Eco-Business

A smallholder farmer on a plantation in Indonesia

Malaysian financial services group CIMB has updated its decarbonisation plan with industry-first targets for the palm oil industry. Southeast Asia’s fifth-largest bank is aiming to reduce the emission...

28 Nov 2023

Philippines oil and gas company Flying V held a Tiktok dance competition that invited consumers to share videos of themselves dancing at a petrol station.

...Malaysia (2 accounts) • Petronas• Shell Chudenkbs, a Japanese independent communications agency (2 accounts) • Chubu Electric Power Co.• JERA Media Buffet, an Indonesian independent PR firm (2 account...

25 Okt 2023

...Malaysia issued pollution warnings in the western part of Peninsula Malaysia and Sarawak, blaming transboundary haze from Indonesia (which has been denied by the Indonesian authorities). Earlier in Ma...

13 Okt 2023

As Malaysia earmarks 2.3 million hectares for deforestation, country's forest cover could drop to 47.35%

...Malaysia, has published a study entitled “State of the Malaysian Rainforest 2023” which collates and analyses all our data on past and potential future deforestation. This is the first ti...

28 Mar 2023

...Malaysia and Brunei at Germany’s Lufthansa Group. Most of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available today comes from refining used vegetable cooking oils and agricultural refuse. Development has b...

24 Nov 2023

...Malaysia 2023. The annual investor conference, co-hosted by Bursa Malaysia and Maybank, was held at The St. Regis, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The joint platform is one of many latest initiatives highligh...

9 Mar 2023

...Malaysia, the research says. In Cambodia, more than 40 per cent of rubber plantations were associated with deforestation, of which 19 per cent was in key biodiversity areas. The study has important im...

19 Okt 2023

...Malaysia. However, the standard mandates the "responsible" disposal of waste and the development of waste recycling plan. RSPO: No change to FPIC requirements, deforestation approach "refined" In res...

29 Okt 2024

...Malaysia. So, we are educating society and want to bring something new to the country. That motivates me. We do not want Malaysia to be left behind or to be a follower when it comes to developing and ...

10 Mei 2023

...Malaysia (BNM) found that Malaysian banks – which as of June 2023, have total assets of RM 3,425 billion – are exposed to a broad range of nature-related physical and transition risks. More than half ...

20 Sep 2023

...Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa and Venezuela. A further 61 countries have not submitted an NBSAP or national targets and so have not been assessed in the analysis. This includes...

27 Feb 2025

...Malaysia has taken mandatory disclosures a step further by requiring even large non-listed firms to disclose their emissions by 2030. Thailand has made progress on growing sustainable finance in rece...

4 Des 2024

...Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand to support their domestic energy demand and economic growth. Asean member states have also recognised biofuel’s potential to decarbonise energy systems. To date...

15 Mei 2023

...Malaysia, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ecuador and Brazil. Researchers have so far investigated several high-yield bamboo species, including Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Guadua angustifolia (“Kunth”) and Thyrsost...

24 Feb 2025

...Malaysia, have been declining against a 2016 high. Still, primary forest loss is climbing in countries like Laos, the Philippines and Singapore, the latest data shows. Primary forest loss in many Sou...

21 Agu 2023

...Malaysia, offer important opportunities to re-align and deliver on the promise of a resilient blue economy. This includes reaffirming a commitment to the principles of the blue economy and collectivel...

3 Jul 2024

Officials from Indonesia and Malaysia are currently locked in heated talks with their counterparts from the European Union (EU) over a law designed to stop deforestation-linked products from entering ...

27 Jun 2023

Eco-Business Sustainability Leadership A-List winners and CDG-EB Impact Sustainability Education Grant unveiled

...Malaysian and international NGOs and forced Malaysian timber group Samling to withdraw a defamation lawsuit against SAVE Rivers. The suit sought damages from SAVE Rivers who called out Samling for not...

2 Feb 2024

Bhutan, the Tiger Conservation Coalition commit to catalysing US$1 billion for tigers

...Malaysia. The conference culminated with the Paro Statement by the Royal Government of Bhutan in partnership with the Tiger Conservation Coalition, inviting participants to join the shared ...

4 Mei 2024