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18 July 2023

genetically modified poplar trees

Food & Agriculture

Scientists propose genetically modified trees to green wood pulp industry

An advertisement for Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) was banned because Australia's advertising watchdog determined that the claim that natural gas is '50% cleaner' than coal was not substantiated.

Energy

Australian petroleum lobby advertisement banned over 'cleaner' natural gas claim

11 July 2023

A school of tuna

Water

Seafood industry calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining

7 July 2023

CBD area in Singapore

Policy & Finance

Singapore among the first in Asia to propose mandatory climate reporting for non-listed companies

6 July 2023

Ku Kok Peng, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, Malaysia

Carbon & Climate

Clear climate targets can help clean up palm oil’s image: Malaysian plantation giant KLK sustainability chief

5 July 2023

BMW iX xDrive 40

Transport

Stop EV greenwashing, Malaysian watchdog tells advertisers

4 July 2023

Market selling pork in China

Food & Agriculture

Novel meat substitutes must supply half of China’s 2060 protein intake to decarbonise food sector: report

Forest being cleared to make way for the expansion of Singapore's zoo

Cities

For future land use, Singapore could deforest area larger than its nature reserves and parks combined: study

Cirebon 1 coal power plant

Energy

Carbon credits for coal power phaseout offer up both money and complexity

3 July 2023

Preeti Gupta, BMW Asia's head of sales and sustainability

Transport

BMW parks sustainability in sales after Asia management restructure

Hazel Quek, Foodpanda

Transport

Foodpanda Singapore sustainability and CSR manager Hazel Quek moves on

30 June 2023

Saigon Co-Operative in Vietnam

Corporate Responsibility

How Asian co-operatives are championing sustainable development

Indranee Rajah ICMA 2023

Policy & Finance

Common understanding of ‘credible transition’ needed to prevent transition-washing: Singapore minister

28 June 2023

25 year-old Sneha Shahi, a climate activist

Carbon & Climate

India's young climate activists fight on despite crackdown on political freedoms

Dana Barsky, Standard Chartered Bank

Policy & Finance

Standard Chartered Bank appoints Singapore-based global sustainability strategy chief

OPEC secretary general

Energy

At Asia energy conference, oil giants defend industry expansion despite climate warnings

27 June 2023

supermarket shoppers with plastic bags

Waste

Singapore eco-advocates question efficacy of supermarkets’ ‘honour’-based plastic bag charge

IFRS Foundation Conference 2022

Policy & Finance

'Sustainability translated into an accounting language': ISSB chair on its inaugural standards

assam woman farmer

Food & Agriculture

Marginalised farmers struggle to adapt to climate change in Uttarakhand

26 June 2023

stranded_asset_coal_plant

Policy & Finance

CEO of Malaysia’s largest pension fund warns body could divest from companies not committed to ESG goals

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