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24 April 2020

JBIC coal exit 2

Policy & Finance

JBIC becomes third Japanese bank in a month to signal move away from coal

SLTEC coal plant

Energy

Ayala’s energy arm to divest from coal: Will other Filipino power companies follow suit?

23 April 2020

Vivian Wendan Zheng comes on board as senior ESG business development manager for Trucost Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Image: Vivian Wendan Zheng

Policy & Finance

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico and Vivian Wendan Zheng to drive ESG analytics growth in Asia Pacific

greta thunberg climate activist2

Carbon & Climate

Climate activists to emerge stronger from coronavirus crisis, says Greta Thunberg

22 April 2020

Aidan Mock (YNC)

Policy & Finance

Students for sustainability… Yale-NUS College’s Aidan Mock

Ricoh EAD dialogue, rooftop solar

Energy

Companies race to net zero

A woman with her baby at a bus stop in Delhi. Women in developing countries are being hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Image: rajput/​SOPA Images/​Shutterstock

Carbon & Climate

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing people and our planet

21 April 2020

Now some residents in northern India say they can see the snow-capped Himalayas 200 kilometres away for the first time in 30 years.

Carbon & Climate

Delhi, Mumbai, Seoul and Wuhan see record-breaking clear skies as Covid-19 lockdowns subdue air pollution

solar panels Colombo, Sri Lanka

Energy

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

natural gas uk

Energy

UK gas plans a carbon-free future with hydrogen

Thanet Offshore Wind Farm

Energy

Offshore wind hopes for a livelier future

20 April 2020

coveralls made from eco-bag material

Waste

Eco-friendly gear: Southeast Asia finds ways to minimise waste during coronavirus outbreak

Drax coal-fired power station

Energy

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, activists urge the same for biomass energy

Workers in an oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

As palm oil for biofuel rises in Southeast Asia, tropical ecosystems shrink

Working from home

Lifestyle

UK citizens' assembly calls coronavirus a 'test run' for greener lifestyles

17 April 2020

MOM dorm photo

Corporate Responsibility

Hotels used to house Singapore’s migrant workers as Covid-19 cases continue to surge

Moray McLeish, vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, Olam International.

Corporate Responsibility

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City, Philippines

Carbon & Climate

Virus-hit Asian nations brace for double disasters as extreme weather looms

Dr Wai-Chan Chan, MD, Consumer Goods Forum

Food & Agriculture

Consumer Goods Forum appoints Asia specialist Wai-Chan Chan as new MD

Japan, coal power, banks

Policy & Finance

Two major Japanese banks drop new coal, but loopholes in policies spark concern

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