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17 March 2020

Seoul, SK

Carbon & Climate

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

A pangolin. Pangolins, the world's most trafficked mammal, are among the species suspected of transferring the Covid-19 coronavirus to humans. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Food & Agriculture

Pandemics like Covid-19 could get worse without a better understanding of wildlife health, warn conservationists

16 March 2020

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Policy & Finance

Asia school closures for coronavirus expose digital divide

13 March 2020

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Policy & Finance

From nannies to helpers, coronavirus spotlights Asia women's job insecurity

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?

11 March 2020

A beach covered in oily clumps in Bintan, Indonesia.

Transport

Southeast Asia is the world's bilge dumping hotspot—what can be done to stop ships discharging waste oil?

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Cities

Asia's rapid urbanisation, deforestation linked to deadly viruses

10 March 2020

Shiok Meats

Food & Agriculture

Will coronavirus and other health scares drive alternative protein growth in Asia?

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Food & Agriculture

Asia's love of stinky durian could help power tuk-tuks and phones

9 March 2020

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Energy

The elephant in the room: Can the solar industry go circular?

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?

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?

Bio Inti Agrindo

Food & Agriculture

South Korean trading giant to compensate for past deforestation in Papua

3 March 2020

Greenpeace, plastic book

Waste

In the plastic-polluted Philippines, a children’s book seeks to make a difference

26 February 2020

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Energy

Q&A with Shell: 'Most things we did were the right things at the right time'

25 February 2020

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Corporate Responsibility

Dire prospects await corporate climate-wreckers in 2030—study

Traffic in Manila, the Philippines.

Carbon & Climate

Gasp! Air pollution in Jakarta and Hanoi is now worse than in Beijing, global study reveals

21 February 2020

60 per cent of Prudential Singapore's staff are women. A higher female ration has helped the company in two key ways: collaboration and relationship-building. Image: Prudential Singapore

Policy & Finance

How diversity is driving sustainability for one of Singapore’s biggest insurers

19 February 2020

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Green Buildings

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

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