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CSR

Ethics is essential to sustainability in Asia – now more than ever

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.
Malaysia subsea power grid construction

Tenaga

Subsea power cables as catalysts for the energy transition in Southeast Asia

While overland cables are just as important, the geographic flexibility offered by subsea cables will have a catalytic impact on regional energy transition by increasing the numbers of energy buyers and sellers.
The sustainability leadership burnout of 2026 looks very different from that of 2024. What has changed is not just magnitude, but the nature of the pressures: endless reporting, fractured authority, reputational minefields, and moral burden.

CSR

As sustainability roles get harder in 2026, burnout risk is growing

Burnout among sustainability professionals isn’t just persisting – it’s deepening, shaped by new pressures.
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Polisi & Kewangan

Strategic priorities for Asean’s newest member

Membership of Asean brings Timor-Leste political visibility and economic opportunity, but also new exposure to disputes in a grouping where several members are wrestling with democratic backsliding.

All Malaysia Opinion

15 January 2026

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Bandar-bandar

Eliminating extreme poverty: Kerala’s lessons for Asean countries

7 January 2026

Food market Malaysia

Makanan & Pertanian

Changing diets amid a changing climate

6 January 2026

flood in Terengganu Malaysia

Polisi & Kewangan

Is Malaysia heading towards an uninsurability crisis?

15 December 2025

transport system malaysia

Pengangkutan

The need for gender-inclusive public transport policies

23 October 2025

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Tenaga

Energy trade in Southeast Asia: The need to address resource nationalism

21 October 2025

coal power plant bursa sustain

Polisi & Kewangan

Southeast Asian banks need to end loopholes allowing finance for industrial coal power

10 October 2025

Coal plants in Indonesia near mountains

Tenaga

Why Asean's coal promises keep colliding with reality

3 October 2025

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Bandar-bandar

Rights on demand: Asia’s gig economy gets a legal upgrade

9 September 2025

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Tenaga

Beyond green data centres: Leaner, smarter AI for Southeast Asia’s sustainable digital future

15 August 2025

Siti Khadijah Market in Malaysia

Makanan & Pertanian

A food security imperative for the Johor-Singapore SEZ blueprint

19 June 2025

Gas_Station_Fossil_Fuel_Advertising

Polisi & Kewangan

Fossil fuel adverts are today’s tobacco. Cities must ban them

26 May 2025

A date centre in Singapore

Karbon & Cuaca

An intelligent trade-off: AI as a double-edged sword in Southeast Asia’s climate battle

14 May 2025

COP30 Brazil

Karbon & Cuaca

From Kuala Lumpur to Belém: can Asean lead its people and the planet?

7 May 2025

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Bandar-bandar

Developing countries can lead in medical innovation

20 April 2025

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Pembuatan

Southeast Asia's potential role in rare earth elements diversification

8 April 2025

A fleet of electric cars in China

Pengangkutan

Autonomous driving and Southeast Asia: Will it hit the road?

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