#certification Berita
Former General Electric executive Brian Selby joins the organisation behind the B Corp certification scheme, which has been without a Singapore CEO for 18 months.
Signatories to the global corporate initiative can now use these certificates to make renewable energy claims in China, after authorities addressed previous concerns around double-counting.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Global instability causing ‘shakeout’ in corporate sustainability
The chief investment officer for AIA says there is "no U-turn" among corporates invested for the long term, even as political regimes change. Meanwhile, China officials say the world's biggest polluter will be "consistent" in its climate action.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Trade wars have made Europe and the US ‘higher risk’ markets – and it’s all to do with labour, says LRQA
Studio EB
“Homeshoring”, or moving production back to a company’s home country, to counter geopolitical tensions is driving demand for low-cost migrant workers, raising labour risks in markets once deemed “low risk”, says the global assurance firm.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
B Lab Singapore 'evaluating best team structure' after latest staff exit
Pangan & Agrikultur
Activists pressure RSPO to reject Astra Agro Lestari membership application
#certification Opini
The region has a specialty coffee industry that is booming. But profits from the highly-priced coffee drinks do not translate to increased incomes for growers. Government subsidies and better consumer awareness can help.
Pangan & Agrikultur
India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia
As the biggest consumer of palm oil, India can take a lead in demanding ethical production that can stop deforestation in Southeast Asia and reduce air pollution.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Indigenous lives matter: Reflections from an encounter with Borneo’s forest defenders
Communities in Sarawak are in a David and Goliath battle to safeguard some of the richest carbon and biodiversity stocks left on the planet.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
When it comes to sustainability, the tobacco industry should stop blowing smoke
The tobacco industry has so many environmental violations—on top of its health impacts—that it’s the worst kind greenwashing.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Promoting green business: 3 priorities for action
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘Ghost gear’ poses grave threat to marine wildlife and food security
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Low-carbon growth Is a $26 trillion opportunity. Here are 4 ways to seize It.
Karbon & Iklim
Logging is claiming the last of Indonesia's forests
#certification Video
Pangan & Agrikultur
How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?
Studio EB
How are sustainable agricultural practices transforming smallholder livelihoods for the better?
Bangunan Ramah
Frank Gehry’s ‘brown paper bag’ is green
The newly opened Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at the University of Technology, Sydney boasts more than 25 sustainable design features and has been awarded a 5-Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.
#certification Podcasts
Recycling keeps some plastic out of waterways, but it is no silver bullet for ocean pollution. Ryan Schoenike of OceanCycle tells Eco-Business how recycled plastic certification works, and how his firm is faring in a sector rocked by Covid.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?
Some environmentalists would argue that there's no such thing as sustainably grown palm oil, because of the crops links to deforestation and human rights abuses. Eco-Business spoke to Monique van Wijnbergen about how palm can be done right.
Bangunan Ramah
How do we build zero carbon cities?
Studio EB
[The EB Podcast] In the second episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how to build zero carbon cities in fast-growing Southeast Asia.
#certification Rilis Pers
Climate Neutral Group
First climate neutral standard to target absolute zero
