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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.
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.
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

The Asia Pacific ESG head of the B Corp-certified cosmetics firm says refill stations have been disappointing and getting suppliers on board with decarbonisation is difficult, but her team has not been affected by the ESG backlash.
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

Having "stretch targets" can spur innovation, says the sustainability chief for one of Hong Kong's largest real estate firms in the latest episode of "On the frontlines". He also shares why the firm has chosen to publish the draft of its net zero plan for open discussion of its climate targets.

All #chief sustainability officer Podcasts

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

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

8 April 2025

Ankit Todi, CSO, Mahindra Group

Corporate Responsibility

ESG in retreat? In India more companies see climate action as strategic: Mahindra CSO Ankit Todi

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

21 January 2025

Tsim Tsa Tsui in Hong Kong

Cities

Decarbonising Asia’s sprawling built environment – mission impossible?

12 July 2024

Clover Hogan, climate activist, speaking in 2019

Carbon & Climate

'The problem is not that young people are eco-anxious. It's that people in positions of power are not': activist Clover Hogan

20 November 2023

Manila, Philippines

Green Buildings

'Sustainability must be accessible': Arthaland's CSO on making sustainable real estate in the Philippines a norm

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