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Carbon & Climate

Taiwan urged to build sustainable aviation fuel hub as 2035 feedstock crunch looms

New policy paper sees alcohol-to-jet technology as key route to overcome Taiwan’s limited domestic waste oil and biomass resources.
Sam Smith, Cathay Pacific

Transport

Cathay Pacific appoints head of climate action

Sam Smith moves into the role after three and half years with Swire Pacific, Cathay's majority owner, where he served as sustainability and innovation lead.
A Sojao outlet in Singapore

Corporate Responsibility

Singapore SMEs are struggling with sustainability, but for some it’s a competitive edge

Rising costs, consumer apathy and slowing climate action are holding Singapore’s SMEs back on sustainability – but for some, being green is a competitive edge that boosts the bottom line.
In Climate UX's study of Singapore's websites, small-to-medium sized businesses had the greenest digital presence, as they were most likely to use cloud services by big providers that procure clean energy.

Energy

Singapore websites failing global climate metrics, study finds

Big finance, media and government websites are the least climate friendly, SME sites the most. B Corp sites perform better than the average, but many still rely on fossil-powered hosting, revealing a digital sustainability credibility gap.

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23 January 2026

Punjab power plant

Carbon & Climate

Asian state-owned companies dominate global carbon emissions: study

22 January 2026

Singapore's Marina Bay

Carbon & Climate

Singapore expands emissions registry to boost corporate carbon reporting

17 December 2025

Sustainable innovations of 2025

Policy & Finance

14 sustainable innovations that gave us hope in 2025

15 December 2025

Loy Yang B coal-fired power station, a 1,200-megawatt plant that supplies 20 per cent of power to the state of Victoria. Sembcorp says the plant's "flexible and low-cost baseload electricity will be required to support the integration of renewables into the grid."

Energy

Singapore’s Sembcorp eyes $4.3bn acquisition of Australia’s Alinta Energy

1 December 2025

Cows bathing in Lake Toba, north Sumatra.

Food & Agriculture

Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study

20 November 2025

Cirata floating solar Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Indonesia's energy transition could be turbocharged by Chinese green finance, study finds

19 November 2025

used laptops in a warehouse in Singapore

Waste

Why reuse – not recycling – should be Southeast Asia’s priority in the struggle against mounting e-waste

17 November 2025

Indonesia receives spoof award for being coopted by fossil fuels lobbyists

Carbon & Climate

Indonesia lampooned for platforming fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30

12 November 2025

Oasia building, Chinatown, Singapore

Green Buildings

Building sector's appetite for sustainability wanes amid cost and geopolitical concerns

29 August 2025

Isometric's COO Lukas May at Carbon Unbound 2025

Carbon & Climate

Singapore must tighten carbon credit rules to spur demand for high-quality removals, says registry executive

19 July 2025

Wanchai skyline, Hong Kong

Corporate Responsibility

Misleading accounting practices and irregular disclosures prompt calls to regulate corporate climate action

16 July 2025

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Carbon & Climate

ChatGPT tool launches to cut AI emissions with shorter responses

24 June 2025

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Policy & Finance

Net-zero banking group's 'pragmatic reset' would open doors for once-sceptical lenders to join: UOB's Melissa Moi

21 May 2025

Verra CEO Mandy Rambharos at GenZero Climate Summit 2025

Carbon & Climate

‘It’s time we drop the V in VCM’, says Verra CEO as carbon markets converge

20 May 2025

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Green Buildings

Future-proofing the Philippines means rethinking how infrastructure is built and managed

30 April 2025

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Transport

Can electric vehicles steer Hong Kong towards better air quality?

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