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22 April 2020

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

20 April 2020

Drax coal-fired power station

Energy

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

17 April 2020

MOM dorm photo

Corporate Responsibility

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

Dr Wai-Chan Chan, MD, Consumer Goods Forum

Food & Agriculture

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

15 April 2020

rubber plantation bintan

Food & Agriculture

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

14 April 2020

Wilmar International's sustainability team engaged in a Zoom meeting

Corporate Responsibility

Lockdown innovation: How are Asia's sustainability practitioners staying effective in the time of coronavirus?

10 April 2020

Ann Moey is the new Singapore private sector partnerships manager at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Cities

IUCN Asia comms chief Ann Moey joins UN Refugee Agency in Singapore

Lu Xin Yi, green finance lead, The Carbon Trust Southeast Asia

Policy & Finance

The Carbon Trust hires Lau Xin Yi as first green finance lead for Southeast Asia

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

6 April 2020

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

Waste

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

3 April 2020

Flooding in Glodok

Carbon & Climate

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

24 March 2020

plastic trash ocean philippines

Waste

Will Coke's new recycling facility help ease the Philippines' plastic woes?

23 March 2020

Reuseable drink containers at a Starbucks outlet in Singapore, where BYO is still allowed. Starbucks has banned BYO in some countries, but not in others. Image: Eco-Business

Waste

Will coronavirus kill bring-your-own-container schemes?

20 March 2020

A container ship off the coast of Singapore.

Corporate Responsibility

8 in 10 big polluters off track for 2°C climate target as IEA warns coronavirus could derail energy transition

12 March 2020

pepsico

Corporate Responsibility

PepsiCo updates sustainable palm oil policy to close supplier loophole

6 March 2020

A coal-fired power station on Lamma Island, Hong Kong. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Policy & Finance

What's holding sustainable finance back in Asia?

4 March 2020

Some of Henkel's top laundry and home care brands. Image: Henkel

Corporate Responsibility

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

29 February 2020

The IKEA catalogue. Customers are starting to complain about the unsolicited mass-mailing of the paper catalogues. Image: supplied by anonymous customer

Waste

In the digital age, why is sustainability pioneer IKEA still mass-mailing customers printed catalogues?

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