Podcasts / Indonesia
Carbon & Climate
Seeing through the haze – is palm oil still to blame?
Transboundary haze pollution is back with a vengeance in Southeast Asia. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz about what the palm oil sector can do to put out the peatland fires that have burned annually for four decades.
Energy
‘Carrots, sticks, and hugs’: Scrutinising Indonesia’s US$20 billion just transition challenge
The populous coal-rich powerhouse has six months to tell investors how it plans to spend G7 money to decarbonise equitably. We ask experts about the risks, strategy, and opportunities.
GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.
Greenwashing has become a big problem for consumers, investors and regulators as brands spend millions on marketing their sustainability credentials. Eco-Business asked expert communicators Janissa Ng and James Lorenz why greenwashing is so dangerous, and what can be done to stop spin in sustainability communications.
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Manufacturing
Sustainable packaging is here — but who will pay for it?
18 January 2021
5 November 2020
Carbon & Climate
Gardens beneath the bay: The existential threat of rising sea levels
30 October 2020
Policy & Finance
Asia’s net zero goals — how realistic are they?
14 October 2020
Carbon & Climate
How has the pandemic really affected air pollution?
28 September 2020
Food & Agriculture
Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?
26 August 2020
Green Buildings
Will Southeast Asia warm to climate-friendly cooling?
2 June 2020
Food & Agriculture
Child labour in palm oil: How can children on plantations be kept safe?
30 October 2019
3 September 2019
Food & Agriculture
Where is the palm oil industry on human rights?
11 June 2019
Food & Agriculture
What do RSPO's new standards mean for palm oil and tropical forests?
19 December 2018
Carbon & Climate
What does it take to save one of Indonesia's last peatland forests?
18 September 2018
Food & Agriculture
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