net socio-economic benefit.
ACEBA is a responsibility initiative of and for businesses and industries in Southeast Asia. It unites organizations and enterprises committed to leading by example in adopting circular economy solutions tailored to the region's needs, and benefiting businesses, governments, and communities.
Country leads are business membership organizations operating in ASEAN member states. They represent ACEBA within their home countries, encourage national business participation, and lead national advocacy and support efforts.
Kadin Indonesia was established in 1968, and designated in 1987 as the hub organization for Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises, cooperatives, and private enterprises. The business network of Kadin Indonesia covers all provinces, cities, and municipalities in the country, and encompasses business associations in all sectors of the economy.
Founded in 1903, the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) is a civil service organization (CSO) and business membership organization (BMO) composed of businessmen, merchants, professionals, and entrepreneurs. CCCI is one of the largest and most prominent local business service organizations in the Philippines, with over 800 member companies and business associations coming from various sectors such as trade and industry, service, and ICT.
ACEBA participants pledge to champion the circular economy through strategic actions. They promote circular economy principles in their business dealings, advocate to government and stakeholders, develop and implement circular solutions in their products and services, and communicate the impacts of their initiatives through transparent reporting.
Located in Kep, formerly known as Cambodia’s Riviera in the 1960s, Knai Bang Chatt is a coastal resort promoting regenerative travel, environmental stewardship, and sustainable local livelihoods.
Business CasePATA works with its members and partners to build sustainability and risk resilience in tourism SMEs and communities in the Asia Pacific region. PATA implements a Tourism Destination Resilience (TDR) program and operates a Crisis Recovery Center (CRC) to support the responsible renewal of the tourism industry post-pandemic or any crisis.
Tontoton works with corporations and informal waste collectors to support a plastic credit system that collects, treats, recycles, and upcycles all types of plastic waste that end up in coastal communities.
Business CaseIGCN is a local network of the United Nations Global Compact in Indonesia, launched on April 8, 2006. It encourages companies to align their strategies with ten universal principles on human rights, competitive labor, sustainable environment, and anti-corruption, and to take actions that advance societal goals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
ACEBA is an initiative of ARAIBA Sdn Bhd, a purpose-driven, not-for-profit business organization registered in Malaysia which takes forward the initiatives of the former ASEAN CSR Network in promoting responsible, inclusive, resilient and sustainable enterprises in ASEAN. ACEBA is further developed and implemented in collaboration with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) and its set-up has been supported by the EU funded SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component.
The ASEAN BAC was established in 2001 to provide private sector guidance on ASEAN economic cooperation and integration, and identifies priority areas for consideration of ASEAN Leaders. It also leads the coordination and consolidation of inputs and resources from established business councils and entities in the region for various purposes.
The SWITCH-Asia PSC facilitates cooperation, strengthens networking, and builds a platform for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) learning, policymaking, and programming in the region. It supports the public and private sectors in addressing the triple planetary crises, and meeting international commitments, including the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.
Redesign of consumer goods plastics packaging for lower packaging weight and/or volume and introduction of refill stations. Started with partial shifts to using recycled plastics and to replacing non...
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