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30 October 2019

LNG tanker

Energy

Natural gas to be ‘substantial part’ of Singapore's energy mix for next 50 years

25 October 2019

Packages for delivery in China

Transport

How can China tame waste and emissions from e-commerce and freight?

24 October 2019

flooded village in nepal

Carbon & Climate

As climate impacts hit, cities are still struggling to prepare, researchers warn

23 October 2019

fish farm thailand

Food & Agriculture

As aquaculture booms, it's consuming more fish than it produces

22 October 2019

A coal plant in Indonesia. Southeast Asia's largest country by population and economy is the region's only region to be building new coal plants in 2019.

Energy

Even in Southeast Asia, coal is losing its lustre—only Indonesia has been building new plants in 2019

An advertisement for green group Sea Shepherd highlights the ecosystem damage of cigarette butt pollution to mark World Oceans Day. A single cigarette can pollute 500 litres of water, the ad warns. Image: Sea Shepherd

Waste

When will tobacco companies be held responsible for cigarette butt pollution?

A freight truck sits in a parking lot.

Transport

The road to green freight in Southeast Asia

21 October 2019

Sky Greens’ vertical farming systems in the background. Each vertical tower requires only 40 watts of electricity to operate—the equivalent of one lightbulb. Image: Sky Greens

Energy

7 smart innovations from Southeast Asia to speed up the energy transition

SUV

Lifestyle

SUVs are driving more emissions growth than heavy industry, aviation or shipping

vietnam deforestation

Carbon & Climate

Failure in conservation projects are rarely recorded, new study finds

17 October 2019

guimaras oil spill

Corporate Responsibility

Saving Guimaras island from the worst oil spill in the Philippines

16 October 2019

Traffic in Keelung, Taiwan

Transport

Can carmakers steer away from climate catastrophe?

The RSPO logo on Cabbage brand vegetable oil in NTUC Fairprice in Singapore.

Food & Agriculture

Why don’t consumer brands promote their sustainable palm oil credentials?

15 October 2019

svalbard ship

Carbon & Climate

The melting Arctic is fertile ground for businesses. But continued oil exploration poses an ethical dilemma

14 October 2019

benoa bay bali indonesia

Carbon & Climate

Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone

11 October 2019

The bamboo house designed by Earl Patrick Forlales, which won the Cities of the Future competition in 2019.

Green Buildings

Mythbusting: How green are these green building solutions?

haze kalimantan indonesia

Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia urged to cooperate on taking firms to task over fire haze

10 October 2019

Scientists in a lab in Singapore

Green Buildings

Can laboratories get smarter when it comes to sustainability?

9 October 2019

A new Greenpeace International investigation has revealed that Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing to end deforestation.[1]

Food & Agriculture

How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up to its no-deforestation promise?

Standard Chartered Bank advertisement. 'We're hear for good'

Policy & Finance

Standard Chartered Bank launches Asia’s first retail product to fund the Sustainable Development Goals

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