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A two-month permit deadline, shorter validity and expanded local fuel controls have raised shutdown, energy and supply chain concerns. However, environmental groups backed the proposed amendments.

4 May 2026

Linkhola framework aims to turn smart HVAC energy savings into tradable credits amid scrutiny of voluntary markets.

Malaysians are effectively paying twice for poor waste management through taxes and hidden costs such as pollution and health risks, a researcher has said.

Hidden costs and public spending burden households while raising health and environmental risks.

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With an aim to stabilise the groundwater table, Bangladesh declared 25 subdistricts of its northwestern part as water crisis zones in late 2025.

4 May 2026

Low-cost cooling measures are offering vital protection for pregnant women in Pakistan’s extreme heat – highlighting practical solutions where electricity and healthcare access are limited.

A new ‘corporate scorecard’ reveals the gap between steelmakers' climate ambition and action.

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AI can help to solve sustainability problems. But when used unwisely, it risks stripping away context and outsourcing judgment in decision-making. Dr Louise Drake of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership argues that critical thinking and systems insight are essential as business leaders navigate an AI-driven world.

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Malaysia's longstanding system of fossil fuel subsidies was built to stabilise prices, but these cannot hold up in prolonged crises of war, supply chain disruptions and volatile fuel markets. By Ganesha Pillai

4 May 2026

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The World Bank has made a volte-face on industrial policy. Southeast Asian countries will need to consider the new policy, but calibrate it across vastly different national contexts. By Marco Kamiya

China could pivot to sustainable protein as a hedge against supply shocks

China’s clean energy playbook is heading for the dinner table. By Sonalie Figueiras

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Former Yale-NUS environmental social sciences professor Michael Maniates tells the Eco-Business Podcast that individual actions like going vegetarian, reducing plastic use or avoiding air travel are not only insufficient to address the climate crisis – they are counterproductive.

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Organic farmers in Malaysia and Indonesia have built small-scale models of food security and fairer trade for local communities. However, there are challenges to widespread adoption, including the time needed to improve soil health and expertise required to implement organic practices, experts say.

Without traceability in the fisheries supply chain into Singapore, the catch traded at Jurong Fishery Port cannot be labelled "sustainable", say conservationists. The government says it supports sustainable fisheries management practices in line with international obligations and national laws.

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The Philippines’ ambition to become a data centre hub is running up against high electricity prices and a coal-heavy grid.

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?

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Unpacking Asia's plastic pollution problem

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Cities: Possibilities Insights Report 2025

Cities: Possibilities is an annual thought leadership initiative launched by Eco-Business in 2016, Asia Pacific’s leading media and business intelligence organisation dedicated to sustainable development. This insights report presents key …