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Sustainability Business Podcast

Lifestyle

7 ESG podcasts to listen to this World Environment Day

Not sure what sustainability content to consume? We hear you. Eco-Business presents the best ESG podcasts to listen to this World Environment Day.
Coal power plants in Asia

Policy & Finance

Saying ‘no new coal’ is not enough: Singapore’s central bank puts managed coal phase-out high on agenda

The Monetary Authority of Singapore will launch a public consultation in the coming weeks on its proposal to include additional criteria for a managed coal phase-out in the Singapore-Asia taxonomy, says the central bank’s newly-appointed chief sustainability officer Gillian Tan.
The ubiquitous SDG pin.

CSR

SDG adoption is high, but more real action needed to achieve goals: UNDP’s Fabienne Michaux

Signalling alignment with the United Nation's global goals 'is not a bad thing', but businesses need to put more rigour into integrating sustainability into decision-making and avoid 'SDG-washing', says Michaux, who heads up the agency's SDG Impact unit.
OCBC building

Policy & Finance

OCBC sets sector-specific decarbonisation targets, scraps new loans for oil and gas projects

Southeast Asia's second-largest lender OCBC is the final bank in Singapore, after DBS and UOB, to unveil its net-zero targets for the first six sectors and plans to focus on the agriculture sector next, where it has faced difficulty in collecting data.

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27 April 2023

MOL Prestige ship

Transport

Sexual abuse, bias and lacking sanitary products: Women sailors share their work woes

17 April 2023

Greenwash_Protest_Australia

Policy & Finance

Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties

11 April 2023

Logistics in Malaysia

Transport

Driving sustainability: How public listed companies in the logistics sector are getting buy-in for their ESG initiatives

A shopfront in Bali, Indonesia

Waste

Asia Pacific projected to drive rapid growth in single-use plastic packaging

10 April 2023

Larry Fink BlackRock

Policy & Finance

ESG through the eyes of the world’s largest money manager

24 March 2023

Companies with more female representation in the boardroom tend to be more open and honest about their ESG performance, and are less prone to greenwashing,

Policy & Finance

Companies with more women in the boardroom are less prone to greenwashing: Study

23 March 2023

ESG debate fox news

Policy & Finance

Asia investors expect more political pressure against ESG investing in the future: Survey

ESG training workshop

Policy & Finance

More training support for companies to plug Singapore’s green skills gap

Governance_Bangalore_India

Policy & Finance

India’s public infra-financing firms failing to adapt to energy transition: Report

22 March 2023

Niels Gabriel Nable

CSR

Meralco's Niels Nable on bridging the age and mindset gap in corporate sustainability

Corporate purpose-compass

CSR

Why having a corporate purpose can help companies to create value

17 March 2023

Huaneng coal plants

Policy & Finance

Credit rating methods are failing to give investors early warning of climate risks: study

15 March 2023

Ant Group_Charles Cao_CGS China-Asean Business Leaders Summit

Policy & Finance

‘Win-win’ for Ant Group and climate as it secures Asia’s biggest ESG-linked loan: group treasurer Charles Cao

ESG professionals in Singapore

Policy & Finance

Singapore sustainability sector salary survey: who's paid most?

12 March 2023

Hei Zel Tan

Policy & Finance

BCSD Malaysia appoints Hei Zel Tan as programme director and advisor

10 March 2023

Kanika Jhunjhnuwala

Lifestyle

Sustainability and accessibility are the future of hospitality: Sudima Hotel’s Kanika Jhunjhnuwala

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