Thursday, November 17, 2022

Integration with Emission Calculator API and Freight API to auto data connection to reporting server 24/7

 Integration Project 2023:

  1. Data Connect by API of Freight Company.
  2. Emission Calculation via API.
  3. Air / Road / Rail / Ocean Freight business.
  4. Integration with Forwarder.
  5. List / Ranking of top travel distance vs emission in 2022 , 2021 and 2020
  6. Dashboard integration, management team access control and supplier access control.
  7. Science based targets toward netzero road map

Sunday, November 13, 2022

WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway

Accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diners Club, SEPA, Sofort, iDEAL, giropay, Alipay, and more directly on your store with the Stripe payment gateway for WooCommerce, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Microsoft Pay for mobile and desktop.

TAKE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS EASILY AND DIRECTLY ON YOUR STORE

The Stripe plugin extends WooCommerce allowing you to take payments directly on your store via Stripe’s API.


Stripe is available for Store Owners and Merchants in:


Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States

with more being added

Stripe is a simple way to accept payments online. With Stripe you can accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, and Diners Club cards, even Bitcoin, directly on your store.


WHY CHOOSE STRIPE?

Stripe has no setup fees, no monthly fees, no hidden costs: you only get charged when you earn money! Earnings are transferred to your bank account on a 7-day rolling basis.


Stripe also supports the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension and re-using cards. When a customer pays, they are set up in Stripe as a customer. If they create another order, they can check out using the same card. A massive timesaver for returning customers.


APPLE PAY SUPPORT

WooCommerce Stripe includes Apple Pay support, which means customers can pay using payment details associated with their Apple ID. Checkout is now just an authorization (Touch ID or Face ID) away on both mobile and desktop. Only supports simple, variable, and Subscription products for now. More support to come.


WEB PAYMENTS API SUPPORT

WooCommerce Stripe includes Web Payments API support, which means customers can pay using payment details associated to their mobile devices, in browsers supporting the Web Payments API (Chrome for Android, amongst others). Checkout is now just a few taps away on mobile. Only supports simple, variable, and Subscription products for now. More support to come.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Apple event iPhone 14

 Apple announced that it will be holding a special event on Wednesday, September 7. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater. new iPhone 14 expected



Monday, August 15, 2022

Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan - THE MOST POPULAR WORDPRESS FIREWALL & SECURITY SCANNER

Wordfence includes an endpoint firewall and malware scanner that were built from the ground up to protect WordPress. Our Threat Defense Feed arms Wordfence with the newest firewall rules, malware signatures and malicious IP addresses it needs to keep your website safe. Rounded out by 2FA and a suite of additional features, Wordfence is the most comprehensive WordPress security solution available.

WORDPRESS FIREWALL

Web Application Firewall identifies and blocks malicious traffic. Built and maintained by a large team focused 100% on WordPress security.

[Premium] Real-time firewall rule and malware signature updates via the Threat Defense Feed (free version is delayed by 30 days).

[Premium] Real-time IP Blocklist blocks all requests from the most malicious IPs, protecting your site while reducing load.

Protects your site at the endpoint, enabling deep integration with WordPress. Unlike cloud alternatives does not break encryption, cannot be bypassed and cannot leak data.

Integrated malware scanner blocks requests that include malicious code or content.

Protection from brute force attacks by limiting login attempts.


Please check out here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Transition Phase to COVID-19 Resilience

 Here are the measures from 26 April 2022:

gather 

SOCIAL GATHERINGS

• No group size limit.


visiting 

HOUSEHOLD VISITS

• No limit on the number of visitors per household.

• Unvaccinated should exercise caution, reduce movement, stay at home as much as possible.

mask 

MASK WEARING

• Only required for indoor settings, optional for outdoor settings but encouraged.

safe-distancing-01 

SAFE DISTANCING

• Not required between individuals or between groups.

workplace 

WORKPLACES

• All employees may return to the workplace.

• Unmasking allowed at workplace if one is not interacting physically with others and when not in customer-facing areas. 

• Workforce Vaccination Measures lifted. See MOM’s advisory.


Shopping-Centre

VACCINATION-DIFFERENTIATED SMMs (VDS)

• VDS will be removed from all settings, except for events with >500 participants at any one time, nightlife establishments where dancing among patrons is one of the intended activities, F&B establishments, bars and karaoke establishments.


