Eco-Business

Bank chief sustainability officers are paid the most, NGO executives the least. Sustainability salaries in Singapore are growing but the level of salary increment is levelling off as the talent pool starts to mature, according to recruiter Michael Page.

Indigenous peoples workers in Rio Tuba Mining Corp

Efforts by the industry to make improvements are not well-publicised, while the reporting of 'unfortunate' incidents skews the views of the public, says Bunye, who is also a member of the legal committee of the Philippines' Chamber of Mines, in the wake of anti-mining protests in the archipelago.

The star of Cannes-premiered documentary Bigger Than Us got single-use plastic banned in Bali through the Bye Bye Plastic Bags movement she co-founded at the age of 12. But we “do not need every single young person to create their own project” to drive change, she says.

The Eco-Business Youth A-List 2022 demonstrates that “sustainability is not just a big-city trend”, say judges. From Bali Island in Indonesia to a rustic geological park in the Philippines, young sustainability changemakers are trying to do impactful work outside of capital cities.

By Robin Hicks

By Sheri Goh

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Indonesia's laws aren't effectively cracking down on rampant animal trafficking

As long as the law does not recognise it as transnational organised crime, the illegal trade of wildlife will continue to flourish in Indonesia. By Anugerah Rizki Akbari

If sustainability really was at the heart of everything businesses did, the planet probably would not be 1.2°C warmer than it should be. It's time for corporates to stop using the same meaningless catchphrase – or risk alienating consumers By Robin Hicks

Our latest research shows that stigma can be an asset for dirty businesses. It has implications beyond tackling climate cheats. By Adam Austen Kay

An updated law prohibiting forced labour is limited to formal employment relationships. Workers in sectors that are unregulated are not sufficiently protected, nor does the law reach workers who have free movement, but suffer mistreatment. By Priya Sharma

By Mike Spirkovski

Policy & Finance

Counting queers

By Egerton Neto

By Grace Lee Hooi Yean

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Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.

Simon Lord and Pamela Mar on Sustainability One on One

In the first in a new video series where sustainability leaders interview each other about the toughest things about their jobs, Simon Lord of Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of Hong Kong-based textile and apparel giant Fung Group.

EB Studio Smallholder fish farmers in rural Kalimantan are turning towards sustainability, with some assistance from an agribusiness company.

Daughter Riri Damayanti (left) and her father Syamsul Bahri (right) are colleagues at a palm oil company in South Sumatra.

EB Studio What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?

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GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.

Greenwashing has become a growing problem

Greenwashing has become a big problem for consumers, investors and regulators as brands spend millions on marketing their sustainability credentials. Eco-Business asked expert communicators Janissa Ng and James Lorenz why greenwashing is so dangerous, and what can be done to stop spin in sustainability communications.

EB Studio As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.

Civic groups charge that an anti-foreign interference bill will muzzle civil society. How can activists safely advocate for human rights? Eco-Business asked Vanessa Ho from Project X and Fair Finance Asia's Bernadette Victorio.

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