Hong Kong Berita
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WHO says Covid-19 global health emergency is over, but its impact lingers on for Asia
While the worst days are over, the hidden economic impact of Covid-19 still poses a threat to countries across Asia-Pacific, where a fresh but mild wave of Covid-19 cases is picking up.
Its special report on the impacts of nickel mining in Southeast Asia is in the running for the Excellence in Explanatory Reporting award.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The next wave of greenwashing: Offsets, competitor claims and 'transition-washing'
A report on how Asia's finance industry can navigate misleading ESG claims presents consumers and regulators with new headaches to remedy as greenwashing evolves and intensifies. But tackling greenwash in Asia cannot be left to regulators alone, experts say.
The bad press surrounding trash exports has hurt international trade in used plastics, says the non-profit founder. He warns treaty negotiators against focusing too heavily on bans and taxes, and not enough on ways to build a global circular economy for recycling.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties
Hong Kong Opini
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Inclusion is hard work, but is key to reversing The Great Resignation
The Great Recruitment is possible, if company bosses can build an inclusive culture. Pat Dwyer explains how.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Culture eats strategy for breakfast – and it starts with workplace inclusion
What does workplace inclusion mean to companies in Asia? Genuine inclusion means more than single issues like gender, race or age — it means acknowledging differences in perspectives, backgrounds and experiences, writes Pat Dwyer.
Authoritarian governments have weaponised online tools and platforms to control journalists and stifle freedom of expression.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Banks prepare for climate risk management
New guidelines from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority suggest that climate risk assessment will be a wide-ranging exercise.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The next risk challenge: Environmental Risk
Hong Kong Video
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.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Creating a better world: The Eco-Business story
An independent media organisation in a tough industry, Eco-Business has striven to be Asia Pacific’s go-to source for all things sustainable business. To mark our seventh birthday, we've put together a video about our work and how we define purposeful journalism.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Hong Kong to ban ivory trade by 2021
Hong Kong government’s three-step plan to ban ivory trade by 2021 received the go-ahead from the Chief Executive in Council, and the legislature amendments will be tabled before the Legislative Council in the first half of 2017.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Hong Kong’s ivory smuggling haven exposed
Non-profit groups WildAid and African Wildlife Foundation have released a video containing undercover footage, exposing ivory laundering in Hong Kong and the loopholes in its regulations on smuggled tusks.
Hong Kong Podcasts
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Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?
Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher, who coined the term "competence greenwashing", believes that the pursuit of societal harmony might be standing in the way of Asia calling out greenwashing. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast how exaggerated ESG claims are likely to be tackled in 2023 and beyond.
Karbon & Iklim
How has the pandemic really affected air pollution?
Has Covid-19 really improved air quality? Eco-Business spoke to air pollution epidemiologist Dr Vivian Pun about the real air quality story behind the pandemic, and what the virus is telling us about tackling the world's most underrated environmental issue.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?
Fossil fuels, tobacco, weapons—our banks could be spending our money on things we don't want them to. Eco-Business talks to finance expert Mayur Singh about why consumers in Asia should asking banks how they spend their money.
Hong Kong Rilis Pers
NDC Transport Initiative for Asia
Council for decarbonising transport in Asia reports zero-carbon goal by mid-century
NEU Battery Materials
NUS GRIP Deep tech start-up, NEU Battery Materials raises S$800,000 in seed funding
EcoMatcher
EcoMatcher introduces ForestSounds
Hong Kong Riset
BirdLife International
State of the World's Birds 2018—taking the pulse of the planet
