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Anita Neville On the frontlines

Food & Agriculture

‘I want others to own sustainability too – but letting go is hard’: Golden Agri CSO Anita Neville

Unless sustainability heads allow other functions to lead ESG, it will never be fully integrated into a business, the CSO of the world's second-largest palm oil company tells the EB Podcast. But in doing so, how confident can they be that the business will stay on the right path?
Typhoon Fung-wong_L&D

Policy & Finance

‘We don’t want to pit adaptation and loss and damage funds against each other’: veteran COP observer

At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. Lidy Nacpil, a long-time attendee of the climate conference, explains why.
Asean chair handover to PH

Energy

Asean must connect energy planning with environmental protection: Philippines energy director

As the Philippines gears up to chair Asean next year, Michael Sinocruz says the government will push offshore wind to bolster cross-border renewable energy trade, while protecting marine life impacted by infrastructure.
Bristol climate strike

Carbon & Climate

How middle income countries are reshaping climate leadership ahead of COP30, with WRI chief Ani Dasgupta

With clear climate policies and actions, nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America are filling the vacuum left by the United States. This article features the second half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the climate COPs.

All Podcasts

5 November 2025

COP30 podcast cover

Carbon & Climate

'Money has always been the big fight': assessing COP30's key battlegrounds with Third World Network's Meena Raman

29 October 2025

Asean logo

Policy & Finance

Asean must learn how to 'flex' on global finance and sustainability standards: policy expert

13 October 2025

L'Occitane's Asia Pacific director of sustainability Venisa Chu

Corporate Responsibility

Refill fountains may not be effective at reducing waste: L'Occitane Asia sustainability chief Venisa Chu

6 October 2025

Typhoon Wipha flooding_Philippines

Cities

‘Resilience has limits’: ICSC’s Kairos dela Cruz on Filipinos fighting back against flood control corruption

26 September 2025

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Energy

The Asean energy ministers meeting – what's at stake?

6 September 2025

Australia's action against greenwashing has been driven largely by consumers, says John Pabon, author of The Great Greenwashing

Corporate Responsibility

How Australia took the lead in policing greenwashing

26 August 2025

Solar installation in the Philippines

Energy

Power and economic strength are now determined by who can harness solar and batteries fastest: Assaad Razzouk

19 August 2025

Trash piled high at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, near Jakarta.

Waste

We don't need a plastics treaty for nations to enact polluter-pays laws now: Doug Woodring

12 August 2025

A beach in Balikpapan, Indonesia's "oil city", is covered in plastic trash.

Waste

Southeast Asia has too much to lose – we need an ambitious plastics treaty: Singapore campaigner Terese Teoh

6 August 2025

John Haffner, deputy director of sustainability, Hang Lung Properties, says internal advocacy has been key to driving the sustainability agenda. Image: ReThink 2

Green Buildings

Are our climate targets too weak or too ambitious? Hang Lung Properties' sustainability chief John Haffner

18 June 2025

A report by WWF finds that Hong Kong could lose 25 per cent of its biodiversity to new developments such as the North Metropolis.

Cities

'Listen to ecologists – don't bury nature under cement': Hong Kong faces acute biodiversity loss as megaprojects loom

30 May 2025

Sustainability professional should not be prescriptive with their solutions, says Aun Abdullah of real estate company Lodha.

Green Buildings

Inaction is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah

23 May 2025

Christer Gaudiano EB Podcast

Energy

Philippine firms not dismantling climate policies despite US influence: MGEN sustainability chief Christer Gaudiano

30 April 2025

Hendrik Rosenthal, sustainability director, CLP Power

Carbon & Climate

Just another cost centre? CLP Power's Hendrik Rosenthal on justifying sustainability in turbulent times

23 April 2025

Hurricane Katrina by satellite

Carbon & Climate

America's attack on climate science could affect adaptation capacity in Asia: climate scientist Ben Horton

17 April 2025

Some data sources indicate that greenwashing could be declining after years of rising incidences of problematic sustainability claims.

Corporate Responsibility

Is greenwashing really in decline?

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