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At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could deepen electricity and water pressures unless fabs overhaul how they source, use and conserve energy.
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‘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.
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POSCO, KEPCO among 10 polluters behind US$119.6bn in heatwave losses in South Korea: report
The steelmaker and the state power utility – which farmers filed a lawsuit against last month – top the list of firms behind half of the country's emissions since 2011, as a record-breaking summer intensifies calls for accountability.
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