Shopping-Centre 

SHOPPING MALLS & LARGE STANDALONE STORES

• No capacity limit. Entry allowed regardless of vaccination status.


dining 

F&B ESTABLISHMENTS, COFFEESHOPS & HAWKER CENTRES, BARS, KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS

• All vaccinated^: All vaccinated^: No group size limit.

• Unvaccinated: No dining-in.


exercise 

EXERCISE, IN-PERSON TUITION & ENRICHMENT CLASSES

• No group or class size limit.


Spa 

PERSONAL CARE SERVICES (MASSAGE PARLOURS, SPAS, SAUNAS AND HAIR SALONS)

• Masks may be removed for facials and saunas.


Cinema 

CINEMAS

• No safe distancing required between individuals or groups.


Sports-Event 

ATTRACTIONS, SHOWS, LIVE PERFORMANCES, MICE, SPORTS EVENTS

• No capacity limit for all settings/events. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.

• Performers or speakers may be unmasked, including for singing or playing of wind instruments at live performances.

*For Cruises, please note that cruise operators currently require passengers to be fully vaccinated. Please check with your cruise operator for details.


pray 

CONGREGATIONAL & WORSHIP SERVICES

• No capacity limit. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.

• Performers or speakers may be unmasked, including for singing or playing of wind instruments at live performances.

• Congregational singing and chanting is allowed, provided attendees are mask-on in line with indoor masking requirement.


Hotels 

HOTELS

• Number of persons per room is subject to the room’s maximum capacity.


Museum 

MUSEUMS & PUBLIC LIBRARIES

• Entry allowed regardless of vaccination status.


weddings 

MARRIAGE SOLEMNISATIONS

• No capacity limit. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.

• Home solemnisations: No limit on the number of non-resident visitors to the home.


reception 

WEDDING RECEPTIONS

• No capacity limit. If >500 attendees, all must be fully vaccinated.


Funeral 

FUNERALS

• No capacity limit.

• Home funerals: No limit on the number of non-resident visitors to the home


Source: https://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19-phase-advisory

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Workplace Safety and Health (COVID-19 Safe Workplace) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2022

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 2006

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH

(COVID-19 SAFE WORKPLACE)

(AMENDMENT NO. 4) REGULATIONS 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 65(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, the Minister for Manpower makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Workplace Safety and Health (COVID‑19 Safe Workplace) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 26 April 2022.

Amendment of regulation 2

2.  In regulation 2(2) of the Workplace Safety and Health (COVID‑19 Safe Workplace) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 992/2021) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), delete “(except Part 3)”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3.  In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations —

(a) in paragraph (1), delete the definitions of “approved vaccine”, “cleared status (general)”, “recovered individual”, “unvaccinated against COVID‑19 infection”, “vaccinated against COVID‑19 infection” and “vaccination information”; and

(b) delete paragraphs (3), (4) and (6).

Deletion of regulations 4 and 5

4.  Delete regulations 4 and 5 of the principal Regulations.

Deletion of Parts 2 and 3

5.  Delete Parts 2 and 3 of the principal Regulations.

New regulation 17A

6.  In Part 4 of the principal Regulations, in Division 1, after regulation 17, insert —

“Mask wearing by individuals

17A.—(1)  An individual (whether or not he or she is an employer or employee, a worker, principal or self‑employed) must wear a mask when performing work or carrying out any undertaking at a workplace that is neither —

(a) the individual’s place of residence; nor

(b) an open‑air area.

(2)  However, paragraph (1) does not apply in any of the following circumstances:

(a) where the nature of the individual’s work is such that wearing a mask creates a risk to his or her health and safety;

(b) when the individual —

(i) is in an area of the workplace which is not used and not likely to be used by any customer or prospective customer of the employer or principal, or any other individual who is not an employee or worker at work (or any of them in combination), or by any of those individuals to move through the workplace; and

(ii) is not interacting in person with another individual present in that area;

(c) where the individual is authorised under any Control Order to not wear a mask.”.

Amendment of regulation 18

7.  In regulation 18(1) of the principal Regulations —

(a) in sub‑paragraph (a), delete “or” at the end;

(b) in sub‑paragraph (b), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; or”; and

(c) after sub‑paragraph (b), insert —

“(c) the employee or worker (as the case may be) is —

(i) in an area of the work premises which is not used and not likely to be used by any customer or prospective customer of the employer or principal, or any other individual who is not an employee or worker at work (or any of them in combination), or by any of those individuals to move through the work premises; and

(ii) not interacting in person with another individual present in that area.”.

