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Corporate Responsibility
Don’t wait on a responsible AI policy. You already have one
Artificial Intelligence's environmental, workforce, consumer and governance risks already belong in existing risk and disclosure systems. Companies waiting on a Responsible AI policy are ignoring the obvious.
Manufacturing
Indonesia can build a green steel industry, but only if the government creates the market
Green steel faces weak domestic demand in Indonesia, as prices remain 30 to 60 per cent higher than conventional alternatives.
Corporate Responsibility
TSMC’s renewable energy gap is putting Taiwan’s AI chip advantage at risk
Despite ambitious climate targets, the chipmaker faces a widening renewable energy shortfall that could undermine competitiveness, supply-chain resilience and Taiwan’s energy security.
As countries scramble to secure the minerals needed for clean energy, digital technologies, AI, and defence industries, the new era of resource competition implies both great promise and grave peril.
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5 March 2026
Policy & Finance
AI can propel women forward – or set them back further
27 February 2026
Policy & Finance
Rethinking coal phase-out in Asia and beyond
16 February 2026
Corporate Responsibility
Ethics is essential to sustainability in Asia – now more than ever
2 February 2026
Policy & Finance
Philanthropy must dive deeper to save the ocean
19 January 2026
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Corporate Responsibility
Sustainability reporting tools must bridge impacts of local businesses and Earth's limits
22 December 2025
Manufacturing
Can the fashion industry adapt to a warming world?
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Policy & Finance
Business unusual: UN must push for private sector accountability
13 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
12 November 2025
Policy & Finance
Businesses can’t build resilience without nature strategies
10 November 2025
Water
AI wants our water
3 November 2025
Corporate Responsibility
World's business leaders call for countries to maintain transition away from fossil fuels at COP30
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