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The fast fashion giant’s recent efforts to boost its green credentials, including in making new sustainability hires, could be linked to its ambitions to go public, say experts.
Polisi & Kewangan
Trade wars have made Europe and the US ‘higher risk’ markets – and it’s all to do with labour, says LRQA
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“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.
Karbon & Cuaca
‘Climate villains’ that made headlines in 2024
Exploitation in the mining sector gave rise to the term "blood nickel", while ad agencies were in the spotlight for working with fossil fuel giants. Here are the individuals and organisations that made the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Makanan & Pertanian
RSPO on new standards: Human rights due diligence is here to stay
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The rules will ensure safeguards are in place to strengthen labour conditions and close loopholes to curtail land grabbing incidents, says Leena Ghosh, head of human rights and social standards at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
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Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises
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Deadly floods affect millions across South and Southeast Asia, leaving over $4 billion in loss and damage
Heavy rainfall across the region was caused by the combination of natural phenomena and climate change but in … -
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Can Singapore’s secondary forests play a role in its climate adaptation plan?
Singapore is facing diminishing forest cover from competing lands uses – but vulnerable secondary forests could play a … -
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COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil’s approach to people’s participation?
Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged … -
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Taiwan issues new governance guidelines to ease local tensions over renewable energy rollout
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms … -
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Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
Study warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity, and public-health risks tied to … -
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South Korean province clears CO2-to-eSAF project in push for cleaner aviation fuel
Initiative advances government plans to scale carbon capture and e-fuel technologies to support long-term net zero goals.
