Eco-Business

#WeGotThis launches out of Singapore for the world

...Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand, were received and 89 youths making up 65 teams were selected to be part of the intensive five-day virtual bootcamp from 4 to 8 September 2021. Over the cou...

24 Sep 2021

...Malaysia, and Brunei, and, in bad years, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, that are affected by transboundary haze pollution. While 2020 was relatively haze-free, 2019 was one of the worst years...

10 Mar 2021

Singapore's environment minister Grace Fu (centre) is shown around the new Tes B battery recycling facility in the industrial region of Jurong.

...Malaysia, the regional bloc's next biggest e-waste producer. Singapore discards the equivalent of 147 iPhones every 10 seconds. Owned by electronic waste recycler Tes-Amm, the new plant claims to be ...

25 Mar 2021

...Malaysian market. Bids went as low as US$0.042 per kWh, beating even the rate for gas-based power in the nation. With a flourish, Malaysia’s energy minister announced that solar energy was approaching...

1 Oct 2020

Wildlife trafficking, like everything else, has gone online during Covid-19

...Malaysia spend an average of four hours a day online, and Facebook is the region’s top social media and commerce platform. Indonesia has the greatest number of users at 130 million, followed by the Ph...

2 Jun 2021

IFC and Collectius launch the first distressed asset recovery platform to address the impacts of Covid-19 on the banking sector

...Malaysia, Thailand, and in the near future, Vietnam. This will help unlock capital to support fresh lending in the region, helping post Covid-19 recovery and future economic growth. The $60 m...

16 Sep 2020

...Malaysia’s energy ministry’s announcement this week that it will limit renewable energy exports to Singapore, Andrew Bedford, director of energy transition at US-based consultancy Jacobs, said that go...

29 Oct 2021

Malaysia produces PEFC certified eco-friendly egg trays

...Malaysian Timber Certification Council Established in 1998, the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) is an independent organisation tasked to develop and operate the Malaysian Timber Certifi...

3 May 2020

Hong Kong sound designer Kan Hei-chun records sounds in Garden Hill, Sham Shui Po district, Hong Kong

...Malaysia a decade ago, he was struck by how quickly his city was changing and the sounds he would not have heard if he had been driving. It led him to start recording the everyday sounds of Malaysian ...

9 Nov 2020

...Malaysia that were actively restored increased their ability to absorb carbon 50 per cent faster than logged forests that were left to regenerate naturally. Without any intervention, a tropical forest...

17 Aug 2020

...Malaysia for causing the haze, only for her Malaysian counterpart Yeo Bee Yin to say she was “in denial”. Carbon credits superpower On Wednesday, Luhut also dismissed activists’ concerns over two rece...

5 Nov 2020

...Malaysia – has started a trade war after taking strong exception to comments by the Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad.Late last year, the Malaysian leader condemned the Indian federal governm...

27 Jan 2020

...Malaysia, the two biggest producer countries. The company said it had taken almost two years, and had meant the discontinuation of one of its brands, to remove palm oil from more than 100 of its produ...

3 Sep 2020

...Malaysia's largest funder of coal power, pumping more than US$2.6 billion into coal projects over the last decade, campaign analysis showed. It also noted that Malaysian banks were falling behind a gl...

1 Sep 2020

Workers in an oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia

...Malaysia and Indonesia’s palm oil exports. In 2019, Malaysia’s biodiesel production hit a record level. Exports rose to 650,000 tonnes, with Europe and China the top markets. Indonesian figures for 20...

20 Apr 2020

...Malaysia's Petronas made its own 2050 net zero declaration in October. Other Asian oil firms have made some green commitments, but none as far-reaching as a net zero target. China's Sinopec is working...

24 Feb 2021

Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

...Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas declared that it was going to be carbon neutral in 2050, but noted it only as an “aspiration”, and not a science-based target that aligns the firm with the Paris A...

29 Dec 2021

...Malaysia's Maybank, Thai energy firm PTT, Australia's Commonwealth Bank, and Korean electronics firm Samsung. CSRone's sustainability reporting performance ranking by country for 2020. Scores 0-5. C...

8 Mar 2021

Reuseable drink containers at a Starbucks store in Singapore.

...Malaysia, said reusable systems can be used safely by employing basic hygiene such as ware-washing at high temperatures and using contact-free systems for customers’ containers. It pointed to research...

24 Jun 2020