{"id":28,"date":"2025-09-05T06:41:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/chapter\/examples-of-sustainable-businesses\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:51:35","slug":"examples-of-sustainable-businesses","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/chapter\/examples-of-sustainable-businesses\/","title":{"raw":"1.3 Examples of Sustainable Businesses","rendered":"1.3 Examples of Sustainable Businesses"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"examples-of-sustainable-businesses\">\r\n<p class=\"import-NormalWeb\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Hive<\/strong>: A successful zero-waste business in Malaysia that was one of the first stores to launch the refill concept, promoting a [pb_glossary id=\"256\"]circular economy[\/pb_glossary] and reducing the necessity for single-use packages. Customers can bring their own containers for bulk shopping of groceries, household goods, and personal products.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-NormalWeb\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Biji-Biji<\/strong><strong> Initiative<\/strong>: Biji-Biji is a social enterprise that is engaged with [pb_glossary id=\"367\"]upcycling[\/pb_glossary] and ethical production. Their fame comes from making trendy bags and accessories out of waste material such as felt and seatbelts.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-NormalWeb\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IOI Group<\/strong>: Malaysian-based IOI Group is the world leader in [pb_glossary id=\"344\"]sustainable palm oil production[\/pb_glossary], a global conglomerate. The company\u2019s plantations and manufacturing processes are highly sustainable, and they have a goal to reach net zero emissions by 2040.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"examples-of-sustainable-businesses\">\n<p class=\"import-NormalWeb\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Hive<\/strong>: A successful zero-waste business in Malaysia that was one of the first stores to launch the refill concept, promoting a <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_28_256\">circular economy<\/a> and reducing the necessity for single-use packages. Customers can bring their own containers for bulk shopping of groceries, household goods, and personal products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-NormalWeb\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Biji-Biji<\/strong><strong> Initiative<\/strong>: Biji-Biji is a social enterprise that is engaged with <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_28_367\">upcycling<\/a> and ethical production. Their fame comes from making trendy bags and accessories out of waste material such as felt and seatbelts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-NormalWeb\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IOI Group<\/strong>: Malaysian-based IOI Group is the world leader in <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_28_344\">sustainable palm oil production<\/a>, a global conglomerate. The company\u2019s plantations and manufacturing processes are highly sustainable, and they have a goal to reach net zero emissions by 2040.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_28_256\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_28_256\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>An economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continuous use of resources, where products and materials are kept in use for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><template id=\"term_28_367\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_28_367\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>The process of transforming discarded materials into new products of higher value or quality.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><template id=\"term_28_344\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_28_344\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>An example of a large corporation adopting environmentally and socially responsible practices within a major industry.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":167,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-28","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions\/368"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/sustainablestartup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}