Deletion of regulation 19

8.  Delete regulation 19 of the principal Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 22

9.  In regulation 22 of the principal Regulations, delete paragraphs (1), (2) and (4).

Amendment of regulation 25

10.  In regulation 25(a) of the principal Regulations —

(a) in sub‑paragraph (i), after “and the Control Orders”, insert “and to remedy without delay any instances of such non‑compliance”; and

(b) replace sub‑paragraph (ii) with —

“(ii) to regularly assess and identify the risks of transmission of COVID‑19 that may arise in relation to all activities engaged in by customers, prospective customers, employees and workers at the work premises of the employer or principal, and to mitigate that risk from those activities identified as presenting a higher risk of the transmission of COVID‑19; and”.

Amendment of regulation 26

11.  In regulation 26 of the principal Regulations —

(a) delete “, and any individual to whom regulation 10 may apply,”;

(b) in paragraph (a)(ii), insert “and” at the end;

(c) in paragraph (b), replace “8, 13, 15, 16 and 17 that apply to them; and” with “16, 17 and 17A.”; and

(d) delete paragraph (c).

Deletion of regulation 29

12.  Delete regulation 29 of the principal Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 30

13.  In regulation 30 of the principal Regulations —

(a) in paragraph (1), replace “13” with “17A(1)”;

(b) in paragraph (2), replace “6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 18(1), 19, 22(1),” with “18(1),”; and

(c) in paragraph (3), replace “10, 18(2) or 22(2)” with “18(2)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 79/2022; S 182/2022; S 227/2022]

Made on 25 April 2022.

Source: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL-Supp/S328-2022/Published/20220425?DocDate=20220425

Amazon’s Carbon Emissions Rose in 2021 Fueled by Pandemic Shopping

Amazon . com Inc.’s carbon emissions rose 18% in 2021, underscoring the challenge the e-commerce giant faces as it aims to shrink its environmental footprint while expanding its business.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-carbon-emissions-rose-in-2021-fueled-by-pandemic-shopping-11659362400

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

WordPress Online Booking and Scheduling Plugin - Bookly

Bookly Online Booking and Scheduling is a free scheduling plugin for WordPress that allows accepting online bookings on your website and automating your reservation system. Manage your booking calendar, services, client base, save time and money – all in one place. Online Booking and Scheduling is designed to grow your online sales and make easy appointments. This is a one-stop shop for any businesses from hair salons or photography to wealth management and transportation.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Wordpress WPForms: a drag and drop form builder

Wordpress WPForms makes it easy for you to create:

Surveys,
Payment forms, 
Contact forms,
Online order forms, 
Email subscription forms, 
Polls, and
Surveys.

WPForms integrates with many payment and marketing platforms. WPForms has options that can help you customize WordPress user registration forms and login pages. 

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforms-lite/




Monday, July 25, 2022

Duplicate Wordpress's Pages Posts make easy

Duplicate Page 

Duplicate Posts, Pages and Custom Posts easily using single click. You can duplicate your pages, posts and custom post by just one click and it will save as your selected options (draft, private, public, pending).


  • KEY FEATURES IN DUPLICATE PAGE PRO EDITIONS
  • User Roles: Allow User Roles To access Duplicate Page.
  • Post Types: Filter to show Duplicate Page link in post types.
  • Clone Link Location: Option where to show clone link.
  • Status: Option to select Duplicate Posts Status.
  • Redirection: Option to Redirect after click on clone link..
  • Clone Link Title: Option to change Duplicate Post Link Title.
  • Post Prefix: Option to add Post Prefix.
  • Post Suffix: Option to add Post Suffix.
  • Editor: And Many More Filters and Features.


Tuesday, July 5, 2022

20+ Best WordPress Plugins in 2022

1. WPForms Lite (Free)
2. All in One SEO (Free)
3. WP Mail SMTP (Free)

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms 

WORDPRESS MAIL SMTP PLUGIN
Having problems with your WordPress site not sending emails? You’re not alone. Over 2 million websites use WP Mail SMTP to send their emails reliably.

Our goal is to make email deliverability easy and reliable. We want to ensure your emails reach the inbox.

WP Mail SMTP fixes your email deliverability by reconfiguring WordPress to use a proper SMTP provider when sending emails.

