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Anita* is a student at Prathandongrungwittayakarn School in Kanchanaburi who participated in UOB Money 101: Teen Edition -- a financial literacy programme launched by UOB Thailand in collaboration with the Thailand Collaboration for Education (TCFE) in 2021. After completing the six-hour programme, she established a food delivery business targeting teachers…

To promote environmental protection and waste reduction, UOB Thailand has collaborated with artist Wishulada Panthanuvong to create the "Turning Trash Into Treasured Art" exhibition, as part of the "Waste To Wonder" project.

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has developed green frameworks to provide companies with simplified access to green and sustainable financing so that they can build resilient businesses, said Tan Choon Hin, president and CEO of UOB Thailand.

The sight of marine animals being choked by plastics. Cases of extreme weather that seem to occur more frequently. Or the ever-rising cost of energy and desperate need to find alternative, cleaner and preferably renewable sources.

Climate change and global warming are no longer a future concern but rather immediate threats. Extreme heat, drought, temperature shifts and wildfires among others are currently wreaking havoc on people around the world.

Summer has just started but the heat is becoming unbearable. Electricity costs -- at a record high of 4.72 baht per unit -- are set to soar further thanks to rising fuel costs. These two factors alone are enough to increase interest in solar rooftop systems among households.

The city has thousands more students than five years ago, and is about to expand even more

Using solar energy makes great business sense. Instead of paying high electricity bills, businesses and organisations can lower their operating expenses by turning to clean, reliable solar energy available everywhere the Sun shines.

In Thailand, women are no longer a minority in the world of business. According to data from the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO), Thailand has an estimated 3 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Of this number, the majority of business operators are female.

Sustainability has become a buzzword in the world of business. From mere corporate social responsibility, or CSR, where companies pay back to society through their charitable initiatives, now organisations focus on how to create a sustainable future for themselves and the community they are in, if not the world.

Fifty-five percent of small and medium enterprises in Southeast Asia are optimistic about their business recovery after the pandemic, but they realise they need to make changes to stay competitive, the UOB Asean SME Transformation Study 2022 has found.