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15 July 2020

Batik Sembilan community in Harapan forest, Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Indonesia approves coal road project through highly biodiverse forest

Lise Pretorius, head of sustainability, Matter

Policy & Finance

WWF sustainable finance VP Lise Pretorius joins green pension startup

14 July 2020

Coastal ports in China transport coal

Policy & Finance

China’s new green bond catalogue could be greener

makati city philippines

Cities

Disease hotspots flourish when the city meets the country

13 July 2020

CSRWorks managing director Rajesh Chhabara (centre) sits in between Tim Mohin of GRI and Madelyn Antoncic of SASB at the Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit. Mohin and Antoncic clashed over whose standard was better. Image: Eco-Business

Corporate Responsibility

Rival standards bodies team up to clarify sustainability reporting as Covid increases pressure to disclose ESG data

Sakai indigenous community in Riau, Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Indonesian lawmakers to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with indigenous group

deforestation waterscapes indonesia

Carbon & Climate

As fog clears on benefits of forest protection, excuses for failure wear thin

9 July 2020

Children, Jeepneys, Philippines

Carbon & Climate

Widespread air quality data gaps threaten global pollution fight, study finds

Ice cores in the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean

Carbon & Climate

Earth cooled naturally long before human heating

Eugene Wang, founder of Singapore biotech firm Sophie's BioNutrients.

Food & Agriculture

Covid-induced food insecurity has exposed under-investment in foodtech, says sustainability entrepreneur

Philip Alston, former special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights UN

Policy & Finance

Covid-19 exposes 'distorted picture' of global poverty gains, UN envoy says

Amazon rainforest near Manaus

Carbon & Climate

Drought-hit forests may worsen climate change

e-waste old tv sets china

Waste

Our old cellphones, computers and appliances are a bigger problem than ever. Here’s what we need to do.

8 July 2020

The winner of The Liveability Challenge 2020: cell-based milk producer TurtleTree Labs. Image: Eco-Business

Cities

Cow-free milk wins The Liveability Challenge 2020

hog farm in Thailand

Policy & Finance

IFC has sunk US$1.8 billion into factory farming operations since 2010

Dharavi slum area in Mumbai, India.

Policy & Finance

Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say businesses in India's Dharavi slum

Instant noodles on sale at a supermarket in Shanghai, China

Food & Agriculture

Sustainable palm oil seeks breakthrough in China

Chefs scour the forest for ingredients to cook with at Cambodian luxury resort Shinta Mani Wild. Image: Marissa Carruthers

Food & Agriculture

Covid-era Southeast Asia is showing an appetite for farm-to-table tourism

7 July 2020

bunker fuel ac energy oil spill

Corporate Responsibility

Probe underway on Iloilo oil spill, as activists call for compensation and more containment efforts by Ayala-led power firm

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Energy

As power bills surge amid Covid-19, will prosumers be the Philippines’ next big energy trend?

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