Eco-Business

Regulators seek more data on marine impacts of proposed plant at Heping coal facility.

15 Dec 2025

Seoul expects more than 2,200 tonnes of plastic savings a year as QR-code packaging becomes standard.

This year, ‘greenrinsing’ – shifting climate targets after luring investment – cast a shadow over corporate decarbonisation efforts, while fossil fuel firms leaned on …

A SDGs locker located in Yokohama Kannai Station

New station units offer unsold bakery items at reduced prices, part of Yokohama’s growing push to divert food waste under Japan’s climate goals.

Mangroves_Underwater_Danjugan_Philippines

The loan will finance projects that support sustainable management of the archipelago's marine ecosystems.

By Robin Hicks

By Taejun Kang

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Robin Hicks

By Ng Wai Mun

16 Dec 2025 • Community

8 Jan 2026 • Webinar

21 Jan 2026 • Dialogue

31 Mar 2026 • Conference

Eco-Business

Climate Finance Asia

Newsletters

Loy Yang B coal-fired power station, a 1,200-megawatt plant that supplies 20 per cent of power to the state of Victoria. Sembcorp says the plant's "flexible and low-cost baseload electricity will be required to support the integration of renewables into the grid."

The Singapore firm has said it would acquire the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned coal, gas, wind and solar firm, but there are no plans to retire a 1,200-megawatt coal plant, arguing it needed to provide affordable and secure energy, even as Australia grows its renewables capacity.

15 Dec 2025

The COP30 climate summit has brought these minerals, and China’s central role, to the fore of just transition debates.

Lawsuits are reshaping climate justice following landmark 2025 rulings, with cases rising in the Global South.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Malaka Rodrigo

By Samantha Ho

Joel Jay Soriano, First Gen's head of strategy and planning, speaking at the Asian Clean Energy Summit

As well as adapting to intensifying climate impacts, the Philippines' largest renewable energy company must carefully weigh up how quickly it divests from natural gas, Soriano tells Eco-Business.

11 Dec 2025 • News

used laptops in a warehouse in Singapore

Solar panels on a commercial building in Penang, Malaysia.

Women make up more than half of public transport users in Malaysia's capital city Kuala Lumpur, but urban transport systems must be designed to ensure their time, safety and well-being are accounted for. By Wani Nur Imannina

15 Dec 2025

Robust legal frameworks, backed by effective enforcement, can create the conditions for stable and rights-respecting mining. That means safeguarding Indigenous rights, protecting water resources and ensuring independent, participatory, and transparent impact assessments. By Johanna Sydow and Nsama Chikwanka

Forest loss and soil degredation resulted in Sumatra's natural ecosystem losing the ability to act as a natural sponge during Cyclone Senyar. By Dian Fiantis, Budiman Minasny, Frisa Irawan Ginting

By Robin Hicks

By Adriana Abdenur

By Karen A Stockin, Emma Betty, Frédérik Saltré, Katharina J. Peters

By Simon Chin-Yee, Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh

Unless sustainability heads allow other functions to lead ESG, it will never be fully integrated into a business, the CSO of the world's second-largest palm oil company tells the EB Podcast. But in doing so, how confident can they be that the business will stay on the right path?

5 Dec 2025

26 Nov 2025

19 Nov 2025

6 Nov 2025

5 Nov 2025

Opaque labour practices are blamed for alleged abuses of nickel mining workers’ rights, according to a recent study, but will the inclusion of language on labour rights at the world’s biggest climate talks be the fundamental step to ease their plight?

From pandas and K-pop to reused materials and a debut pavilion at a United Nations climate COP for Asean, Eco-Business reports what the region’s countries put on show this year to steer the climate conversations.

Rewilding_travel_ecotourism_Southeast_Asia_Kui_Buri_Elephants

From Thailand’s elephant plains to the Philippines’ coral sanctuaries, these destinations share one belief: that tourism must give back more than it takes. In Southeast Asia, ecotourism isn’t just about seeing nature – it’s about keeping it alive.

Capital from Gulf nations are shifting eastward and Asia is emerging a a key destination for green investment. But turning this momentum into lasting impact will require the region to address gaps in ESG reporting standards and rules.

11 Jul 2025

Cover image_The Liveability Challenge 2025_Innovation Dialogue

29 May 2025

A growing number of companies are admitting that they can't meet their sustainability targets. Has the era of "corporate vulnerability" begun, where companies are more honest about their sustainability progress?

19 May 2025

Wily Salim, founder and director, PT Karmic Virya Abadi

11 May 2025

Southeast Asia's clean energy transition

Actionable insights for global CBAM-exposed businesses, with case studies from China, Brazil, India, and South Africa charting a path from compliance to competitiveness

Post a Press Release →

Post an Event →

Post a Job →

Cities: Possibilities Forum Insights 2024

This special report explores the pressing challenges facing the built environment sector – from decarbonising the property value chain and greening urban infrastructure, to regenerative nature-based solutions and unlocking long-term …