Opinion / #ESG
Polisi & Kewangan
Business unusual: UN must push for private sector accountability
The United Nations must clearly define the responsibility of the world's most powerful businesses to help tackle global challenges.
Polisi & Kewangan
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
Even as political denial and regulatory paralysis grip parts of the West, a different message has been resounding across Asia – it is not retreating, but rising to the occasion.
The fashion industry business will not come from diplomacy or presidential handshakes, but from trust-based relationships built on fair purchasing practices, sustainability concerns, and other ethical commitments.
Social innovation and entrepreneurship offer alternative ways forward, and both South Korea and China have demonstrated how it can be integrated into the mainstream and leverage market mechanisms.
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18 August 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
China’s lending to the Global South has been growing more commercial
25 July 2025
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Nature risk is financial risk
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Asian universities rise in global sustainability leadership rankings
22 July 2025
25 June 2025
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Trump's assault on ESG is not killing it. It is forcing it to evolve
17 June 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Political changes don’t weaken the case for green business
26 March 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
A critical year for finance could shape fairer, more sustainable mining
25 March 2025
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Central banks must stem the nature crisis
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Sustainability in an unstable world
17 March 2025
14 February 2025
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Trump’s second term is not the end of ESG, but a crossroads moment
27 January 2025
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The Fed is running scared of Trump
12 January 2025
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It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’
13 December 2024
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Companies are not ditching net zero – they are refining goals
7 November 2024
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What Trump’s re-election means for ESG in Southeast Asia
6 September 2024
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