Eco-Business

Close to half of the country’s waste is handled by vulnerable informal recyclers, so how much can a national framework really do?

A new survey finds nearly half of financial institutions in Japan expect ESG funding demand to increase, with manufacturing, construction and transport sectors leading.

The industrial site of PT Obi Sinar Timur, a nickel processor owned by Harita Group, in North Maluku.

Environmental non-profit Market Forces says that emissions information on a Harita Group website was removed after it complained to SGX over the financing of captive coal power in Indonesia.

A solar farm in Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Frank Phuan's Equator Renewables Asia secures funding for solar and hydrogen projects in Indonesia as developers exporting power to Singapore face tough permit rules and an evolving cross-border regulatory framework.

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Oleh Robin Hicks

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As countries scramble to secure the minerals needed for clean energy, digital technologies, AI, and defence industries, the new era of resource competition implies both great promise and grave peril. Oleh Helen Clark

AI will mostly benefit those already well positioned to leverage it – men. Businesses and governments cannot afford to overlook gender as they invest in talent policies for the AI age. Oleh Megan Willis, Noemie Viterale, Steven Okun

To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits. Oleh Mike Ng

Judgments about climate transition pathways, biodiversity impacts and long-term risks do not always fit neatly into existing controls. Asia faces the additional challenge of non-accountants performing sustainability fuctions. Ethical standards are here to help. Oleh Gabriela Figueiredo Dias

Oleh Shaun Seow

Oleh Steven Okun, Megan Willis, Noemie Viterale

Oleh C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Aryanie Amellina dan Beatrice Crona, Giorgio Parlato, Ingo Fetzer, Lan Wang-Erlandsson and Nitin Chaudhary

Oleh Jason Judd dan Kalpona Akter

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Unpacking Asia's plastic pollution problem

Eksklusif Tune in to this webinar where our guest speakers discuss the region's plastic crisis, the state of play on the Global Plastics Treaty and circular economy strategies for businesses.

Studio EB As Malaysia forges ahead with its 2050 net zero climate ambition, businesses must reshape their supply chains for a low carbon future. This Eco-Business video looks at how SMEs can adapt to new sustainability reporting requirements.

A growing number of companies are admitting that they can't meet their sustainability targets. Has the era of "corporate vulnerability" begun, where companies are more honest about their sustainability progress?

While some companies greenhush, others are upfront about their inability to meet sustainability targets. Eco-Business asked experts at the Ecosperity conference if it pays for businesses to be "vulnerable" about sustainability progress.

Wily Salim, founder and director, PT Karmic Virya Abadi

The convergence of the compliance and voluntary markets, demand for high-quality carbon credits and efforts to raise the bar on project credibility mean the conditions are right for a market rebound, observers said at the GenZero Climate Summit in Singapore.

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Unless sustainability heads allow other functions to lead ESG, it will never be fully integrated into a business, the CSO of the world's second-largest palm oil company tells the EB Podcast. But in doing so, how confident can they be that the business will stay on the right path?

L'Occitane's Asia Pacific director of sustainability Venisa Chu

The Asia Pacific ESG head of the B Corp-certified cosmetics firm says refill stations have been disappointing and getting suppliers on board with decarbonisation is difficult, but her team has not been affected by the ESG backlash.

Australia's action against greenwashing has been driven largely by consumers, says John Pabon, author of The Great Greenwashing

Former United Nations policy analyst and sustainability consultant John Pabon tells the EB Podcast how Australia became Asia Pacific's most progressive country in holding green claims to account.

Trash piled high at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, near Jakarta.

The head of waste management non-profit Ocean Recovery Alliance tells the EB Podcast that recycled content mandates will drive the circular economy better than caps on virgin plastic production. Brands should be pressured more than petrochemical producers to phase out unnecessary plastics, he says.

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