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9 April 2020

Olam coffee Vietnam

Food & Agriculture

Can better traceability brew up a sustainable recipe for coffee?

8 April 2020

Luanne Sieh

Policy & Finance

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

Elim Sritaba, chief sustainability officer of Asia Pulp and Paper, with Pak Suryono, a farmer who previously used slash-and-burn techniques to prepare land for cultivation. Image: APP

Food & Agriculture

24 hours with... APP chief sustainability officer, Elim Sritaba

H&M Tokyo store

Manufacturing

H&M in talks to support Bangladesh workers as lockdowns hit livelihoods

A house in the middle of a forest in the Amazon riverbank, Brazil

Carbon & Climate

Tropical forests’ damage spreads catastrophically

7 April 2020

Vietnam, solar farm, 2020

Energy

In bittersweet move, Vietnam approves second feed-in-tariff scheme for solar

Indonesian fishers

Food & Agriculture

As Covid-19 hit seafood sales, Indonesian fishers worry about sinking livelihood

S11 dorm

Cities

Covid-19 measures leave Southeast Asia's migrant workers exposed, lay bare their living conditions

empty flight fr PEK to LAX

Policy & Finance

ADB: Asia stands to lose 68 million jobs if coronavirus is not contained in six months

India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India

Cities

Delhi's push to modernise threatens iconic sites, public space

6 April 2020

china coal5

Carbon & Climate

Fossil fuels add to world’s marine dead zones

mali conflict

Carbon & Climate

Climate disasters seen increasing conflict risk in large countries

airplanes grounded

Carbon & Climate

Covid-19’s viral lessons for climate heating

crab harvesting bangladesh

Food & Agriculture

Coronavirus destroys Bangladesh’s crab exports

Aveda products, promoted as using post-consumer recycled plastic.

Waste

Coronavirus-induced oil price plunge is hurting the circular economy for plastic

5 April 2020

Tan Szue Hann is, among other roles, chairman of sustainability for Singapore Institute of Architects. He says students need to be aware that "they do have agency in contributing towards environmental sustainability." Image: Tann Szue Hann

Green Buildings

How I got here... architect and green building advocate, Tan Szue Hann

3 April 2020

Flooding in Glodok

Carbon & Climate

How Asia’s megacities can benefit from mangroves and other natural climate solutions

Women marching against gender-based violence in 2018

Policy & Finance

Covid-19 and the increase in domestic violence in Asia Pacific

Forests cleared for palm oil cultivation.

Food & Agriculture

Palm oil giant Wilmar quits High Carbon Stock Approach citing governance issues

coal mining indonesia4

Energy

Mining sector in Indonesia takes a hit from Covid-19 pandemic

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