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15 April 2020

Cage free farm chickens

Food & Agriculture

Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals

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?

Cambodian garment worker

Manufacturing

'Please, we are not animals': Virus fears weigh on Cambodia's garment workers

8 April 2020

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

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

coal mining indonesia4

Energy

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

Beverley Postma takes over from Darrel Webber as chief executive of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

Food & Agriculture

RSPO appoints Food Industry Asia founder Beverley Postma as new CEO

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?

Dam Nai wind power project

Energy

Vietnam has only weeks left to get its wind market back on track

18 March 2020

Speaker made from “non-recyclable” plastic waste

Policy & Finance

What does the EU circular economy plan mean for China?

17 March 2020

Seoul, SK

Carbon & Climate

In East Asian first, South Korea announces ambitions to reach net zero by 2050

13 March 2020

A beach clean up in Indonesia. Companies pay to have beaches cleaned to offset the plastic they cannot eliminate from their operations. Image: Seven Clean Seas

Waste

What is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?

5 March 2020

Project Drawdown

Carbon & Climate

World can avoid catastrophic global warming with climate solutions in hand today—study

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?

2 March 2020

smart city dubai

Cities

Smart cities of the future: eco-utopia or dystopian nightmare?

25 February 2020

Corporate climate action study1

Corporate Responsibility

Dire prospects await corporate climate-wreckers in 2030—study

19 February 2020

Ellie Tang, New World Developments

Green Buildings

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Ellie Tang, real estate sustainability builder

5 February 2020

The formula, here seen in pellet form, has been billed as an eco solution to degrading styrofoam waste, livestock growth, pests, baldness, bad odours, skin conditions, and a human detox treatment has been called out as green tech fraud. Image: Eco-Business

Food & Agriculture

‘Plastic-eating enzyme’ marketed in Southeast Asia alleged to be a scam

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