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China's first RSPO-certified shipment of Identity Preserved sustainable palm oil

Food & Agriculture

RSPO’s next frontier: Scaling sustainable palm oil in Asia’s emerging markets

About one-fifth of global palm oil is certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, but growth has plateaued. Chief Joseph D’Cruz explains why 100 per cent certification is not the end goal and how it plans to engage China and India.
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Manufacturing

How to fix the carbon crisis in fast fashion

Cutting the carbon out of clothes demands myriad solutions for a deep and diverse pool of brands and suppliers.
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Manufacturing

How can the fashion industry protect workers from extreme weather?

Asian manufacturers are starting to green their operations but also need to make factories and employees resilient to heat and floods.
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Food & Agriculture

Palm oil in India: Rapid growth and competing health claims

As palm oil’s presence in Indian diets has grown, so has conflicting information over its health effects compared to other vegetable oils.

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4 August 2022

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Carbon & Climate

Renewable, green fuel startups aim to disrupt India's emissions

21 July 2022

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Cities

Heatwave fee for Asia's gig workers does little to cool climate stress

25 May 2022

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Policy & Finance

Philippines takes first steps to plastic currency notes

17 May 2022

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Manufacturing

Crisis after Covid-19 for Sri Lankan women who dress the West

6 May 2022

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Food & Agriculture

Indonesian palm oil export ban threatens global food prices

5 November 2021

Workers at this garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh

Corporate Responsibility

Rising sea levels threaten Asia's apparel sector

9 September 2021

Conservation of 12,200 hectares of land in Mexico

Policy & Finance

Nature-curious investors await bankable conservation deals

27 July 2021

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Manufacturing

‘Child labour rampant in Bangladesh’s leather industry’

25 July 2021

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Corporate Responsibility

Scents and sustainability: Do the ESG credentials of the flavours and fragrances industry stink?

2 July 2021

60 per cent fashion claims greenwashing

Corporate Responsibility

Almost 60 per cent of sustainability claims by fashion giants are greenwash

11 February 2021

Tips for a more sustainable CNY

Lifestyle

4 ways to have a more sustainable Chinese New Year

21 January 2021

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Manufacturing

The fashion industry needs a deep transformation. Manufacturers hold the key to circularity.

12 January 2021

Ng Pei Kang

Waste

In the Covid era, circularity can be a new frontier as well as a desert: TRIA chief Ng Pei Kang

30 November 2020

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Policy & Finance

Advertisements harm the planet, researchers say

11 November 2020

yy nation shoes

Waste

New Zealand start-up uses pineapple leaves and algae to make sustainable shoes

22 September 2020

Linda Jazzar, abillionveg

Food & Agriculture

Linda Jazzar joins Singapore-based conscious consumerism app abillionveg

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