Eco-Business

More than half of the world's largest proprietors of shipping vessels are from Asia. Eco-Business explores what the region's biggest maritime companies are doing to lower their environmental impact.

As Western countries cut reliance on China for renewable energy technologies, shifting power dynamics could see other Asian nations like India and Indonesia emerge with bigger roles in the global green energy supply chain, says former UN sustainable investment envoy.

The South Korean electronics giant has been criticised for relying on renewable energy certificates rather than "high impact" methods to reduce emissions and publishing potentially misleading emissions reduction data.

Japan's per capita coal emissions have also grown, albeit at a slower pace, making it the only developed country among the G20 to see its per capita coal emissions increase since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

By Anika Patel

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Alex Hurley, Ryan Driskell Tate

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Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently. By Jessica Cheam

To achieve carbon neutrality, ASEAN+3 countries must overhaul their economic strategies, which will almost certainly mean a period of slower growth. By mobilising public and private climate finance, however, policymakers could mitigate the transition’s impact and create a greener and more resilient continent. By Masyita Crystallin and Marthe M. Hinojales

The materials, innovation, and capital needed to reach net-zero emissions are not equally distributed and, as a result, must be shared around the world. By Mekala Krishnan and Olivia White

Covid-19 has led to an abrupt collapse of waste management chains globally. Countries like South Korea, which are facing the problem of excess waste, need to evaluate their waste management systems. By Yong Sik Ok

By Frank Rijsberman

By Nadhilah Shani and Gabriella Ienanto

By Tim Ha

UN News Centre

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Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.

Weber Shandwick’s new study examined eight cities in Asia Pacific and how the 'soft power' attributes of cities exert influence and attract people, with Singapore topping the list for its innovative approach to sustainability and the environment.

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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.

Greenwashing has become a growing problem

Greenwashing has become a big problem for consumers, investors and regulators as brands spend millions on marketing their sustainability credentials. Eco-Business asked expert communicators Janissa Ng and James Lorenz why greenwashing is so dangerous, and what can be done to stop spin in sustainability communications.

Eco-Business talks to Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, to unpack a new landmark report from the International Energy Agency, which proposes an immediate ban on fossil fuels extraction to curb global warming.

China, Japan and Korea have just announced exciting decarbonisation targets. On the Eco-Business podcast, Dr Frank Rijsberman, director general of the Global Green Growth Institute, talks about what these targets mean for the region's development and our climate.

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