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ASP Malaysia launch

Policy & Finance

Malaysia to launch new sustainability professionals body by end 2026

The professional body aims to raise standards, strengthen sustainability capabilities and provide a collective voice for practitioners across industries.
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Cities

How Singapore can help shape Asia’s next generation of infrastructure

EB Studio As the region’s infrastructure needs grow more complex, the city-state’s financing, engineering and technology capabilities could help deliver more integrated and resilient systems.
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Waste

Vietnam’s fishers bear the brunt of plastic pollution, but hold part of the solution

A new study in Vietnam found coastal plastic pollution costs small-scale fishers thousands of dollars a year in lost earning potential.
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Lifestyle

Singapore’s sustainability challenge is no longer awareness, but action

EB Studio Moving Singaporeans from sustainability awareness to action will require more than information, says Singlife’s Head of Sustainability, Chia Ko Wen, who highlights the need to make sustainable choices easier, more affordable and more relevant to people’s everyday lives.

All Southeast Asia News

24 September 2026

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Water

Freediving helps Indonesia’s Bajau preserve traditions and marine life

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?

21 September 2026

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Cities

Indonesia’s wildfire haze blankets Southeast Asia

18 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Climate adaptation and resilience need its own investment language: MAS

17 September 2026

Bakun Hydroelectric Plant in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Policy & Finance

Asean Power Grid faces licensing hurdle as Singapore pursues clean power imports

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Energy

Southeast Asia becomes top Asian market for Chinese clean technology

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Cities

Wildfires rage near Indonesia’s new capital as health crisis deepens

16 September 2026

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Waste

EU scrap rules threaten aluminium supply to Southeast Asian recyclers

15 September 2026

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Energy

Asean Power Grid: Singapore, Thailand launch two-year push to clear hurdles by 2028

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Carbon & Climate

‘We need solutions’: Southeast Asia’s climate risks sharpen case for ocean investment

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Energy

Malaysia’s power grid strains under data centre boom and renewables growth

12 September 2026

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Cities

Children in south Borneo face health risks as El Niño fuels wildfires

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Energy

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

11 September 2026

Banks headquartered in eight Asia-Pacific markets facilitated just US$0.83 of low-carbon energy financing for every US$1 directed towards fossil fuels in 2024

Policy & Finance

Thailand’s US$6 billion solar push tests Asean’s green finance ambitions

9 September 2026

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Energy

Data centres and prolonged heat are pushing Malaysia’s power demand higher

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