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21 February 2024

Audrey Tan CNCS

Carbon & Climate

Former environment journalist Audrey Tan returns to The Straits Times

19 January 2024

An advertisement for Australia's petroleum lobby was banned in July 2023

Carbon & Climate

Australia turns the screw on greenwashing with revised advertising code

11 January 2024

Singtel building with solar panels

Policy & Finance

Singtel pledges 55% Scope 1, 2 emissions cut by 2030

23 December 2023

Smokestacks graphics

Lifestyle

The sustainability buzzwords of 2023

19 December 2023

Greenwashing year-ender 2023

Corporate Responsibility

22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023

15 December 2023

An advertisement for Prism+ airconditioners

Carbon & Climate

Singapore watchdog bans aircon ad claiming it can 'save the Earth' after greenwash complaint, in first ruling of its kind in Asia

22 November 2023

Laura Kantor, founder, Climate Club

Carbon & Climate

Ex-Foodpanda Singapore sustainability head Laura Kantor launches communications agency Climate Club

14 November 2023

An independent smallholder farmer in Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

‘Smallholders are victims of the haze, not the cause’: Indonesian oil palm farmers union advisor Aida Greenbury

29 October 2023

Ad billboard_Asia

Corporate Responsibility

Dent to brand credibility: Asian comms professionals on dangers of hiring agencies that lack sustainability knowhow

25 October 2023

Philippines oil and gas company Flying V held a Tiktok dance competition that invited consumers to share videos of themselves dancing at a petrol station.

Carbon & Climate

Asian PR and advertising firms under spotlight for working for fossil fuels firms

16 October 2023

Andy Wilson speaking at The Conscious Festival 2023

Corporate Responsibility

Risky for brands to ‘hide’ behind lagging greenwash legislation in Asia: Ogilvy sustainability head

5 October 2023

An outdoor billboard promoting Maybank

Corporate Responsibility

Asian brands should be honest about failure in sustainability reports, say PR experts

3 October 2023

greenwash graphic

Corporate Responsibility

PR industry launches guidelines for Asian brands to avoid greenwashing

21 September 2023

'Moratorium on new coal plants now!' NGOs protest against coal in the Philippines

Energy

Support for fossil fuel subsidy cuts and coal phase-out gains momentum among Southeast Asians: survey

30 August 2023

Sarah Cragg, The Earthshot Prize Asia head

Carbon & Climate

The Earthshot Prize appoints Sarah Cragg as Asia head

29 August 2023

The Petronas Towers

Policy & Finance

Corporate governance structures in Asia: Does where the sustainability function sits affect a company’s climate strategy?

23 August 2023

Climate Disinformation Stock Photo

Carbon & Climate

Climate disinformation campaigns that tried to block climate action in Asia Pacific

25 July 2023

Journalists in Indonesia

Corporate Responsibility

‘The red line is shifting’: Environmental journalists in Asia feel the squeeze on freedom to speak truth to power

18 July 2023

An advertisement for Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) was banned because Australia's advertising watchdog determined that the claim that natural gas is '50% cleaner' than coal was not substantiated.

Energy

Australian petroleum lobby advertisement banned over 'cleaner' natural gas claim

3 July 2023

Preeti Gupta, BMW Asia's head of sales and sustainability

Transport

BMW parks sustainability in sales after Asia management restructure

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