Eco-Business

As Southeast Asian leaders prepare to meet over transboundary haze in Singapore, experts and environmentalists call for more transparent data and the implementation of domestic laws and enforcement mechanisms to hold polluters responsible.

On-campus activism could sometimes be viewed with suspicion in the Singapore varsities. For Tan, who played an important role in helping set up Singapore's Inter-University Environmental Coalition, constant conversation with the establishment, rather than confrontation, can help all sides see one another's perspective.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore will launch a public consultation in the coming weeks on its proposal to include additional criteria for a managed coal phase-out in the Singapore-Asia taxonomy, says the central bank’s newly-appointed chief sustainability officer Gillian Tan.

Singapore is home to the Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development, a hub for developing sustainability solutions in areas such as digital finance, urbanisation, climate resilience and digital public goods.

Joe Hooper brings 22 years of experience with the United Nations to the role.

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Gabriel Lee

Oleh Rhick Albay dan Gabriel Lee

Oleh Ng Wai Mun

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Asia is the ideal insect farming hub, says the chief technology officer of insect farming start-up FlyFeed, which recently announced that it will build its first farm in Vietnam this year. Oleh Nathalie Berezina

Investments into adaptation will fall short of what is needed if it is only reliant on governments and multilateral organisations. There is a clear business case for the private sector to step up. Oleh Neo Gim Huay

The city-state is asking residents if it should hit net-zero emissions “by” 2050 instead of “around” 2050. The move lacks urgency shown in the country’s climate action since 2019, and people don’t have enough data to give informed replies. Oleh Liang Lei

Many ASEAN countries have adopted ambitious goals to cut their methane emissions but they might need to use diverse approaches to address the issue. Oleh Qiu Jiahui

Oleh Mirza Sadaqat Huda

Oleh Pat Dwyer

Oleh Helena Varkkey

Oleh Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Sally Power, Mark Tjoelker

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The Green Mortician is Singapore's first water cremation service

The Green Mortician is the city-state's first water cremation service, which has a small carbon footprint compared to traditional funeral options.

Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.

Amid competing concerns such as urban development and tackling climate change, keeping biodiversity conservation in people's minds can be a challenge. Eco-Business asks primatologist Andie Ang how that can be tackled.

Gaurav Sant, founder of startup SeaChange, tells Eco-Business about a technology he hopes will give the world's oceans the capacity to absorb additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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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.

Pretending to be an ESG guru while actually knowing little or nothing about environmental or social issues is known as competency greenwash

Former Monetary Authority of Singapore sustainability chief Darian McBain and recruiter Paddy Balfour tell the Eco-Business podcast why people are exaggerating their ESG expertise and why that's a problem in a key region for sustainable development.

Studio EB The booming alternative protein sector has experienced turbulence this year. The Eco-Business Podcast asks if growth in plant-based meat alternatives can go the distance.

Studio EB Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.

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