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Why green buildings mean better business
As regional governments tighten building standards and introduce green taxonomies, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are finding themselves at the heart of this transition. This article explores the impact and …
Cities: Possibilities Insights Report 2025
Cities: Possibilities is an annual thought leadership initiative launched by Eco-Business in 2016, Asia Pacific’s leading media and business intelligence organisation dedicated to sustainable development. This insights report presents key …
Industry perspectives from NAVIGATING NSRF: Harnessing technology to unlock Scope 3 transparency
Navigating NSRF: Harnessing technology to unlock scope 3 transparency was held in conjunction with Cities:Possibilities Malaysia. During the session, senior professionals from diverse sectors explored the state of Scope 3 …
Unlocking capital for sustainability: Insights Report 2025
Mobilising resources, particularly through green finance, is crucial to achieving this ambition. To explore and commit to practical solutions, Unlocking capital for sustainability 2025 brought together top decision-makers from finance, …
Cities: Possibilities Forum Insights 2024
This special report explores the pressing challenges facing the built environment sector – from decarbonising the property value chain and greening urban infrastructure, to regenerative nature-based solutions and unlocking long-term …
Transitioning industrial clusters: Decarbonising Asia’s economy via digitalisation
This special report explores how transitioning industrial clusters can play a pivotal role in achieving net zero ambitions in Malaysia, why digital transformation is central to this shift, and what …
Unlocking capital for sustainability Insights Report 2024
The world is just five years away from a deadline to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, part of a comprehensive global blueprint to reconcile economic progress with environmental …
Malaysia extended producer responsibility roundtable series: Enabling a circular economy via EPR
This report presents key insights from the discussion and explores how Malaysia can reference other nations’ existing efforts in recycling and collecting waste, and lead Southeast Asia’s waste management efforts, …
Philippine National Recycling Conference: The loop towards recyclability and circularity
Filipino consumers use enough sachets each year to bury the entirety of Metropolitan Manila under a foot of plastic.
Towards a gender-transformative energy transition in Asia
On November 27, 2024, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) launched a new report, Towards a Gender-Transformative Energy Transition in Asia, which reveals critical gaps in the consideration of gender equality and …
Does Sort it Out work in Singapore?
This publication investigates the potential of implementing waste segregation at source initiatives in Singapore, building upon existing research and the findings of pilot projects. Since November 2023, Zero Waste SG …
The case for Sort it Out
Recycling has its proven advantages in driving the circular economy: from saving on the raw materials and natural resources used in manufacturing, reducing landfill needs, to contributing to a smaller …
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