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Carbon & Climate
Indonesia lampooned for platforming fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30
Indonesia is the “most blatant example yet of corporate capture by a developing country” at this year’s climate summit in Brazil, a non-profit said. Meanwhile, Indonesia has reaffirmed its 2060 net zero target.
Corporate Responsibility
From ambition to action: How SMU and Ho Bee Land are nurturing Asia’s next generation of sustainability leaders
EB Studio
Ahead of the 2025 Ho Bee Professorship in Sustainability Management Luminary Speaker Series, Singapore Management University Associate Professor of Finance and Ho Bee Professor in Sustainability Management, Hao Liang explains why credible data, collaboration and accountability are the new cornerstones of sustainability leadership.
Policy & Finance
‘Greenrinsing’: Firms setting and dropping net-zero targets to create revolving door for finance, says UN official
Some companies have been gaming their climate targets to attract investment, with most struggling to cut "impossible" supply chain emissions, the United Nations Global Compact Network Thailand executive director said at an event in Singapore last week.
Carbon & Climate
UN calls for transition metals mining finance reform to protect environment and human rights
A UN report warns that financing for critical minerals must align with environmental and social goals if the energy transition is to avoid repeating the harms of the fossil fuel era. Most mining firms believe that robust ESG reporting is costly, but could help attract new investors.
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8 October 2025
Corporate Responsibility
Fewer Singaporean firms are declaring sustainability targets amid delayed reporting rules
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News / Cities
Deadly floods affect millions across South and Southeast Asia, leaving over $4 billion in loss and damage
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News / Carbon & Climate
COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil’s approach to people’s participation?
Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged … -
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News / Policy & Finance
Taiwan issues new governance guidelines to ease local tensions over renewable energy rollout
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms … -
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News / Food & Agriculture
Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
Study warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity, and public-health risks tied to … -
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News / Carbon & Climate
South Korean province clears CO2-to-eSAF project in push for cleaner aviation fuel
Initiative advances government plans to scale carbon capture and e-fuel technologies to support long-term net zero goals.