Best of all, our easy-to-use Setup Wizard and detailed documentation guide you through the process.

WHAT IS SMTP?
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is an industry standard for sending emails. Proper SMTP configuration helps increase email deliverability by using authentication.


All in One SEO for WordPress is the original WordPress SEO plugin started in 2007. Over 3 million smart website owners use AIOSEO to properly setup WordPress SEO, so their websites can rank higher in search engines.

We believe you shouldn’t have to hire an SEO expert or developer to properly setup WordPress SEO. That’s why we built AIOSEO as the most comprehensive WordPress SEO plugin and marketing toolkit, so you can improve your website’s SEO rankings and uncover new SEO growth opportunities in less than 10 minutes.

At All in One SEO (AIOSEO), user experience is our #1 priority. From website SEO setup to ongoing SEO optimization, our team of SEO experts have created easy to follow SEO workflows that will help you outrank your competitors in search results. This is why many industry leaders award AIOSEO as the most beginner friendly WordPress SEO plugin that’s both EASY and POWERFUL!


WPForms allows you to create beautiful contact forms, feedback form, subscription forms, payment forms, and other types of forms for your site in minutes, not hours!

At WPForms, user experience is our #1 priority. Our pre-built form templates and workflows make WPForms the most beginner friendly contact form plugin on the market.

Friday, July 1, 2022

Step by Step Guide to Add PAYME payment in WooCommerce

Adding Direct Bank Transfer - PAYME  payment in WooCommerce

Here is the steps to add direct bank transfer to WooCommerce:

Step 0: Please visit https://payme.hsbc.com.hk/zh-hk/sign-up for sign up PAYME service.

Step 1: Go to WooCommerce>>Payments and enable direct bank transfer.

Step 2: Click on Set up and then proceed to settings payment gateway in WooCommerce

Here are some options in account details.

Enable/Disable – Enable to use the option. 

Title – Name to be shown during checkout. Please type in "PAYME".

Description – Text information to be shown to customers

Instructions – Explain to make the payment to your payme account. Please upload your PAYME QR Code here.

It is completed after save the settings.

Step 3: Check the payment option available on the Checkout page.

Once the order is processed, the bank details are provided along with the order ID.


Thursday, June 23, 2022

Woocommerce How to Hide Categories and Products

Go to Woocommerce -> Settings -> Products.

Go to the subsection “Hide from categories”.

There is twice the list of the product categories currently on your store. First list allows you to hide the categories on the store. Second list allows you to hide products from those categories on the store.


Wednesday, June 22, 2022

List of the Best WooCommerce WordPress Plugins

Here is the list of WooCommerce plugins that will help you enhancement online store!

  1. Breeze
  2. CartFlows
  3. YITH WooCommerce Wishlist
  4. Doofinder For WooCommerce
  5. WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips
  6. Bekeeting For WooCommerce
  7. WooCommerce Google Analytics Integration
  8. WooCommerce Google Feed Manager
  9. Product Import Export for WooCommerce
  10. LiveChat – WooCommerce Chat Plugin
  11. Product Slider Pro for WooCommerce
  12. Checkout Manager for WooCommerce
  13. Direct Checkout for WooCommerce
  14. WooCommerce Menu Cart Pro
  15. YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search
  16. Yoast SEO
  17. Appmaker
  18. Genesis Connect for WooCommerce
  19. WooCommerce PDF Invoices
  20. Booster for WooCommerce
  21. YITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier
  22. Offline Credit Card Payment Method

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Backup the WooCommerce Database to Secure Your Data

WooCommerce is a popular ecommerce plugin that makes it simple for anyone to create a store powered by WordPress. WooCommerce database is important. Information like shoppers placed orders, registered accounts, reviews, and etc. Also for Plugins, Themes, Uploads are important to re-build your online store, just in case.

UpdraftPlus simplifies backups and restoration. It is the world’s highest ranking and most popular scheduled backup plugin, with over three million currently-active installs. Backup your files and database backups into the cloud and restore with a single click!

Backup into the cloud directly to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3 (or compatible), UpdraftVault, Rackspace Cloud, FTP, DreamObjects, Openstack Swift, and email. The paid version also allows you to back up to Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Storage, Backblaze B2, SFTP, SCP, and WebDAV.


Monday, June 20, 2022

WooCommerce Getting Started Set Up Products / Product CSV Importer and Exporter Wordpress Plugins

WooCommerce has a built-in product CSV Importer and Exporter.

