Podcasts
Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher, who coined the term "competence greenwashing", believes that the pursuit of societal harmony might be standing in the way of Asia calling out greenwashing. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast how exaggerated ESG claims are likely to be tackled in 2023 and beyond.
In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.
Carbon & Climate
Competence greenwashing: Are questionable ESG credentials putting climate goals at risk?
Former Monetary Authority of Singapore sustainability chief Darian McBain and recruiter Paddy Balfour tell the Eco-Business podcast why people are exaggerating their ESG expertise and why that's a problem in a key region for sustainable development.
The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the fresh lenses of young female filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell Eco-Business why they've picked up the camera.
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28 February 2023
22 February 2023
Carbon & Climate
Mosquitoes, sun dimming, and the lives at stake
19 January 2023
21 September 2022
Food & Agriculture
Selling the taste of sustainability
31 August 2022
Food & Agriculture
Plant-based protein – fad or the future?
30 August 2022
Policy & Finance
The Limits to Growth, 50 years later
24 August 2022
Policy & Finance
How did Covid change sustainability events?
16 August 2022
Food & Agriculture
Food crisis: how to build resilient supply chains in Asia
28 July 2022
26 July 2022
14 July 2022
17 June 2022
6 June 2022
20 May 2022
18 May 2022
25 April 2022
Carbon & Climate
Deep sea mining: An 'illusion of free goods waiting to be captured'
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