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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

20 April 2020

coveralls made from eco-bag material

Waste

Eco-friendly gear: Southeast Asia finds ways to minimise waste during coronavirus outbreak

Workers in an oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

As palm oil for biofuel rises in Southeast Asia, tropical ecosystems shrink

17 April 2020

Moray McLeish, vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, Olam International.

Corporate Responsibility

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

Japan, coal power, banks

Policy & Finance

Two major Japanese banks drop new coal, but loopholes in policies spark concern

16 April 2020

forest fires thailand 2020

Policy & Finance

Forest fires rage in northern Thailand

15 April 2020

Nadiah Rosli, project director, Malaysia, Internews Network. Image: Nadiah Rosli

Carbon & Climate

Nadiah Rosli joins Internews as Malaysia project director

10 April 2020

Wind power FIT Vietnam

Energy

Vietnam’s trade ministry heeds calls to extend wind power tariff policy, submits proposal to government

Ann Moey is the new Singapore private sector partnerships manager at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Cities

IUCN Asia comms chief Ann Moey joins UN Refugee Agency in Singapore

Lu Xin Yi, green finance lead, The Carbon Trust Southeast Asia

Policy & Finance

The Carbon Trust hires Lau Xin Yi as first green finance lead for Southeast Asia

8 April 2020

Luanne Sieh

Policy & Finance

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

Elim Sritaba, chief sustainability officer of Asia Pulp and Paper, with Pak Suryono, a farmer who previously used slash-and-burn techniques to prepare land for cultivation. Image: APP

Food & Agriculture

24 hours with... APP chief sustainability officer, Elim Sritaba

7 April 2020

Vietnam, solar farm, 2020

Energy

In bittersweet move, Vietnam approves second feed-in-tariff scheme for solar

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Cities

Covid-19 measures leave Southeast Asia's migrant workers exposed, lay bare their living conditions

6 April 2020

Aveda products, promoted as using post-consumer recycled plastic.

Waste

Coronavirus-induced oil price plunge is hurting the circular economy for plastic

3 April 2020

Flooding in Glodok

Carbon & Climate

How Asia’s megacities can benefit from mangroves and other natural climate solutions

Women marching against gender-based violence in 2018

Policy & Finance

Covid-19 and the increase in domestic violence in Asia Pacific

31 March 2020

Great Indian Bustard

Carbon & Climate

Solar, wind and hydro projects are threatening key wildlife habitats in Southeast Asia, India

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