"Sustainable Development"

By Dr. Paige Marie Morse, PhD, Sustainability Advisor, and Lawrence Ng, Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific and Japan, Aspen Technology

The Asia Pacific region is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. It is home to the worlds largest mangrove forest, a global center of marine biodiversity, and has seventeen of the worlds 36 "biodiversity hotspots".

In an era when people are adjusting themselves to cope with rapid changes in philosophy and technologies, the environment and sustainable development have now become important aspects to drive business growth apart from generating profits for shareholders.