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Poor sustainability credentials are rarely seen as a barrier to investment for Asia funds: Study
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More than half of the world's largest proprietors of shipping vessels are from Asia. Eco-Business explores what the region's biggest maritime companies are doing to lower their environmental impact.
Clean energy transport firms emerge as some of the region's most sustainable companies. Four of them are on the Corporate Knights' Global 100 index for the first time. The number of Asia Pacific firms on the index rose to 19 this year.
The US and Canada are seeking a ban in the Pacific on two fishing devices, known as wire leaders and shark lines, that have proven devastatingly effective at catching huge numbers of sharks.
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