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News / Southeast Asia

21 May 2019

rubber plantation cambodia

Food & Agriculture

What is sustainable rubber?

deforestation imports impact Indonesia's forests

Food & Agriculture

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

canada trash in philippines

Waste

Southeast Asia struggles with trash rejected by China

15 May 2019

fishing factory thailand

Policy & Finance

Why are companies in Southeast Asia lagging on human rights?

10 May 2019

UOB Bank, Singapore's third largest lender

Policy & Finance

UOB is Singapore's third bank to quit coal power lending in a month

9 May 2019

seaweed farmer in Bali

Food & Agriculture

As aquaculture booms, a new report guides investors toward sustainability

7 May 2019

oil palm plantation workers take a rest from work

Food & Agriculture

Most communities in Borneo not seeing promised oil palm payoff, study finds

30 April 2019

Haze story creative

Food & Agriculture

Could this tool nudge Southeast Asian shoppers to switch to green palm oil?

18 April 2019

Celukan Bawang Greenpeace1

Policy & Finance

OCBC is Southeast Asia's first bank to rule out funding new coal power plants

15 April 2019

a sea of plastic bottles lined up

Waste

Ready to report: How Singapore firms are preparing for new packaging mandate

3 April 2019

smallholder farming

Food & Agriculture

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

2 April 2019

A shopping mall in Singapore. More than half of Singapore consumers believe businesses have a responsibility to ensure their supply chains are free from environmental harm or negative social practices. Image: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/levoodoo/4391795562/">Lip Jin Lee</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC BY-NC 2.0</a>

Carbon & Climate

Do Singaporeans really care about climate change?

A stack of printers at e-waste recycling facility Virogreen. SMEs find it hard to recycle bulky used electronics, so they are either stored in offices or dumped. Image: Eco-Business

Waste

Could this app ease Singapore's e-waste problem?

30 March 2019

WOTF 2019

Corporate Responsibility

Women in Asia changing the future

27 March 2019

Electronic waste being processed in an informal setting in Thailand. Image: Basel Action Network

Waste

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

rubber plantation bintan

Food & Agriculture

Stretching the conversation about sustainable natural rubber

22 March 2019

Rice farming is critical to Cambodia's economy and food security, but the crop contributes to loss of natural habitat in the Southeast Asian country. Image:

Food & Agriculture

How can Cambodian farming survive climate change?

13 March 2019

What used to be Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh before it was filled in.

Cities

Why is Phnom Penh so obsessed with filling lakes?

Meat from plants - an Impossible Burger

Food & Agriculture

Meat from plants—Does Asia have an appetite for Impossible Foods?

12 March 2019

grab taxi neck pillow

Transport

Asia ride-hailing giant trains drivers to fight human trafficking

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