Podcasts / #sustainable development
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.
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.
Policy & Finance
How did Covid change sustainability events?
EB Studio
Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.
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.
All #sustainable development Podcasts
17 June 2022
6 June 2022
25 April 2022
Carbon & Climate
Deep sea mining: An 'illusion of free goods waiting to be captured'
18 November 2021
25 October 2021
Policy & Finance
What will COP26 mean for Asian businesses?
13 July 2021
Carbon & Climate
Protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030: Mission impossible?
24 February 2021
16 February 2021
8 February 2021
28 January 2021
7 January 2021
18 December 2020
Carbon & Climate
Moving the capital markets: BlackRock's approach to ESG
30 October 2020
Policy & Finance
Asia’s net zero goals — how realistic are they?
27 October 2020
Food & Agriculture
Can plant-based diets save the planet?
8 October 2020
21 August 2020
Policy & Finance
Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?
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