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21 May 2020

A sea of plastic bottles. Image: Tom Page, CC BY-SA 2.0

Waste

Singapore postpones packaging reduction deadline for companies in light of Covid-19 disruption

20 May 2020

Martyn Tickner, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Image: supplied

Waste

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

Singapore, Covid

Corporate Responsibility

In a post-lockdown world, can special disinfectants keep workplaces and public spaces safe?

12 May 2020

Saitex airdry jeans

Manufacturing

How a focus on sustainability will help the fashion industry emerge stronger from Covid-19

8 May 2020

Covid, renewables, green recovery

Policy & Finance

Investors to governments: Build back better, or deal with escalating climate risks

2 May 2020

A Pepsi model lies amid other debris. Could plastic-using brands save the circular economy? Image: Eco-Business

Waste

As Covid-era recycling industry wilts, investments in Asia show how plastic polluters can save circular economy

28 April 2020

Navneet Kaur, founder and chief executive of earth-friendly skincare brand Yours

Manufacturing

How I got here... Yours founder Navneet Kaur

27 April 2020

Agricultural workers on their way to a plantation in Western Kalimantan. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Food & Agriculture

As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?

25 April 2020

HKRITA G2G system

Lifestyle

Bursting at the seams: Can a reverse supply chain save the world from fashion waste?

21 April 2020

Now some residents in northern India say they can see the snow-capped Himalayas 200 kilometres away for the first time in 30 years.

Carbon & Climate

Delhi, Mumbai, Seoul and Wuhan see record-breaking clear skies as Covid-19 lockdowns subdue air pollution

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

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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?

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