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Wyndham Vacation Ownership was named Lodging Brand of the Year at the LODGING Green and Sustainability Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, NV. The Wyndham Worldwide-owned company was recognized for innovative sustainability practices and for creating the WVO Green Certification program, which reportedly saves the company about $2.4 million every year in energy cost savings.

It is a great day for big cats who have long being bought and sold as pets and status symbols - but only for some of them. A newly enacted law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has finally put a long-awaited ban on the ownership and sale of big cats like tigers, cheetahs, leopards, and more as pets. This is a huge victory for big cats who have long been mistreated and neglected by owners who do not have the capacity to care for an animal whose rightful home is the wild.

Family-owned firms are helping to drive sustainability forward in Asia, experts say, in part because family ownership allows younger generations to influence a company's values and to drive change. "In the face of mounting resource and climate-related business challenges, there is a real opportunity right now to groom a pool of environmentally aware next-generation leaders," says Jie Hui Kia, a Singapore futures adviser.