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9 August 2023

Haze air pollution from burning peatlands blankets the landscape in Riau

Food & Agriculture

Indonesia's peatlands are more fire-prone than official figures claim as dry season looms: study

7 August 2023

Rice farmers in rural India

Food & Agriculture

India's rice export ban revives the conversation about the crop's vast ecological footprint

4 August 2023

A house built using natural, locally sourced materials in India

Green Buildings

As Indian cities heat up, climate-resilient traditional buildings are coming into fashion

1 August 2023

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Water

Deep-sea mining not essential for the energy transition, say activists as extraction talks stall

31 July 2023

Thomas Milburn, DBS

Policy & Finance

Thomas Milburn leaves Corporate Citizenship after 10 years to join Singapore bank DBS

30 July 2023

Ann Moey, TBI

Policy & Finance

Ann Moey joins Tony Blair Institute for Global Change as Asia philanthropy lead

26 July 2023

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Policy & Finance

Bangladesh banks on green loans to help fight climate change

25 July 2023

Journalists in Indonesia

Corporate Responsibility

‘The red line is shifting’: Environmental journalists in Asia feel the squeeze on freedom to speak truth to power

Ascott GSTC MOU signing for hotel sustainability training

Carbon & Climate

Net-zero hotels realistic, but industry 'too fragmented' for global pledge: Sustainable tourism council chief

24 July 2023

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Policy & Finance

India's coal mining bet stumbles as wary banks weigh rising risks

23 July 2023

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Waste

Bamboo tissue company founder David Ward steps down after 10 years

19 July 2023

Emily Rose, senior sustainability manager, indirect procurement, Chanel

Lifestyle

Chanel hires Emily Rose from Budweiser as senior sustainability manager

18 July 2023

Abdul Wahid Omar

Policy & Finance

Malaysia’s renewable energy should be kept onshore to attract high-value investments: Bursa chair

Forest_Fisherman_Java_Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?

An advertisement for Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) was banned because Australia's advertising watchdog determined that the claim that natural gas is '50% cleaner' than coal was not substantiated.

Energy

Australian petroleum lobby advertisement banned over 'cleaner' natural gas claim

11 July 2023

A school of tuna

Water

Seafood industry calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining

10 July 2023

Giovanni Cossu, head of sustainability, CapitaLand Development

Green Buildings

Singapore real estate firm CapitaLand Development appoints first post-demerger head of sustainability

4 July 2023

Forest being cleared to make way for the expansion of Singapore's zoo

Cities

For future land use, Singapore could deforest area larger than its nature reserves and parks combined: study

Partially deforested land in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

Carbon & Climate

Explainer: Why deforestation has hit a historic low in Indonesia

3 July 2023

Preeti Gupta, BMW Asia's head of sales and sustainability

Transport

BMW parks sustainability in sales after Asia management restructure

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