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The pact aims to let carbon credits trade across Southeast Asian borders – as an industry-led framework, it now looks to Asean governments to build on its work.

13 Nov 2026

With 1.9 million hectares affected by fires in Indonesia, the palm oil industry faces questions over what sustainability certification can deliver – and who …

Independent growers are helping prevent wildfires even as haze threatens their families and livelihoods, while the costs of sustainable farming remain difficult to bear.

Charting the course: Powering Asia’s energy transition through maritime decarbonisation

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Such firms can fund cleaner power and water-saving investments without raising dedicated green financing, while technological advances could reshape infrastructure financing needs, say regulatory and investment leaders at the Hong Kong edition of Unlocking Capital for Sustainability.

13 Nov 2026

The financing will support the country’s carbon market, emissions reductions across key sectors and climate adaptation reforms.

The first year of reports under Singapore’s new sustainability rules are cautious and uneven. With consultation on the proposed changes now closed, practitioners hope the final rules will push companies to act on climate risk.

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Experts say the region's next challenge is turning climate commitments into enforceable coal retirement plans that protect people, local communities, and energy security.

3 Nov 2026 • News

Water is becoming a factor that can shape where companies invest, how much they can produce and how resilient their supply chains will be

With major governments showing open hostility toward climate solutions or focusing on other needs, one might think that progress toward decarbonisation is in jeopardy. Yet across the global industrial sector, many companies are increasing productivity, boosting revenue growth, and reducing emissions all at once. By Nathan Collett and Elisabeth Reynolds

13 Nov 2026

Indonesia’s El Niño-fuelled peat fires are exposing millions across Southeast Asia to hazardous air pollution and releasing vast amounts of stored carbon – underscoring the urgent need to restore degraded peatlands. By Martin Wooster and Gareth Roberts

There are many proven ways to protect people and assets from extreme weather, and such measures often prevent economic losses worth many times their cost. But ensuring their implementation requires making them more affordable and creating innovative revenue mechanisms and financing structures. By Mekala Krishnan, Sylvain Johansson and Kanmani Chockalingam

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For too long, traditional economic models have treated our environment as an external, infinite resource to be extracted and spread. This is an accounting error with catastrophic consequences.

In this second episode of Eco-Business’s Resilience podcast series, Singapore's Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and youth sustainability advocate Man Jing Kong dives into what resilience means for the city-state with Jessica Cheam. Watch as they discuss everything from climate adaptation to mental health and building public trust as an AI-driven economy reshapes daily life.

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Experts say the region's next challenge is turning climate commitments into enforceable coal retirement plans that protect people, local communities, and energy security.

UN Women warns climate shocks can push more unpaid work and health risks onto households, while WHO says months of advance warning should be used to strengthen public systems before pressures escalate.

As the region’s infrastructure needs grow more complex, the city-state’s financing, engineering and technology capabilities could help deliver more integrated and resilient systems.

As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much water they consume and ask whether the wider systems they depend on can sustain long-term growth.

EB Perspectives - Employees want purpose: The business case for sustainability

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Plenary 2 – Pricing the unpriced: Nature risk in Asia's capital markets

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ACCA Chief Executive Helen Brand is in Manila this week for the Asean Business and Investment Summit, ahead of the 49th Asean Summit. Her visit follows the launch of ACCA’s …

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Turning Asia Pacific’s sustainability reporting lead into resilience

Asia Pacific is leading the global adoption of sustainability reporting standards, and a new ACCA report, Asia Pacific builds a sustainable future, looks at how the region can turn that …