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Sweet sorghum plantations are to be grown on depleted mining sites in Bintan, a historical hub for bauxite extraction. Sweet sorghum can used as biofuel, feedstock for bioethanol and as green naphtha, a key ingredent for plastics in short supply as a result of the Iran War.
Food & Agriculture
Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
Research warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity and public-health risks tied to Asia’s fast-growing protein demand. Only three banks reference animal welfare principles in their lending policies.
The firm will be pulling its network of 84 smart paper collection bins by the end of October. The closure comes a year after one of Singapore's oldest paper recycling firms folded as paper and cardboard recycling rates drop globally.
Food & Agriculture
EU delays deforestation law again, as Indonesian palm oil sector pushes for smallholder exemptions
The European Commission citied IT issues and pressure to ease red tape. Palm oil stakeholders insist the EUDR still penalises smallholders. NGOs said the delay risks forests and undermines business certainty.
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