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11 March 2024

Posco_South Korea

Carbon & Climate

Legal complaint filed against Korean industry giants for greenwashing by double-counting emissions cuts

8 March 2024

Through the carbon offsetting function on its app, Grab neutralised the emissions of more than 43 million trips and saved about 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, the company claims. But these claims are based on carbon credits of questionable credibility, according to non-profit RimbaWatch. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business

Transport

Ride-hailing app Grab's 'carbon neutral' travel fee risks greenwashing: NGO

Tailors working in a local garment factory in Bangladesh

Manufacturing

Can joint financing for Asian manufacturers help clean up fast fashion’s supply chain?

6 March 2024

Helge Muenkel, CSO, DBS

Policy & Finance

DBS updates coal policy to allow for managed phase-out; first Southeast Asian bank to do so

4 March 2024

Women working on a palm oil plantation in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Food & Agriculture

The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders

29 February 2024

Daniel Klier joins South Pole

Carbon & Climate

South Pole appoints new chief on back of carbon project furore

19 February 2024

B Corp certification

Corporate Responsibility

B Lab Singapore restructures as CEO Amelie Remond moves on

coal power plant in Calaca, Batangas, Philippines

Energy

Philippines needs US$9bn and better foreign funding approach for energy transition: Rockefeller Foundation

17 February 2024

Forward SG Lawrence Wong

Policy & Finance

‘No apology for pursuing growth’: Singapore’s 2024 budget doubles down on pro-growth policies, expands social support

8 February 2024

Ping Ping Tan and El Lynn Yeoh, Prudential

Policy & Finance

Life insurer Prudential makes key APAC appointments with revamp of sustainability strategy

7 February 2024

Kuamut forest reserve sabah

Policy & Finance

Bursa Carbon Exchange aims to trade Malaysia's first nature-based carbon credit by first half of 2024

6 February 2024

Pan Brothers factory

Carbon & Climate

Pan Brothers is first Indonesian manufacturing firm to get net zero targets approved by SBTi

Hong Kong Skyline at night

Policy & Finance

Lack of plans to reduce Scope 3 emissions not seen as a ‘high climate risk’ by most Asian investors

2 February 2024

A farmer protesting in the city of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

Food & Agriculture

Indian farmers are killing themselves in record numbers. Is climate change to blame?

30 January 2024

Casnadi, who works Southeast Asia's largest landfill near Jakarta, Indonesia

Waste

Recycled plastic at virgin prices? Asian recyclers say market volatility making it hard to meet brands' demands

Singapore Marina Bay

Policy & Finance

Sustainability reporting needs interoperable framework, “pragmatic and proportionate balance” in disclosure rules: Google

29 January 2024

Xurya solar

Policy & Finance

Clean energy policies in SE Asia improving but chronic issues impact payouts: SEACEF green fund manager

26 January 2024

MAS new managing director Chia Der Jiun

Policy & Finance

Highly specialised roles in sustainable finance to be created to support Asia's transition: new MAS chief

23 January 2024

Business executives convene at the Green Zone at the COP28 climate talks in December.

Carbon & Climate

One-third of companies that lost SBTi net-zero target validation are from Asia Pacific

Asian People's Movement on Debt and Development protesting against coal financing in Japan

Policy & Finance

Asia’s top banks are still financing coal due to massive loopholes: report

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