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Special Reports
This section features in-depth special reports by our editorial team on various issues related to sustainable development in the region and beyond.
The Philippines’ ambition to become a data centre hub is running up against high electricity prices and a coal-heavy grid.
News / Corporate Responsibility
Philippines under pressure to improve the rights of nickel miners amid global talks on critical minerals
Opaque labour practices are blamed for alleged abuses of nickel mining workers’ rights, according to a recent study, but will the inclusion of language on labour rights at the world’s biggest climate talks be the fundamental step to ease their plight?
News / Carbon & Climate
In pictures: Carbon, cooperation and soft diplomacy at COP30’s Asian pavilions
From pandas and K-pop to reused materials and a debut pavilion at a United Nations climate COP for Asean, Eco-Business reports what the region’s countries put on show this year to steer the climate conversations.
News / Lifestyle
Rewilding travel: Southeast Asia’s top ecotourism destinations
From Thailand’s elephant plains to the Philippines’ coral sanctuaries, these destinations share one belief: that tourism must give back more than it takes. In Southeast Asia, ecotourism isn’t just about seeing nature – it’s about keeping it alive.
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27 August 2025
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7 July 2025
30 May 2025
News / Carbon & Climate
Sustainability Leadership A-List 2025: Asia Pacific's most impactful changemakers
16 April 2025
News / Policy & Finance
‘Not as easy as filling USAID’s gap’: How philanthropies in Southeast Asia are stepping up
10 April 2025
News / Policy & Finance
Ways to improve Malaysia’s ecological fiscal transfers
8 April 2025
News / Carbon & Climate
Bright spots in the dark: Tracking Malaysia's fiscal transfers for nature conservation
19 March 2025
News / Policy & Finance
Insights: Transforming Asia – Mobilising finance at speed and scale
12 March 2025
31 January 2025
4 December 2024
2 December 2024
29 October 2024
9 October 2024
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