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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution
The world generated an estimated 400 million tonnes of plastic waste last year. This torrent of water and shampoo bottles, dispensing containers, polyester shirts, PVC piping and other plastic products …
UN Environment Programme
Initiative aims to reduce environmental impact of fashion, construction industries in eight countries
Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago have united to drive the transformation …
Fair Finance Asia (FFA)
Asian banks play a critical role in empowering consumers as part of their sustainability agenda, according to Fair Finance Asia
Fair Finance Asia (FFA) has published a new scorecard assessing to what extent Asian banks enable consumers to …
Malaysia is committed to an eventual but complete phase-out of single-use plastics, with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation …
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3 June 2024
Wilmar International Limited
Wilmar offers data-driven perspective on ESG performance in 2023 sustainability report
28 October 2023
30 July 2023
13 July 2023
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP, UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide to contribute to sustainable change
19 June 2023
5 June 2023
2 May 2023
9 June 2022
9 May 2022
28 April 2022
25 April 2022
1 April 2022
24 March 2022
Dole Sunshine Company
Dole Sunshine Company turns banana waste into fibres of purpose with Musa Fabric
23 March 2022
28 February 2022
The Sustainability Board Report Ltd
Innovative think-tank The Sustainability Board Report (TSBR) releases first ever rank list of the world’s most future ready boards
8 December 2021
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