PETRONAS To Deploy Low Carbon Solutions In Line With Its Net Zero Carbon Emissions 2050 Aspiration

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) — Riding on the momentum of its Net Zero Carbon Emissions 2050 declaration in October, PETRONAS has joined forces with the United Nations Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMY&B) at the recent GO ESG ASEAN Corporate Sustainability Virtual Summit 2020 to position sustainability at the…

Manulife Malaysia Awarded The 2020 Sustainability And CSR Malaysia Award

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) — Manulife Malaysia has been awarded the 2020 Sustainability and CSR Malaysia Award. This is the second time for Manulife to win this award following its 2018 recognition. The Company’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme held in 2019 was the Orang Asli Education Programme that…

CureApp SC, Digital Therapeutic For Nicotine Addiction: Introducing A New Form Of App-based Prescription Treatment – The First Digital Therapeutic To Be Covered By Japan’s Public Healthcare Insurance System

TOKYO, Dec 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE ) — CureApp, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kohta Satake) has announced that CureApp SC Nicotine Addiction Treatment App and CO Checker (hereafter, CureApp SC) – a treatment app (digital therapeutic) targeting nicotine addiction – is now covered by Japan’s public healthcare insurance system as of…

Nippon Express Indonesia Acquires GDP Certification for Facility near Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

TOKYO, Dec 1 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — PT. Nippon Express Indonesia (hereinafter, “NE Indonesia”), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., acquired Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification, indicating compliance with quality standards established for the proper distribution of pharmaceuticals, effective Sunday, October 4, for the air transport services offered by its…

Inspiring Students Through FINCO’s CEO Volunteering Month

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) — CEOs from FINCO’s Board of Directors recently took on the role of virtual volunteers in primary and secondary schools across Malaysia. To kick start its CEO Volunteering Month, the Financial Industry Collective Outreach (FINCO), a collaboration between all financial institutions in Malaysia with the guidance…

HIV Prevention Trials Network Awarded U.S. National Institutes Of Health Funding To Continue Research Agenda

DURHAM, N.C., Dec 1 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Drs. Myron S. Cohen and Wafaa M. El-Sadr, principal investigators of the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), in collaboration with FHI 360, have received a seven-year award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health as part of the next funding cycle (2020-2027) for the…

Vault Micro : CameraFi Live, An Android Live-streaming App, Released Live Shopping Effects

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE ) — Vault Micro, the developer of live streaming app CameraFi Live, has announced that the app has released updates offering live shopping effects that are directly beneficial to e-commerce retailers. The update allows its users to add product information such as item name,…

Malaysia Records Total Approved Investments Of RM109.8 Billion In The Economy, Creating 64,701 Job Opportunities For January – September 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) — Malaysia recorded a total of RM109.8 billion worthof investments in the manufacturing, services and primary sectors for the first nine months of 2020. These investments involved 2,935 projects and will create 64,701 jobs opportunities in Malaysia.Of the total investments approved, domestic direct investments (DDI) accounted…

2020 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Award Ceremony is held in Nanjing Agricultural University, Prize awarded to two laureates from China and the United States

NANJING, China, Dec 1 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — On December 1 BJT, the 2020 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize (WAP) Award Ceremony and the 2020 World Agriculture Dialogue were held at Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU). Zhang Fusuo, Professor of China Agricultural University; and Pamela Ronald, Professor of the University of California, Davis; respectively,…

Huawei Malaysia Launches Incubator And Acceleration Programme For Tech Startups

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 1 (Bernama) — Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (Huawei) has brought the Huawei Spark programme to Malaysia — a programme which aims to incubate and accelerate company growth and build an ecosystem for businesses in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The programme was launched today in collaboration…