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Economics of cell-based meat will never be competitive, says Impossible Foods founderFood & Agriculture
Economics of cell-based meat will never be competitive, says Impossible Foods founder
Pat Brown of plant-based burger company Impossible Foods believes cultured meat will always remain the meat of the future. -
Societe Generale appoints Yasmine Djeddai as Asia Pacific head of sustainable financePolicy & Finance
Societe Generale appoints Yasmine Djeddai as Asia Pacific head of sustainable finance
Djeddai moves into the newly created role after 15 years with the French bank, and will be based in Hong Kong.
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Cell-based seafood firm Shiok Meats raises US$12.6m in Series A fundingThe news, which follows Green Monday Holdings’ US$70 million fundraising announcement last week, shows investors’ appetite for alternative proteins remains strong. -
Hong Kong social enterprises on the brink after protests, Covid-19Many of the city's social enterprises, which help homeless and other vulnerable people, are struggling to stay afloat.
Opinion
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The next risk challenge: Environmental Risk– Asian regulators are broadening the scope of focus beyond climate risk. How prepared are Singapore's financial institutions in response to the latest MAS consultation on environment risk management guidelines? -
Covid-19 demonstrates urgent need for cities to prepare for pandemics– Cities and towns need to deepen understanding of their risks from disease outbreaks, as for other more visible threats like extreme weather. -
Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability– Four in five of the world’s workforce is on lockdown due to Covid-19, with no end in sight. The post-pandemic world order needs one familiar function to tie social sustainability together – human resources.
Videos
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Sustainability One on One: Palm oil proponent Simon Lord in conversation with apparel futurist Pamela Mar
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Sustainability One on One: Palm oil proponent Simon Lord in conversation with apparel futurist Pamela Mar
– In the first in a new video series where sustainability leaders interview each other about the toughest things about their jobs, Simon Lord of Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of Hong Kong-based textile and apparel giant Fung Group. -
Creating a better world: The Eco-Business story– An independent media organisation in a tough industry, Eco-Business has striven to be Asia Pacific’s go-to source for all things sustainable business. To mark our seventh birthday, we've put together a video about our work and how we define purposeful journalism.
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Hong Kong to ban ivory trade by 2021– Hong Kong government’s three-step plan to ban ivory trade by 2021 received the go-ahead from the Chief Executive in Council, and the legislature amendments will be tabled before the Legislative Council in the first half of 2017.
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Hong Kong’s ivory smuggling haven exposed– Non-profit groups WildAid and African Wildlife Foundation have released a video containing undercover footage, exposing ivory laundering in Hong Kong and the loopholes in its regulations on smuggled tusks.
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