Asia Pacific‘s leading platform for sustainable development
News / #Human resources
Corporate Responsibility
Asia demonstrates least transparency on AI safeguards for workers: report
Only 7 per cent of more than a thousand firms surveyed in the region are using artificial intelligence with adequate safeguards to help workers adapt to the technology’s impact, according to new analysis by AI Company Data Initiative.
Policy & Finance
Q&A: Give workers a say in AI rollout, says union head
As AI spreads through the world's workplaces, the head of UNI Global Union says workers must have a say in its rollout.
Bangladeshi fashion suppliers adopt new technology to boost productivity. Workers want a fair share of the benefits.
Policy & Finance
Laura Lee to run first Asia-led climate philanthropy advisory
The former Credit Suisse executive has been appointed CEO of an organisation that aims to help close Asia’s US$815 billion climate finance gap.
All #Human resources News
22 September 2025
Corporate Responsibility
AI is stifling demand for junior sustainability talent: recruiter
1 August 2025
Carbon & Climate
Bangladesh rebuilds brick sector but reforms bypass workers
12 June 2025
4 March 2025
Food & Agriculture
Thailand ‘bringing back the bad old days’ for fisheries, say activists
19 February 2025
18 February 2025
Corporate Responsibility
Remote sustainability courses could close global skills gap, says University of Cambridge director
12 February 2025
4 February 2025
5 November 2024
Policy & Finance
India to Italy: a trail of broken dreams, loss and abuse
2 October 2024
25 September 2024
6 September 2024
Policy & Finance
How rife is exploitation of migrant workers on EU farms?
25 July 2024
29 May 2024
26 April 2024
Policy & Finance
As India votes, young workers hope for jobs and better pay
Most popular
-
![Marcos Jr at Asean]()
News / Policy & Finance
Philippines urges Southeast Asian neighbours to accelerate renewable energy, stabilise food security at Asean summit
Industry groups say Marcos’ remarks reflect a “growing recognition” of urgent realities facing the region at a time … -
![Mangrove_Mumbai_India]()
Mangroves implicated in a road project face removal or transplantation, raising ecological damage fears and threatening fishers’ way … -
![Crocodile_In_the_Sun_Human_Conflict]()
News / Manufacturing
Indonesia’s crocodile attacks rise as wetlands are cleared for mining, oil palm
Residents on Indonesia’s Bangka Island say wetland destruction from tin mining and oil palm expansion is driving a … -
![The security gate of a data centre in One North, Singapore, one of Southeast Asia's AI hubs.]()
Even as AI tools promise major efficiency gains for grids and industry, the energy sector is struggling to … -
![Scrapyard_Metal_India]()
News / Manufacturing
India needs more scrap to boost green steelmaking. Can it find it?
If the world’s second largest steel producer is to cut emissions in the sector, the country must navigate … -
![South Korea’s state-run power generators have been unable to provide long-term financial forecasts for their coal-fired power assets]()
News / Carbon & Climate
South Korean power firms unable to project long-term coal losses amid 2040 phaseout push: report
A think tank says state-run generators could not provide forecasts on coal plant utilisation, early closure costs or …
Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.
Strategic Organisations
