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Corporate Responsibility

What needs to change in sustainability reporting by large Malaysian companies

Most large companies in the country have inadequate sustainability reporting and major improvements are needed in how they manage sustainability at board level.
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Policy & Finance

How trade deals can save nature

Environmental conservation is among the most important, universally shared imperatives the world faces, and market access is one of the few carrots available in international politics. By linking tariffs to deforestation, the EU and others can create trade agreements that deliver more conservation and more gains from trade.
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Policy & Finance

How to improve global mineral governance

The race to secure critical minerals has intensified at the same time as the international community has recognised the need for more sustainable and responsible mining practices. Translating the resulting frameworks and guidelines into concrete action will require consolidating Global South policy and advocacy networks.
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Policy & Finance

For Southeast Asia, the AI race is about access, not supremacy

The region’s stake in AI is not simply which great power builds the most capable model. The key is to ensure that AI remains affordable, locally relevant, continuously available and politically accessible.

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10 September 2026

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Energy

Asean's nuclear choices, geopolitical consequences

26 August 2026

recent geopolitical events have underlined the vulnerability of fossil fuel dependency, including on exporting nations, like Australia.

Carbon & Climate

Results over rhetoric: COP31 can accelerate the decarbonisation of industry and supply chains

14 August 2026

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Carbon & Climate

India’s critical mineral challenge in a new global resource order

12 August 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Who should build the low-carbon economy?

21 July 2026

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Manufacturing

Indonesia can build a green steel industry, but only if the government creates the market

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Carbon & Climate

Why carbon markets need data infrastructure, not just carbon credits: an Asia-Pacific perspective

8 July 2026

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Manufacturing

The US-China AI chip war: Southeast Asia’s compliance dilemma

24 June 2026

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Food & Agriculture

What the Iran war taught the world about food security

18 May 2026

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Policy & Finance

Asia's economic diplomacy for tumultuous times

30 April 2026

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Policy & Finance

World Bank resurrects industrial policy: Ball is in Southeast Asia’s court

9 April 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Chokepoint in the Gulf: What the US-Israeli war on Iran means for Southeast Asia’s food security

6 April 2026

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Energy

The energy transition has its own Strait of Hormuz

2 April 2026

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Energy

Iran conflict highlights Vietnam’s energy security and foreign policy vulnerabilities

31 March 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict

10 February 2026

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Policy & Finance

Trump and Southeast Asia: When transactionalism undermines trust

20 January 2026

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Policy & Finance

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources

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