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22 May 2020

SEG device

Energy

Singapore researchers invent device that produces electricity from light and shadows

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

Wildflowers growing on the lawn outside the National Museum of Singapore, which is currently closed to the public.

Cities

In pictures: Nature is thriving in locked-down Singapore—is it time to rethink the city in a garden?

18 May 2020

A protest against industrial pulpwood firm PT Wirakarya Sakti by villagers from Lubuk Mandarsah in Jambi, Sumatra. Image: Mongabay

Food & Agriculture

NGOs call on businesses to break off deals with APP after poison sprayed on villagers' crops in land dispute

15 May 2020

Yaowarat Road in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand

Policy & Finance

Digital lifeline for women running Asia's small businesses

14 May 2020

Dr Ashley Brooks has worked on one of the world's most ambitious conservation projects - to double the population of wild tigers by 2022. Image: Ashley Brooks

Carbon & Climate

24 hours with... WWF tiger conservationist Dr Ashley Brooks

13 May 2020

HER Planet 1

Carbon & Climate

HER Planet Earth first all-female team to fatbike across Greenland

12 May 2020

solar panel, sunset, Singapore

Energy

Solar could meet 43% of Singapore's power demand during mid-day by 2050: study

11 May 2020

Jeanne Stampe in an interview with The Nation newspaper in 2019.

Policy & Finance

WWF's green finance head Jeanne Stampe moves to new low-carbon economy research hub in London

8 May 2020

Covid, renewables, green recovery

Policy & Finance

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

6 May 2020

A biomass plant in the United States. Image: Planet of the Humans

Energy

Planet of the Humans: Could the Michael Moore documentary hurt the energy transition?

4 May 2020

RITM waste disposal

Waste

ADB: Coronavirus could leave major Southeast Asian cities with 1,000 extra tonnes of medical waste per day

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

27 April 2020

HSBC coal

Policy & Finance

No more loopholes: HSBC closes door on new coal projects

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?

24 April 2020

WWF Singapore appoints finance consultant R Raghunathan as CEO

Carbon & Climate

WWF Singapore appoints finance consultant R Raghunathan as CEO

JBIC coal exit 2

Policy & Finance

JBIC becomes third Japanese bank in a month to signal move away from coal

23 April 2020

Vivian Wendan Zheng comes on board as senior ESG business development manager for Trucost Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Image: Vivian Wendan Zheng

Policy & Finance

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico and Vivian Wendan Zheng to drive ESG analytics growth in Asia Pacific

22 April 2020

Aidan Mock (YNC)

Policy & Finance

Students for sustainability… Yale-NUS College’s Aidan Mock

Ricoh EAD dialogue, rooftop solar

Energy

Companies race to net zero

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