Eco-Business

MSCI assigns newly listed aerospace company a CCC rating, highlighting governance concerns and renewed questions over how ESG metrics assess corporate risk.

Taiwan plans to ease corporate sustainability reporting requirements and introduce anti-greenwashing guidelines by the end of 2026

Authorities to delay some Scope 3 disclosure requirements, align carbon accounting rules and tighten oversight of ESG awards and environmental claims.

Bangladesh has become a net importer of e-waste despite being a signatory to the Basel Convention and having its own national e-waste rules in place.

building in an export processing zone in Cavite

A new analysis by climate coalitions finds that 83 per cent of Indonesian executives want the government to step up investment in grid capacity and connectivity, while 89 per cent of Filipino executives say policy is lagging behind business electrification, despite Indonesia’s renewables push and the Philippines’ rapidly expanding clean energy pipeline.

Oleh Malaka Rodrigo

Oleh Suresh Bidari

Oleh Wang Hanjie, Ali Hasanbeigi, Cecilia Han Springer

Oleh Naina Rao

Segala #governance Berita →

As the country moves to meet its renewables targets, grid projects must be negotiated so Cambodia retains control over operational data. Oleh Tan Sambathsopheaktra

An office worker uses an AI bot for his project

The need for massive upfront investments and the likelihood of significant job displacement imply remarkable parallels between the AI buildout and the green transition. In both cases, the state has an important role to play in guiding market forces on behalf of the public good. Oleh Gernot Wagner dan Adam Michael Bauer

As Laos prepares to graduate from the United Nations’ least developed country category, the bigger challenge is no longer escaping poverty but building a future defined by clean space and green growth. Oleh Anoulak Kittikhoun

The vast minority of middle-income countries graduate to high-income status. Past strategies that prioritised physical capital must give way to a quality of growth approach premised on investment in human and natural capital. Oleh Vinod Thomas

Oleh Derek Grossman

Oleh Yulida Nuraini Santoso

Oleh Kilaparti Ramakrishna

Oleh Stefanos Fotiou

Segala #governance Pendapat →

Studio EB Singapore's rapidly expanding digital economy is driving a surge in data centre energy consumption, creating new challenges for the country's low-carbon ambitions. This Eco-Business video explores how green software and efficient digital infrastructure can support sustainable digital growth.

The impact documentary exploring Asia's mounting waste crisis – and its solutions – is now streaming exclusively for Eco-Business subscribers.

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.

Segala #governance Video →

Luanne Sieh has been group chief sustainability officer at CIMB Bank for the last eight and a half years

The Malaysia-headquartered bank's sustainability chief tells the EB Podcast about the discipline's mandate to prove value, wrestling with NGOs, and greenwashing in finance.

The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

Hendrik Rosenthal, sustainability director, CLP Power

In the second episode of 'On the frontlines', power firm CLP's group sustainability director Rosenthal talks to the EB Podcast about the challenges of steering sustainability in a carbon-heavy industry, closing coal plants and the need for pragmatism.

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.

Segala #governance Podcast →