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Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

...industry is now inevitable, meaning that it is time for all financial institutions in the region to strengthen their coal lending, investment and insurance policies: (i) end any finance that enables t...

10 Feb 2021

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

Berita / Pengangkutan

Singapore allows future rail line to cut beneath its largest nature reserve

...imate rally in September. Sustainability specialist Madhumita Ardhanari, who was not involved in discussions with officials, said: “After six years of deliberations and painstaking civil society activ...

5 Dis 2019

Singapore allows future rail line to cut beneath its largest nature reserve

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

How can Asia’s smallholder farmers endure both climate change and Covid-19?

...importance to agriculture in Asia. The key to protecting our food supplies lies in protecting our farmers,” said Chris Argent, head of business sustainability, Asia Pacific, at international agribusi...

9 Feb 2021

How can Asia’s smallholder farmers endure both climate change and Covid-19?

Berita / Bandar-bandar

Disease hotspots flourish when the city meets the country

...i, Kinshasa and Cairo, which indicated the location of high-risk hotspots due to overcrowding, or overloaded public facilities because of a lack of domestic water and sanitation facilities.More than 8...

14 Jul 2020

Disease hotspots flourish when the city meets the country

Pendapat / Gaya Hidup

If you don’t eat meat but still wear leather, here are a few facts to chew on

...ion — and its negative side effects — is concentrated in developing countries, which raises a new lot of ethical questions. Turning the skin of an animal into leather is chemically-intensive and pollu...

13 Feb 2020

If you don’t eat meat but still wear leather, here are a few facts to chew on

Press Releases / The Liveability Challenge

Finalists with groundbreaking innovations unveiled for The Liveability Challenge 2021

...and responsible business issues. Eco-Business is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Manila, Beijing, and correspondents across major cities in Asia Pacific. Visit www.eco-...

18 Mei 2021

Finalists with groundbreaking innovations unveiled for The Liveability Challenge 2021

Press Releases / Olam International

Olam wins Impact Award for digital platform that empowers smallholder farmers and improves incomes

...is recognition. Our aim is to bring transparency and traceability to the agriculture supply chain. Many under-estimate how difficult it can be to establish direct buying relationships with farmers in ...

23 Sep 2020

Olam wins Impact Award for digital platform that empowers smallholder farmers and improves incomes

Dr Jane Goodall speaking at a press conference in Singapore. She said complaints from hotel customers would help to phase out shark's fin. Image: Eco-Business

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Hotel customers in Asia should complain if they see shark's fin on the menu: environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall

...ibre as human hair and finger nails and —in traditional medicine, which continues despite having no scientific basis, and education would help end the practice. On hotels and restaurants in Asia servi...

27 Nov 2019

Hotel customers in Asia should complain if they see shark's fin on the menu: environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Southeast Asia to establish its own framework for green investments, but natural gas remains a feature

...ific needs, including the fact that it is still heavily reliant on coal. It plans to introduce a set of categories and definitions to identify environmentally sustainable economic activities and inve...

19 Apr 2021

Southeast Asia to establish its own framework for green investments, but natural gas remains a feature

Former textile factory worker Ngo Sinoun, 37, is now an insect farmer. to Image: Roberto Traina

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

How insect farming is lifting Cambodians out of poverty

...its Investing in Smallholder Export of Crickets to International Tables project (INSECT). It received funding and in 2018 set about finding existing and potential cricket farming communities to work w...

17 Dis 2019

How insect farming is lifting Cambodians out of poverty

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

IFC has sunk US$1.8 billion into factory farming operations since 2010

...iciaries of IFC funding include Ukrainian billionaire Yuriy Kosyuk; Saudi businessmen Prince Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer and Abdullah bin Mohammed Noor Rahimi; Chinese venture capital firm ...

8 Jul 2020

IFC has sunk US$1.8 billion into factory farming operations since 2010

Berita / Pengangkutan

Pakistan launches electric vehicle plan with cars in slow lane

...icy was originally approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in November, with the goal of cutting air pollution and curbing climate change. It aims to bring half a million electric motorcycles and ricksh...

30 Jun 2020

Pakistan launches electric vehicle plan with cars in slow lane

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Advertisements harm the planet, researchers say

...ising campaign, which is run by the New Weather Institute, a group backing a rapid transition to a fairer economy, and the climate campaign Possible. It is published today to coincide with Black Frida...

30 Nov 2020

Advertisements harm the planet, researchers say

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Covid-19: Testing still vital even as vaccines roll out

...id. “Initially, health workers, older people and other at-risk groups will be prioritised for vaccination. That will still leave the virus with a lot of room to move, and testing will remain a vital ...

30 Nov 2020

Covid-19: Testing still vital even as vaccines roll out

Berita / Pembuatan

Thai garment factory investigated by Starbucks after illegal wages expose

...i Industries (FTI) in Mae Sot said all of its 130 members in the region—predominantly medium and large factories - paid their workers the minimum wage. The introduction of a nationwide daily minimum w...

5 Sep 2019

Thai garment factory investigated by Starbucks after illegal wages expose

Berita / Bandar-bandar

Pollution pushes indigenous people to brink of extinction in India

...ir offspring are affected with the ailment.” Not many Toto people living in Totopara seem to know about thalassemia. Indrajit Toto, a traditional priest in the village, says: “It is difficult to say t...

28 Mei 2021

Pollution pushes indigenous people to brink of extinction in India

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

New bill proposes to end Hong Kong’s days as an illegal wildlife trade hub

...isions of Hong Kong’s Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance, authorities would have the ability to conduct more in-depth investigations into money laundering and other criminal activities, and be abl...

27 Mei 2021

New bill proposes to end Hong Kong’s days as an illegal wildlife trade hub

Pendapat / CSR

What does 'business with purpose' actually mean?

...is kind of business well in my country, India. It includes social enterprises like Last Forest, which connects indigenous producers with the market and either reinvests the profit back into the busine...

29 Jan 2020

What does 'business with purpose' actually mean?

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Asia's street food hawkers struggle during coronavirus lockdowns

...ion. Asia is famous for its street food, with hawkers serving fresh foods and local delicacies in cities including Hong Kong, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi and Mumbai. Some vendors have even won Michelin st...

26 Mar 2020

Asia's street food hawkers struggle during coronavirus lockdowns

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

...itrogen into the soil, where it acts as fertiliser. Carbon, therefore, concentrates in plants and animals, and it becomes the main ingredient of fossil fuels like coal and oil after those beings die a...

8 Okt 2019

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

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This year’s haze is set to cost Singapore more than 2015’s S$1.83 billion. Who pays for the losses?

Economists suggest the 2026 haze will cost Singapore more than the 2015 episode, while other estimates state that …
Berita / Air

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife short of water

Wildfires in West Kalimantan are leaving wildlife struggling to find fresh water as forest pools dry up and …
Berita / Air

The growing Himalayan risks in Bhutan’s hydropower ties with India

Nepal floods bring renewed focus on neighbour Bhutan’s efforts to protect its economically crucial – but debt generating …
Berita / Pembuatan

China’s EV weight problem

Electric vehicles are getting heavier, making bigger carbon footprints in the factory and on the roads.
Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

When disaster crosses borders, Indonesia’s credibility is tested twice

As environmental disasters increasingly spill across borders, timely and transparent crisis communication is becoming an important test of …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Two-thirds of biodiversity aid overlooks local communities in funding descriptions: IIED

Indigenous Peoples appear in just 2.24 per cent of nature-related aid descriptions, raising concerns over communities’ decision-making power …

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