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Corporate Responsibility

Philippines under pressure to improve the rights of nickel miners amid global talks on critical minerals

Opaque labour practices are blamed for alleged abuses of nickel mining workers’ rights, according to a recent study, but will the inclusion of language on labour rights at the world’s biggest climate talks be the fundamental step to ease their plight?
Masungi drilling operations

Carbon & Climate

Philippines’ environment department rejects Masungi bid to halt georeserve wind project

Masungi has filed a motion for reconsideration, following its previous appeal for the agency’s eviction order in March. The legal tussle highlights complexities of siting renewables projects where there are competing claims over land.
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Food & Agriculture

SD Guthrie chief calls out ‘no palm oil’ hypocrisy, urges true partnership among RSPO members

Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha, who also chairs the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, said sustainability must be rooted in consistency, not convenience, as he urged RSPO members to match advocacy with action at the annual roundtable conference RT2025.
RT2025 press conference

Food & Agriculture

Palm smallholders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand demand recognition as partners, not problems in palm oil industry

They called for fairer policies, stronger support, and inclusion in global sustainability standards such as Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and EU Deforestation Regulation at annual roundtable conference on sustainable palm oil, RT2025.

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Malaysia illegal e-waste imports

Waste

US e-waste exports to Asia may exceed US$1 billion, new report finds

15 October 2025

An Indonesian miner holds up a nickel ore

Policy & Finance

‘A blind spot at COPs’: NGOs call for equity in transition minerals ahead of COP30

30 September 2025

ADB creative protest

Energy

ADB set to finalise draft energy policy amid criticism of 'rushed process'

26 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

Could a Global South movement boost gender-responsive investments amid DEI retreat?

24 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: IPCC’s seventh assessment has record-high representation from global south

8 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

‘We need to arrive empowered’: Indigenous women demand a seat at the COP30 table

30 August 2025

Demonstrators in Jakarta rally against widening inequality

Policy & Finance

Indonesia rocked by protests linked to growing inequality

27 August 2025

Usec Wimpy Fuentebella

Carbon & Climate

Philippines’ carbon trading rules to be released in September: energy official

4 August 2025

Veerawit Tianchainan GP

Policy & Finance

Veerawit Tianchainan installed as Greenpeace Southeast Asia chief

25 July 2025

ICJ President Judge Yuji Iwasawa

Policy & Finance

World’s highest court says countries are obliged to regulate fossil fuel emissions

14 July 2025

Women_in_AI_Inclusion

Policy & Finance

Tech's diversity crisis is baking bias into AI systems

7 July 2025

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Cities

Disaster, discrimination and defiance: Queer Filipinos push for climate inclusion

30 June 2025

CSO JTWP protests

Policy & Finance

Pre-COP talks concretise just transition framework text

26 June 2025

Salween River

Water

Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River

23 April 2025

Meena Raman CGM

Carbon & Climate

Malaysia must prioritise accountability and equity in environmental policy over short-term profits: veteran climate campaigner

16 April 2025

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Policy & Finance

Invest in capacity building to plug Asia's green jobs gap: experts

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