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Opinion / Corporate Responsibility
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AI can propel women forward – or set them back further
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Policy & Finance
Rethinking coal phase-out in Asia and beyond
To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits.
Corporate Responsibility
Ethics is essential to sustainability in Asia – now more than ever
Judgments about climate transition pathways, biodiversity impacts and long-term risks do not always fit neatly into existing controls. Asia faces the additional challenge of non-accountants performing sustainability fuctions. Ethical standards are here to help.
All Corporate Responsibility Opinion
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Policy & Finance
Philanthropy must dive deeper to save the ocean
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14 January 2026
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainability reporting tools must bridge impacts of local businesses and Earth's limits
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Manufacturing
Can the fashion industry adapt to a warming world?
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20 November 2025
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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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Policy & Finance
Why CFOs will drive the climate transition
13 October 2025
Corporate Responsibility
Can ethical supply chains survive the tariff storm?
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