Import, export, or update hundreds or thousands of products in your WooCommerce store with a single CSV. This tool supports most product types, including variations.

Adding New Products

First-time and existing store owners using WooCommerce can use the CSV to add new products with one upload.

1/ Go to: WooCommerce > Products.

2/ Select Import at the top. The Upload CSV File screen displays.

3/ Select Choose File and the CSV you wish you use.

CSV delimiter (Advanced option): Generally CSV elements are separated by a comma. If you are using a different delimiter in your file, you can set it here.

4/ Continue.

The Column Mapping screen displays, and WooCommerce automatically attempts to match or “map” the Column Name from your CSV to Fields.

5/ Use dropdown menus on the right side to adjust fields or indicate ‘Do not import.’

*Any unrecognized columns will not be imported by default.

6/ Select Run the Importer.

7/ Wait until the Importer is finished. Do not refresh or touch the browser while in progress.

Friday, June 17, 2022

Embodied Carbon of Building Materials

The buildings where we live, work have a profound effect on our health. Embodied carbon of building materials includes the emissions due to energy consumption for resource extraction and material manufacture as well as the carbon emissions from transportation for building materials. 

Emission = Quantity of building material (e.g. m3) x carbon emission factor (kg CO2-e/m3)

Emission =  Weight of building material (e.g. kg) x the distance of transportation for material (km) x the carbon emission factor for transport means (kg CO2-e/tonne∙km)

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Easy Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site in 2022 by WP Super Cache

There are many way to speed up your Wordpress Website like delete unused plugins, install high-quality plugins only, use a lightweight theme and Optimize images, etc

But the easiest way to Speed Up your wordPress site in by Wordpress Plugin - WP Super Cache. This plugin generates static html files from your dynamic WordPress blog. After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts. 99% of your visitors will be served static html files. One cached file can be served thousands of times. Other visitors will be served custom cached files tailored to their visit. If they are logged in, or have left comments those details will be displayed and cached for them.
 

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emission

In order to calculate CO2 emissions using fuel type, fuel consumption and emission factor

data, the following equations can be applied:

Emission (CO2) = ∑ Amount of Fuel Consumed x Emission Factor of CO2

where

Emission, in terms of tonnes of CO2 -equivalent, is summed over all types of fuel used;

Amount of fuel consumed is in terms of volume (e.g. litre) or mass (e.g. kg) for particular

fuel; and

Emission Factor of CO2 = Net Calorific Value of the Fuel x Carbon Factor of Fuel x Fraction

of Carbon Oxidised x (44 / 12)

To calculate CH4 and N2O emissions, the equation below can be applied:

Emission (CH4 / N2O) = ∑ Amount of Fuel Consumed x Emission Factor of (CH4 / N2O)

x Relative GWP

where

Emission, in terms of tonnes of CO2-equivalent, is summed over all types of fuel used;

Amount of fuel consumed is in terms of volume (e.g. litre) or mass (e.g. kg) for particular

fuel;

Emission Factor of (CH4 / N2O) = Net Calorific Value of the Fuel x Specific (CH4 / N2O)

Conversion Factor; and

Relative GWP = Relative Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CH4 / N2O  

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

How to Customize WooCommerce Order Confirmation Email

 Customize WooCommerce Order Confirmation Email With Built-in Options

Basic options of WooCommerce order confirmation emails

WooCommerce email default customization is good enough for new online seller. Store logo image is allowed to upload and store color can be customized.

To edit the default template color and such, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Email section.


What items you can customize?

From Name: your store name

From Address: store email address

Header image: your store logo

Footer text: website address, social networks, etc.

Base color: the color that fills your heading’s background, linked text, etc

Background color: the full-width area that lies outside of the email template

Body background color: the background color for the email

Body text color: the color for email text

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Science-Based Targets SBT

 What are ‘science-based targets’?

Science-based targets provide a clearly-defined pathway for companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, helping prevent the worst impacts of climate change and future-proof business growth.

Targets are considered ‘science-based’ if they are in line with what the latest climate science deems necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement – limiting global warming to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.

The private sector must play a fundamental role in reducing GHG emissions. Embedding science-based targets in sustainability management is crucial.

