Eco-Business

The boss of the world's most-widely used sustainability reporting framework talks about the impact of AI on reporting, disclosure fatigue, and why GRI remains relevant in a crowded market.

Profession grows more senior and diverse, but political backlash and regulation weigh on practitioners.

Analysis of 11 leading Malaysian institutional investors managing RM2.5 trillion (US$624 billion) in assets shows growing climate investment commitments, although governance and disclosure gaps remain.

Despite the Singapore investor keeping emissions flat for the third year, it says its 2030 climate target is still unlikely.

Oleh Taejun Kang

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Oleh Taejun Kang

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Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the international rules meant to manage it, raising the stakes for cooperation amid growing geopolitical fragmentation. Oleh Shouqing Zhu

A steel manufacturing plant in Indonesia2

Green steel faces weak domestic demand in Indonesia, as prices remain 30 to 60 per cent higher than conventional alternatives. Oleh Muhammad Arief Virgy

ESG is meant to align environmental, social and governance priorities. But companies are increasingly being forced to choose between competing issues as ESG starts to break apart. How should companies rethink their approach? Oleh Kaushik Sridhar

The Covid-19 pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Iran have reframed the issue of sustainability, which is now as much about sovereignty and economic security as it is about planetary health. Countries and companies that fail to recognise this have everything to lose in the coming years. Oleh Bruno Bouygues dan Bertrand Badré

Oleh C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Aryanie Amellina dan Beatrice Crona, Giorgio Parlato, Ingo Fetzer, Lan Wang-Erlandsson and Nitin Chaudhary

Oleh Pauliina Murphy

Oleh Jessica Cheam

Oleh Joleen Ong

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Studio EB As Malaysia forges ahead with its 2050 net zero climate ambition, businesses must reshape their supply chains for a low carbon future. This Eco-Business video looks at how SMEs can adapt to new sustainability reporting requirements.

Studio EB Amid fresh debates about what corporate purpose should be, there is mounting evidence that corporate purpose leads to stronger brand reputation, better talent attraction and more resilience, leading to improved financial performance.

Studio EB Investors are starting to feel the effects of climate change in an unexpected place – their financial returns. There are now growing calls within the business community to improve the quality and coverage of climate risk disclosure.

Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.

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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.

Andrew Buay, vice president for group corporate sustainability at Singtel, tells the EB Podcast that CSOs should not be precious about losing part of their job as the function evolves.

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

Trump 2.0 may prove to be a "bump in the road" for climate action, but banks and investors in Asia see growth and opportunity in the region for decarbonisation as climate risks grow.

The climate non-profit's head Sherry Madera insists there are just 450 questions, not over 5,500 as some industry players have cited, in its new questionnaire, which has faced pushback for failing to ease disclosure burden as intended.

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