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Luanne Sieh has been group chief sustainability officer at CIMB Bank for the last eight and a half years

Policy & Finance

‘Show me the money’ – this is what sustainability has become: CIMB CSO Luanne Sieh

The Malaysia-headquartered bank's sustainability chief tells the EB Podcast about the discipline's mandate to prove value, wrestling with NGOs, and greenwashing in finance.
EDC podcast

Energy

Geothermal is no longer an underdog technology, but a strategic advantage for the Philippines

EB Studio Critical to the country’s energy security in the 1970s, geothermal is now re-emerging as the Philippines’ biggest clean energy advantage at a time when countries are seeking reliable, round-the-clock renewable power, says Francis Giles B. Puno, president and chief operating officer of First Gen Corporation.
Luck Now Farmers Market

Lifestyle

Is green living a myth? Why individual action won’t save the planet

Former Yale-NUS environmental social sciences professor Michael Maniates tells the Eco-Business Podcast that individual actions like going vegetarian, reducing plastic use or avoiding air travel are not only insufficient to address the climate crisis – they are counterproductive.
Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith says that humour can unlock tricky sustainability problems by "saying the unsayable".

Carbon & Climate

‘Comedy can say the elephant in the room’: Why climate action needs a sense of humour

Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith tells the EB Podcast why jokes might be the most powerful tools for solving sustainability problems.

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5 December 2025

Anita Neville On the frontlines

Food & Agriculture

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

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 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

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

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

15 April 2025

Ani Dasgupta, CEO of World Resources Institute

Policy & Finance

Tariffs will stifle green growth in the Global South: WRI CEO Ani Dasgupta

19 March 2025

EB Podcast cover_climate journalists

Carbon & Climate

The challenges of the environment beat: A conversation with journalists in Southeast Asia

18 February 2025

Singtel's Andrew Buay

Corporate Responsibility

To fight ESG scepticism, build alliances: Singtel’s Andrew Buay on the survival secrets of a chief sustainability officer

22 March 2023

Pretending to be an ESG guru while actually knowing little or nothing about environmental or social issues is known as competency greenwash

Carbon & Climate

Competence greenwashing: Are questionable ESG credentials putting climate goals at risk?

28 July 2022

Gojek vehicle in Indonesia

Transport

'Net-zero regulations are welcome': GoTo sustainability chief Tanah Sullivan

17 June 2022

Greenwashing has become a growing problem

Corporate Responsibility

'We have reached peak greenwashing': what to do about the sustainability marketing tsunami?

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