Setting a science-based target is a five-step process:

Commit: submit a letter establishing your intent to set a science-based target

Develop: work on an emissions reduction target in line with the SBTi’s criteria

Submit: present your target to the SBTi for official validation

Communicate: announce your target and inform your stakeholders

Disclose: report company-wide emissions and track target progress annually




Apple supply chain in China hit by lockdowns as key partner suspends production in Shanghai, Kunshan

 Apple's supply chain is facing extended disruptions caused by China's strict Covid-19 control measures, after the US giant's second-largest Chinese assembly plant suspended production at key factories in Shanghai and nearby Kunshan.

Pegatron Corporation, a major electronics manufacturing service provider for Apple, has stopped making computers, communication devices and consumer electronics for branded vendors in Kunshan, a manufacturing base in the coastal Chinese province of Jiangsu, since the city entered a lockdown a week ago.


Shanghai lockdown snarls world's busiest port and China supply chains

 Shanghai's grinding coronavirus lockdown is slowly clogging China's supply chains, as delays hit the world's busiest container port where staff are tangled in a morass of Covid controls.

Beijing has refused to tack away from its strict zero-Covid strategy that has protected its public health system through the pandemic but at a mounting economic cost.

China's financial hub Shanghai -- home to multinational firms and its busiest port -- has been sealed off almost entirely for a week following an outbreak fuelled by the Omicron virus variant.

That has forced many companies to halt production and slow new projects, factories told AFP, while those still operating are struggling with a shortage of truck drivers on top of onerous permit and Covid testing requirements.

At Shanghai's port, the lack of drivers and other workers means getting goods in and out is increasingly hard.

The docks are working normally with a "single-digit" number of vessels waiting to berth, Shanghai International Port Group said this week.


New Balance says its sneakers will leave zero carbon footprint by 2050

 The World Bank says the fashion industry is responsible for about 10% of global emissions, leading some brands to take stock of their outsized carbon footprints.

New Balance Athletics operates three factories in Maine and has pledged to be net zero by 2050. The company's factories churn out thousands of sneakers every day.

An MIT lifecycle assessment estimates that producing just one pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. That's because it's an energy intensive process that uses cotton, leather and oil-dependent polyester. It also generates a lot of waste.


Thursday, April 7, 2022

Integrate Stripe for Payment Gateway in your woocommerce online shop on New Round of Consumption Voucher Scheme ("CVS") 消費券

The 2022-23 Budget announced the implementation of a new round of CVS under which consumption vouchers with a total value of $10,000 will be disbursed to each eligible person. In Phase I, $5,000 consumption voucher will first be disbursed on 7 April to eligible people using the registration information of the 2021 CVS. Eligible people will receive the remaining value disbursed by instalments in Phase II.

With Stripe, you  can Accept payments in minutes, without a line of code.

1. Register you Stripe account https://dashboard.stripe.com/register

2. Register you wallet:

AlipayHK 支付寶香港 (Phone: 2245 3201)

Octopus 八達通 (Phone: 2969 5500)

Tap&Go  拍住賞 (Phone: 2888 0000)

WeChat Pay HK (Phone: 3929 1666)

And more information in next post



Monday, March 28, 2022

Covid outbreak at Shanghai Shenzhen Hong Kong China. How to mange the logistics delay during the lockdown for on-time delivery and on-demand inspection

Rising Covid cases and lockdowns in Shanghai. Shenzhen, Hong Kong in China have caused logitics cargo delays in coming weeks.

Purchase Order (PO) ordered from United Kingdom, United State, New Zealand and world and delivery in March/April is facing significant delay. Cargo Vessel congestion keep build up in past few weeks.

With the latest ERP system's features, the integration with logistics cargo provider provided On-Time scheduling and container loading CBM calculator. And On-Time-On-Demand inspection scheduling provided quick response to the both buyer and seller of the products ordered.

Integration means acting fast. Want to now more? Schedule demo meeting now.


Thursday, March 24, 2022

ESG and Sustainability Platform for Data Collection and Report new version 3 released

  • SDGs areas data collection and reporting.
  • Module-based over SDGs.
  • Highly customize reporting tools.
  • Web-based data entry, Excel data import, Restful-API support, Online Cloud drive feed.
  • Advanced Dashboard / Report integration.
  • World-wide Emission Factors feed.
  • Multi-National Cooperate structure integration.
  • Single-Sign-On (SSO).
  • Connected to various cloud platform data providers.
  • Integration with the BI data visualization tools Google Data Studio and Microsoft Power BI .
  • Customization for cooperate infrastructure.
  • Automation of converting and transferring and feeding existing routine information to platform. 
  • Total integration solution and consultation services.
  • Multi-Language UI and localization - English, French, Spanish, Italiano, Deutsch, Japanese, Korean,  Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.
  • Local business data-set dictionary .
  • Preserve data migration from old platform to latest.




