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28 April 2023

Robin Hu, Milken Institute

Policy & Finance

Former Temasek sustainability chief Robin Hu appointed Asia chair of Milken Institute

26 April 2023

Visayan_Spotted_Deer_Talarak

Cities

Saving deers and warty pigs: A conservation organisation's brave last stand for the West Visayan 'big five' species

Hongkongers

Cities

Record emigration casts long shadow over Hong Kong’s sustainability community

19 April 2023

green investment

Policy & Finance

Four in 10 Southeast Asians uncertain about green investing, study finds

EB_Youth_A-List_Ann Dumaliang

Cities

‘Persist despite opposition’: How Masungi Georeserve champion Ann Dumaliang rolls with the punches

17 April 2023

Greenwash_Protest_Australia

Policy & Finance

Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties

12 April 2023

Penang South Islands

Carbon & Climate

Low-carbon or greenwash? Award for Penang South Islands mega project criticised for setting ‘dangerous precedent’

11 April 2023

A shopfront in Bali, Indonesia

Waste

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

Activists calling for climate finance COP27

Policy & Finance

Lack of grassroots presence in loss and damage fund meeting could spell a 'watered down fund'

6 April 2023

Haze lingers over farmland in northern Thailand, where seasonal crop burning has been exacerbated by high temperatures and dry weather.

Carbon & Climate

After four wet years, complacency and El Niño risk Southeast Asia's haze preparedness as fires choke northern nations

3 April 2023

Cassandra Yip-Lee_Earth School

Cities

Students for sustainability… Earth School Singapore founder Cassandra Yip-Lee

2 April 2023

A steel manufacturing plants in Indonesia

Policy & Finance

'A matter of survival': Why Indonesian steel giant Gunung Raja Paksi is going net-zero

1 April 2023

A jungle rooster

Green Buildings

Singapore media company pioneers ‘office in nature’ concept, relocates staff to the jungle

31 March 2023

Takayuki-Yokota-Azbil

Corporate Responsibility

Achieving sustainability through automation in Asia: How setting science-based targets help

29 March 2023

A building in Chinatown, Singapore

Green Buildings

Property firms ‘alarmingly slow’ to respond to climate emergency

27 March 2023

Lunch break at a sustainability event at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Transport

The climate cost of post-Covid revenge event-going

Carl Bek-Nielsen

Food & Agriculture

Former RSPO co-chair Carl Bek-Nielsen appointed chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council

24 March 2023

skills training

Policy & Finance

Despite government push for green jobs, green skills remain underprioritised by Singapore workers: Study

Sidhant Gupta

Waste

AI-powered solutions can turn tide for once-futile fight against marine pollution: Hong Kong start-up founder Sidhant Gupta

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

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