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Sustainable innovations of 2025

Policy & Finance

14 sustainable innovations that gave us hope in 2025

From carbon-lite AI to recycled human hair, Eco-Business sifts through the technologies that tackled environmental and social problems in a year that artificial intelligence use exploded and climate impacts intensified.
Semiconductor Malaysia

Manufacturing

Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn

EB Studio At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could deepen electricity and water pressures unless fabs overhaul how they source, use and conserve energy.
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Corporate Responsibility

Asia’s AI real estate boom reaches Singapore, bringing efficiency and new risks

EB Studio AI is reshaping how buildings are run, from cooling systems to construction planning. Yet experts warn that the technology’s heavy electricity demand could undermine sustainability gains.
AI_Emissions_Data_Center_Worker

Policy & Finance

In data: How many companies are ignoring AI’s environmental risks?

Companies around the world are failing to address the environmental and social risks of AI, a new report finds.

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27 November 2025

Data center in Johor, Malaysia

Energy

Malaysian industries turn to AI and renewables to drive energy transition: survey

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Cities

Q&A: Can UN 'Beat the Heat' with plan for scorching cities?

6 November 2025

SMU students

Corporate Responsibility

From ambition to action: How SMU and Ho Bee Land are nurturing Asia’s next generation of sustainability leaders

5 November 2025

Human_Animal_Conflict_Elephant_India

Cities

AI system listens to elephants to prevent deadly encounters in India

3 November 2025

A warning sign on a Yakushima beach of Japan urges visitors to keep out

Lifestyle

AI-edited wildlife photo in Japan reignites debate over technology’s expanding role in conservation

28 October 2025

Singapore's minister-in-charge, energy and science and technology, Tan See Leng, speaking at Singapore International Energy week 2025.

Energy

Singapore forges closer ties with the US on nuclear, plans 'low carbon' data centre

27 October 2025

GE Vernova_data centres_gas

Energy

'A generational shift’: GE Vernova on how data centres are rewriting the rules on power consumption in Asia

23 October 2025

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Policy & Finance

Q&A: Give workers a say in AI rollout, says union head

21 October 2025

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Policy & Finance

Q&A: Call for 'moral courage' as AI expert charts road ahead

15 October 2025

Workers_Rights_Wellfare_Bangladesh

Manufacturing

Textile factories turn to smart tech to monitor worker output

Heat_Early_Warnings_For_All_Cities

Cities

Why heat warnings need to get more local

3 October 2025

AI_Data_Centers_Climate_Risks

Carbon & Climate

Q&A: 'Digital lords,' AI's carbon footprint and greening tech

25 September 2025

CB_AI_Charts

Energy

AI: Five charts that put data-centre energy use – and emissions – into context

17 September 2025

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Cities

As Trump promotes data centres, communities push back

10 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

China’s extreme weather AI tools can help countries adapt

1 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

Q&A: COP30 Europe envoy on green backlash and taxing tech

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