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Garg takes on the role of assistant vice president of the team, which will see him focusing on ESG implementation across asset managers and private banks in the region.

Scientists described 380 new-to-science species from the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia between 2021 and 2022.

Partially deforested land in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

RGE-owned Asia Symbol sourced wood from prime orangutan habitat, a new report alleges. Environmentalists have also found ties between RGE and a new pulp mill in Kalimantan, which they say will put pressure on natural forests in Indonesia. RGE has refuted the allegations made in the report.

Hans van Mameren walks off into the sunset

The 77 year-old Dutchman, who spent 50 years in the shipping trade before pivoting to renewables, explains why the projects he led haven't worked and why the energy transition has been relatively slow in Southeast Asia.

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Artificial recharge and deep soil mixing are two techniques showing promise in rescuing sinking cities. By Tamil Salvi Mari

The areas most prone to sinking are megacities that house almost 20 per cent of the global urban population, and these areas are also the most heavily impacted by sea-level rise. By Katherine Dafforn

Given its rich agriculture resources, biofuel will be vital for the region's net-zero plans. Solving the feedstock crunch is necessary to meet market demands, which requires careful planning and a supply chain strategy. By Monika Merdekawati, Beni Suryadi and Jason Jimmy Amadeus Palenewan

Asia is the ideal insect farming hub, says the chief technology officer of insect farming start-up FlyFeed, which recently announced that it will build its first farm in Vietnam this year. By Nathalie Berezina

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The Green Mortician is Singapore's first water cremation service

The Green Mortician is the city-state's first water cremation service, which has a small carbon footprint compared to traditional funeral options.

Amid competing concerns such as urban development and tackling climate change, keeping biodiversity conservation in people's minds can be a challenge. Eco-Business asks primatologist Andie Ang how that can be tackled.

Gaurav Sant, founder of startup SeaChange, tells Eco-Business about a technology he hopes will give the world's oceans the capacity to absorb additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Crowds descended on a beach at low tide again on Chinese New Year, despite intense media coverage of a similar occurrence in June last year.

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In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.

Pretending to be an ESG guru while actually knowing little or nothing about environmental or social issues is known as competency greenwash

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.

The populous coal-rich powerhouse has six months to tell investors how it plans to spend G7 money to decarbonise equitably. We ask experts about the risks, strategy, and opportunities.

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.

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