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Robert Downey Jr at the launch of Footprint Coalition at Davos

News / Policy & Finance

Robert Downey Jr's new green tech fund invests in The Liveability Challenge winner RWDC Industries

...plastics substitute firm RWDC Industries. RWDC makes a bio-based plastic alternative made by feeding used cooking oil to microbes, and was the winner of the inaugural edition of The Liveability Challe...

1 Feb 2021

Robert Downey Jr's new green tech fund invests in The Liveability Challenge winner RWDC Industries

News / Carbon & Climate

As G20 chair, coal-heavy Indonesia sends mixed signals on green transition

...Southeast Asian nation plans to phase out coal for electricity by 2056 and has brought forward its net-zero emissions target from 2070 to 2060 or sooner - but weaning itself off the dirty, climate-hea...

13 Apr 2022

As G20 chair, coal-heavy Indonesia sends mixed signals on green transition

News / Waste

Uneven efforts by world’s top waste exporters to reduce and recover waste, new study shows

...plastic pollution. Around 4.7 billion plastic straws, 1.8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds and 316 million plastic stirrers are used in England each year.

20 Oct 2020

Uneven efforts by world’s top waste exporters to reduce and recover waste, new study shows

A recycling centre in Lang Khoai, Vietnam, where 1,500 work in the informal recycling sector. Image: CL2B

News / Waste

Covid-19 has hobbled Asia's recycling trade as demand for recycled plastic dips and recyclers face ruin

...Southeast Asia during and post lockdown (click to enlarge). Image: Safeguarding the plastic value chain Insights from COVID-19 impact in South and Southeast Asia In the most extreme case, the recycli...

30 Aug 2020

Covid-19 has hobbled Asia's recycling trade as demand for recycled plastic dips and recyclers face ruin

How Biden's climate agenda aims to trigger a 'good-paying' jobs boom

News / Policy & Finance

Biden’s pivot to Asia challenged by China’s rise, climate change and trade tensions

...Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). As part of efforts to revive US influence in Asia, President Biden has filled his team with veterans of Asian affairs, including Kurt Campbell — who served as assistan...

5 Apr 2021

Biden’s pivot to Asia challenged by China’s rise, climate change and trade tensions

Plastic water bottles await collection for recycling in Africa.

News / Waste

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

...plastic, or generate offset credits for recycled plastics. Like carbon offsets, plastic offsets enable companies to provide credit holders the right to offset their consumption of virgin plastic. The ...

16 Feb 2021

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

News / Carbon & Climate

Explainer: Avoided emissions and how not to overclaim them

...Southeast Asia, about 200 companies report their emissions through disclosure platforms like CDP, an increase from 53 in 2016. In Singapore, adoption of climate change reporting based on the TCFD fra...

3 Dec 2021

Explainer: Avoided emissions and how not to overclaim them

Plastic awaits recycling in Bali, Indonesia. Image: Alvaro Aguilar

News / Waste

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

...plastic. Recyclers in South and Southeast Asia are facing ruin as buyers opt for virgin plastic, which is now roughly half the price of post-consumer content as the Covid-19 pandemic keeps oil prices ...

30 Oct 2020

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

What are the sustainability risks ahead for business sectors in 2022?

News / Corporate Responsibility

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

...Asia Pacific chief executive of financial services group, Cantor Fitzgerald We asked Rousseau Anai, former Asia Pacific chief executive of financial services group, Cantor Fitzgerald. What is the big...

5 Jan 2022

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

Sual 1 coal plant Pangasinan, Philippines

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges

...plastic reduction roadmap With the Philippines ranking third among the world’s top plastic polluters, a comprehensive bill banning single-use plastic packaging and products must be enacted this year. ...

19 Jan 2021

What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges

News / Waste

River vessels that sweep up marine trash to be built in Malaysia

...plastic than fish, by weight, by 2050. The Ocean Cleanup aims to deploy its Interceptors at 1,000 of the most polluting rivers in the world, many of which are in Southeast Asia, China and India. The I...

11 Dec 2020

River vessels that sweep up marine trash to be built in Malaysia

News / Water

As Nepal runs dry, communities tap water harvesting

...southeast of Kathmandu. "Even in the monsoon, I am struggling to quench my thirst." But two kilometres away, the residents of the town of Liwali enjoy clean water year-round, thanks to a rooftop rainw...

7 Oct 2021

As Nepal runs dry, communities tap water harvesting

News / Corporate Responsibility

WWF Singapore comms manager Janissa Ng joins PR agency Spurwing

...Southeast Asia, the sharks fin trade, and marine plastic pollution. One of the most memorable campaigns Ng worked on was Ivory Lane, a fictitious ivory brand launched by WWF in 2018. The campaign cont...

11 Jan 2021

WWF Singapore comms manager Janissa Ng joins PR agency Spurwing

News / Carbon & Climate

The other greenhouse gas: methane and the COP26 pledge to slash it

...Asia. Coal capacity has doubled in Southeast Asia since 2010. There has been significant interest at COP26 in a potential technology fix to achieve the rapid removal of methane from the atmosphere. S...

12 Nov 2021

The other greenhouse gas: methane and the COP26 pledge to slash it

Environment and sustainability minister Grace Fu

News / Waste

Is industry doing enough to tackle Singapore's waste problem?

...plastic is not appropriately priced. "[Plastic waste] is a classic case of market failure. The negatively externalities of plastic have not been priced properly. Plastic is indestructible — and we nee...

21 Oct 2020

Is industry doing enough to tackle Singapore's waste problem?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Is Singapore poised to become Asia’s hub for alternative protein?

...Asia, which consumes more animal protein than anywhere else in the world”, he added. 3. Asia’s first university course on alternative protein Singapore is also home to Asia’s first university course f...

26 Aug 2021

Is Singapore poised to become Asia’s hub for alternative protein?

Klean's reverse vending machines are scaling up their plastic waste movement across Southeast Asia

News / Waste

Malaysian reverse vending machine startup eyes scale to tackle plastic crisis

...plastic most commonly used to make bottles) is just one part of the problem. To tackle other types of plastics, we’re looking to introduce what we're calling the dropbox concept. We will be taking an...

27 Jan 2021

Malaysian reverse vending machine startup eyes scale to tackle plastic crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

6 ways the pandemic changed sustainability in 2020

...Asia Pacific, this will increase poverty and set back sustainable development. Big struggle for plastic recyclers The battle against plastic pollution became even more daunting this year. The pandemic...

14 Dec 2020

6 ways the pandemic changed sustainability in 2020

trash collected during the East Coast beach clean up

Opinion / Waste

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

...Southeast Asia’s first Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law, essentially holding firms accountable for the responsible disposal of post-consumer waste. Measures include mandatory reporting for c...

11 Jan 2021

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

News / Lifestyle

Students for sustainability...Thryft founders Eddie Lim, Chow Jia Yu and Tan Ye Kai

...Southeast Asia, as well as opening up opportunities for people who don’t have access to second-hand books. It helps push us and keeps us focused on what we’re really doing here. Ye Kai: My advice is ...

14 Dec 2021

Students for sustainability...Thryft founders Eddie Lim, Chow Jia Yu and Tan Ye Kai

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