Tuesday, March 22, 2022

BEST WORDPRESS AND WOOCOMMERCE SEO PLUGIN

 All in One SEO for WordPress is the original WordPress SEO plugin started in 2007. Over 3 million smart website owners use AIOSEO to properly setup WordPress SEO, so their websites can rank higher in search engines.

We believe you shouldn’t have to hire an SEO expert or developer to properly setup WordPress SEO. That’s why we built AIOSEO as the most comprehensive WordPress SEO plugin and marketing toolkit, so you can improve your website’s SEO rankings and uncover new SEO growth opportunities in less than 10 minutes.

At All in One SEO (AIOSEO), user experience is our #1 priority. From website SEO setup to ongoing SEO optimization, our team of SEO experts have created easy to follow SEO workflows that will help you outrank your competitors in search results. This is why many industry leaders award AIOSEO as the most beginner friendly WordPress SEO plugin that’s both EASY and POWERFUL!

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Quality Test, Inspection, Certification Management System

Testing, inspections and certification are all required for any products that are produced and traded in EU and USA. Testing and certification shows that your products meets the safety requirements of your customers' locations legally. The management system platform provides systematic information collection about range of testing, inspection and certification records.

 


Emission factors for each mode of transport

 Emission factors for each mode of transport (e.g., aircraft, rail, metro, bus, taxi, bus), expressed in units of greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC, or CO2e) emitted per kilometer or per passenger-kilometer travelled.


Friday, February 18, 2022

Shell supplies first sustainable aviation fuel to Singapore customers

 Shell has become the first supplier of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore, and plans to start blending the fuel at its plant in the aviation hub, the company said on Thursday during an event at the Singapore Airshow.

Aviation, which accounts for 3% of the world's carbon emissions, is considered one of the toughest sectors to tackle due to a lack of alternative technologies to jet fueled-engines.

Full detail here https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/shell-supplies-first-sustainable-aviation-fuel-singapore-customers-2022-02-17/


Create a PayPal Donate / Payment Button in Wordpress

Here we will guide you how to create a PayPal Donate / Payment Button and put in Wordpress

Step 1: Open PayPal Donate button page

Open the PayPal Donate Button page. Visit paypal.com/donate/buttons.
Sign up or log in to your PayPal Business or Premier account. You can also create a Donate button with a personal account, however, features will be limited.
Select Put a button on your wordpress website.

Step 2: Choose button style

Customize how your button looks on your site and see a preview of your choices in the Button Preview pane.

Choose your country.
Choose your language.
If you select to use the PayPal button style, choose to use either the large or small size and whether to show accepted card logos.
If you select to use your own image, upload a button image. The image file must be .jpg, .png, .gif, or .bmp.
Select Continue.

Step 3: Set up donation page

Customize your donation page by adding your organization’s logo and a cover image. Also choose how you want your donation page to be displayed.

Your organization's name is pre-filled based on your login information.
Upload your organization’s logo and a cover image. The image file must be .jpg, .png, .gif or .bmp.
Optionally, enter your organization's purpose.
Select between a full page or pop-up donation experience.
Select Continue.

Step 4: Customize donation details

Set the currency, donation amounts, programs the donation can benefit, and other options for your donors.

Select the currency in which you want to receive donations.
Choose whether donors can give any amount, an exact amount, or specific preset amounts. If you select the last option, enter amounts for each of the fields. Donors will also have the option to put in their own custom amount.
Choose whether to let donors make recurring monthly donations.
Choose whether to give donors the option to increase their donation to help offset the cost of fees.
Choose whether to let donors select specific programs for their donation. If yes, list one to ten program names.
Select Continue.

Step 5: Use your Donate button

After creation, use your Donate button in any of these ways:

Insert the HTML code into your Wordpress site. The Donate button will take donors to your Wordpress donation page.
Use the shareable URL in social media, emails, and other notifications.
Print a QR code to use on physical materials or at events.

