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Sustainability-themed mutual funds outperformed non-ESG peers and the KOSPI over one- and three-year periods, while showing smaller drawdowns and lower downside volatility.

South Korea’s state-run power generators have been unable to provide long-term financial forecasts for their coal-fired power assets

A think tank says state-run generators could not provide forecasts on coal plant utilisation, early closure costs or stranded asset risks beyond 2030 as Seoul pursues coal exit and utility restructuring plans.

SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics are among the world's fastest-growing AI revenue companies on the back of surging demand for high-bandwidth memory and AI chips. But such chips consume up to five times more energy per gigabyte to produce than standard memory, analysts warn.

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

Oleh Taejun Kang

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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Vietnam has grand plans to build a series of nuclear power plants. But it faces several challenges. Oleh Ian Storey

Researchers found that people in poorer communities face a far higher risk of death from diseases after typhoons – with limited healthcare access and flooding from heavy rainfall worsening the impacts. Oleh Wenzhong Huang, Shandy (Shanshan) Li dan Yuming Guo

Social innovation and entrepreneurship offer alternative ways forward, and both South Korea and China have demonstrated how it can be integrated into the mainstream and leverage market mechanisms. Oleh François Bonnici

Building indigenous capacities to produce raw materials for lithium-ion batteries will be crucial for achieving energy transition goals. Oleh Abhimanyu Singh Rana

Oleh Julie de los Reyes dan Katrina Navallo

Oleh Sanmitra Barman

Oleh Vera da Costa e Silva dan Deborah Sy

Oleh Dr Saniyat Islam dan Dr Pia Interlandi

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Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.

Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.

Weber Shandwick’s new study examined eight cities in Asia Pacific and how the 'soft power' attributes of cities exert influence and attract people, with Singapore topping the list for its innovative approach to sustainability and the environment.

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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.

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.

Eco-Business talks to Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, to unpack a new landmark report from the International Energy Agency, which proposes an immediate ban on fossil fuels extraction to curb global warming.

China, Japan and Korea have just announced exciting decarbonisation targets. On the Eco-Business podcast, Dr Frank Rijsberman, director general of the Global Green Growth Institute, talks about what these targets mean for the region's development and our climate.

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