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How can industries innovate in the year of climate action?How industries can innovate to create a more sustainable, inclusive future is the focus of this year’s Eco Action Day Industry Roundtable in Singapore. -
1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflictEnergy
1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflict
The London-headquartered bank withdrew from the US$1.87 billion coal-fired power plant’s financing consortium, but eight other banks, including Singapore's OCBC and DBS and Malaysia's Maybank, ensured the deal was closed.
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The Seabin won't swallow Asia’s plastic pollution problem—but it’s a startThe floating rubbish bin has arrived in Singapore, its first stop in Asia. But how effective is the Seabin at taking trash out of Southeast Asia’s plastic-clogged seas? -
Are we on track to create a sustainable world by 2050?Five years ago, Jonathon Porritt imagined a sustainable world by 2050 in his book The World We Made. In this interview, Porritt reviews progress made so far, says Europe has got it wrong on palm oil, and banks are "stupid" for funding coal.
Opinion
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Enough trash talk, Singapore. It's time to stop passing the buck on plastics– Singapore is a laggard in how it manages plastic waste. Businesses are not held accountable for the plastics they produce, and incineration is incentivised over recycling. Here's what the city-state should do differently. -
Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger– The global seafood trade is perceived as one where people in developing nations cultivate and export food to the affluent, with little benefit reaching those who need food the most. Is that really the case? -
50 shades of green: A guide to ecosex– You may have nailed greening, but have you greened nailing? From cruelty-free condoms to solar-powered vibrators, from unexploited sex workers to orgasming robots, here’s the Eco-Business guide to sustainable sex.
Videos
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How clean water transforms lives– Particularly for women, access to clean water creates education and economic opportunities.
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Can Indonesia stay haze free?– Indonesia has made significant progress in fighting the fires caused by slash-and-burn forestry that choke Southeast Asia annually with toxic air pollution. Eco-Business spoke to the chair of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) about what it will take to put the fires out permanently.
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Record number of people killed for protecting the environment– Brazil and the Philippines are the most dangerous countries for activists fighting mining, agribusiness and hydroelectric companies for their rights to land, forests, and rivers, a new report by Global Witness found.
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Fake Doritos ad pressures Pepsi over palm oil policy–
A dispute between environmentalists and PepsiCo over the food company's palm oil sourcing policy is escalating after activists released a video spoofing the Doritos Super Bowl campaign. Rhett Butler reports.
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