Friday, February 4, 2022

Five ways in which Beijing 2022 will become carbon neutral

 In 2018, the total GHG baseline emissions covering the whole process of the Beijing 2022 Games were calculated at 1.637 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, which were later revised in June 2021 to 1.306 million t-CO2e. As of June 2021, the 2016-2021 GHG emissions of the Beijing 2022 Games were calculated to be 489,000 t-CO2e.


Below are five ways in which Beijing 2022 organisers plan to achieve carbon neutrality.


1. Low-carbon venues


The first city in the world to host both a Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Beijing has been able to reuse many of its iconic venues, retrofitting them to reduce its footprint and maximise visibility of carbon-reducing solutions.


Five of the seven venues in the Beijing 2022 competition zone will be legacy venues from Beijing 2008, including the iconic “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium – which will host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies – and the Water Cube, which has been transformed from the Beijing 2008 swimming venue to the Ice Cube, to host the curling competitions.


All venues are expected to be powered by renewable energy while embracing new construction standards, from water and energy efficiency to building insulation and cooling technologies.


All newly-built venues have been certified with the highest national sustainability standards.


2. A push for renewables


For the first time in Olympic history, 100 per cent of the conventional electricity demand of all venues will be supplied by renewable energy. Accelerated by the Games, a new renewable power grid transfers wind and solar energy from Zhangjiakou to Beijing, supplying about 10 per cent of the city’s electricity consumption, as well as powering the Games.


3. Low-carbon transport


Fuel efficient and clean-energy vehicles will account for 100 per cent of all passenger cars and 85 per cent of all vehicles, including vehicles provided by Worldwide Olympic Partner Toyota. Transport within the Beijing Zone will mainly include electric and natural-gas-powered vehicles. In the Yanqing Zone and the Zhangjiakou Zone, hydrogen-fuelled vehicles will be deployed.


Opened as part of the preparations for the Games, a high-speed train connecting the three competition zones of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou reduces travel time for the 174-kilometre journey from three hours to less than 60 minutes. 


4. Low-carbon ice cooling


Natural CO2 refrigeration systems will be used at four Beijing 2022 ice venues – the first time this low-climate-impact technology will be used in China and at the Olympic Winter Games.


The use of this technology reduces carbon emissions from the cooling process to nearly zero, cutting heat waste and energy consumption.


It is replacing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), traditionally used to cool ice rinks and proven to damage the Earth’s ozone layer and contribute to global warming.


5. Compensating through afforestation


Carbon sinks generated by afforestation projects in Beijing and Zhangjiakou will compensate emissions from the Games. Beijing and Zhangjiakou authorities have planted 47,333 and 33,000 hectares of forest and green areas respectively. After being verified and certified by a third-party certification body, approximately 530,000 and 570,000 tonnes of forestry carbon sequestration credits have been provided to Beijing 2022 to compensate its residual carbon emissions.


In response to the growing climate crisis, the IOC is constantly increasing its ambition to address it.


While all upcoming Games editions are required to be carbon-neutral, from 2030 onwards, the IOC will go a step further, obliging all Games to be “climate positive”. This means that organisers will be required to reduce direct and indirect emissions of the Games, compensate more than the remaining ones, and create lasting zero-carbon solutions for the Games and beyond.


Paris 2024 has committed to achieving this goal already in 2024.


Tokyo 2020 went beyond carbon neutrality, by reducing its carbon footprint and compensating more than its remaining emissions.


The IOC itself will halve its own footprint by 2030 and create an Olympic Forest to become climate positive in 2024.


Source: https://olympics.com/ioc/news/five-ways-in-which-beijing-2022-will-become-carbon-neutral

Saturday, January 8, 2022

How to Add a Google Map to Your WordPress's Contact Us Page

 This is relatively straight forward to share the office location via Google Map. You can simply:



Step 1: Visit map.google.com and locate the address you want to share

Step 2: Click the share icon on left and Google Map dialog will be show.

Step 3: Click on "embed a map" on 2nd tab. Select the size of the Google map and "Copy HTML" to get the code

Step 4: Copy and paste the code to your WordPress widgets/pages/posts

Step 5: Update the component and you can see it.

Friday, January 7, 2022

Climate crisis

 First, introduce a carbon tax across all industries to price emissions into the market, closing a huge economic loophole. By gradually increasing the tax, we not only incentivise lower emissions on the supply side, but we also drive demand for low-carbon alternatives.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/06/the-missing-elements-in-our-battle-against-the-climate-crisis