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The fashion industry needs a deep transformation. Manufacturers hold the key to circularity.Manufacturing
The fashion industry needs a deep transformation. Manufacturers hold the key to circularity.
Under pressure to reinvent fashion's ‘take-make-dispose’ business model, brands and retailers must get their supply chain partners involved. How can manufacturers accelerate the shift towards a circular economy? -
As European meat-lovers resist change, Asia shows biggest appetite for plant-based futureFood & Agriculture
As European meat-lovers resist change, Asia shows biggest appetite for plant-based future
An onslaught of Covid-19 disruptions to food supplies and new meat-free innovations haven’t managed to shift European appetites away from their home comforts. Meanwhile, Asia shows more growth potential for vegan meat.
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How has container reuse scheme Muuse survived Covid?A rent-and-return system for food and drink takeaways that aims to eliminate single-use plastic has faced an uncertain future as retailers closed and fear spread that reusables could spread Covid-19. But Muuse chief operating officer Jonathan Tostevin believes the tipping point for reuse schemes is only a few years away. -
The Eco-Business A-List 2020 unveiled: Sustainability leadership in the time of Covid-19Eco-Business reveals the most impactful sustainability executives in Asia Pacific this year—people who have changed businesses and industries for the better, during a pandemic. Who are they and what have they achieved?
Opinion
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Four things Asia’s energy sector must do in 2021 to meet climate goals– Renewables could spur the post-pandemic recovery in Asia. But as this year’s climate change conference approaches, the region's energy planners have a lot of catching up to do. -
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.
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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