Eco-Business

Tom Beloe, UNDP's Sustainable Finance Hub Director keynote at CASI

SMEs form the backbone of Asia’s supply chains and labour force across Asia’s emerging markets, yet many struggle to access the finance and insurance needed to withstand climate shocks. Eco-Business speaks to UNDP’s Tom Beloe in Hong Kong, who explains what it will take to reach them.

More than a hundred Bunun Indigenous people were forced to resettle in lowland areas after 2009’s typhoon Morakot destroyed the only road leading to Tengjhih, their mountain settlement, in southern Taiwan.

Environmental group welcomes move but warns loose definitions and limited scope could enable greenwashing.

Taiwan, which relies heavily on imported energy, has sought to prevent those higher costs from feeding through fully to household bills and broader inflation.

Nearly 70 per cent of the NTD607.6 billion (US$19.8 billion) package would fund energy subsidies and investment aimed at shielding households and businesses from higher fuel prices.

Oleh Taejun Kang

Oleh M Ambari

Oleh Taejun Kang

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As great power rivalry intensifies in the Pacific, stronger regional cooperation could help small island states protect their sovereignty and avoid becoming dependent on larger powers. Oleh Anne-Marie Brady

Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts. Oleh Abdirahim Sheik Heile, Daniel Salas, Matthew A Schnurr dan Kate Swanson

Taiwan’s energy challenges highlight the limits of fossil fuel–based energy security as geopolitical tensions reshape global energy markets and supply chains. Oleh Philippe Le Billon

A widening gap between renewable energy supply and electricity demand threatens TSMC’s climate goals, customer expectations and long-term strategic resilience

Despite ambitious climate targets, the chipmaker faces a widening renewable energy shortfall that could undermine competitiveness, supply-chain resilience and Taiwan’s energy security. Oleh Chia-Wei Chao, Taiwan Climate Action Network

Oleh Wenzhong Huang, Shandy (Shanshan) Li dan Yuming Guo

Oleh Meg Keen

Oleh Peter Ford

Oleh Jessica Cheam

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migrant fishermen fishing southeast asia

On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood.

A Taiwanese beauty products maker has invented a hair care brand that comes from discarded ground coffee, adding to the list of benefits of recycling the waste of the world’s most favourite drink. Watch how this cradle to cradle concept works in this animated video.

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EB Podcast: Climate Tech In Asia - Gogoro Founder Horace Luke

Eksklusif In this new podcast series 'Climate Tech in Asia', Eco-Business speaks to Gogoro chairman and CEO Horace Luke about the company's recent listing on the Nasdaq and its quest to electrify Asia's ubiquitous two-wheelers and make battery swapping mainstream.

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