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Corporate Responsibility

Asia Pacific leads global sustainability reporting adoption, but resilience gap remains

The region accounts for nearly half of global GDP represented by economies adopting ISSB standards, but ACCA warns that businesses must move beyond compliance to address climate risks, resource pressures and emerging challenges.
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Carbon & Climate

Asean risks locking in decades of coal emissions without coordinated, ‘people-centred’ just transition, report warns

EB Studio Experts say the region's next challenge is turning climate commitments into enforceable coal retirement plans that protect people, local communities, and energy security.
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Energy

Latest Asean energy outlook ditches carbon neutrality pathway, projects higher emissions by 2050

Asean’s official energy outlook, endorsed by its energy ministers on 8 October, reveals a gap between the region’s energy plans and its members’ net-zero pledges, and allows new coal plants to be built even in its lowest-emissions scenario.
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Policy & Finance

Climate insurance could save small businesses. Why is it so hard to reach them?

SMEs form the backbone of Asia’s supply chains and labour force across Asia’s emerging markets, yet many struggle to access the finance and insurance needed to withstand climate shocks. Eco-Business speaks to UNDP’s Tom Beloe in Hong Kong, who explains what it will take to reach them.

All Cambodia News

22 September 2026

Water is becoming a factor that can shape where companies invest, how much they can produce and how resilient their supply chains will be

Water

Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice

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Energy

China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?

18 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Climate adaptation and resilience need its own investment language: MAS

12 September 2026

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Energy

Explainer: How Laos’ role as Southeast Asia’s ‘battery’ is changing

3 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Cambodia cracks down on social media wildlife trade, but gaps remain

3 August 2026

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Transport

EV adoption in Southeast Asia shows promise but more incentives needed to scale mobility across markets

20 July 2026

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Transport

Investigators find Laos's illegal wildlife trade thriving despite crackdowns

6 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Illegal timber from Cambodia and Laos bypasses Vietnam safeguards: report

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Energy

Cambodia’s grid has reached people who can’t connect to it

2 July 2026

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Transport

China's EV exports rise 49 per cent year-on-year as Asean demand powers growth

1 July 2026

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Transport

Asean poised for US$8.5bn windfall from UN-backed airline carbon scheme

29 June 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Cambodia’s Indigenous communities say they are barred from sacred sites

10 June 2026

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Cities

To green China’s overseas infrastructure, start with what it buys

10 May 2026

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Food & Agriculture

The world’s great deltas are sinking, threatening global food supplies

20 April 2026

First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels announcement at COP30

Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia must pursue energy sovereignty, not just security, says civil society

6 April 2026

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Transport

Cambodia scraps EV import taxes, citing fuel price pressure

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