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Bristol climate strike

With clear climate policies and actions, nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America are filling the vacuum left by the United States. This article features the second half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the climate COPs.

6 Nov 2025

COP30 podcast cover

Getting climate finance on the agenda for COP30 negotiations is expected to be contentious. This article features the first half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the annual United Nations climate conference.

The region has been historically underrepresented in leadership at global standard setters like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Sharath Martin, who holds positions in global accounting body ACCA and WWF-Malaysia, tells the Eco-Business Podcast what must change.

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.

6 September 2025

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

26 August 2025

Solar installation in the Philippines

19 August 2025

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

12 August 2025

A beach in Balikpapan, Indonesia's "oil city", is covered in plastic trash.

6 August 2025

John Haffner, deputy director of sustainability, Hang Lung Properties, says internal advocacy has been key to driving the sustainability agenda. Image: ReThink 2

30 May 2025

Sustainability professional should not be prescriptive with their solutions, says Aun Abdullah of real estate company Lodha.

30 April 2025

Hendrik Rosenthal, sustainability director, CLP Power

8 April 2025

Ankit Todi, CSO, Mahindra Group

5 February 2025

Jessica Cheam, Mervyn Tang and Jocelyn Dove speaking at the Sharpening the ESG focus 2025 event

21 January 2025

Tsim Tsa Tsui in Hong Kong

31 July 2024

4 July 2024

Climate tech podcast with Steve Melhuish

30 June 2024

Abu Dhabi Exchange podcast pic

25 June 2024

A protest for climate justice in the Philippines

2 November 2023

Smoke from burning land in Indonesia

11 September 2023

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