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Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Food and beverage industry: No plans to totally discard plastic

...plastics have. [Plastic] packaging protects against contamination, especially in Southeast Asian rural areas where there aren’t even any household storage [options] like refrigerators,” said Edwin Sea...

11 Feb 2020

Food and beverage industry: No plans to totally discard plastic

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Barriers to adopting alternative protein are decreasing, post-Covid-19: String Bio co-founder Ezhil Subbian

...Southeast Asia’s cities cleaner, greener places to live and work, backed by Temasek Foundation. Applications to join The Liveability Challenge 2021 are open until 15 April 2021.

28 Jan 2021

Barriers to adopting alternative protein are decreasing, post-Covid-19: String Bio co-founder Ezhil Subbian

Sunrise in Bangkok, one of Southeast Asia's most climate-vulnerable cities.

Berita / Bandar-bandar

Which sustainability solutions are most needed to save Southeast Asia’s cities?

...Southeast Asia's sprawling cities need to tackle. Five of the top six biggest plastic polluting nations are in Southeast Asia, and the regional bloc has a responsibility to find ways to reduce its imp...

15 Jan 2020

Which sustainability solutions are most needed to save Southeast Asia’s cities?

A beach clean up in Indonesia. Companies pay to have beaches cleaned to offset the plastic they cannot eliminate from their operations. Image: Seven Clean Seas

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

What is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?

...plastic a company cannot eliminate by removing an equivalent amount of plastic trash from beaches and waterways around Southeast Asia. Seven Clean Seas has removed an estimated 54,000 kg of plastic fr...

13 Mar 2020

What is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?

Right People Renewable Energy team in Indonesia.

Berita / Tenaga

Money, markets or morals? Why oil and gas executives are switching to clean energy

...Southeast Asia. Not all of his ventures have born fruit yet, and the firm is not profitable. But the reward comes from building something with, and for, the young people on his team. If a project does...

8 Feb 2021

Money, markets or morals? Why oil and gas executives are switching to clean energy

Viva recycled plastic water bottle from Coca-Cola

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Are Asian brands afraid of using recycled plastic in their products?

...plastic solutions group Ocean Recovery Alliance, on a panel on solutions to the plastics crisis in Southeast Asia. The answer would appear to be yes, they are. “ Asian consumers regard clear plastic...

13 Nov 2019

Are Asian brands afraid of using recycled plastic in their products?

Martyn Tickner, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Image: supplied

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

...Plastic Waste allow plastic producers to continue to use the same or more plastic that they are already, and avoid any reduction. Our mission is not to defend plastic and convince everyone that plasti...

20 May 2020

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Australian recycler turns old tyres into oil, hydrogen

...Southeast Asia. Last year, Australia's environment minister signed off on a timeline which will see the export of waste tyres banned by December 2021. As Australia’s looming waste tyre ban nears, dem...

18 Sep 2020

Australian recycler turns old tyres into oil, hydrogen

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Can global innovation competitions help unearth the next sustainability solution?

...plastic” category was a Myanmar-based company called RecyGlo, which aims to provide a sustainable recycling and waste management system for Southeast Asia that includes waste collection, waste awarene...

3 Feb 2021

Can global innovation competitions help unearth the next sustainability solution?

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Duterte floats idea of single-use plastic ban in the Philippines

...plastic products and packaging, and their eventual elimination from the market. Abigail Aguilar, regional campaign coordinator, Greenpeace Southeast Asia With plastic waste reaching worrying proporti...

8 Nov 2019

Duterte floats idea of single-use plastic ban in the Philippines

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Will Coke's new recycling facility help ease the Philippines' plastic woes?

...plastic—or nearly 2 billion clear plastic bottles—and produce 16,000 metric tonnes of recycled PET resin a year. Coca-Cola, one of the world’s biggest producers of plastic waste, did not disclose the ...

24 Mar 2020

Will Coke's new recycling facility help ease the Philippines' plastic woes?

Berita / CSR

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

...Southeast Asian countries and large multi-national corporations make the most impact with our audience. We documented issues such as how countries in Southeast Asia were faring relative to one another...

13 Dec 2019

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

...Southeast Asia, and also wants to work with the food industry and plastics manufacturers to help them find solutions for waste issues, Comly said. She noted that the plastic waste crisis in Southeast ...

28 Aug 2019

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Could Southeast Asia’s remote islands be powered by waste?

...Southeast Asia to use its technology to solve ocean debris and plastic waste problems, including by improving the region’s islands’ sustainability. The IEA noted that for waste-to-energy to gain tr...

7 Nov 2019

Could Southeast Asia’s remote islands be powered by waste?

Pendapat / Sisa Kumbahan

Why the plastic crisis matters

...Plastics have become a hot topic. News stories about plastic on beaches and in the oceans abound, and policymakers have begun to respond with bans or limitations on plastic bags and single-use plastic...

15 Nov 2019

Why the plastic crisis matters

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

'Infinitely recyclable' packaged water brand launches in Singapore to take out single-use plastic bottles

...plastics. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, which is used to make plastic water bottles, is among the most recyclable kinds of plastic, with about half of the material recycled globally. But w...

5 Dec 2019

'Infinitely recyclable' packaged water brand launches in Singapore to take out single-use plastic bottles

The IKEA catalogue. Customers are starting to complain about the unsolicited mass-mailing of the paper catalogues. Image: supplied by anonymous customer

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

In the digital age, why is sustainability pioneer IKEA still mass-mailing customers printed catalogues?

...Southeast Asia about the unsolicited mailing of the company's iconic product catalogues. Why, some are asking, is a company lauded for sustainability initiatives such as solar panels on its buildings,...

29 Feb 2020

In the digital age, why is sustainability pioneer IKEA still mass-mailing customers printed catalogues?

A chief sustainability officer working during Covid-19

Berita / CSR

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

...Southeast Asia sustainability head, although the furniture retailer claimed this was because the sustainability function is now so embedded that it no longer needs one. While all companies are taking ...

6 Oct 2020

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

...plastic than the current plastic boxes. How to bounce back Experts said that more can be done, especially for smallholders, who produce about 85 per cent of the global supply of natural rubber. The Br...

16 Jul 2020

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

Pendapat / Sisa Kumbahan

Scientific rigour and harmonisation critical in determining threats of microplastics to human health

...plastic—equivalent to the weight of a credit card—every week through the air we breathe and the food and water we consume. With Southeast Asia facing water scarcity from climate change, an increase in...

30 Apr 2020

Scientific rigour and harmonisation critical in determining threats of microplastics to human health

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Singapore can sharply cut construction emissions by reusing existing buildings, study finds

Renovating could cut building emissions by up to 70 per cent, but demolition and reconstruction remains the default …
Berita / Gaya Hidup

Gen Z Singaporeans talk green but baby boomers are more likely to act: study

High awareness among young Singaporeans fails to translate into everyday green habits, with cost a barrier. The generation …
Berita / Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat

Santos wins landmark greenwashing case in Australia in major test of corporate net zero claims

Court dismissal raises questions about how far companies can stretch climate claims without breaching the law in Australia, …
Berita / Pembuatan

Indonesia’s steel boom risks emissions spike

As global demand for steel is rising, Indonesia’s steel industry is one of the country’s largest industrial greenhouse …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Asia-Pacific set to miss most UN development goals as environmental decline deepens, report warns

Advances in health and industry are being overwhelmed by declines in climate action, biodiversity and marine conservation.
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

South Korea carbon prices jump nearly 50 per cent as tighter emissions caps loom

Allowance surge ahead of 2026–2030 trading phase highlights shift from free permits, raising industry cost concerns despite falling …

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