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Japanese plastics manufacturer Sekisui Chemical is the highest ranked Asian firm in a global index of the most sustainable corporations by Canadian publisher Corporate Knights.

News / Corporate Responsibility

Japanese plastics firm shines for Asia in ranking of world's greenest corporate giants

...100, published on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, assessed 7,395 publicly listed companies with more than US$1 billion in revenues against 21 sustainability indicators. These inclu...

21 Jan 2020

Japanese plastics firm shines for Asia in ranking of world's greenest corporate giants

News / Policy & Finance

Students from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University form fossil fuels divestment group

...1.9 billion endowment would still be a hefty sum; a 1 per cent exposure would translate to a $19 million invested. Hence, we reiterate the call for NTU to reveal the exact amount of its fossil fuel ex...

24 Jun 2020

Students from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University form fossil fuels divestment group

Fanta bottles. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

News / Manufacturing

Cheap virgin plastic is being sold as recycled plastic—it's time for better recycling certification

...1,000 tonnes of recycled plastic—the equivalent of 40 million drink bottles—a month, but aims to certify 10 times that volume as the market recovers post-Covid, Schoenike said. “ In the recycling bus...

28 May 2020

Cheap virgin plastic is being sold as recycled plastic—it's time for better recycling certification

News / Transport

The road to green freight in Southeast Asia

...12, the company has saved its customers 247,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from these services, decreased its greenhouse gas intensity by 19 per cent relative to its 2010 levels, and is on track to meet...

22 Oct 2019

The road to green freight in Southeast Asia

News / Policy & Finance

Schools for girls can help to answer climate crisis

...1.48 gigatonnes by 2050. The UN Environment Programme says that total greenhouse gas emissions had reached a record high of 55.3 gigatonnes in 2018. Multiple barriers The Rapid Transition Alliance (RT...

2 Mar 2020

Schools for girls can help to answer climate crisis

News / Lifestyle

22 ways to live better in 2022

...11. Dumpster dive This dumpster diver scores 4/10 for approach, take-off, flight and entry, but 10 out of 10 for environmental impact. Image: shannonmckeogh.com One person's trash is another’s treas...

2 Feb 2022

22 ways to live better in 2022

Press Releases / The Blue Circle

The Blue Circle utilises largest wind turbines in Asia to power Vietnam

...1.” The Mui Ne Wind Project site has a total expansion potential of up to 170MW in one of the best wind resource areas in continental Vietnam. The Project’s estimated cost is around US$80...

30 Mar 2020

The Blue Circle utilises largest wind turbines in Asia to power Vietnam

Opinion / Cities

Rebooting the economy: Restoring travel and tourism in the Covid-19 era

...100 million jobs and $2.7 trillion in revenue due to Covid-19 related restrictions. The Asia and Pacific region alone stands to lose approximately 63 million jobs and $1 trillion in GDP. Even as trave...

18 Jun 2020

Rebooting the economy: Restoring travel and tourism in the Covid-19 era

News / Energy

Climate crisis offers a green business boom

...1.6 per cent of US electricity production by 2021, ahead of coal at 20.8 per cent and nuclear at 19.7 per cent. Gas remains in front at 37 per cent. In 2010 coal accounted for 46 per cent of the marke...

29 Jan 2020

Climate crisis offers a green business boom

News / Policy & Finance

All eyes on China’s post-lockdown Twin Sessions

...1 per cent GDP growth, fiscal spending should reach 1.2-1.4 trillion yuan (US$170-200 billion).By the end of April, the Ministry of Finance had front-loaded the local government bond issuance quota to...

21 May 2020

All eyes on China’s post-lockdown Twin Sessions

News / Carbon & Climate

8 trends that will shape sustainability in 2021

...1 bring? Which impacts of Covid-19 will be enduring, and which will be fleeting? Here are the trends that we believe will shape sustainability in the year ahead. 1. More lenders will walk away from fo...

23 Dec 2020

8 trends that will shape sustainability in 2021

Opinion / Water

Tackling information disorder is critical for transboundary water cooperation in South Asia

...1. Bridge the knowledge-policy-practice gaps While the knowledge system on shared waters issues in South Asia is evolving, evidence suggests limited engagement of these knowledge with the policy and p...

30 Jul 2020

Tackling information disorder is critical for transboundary water cooperation in South Asia

News / Carbon & Climate

Has Covid-19 helped ease air pollution?

...100 Chinese Covid-19 deaths, taken from here).” The European Society of Cardiology has called air pollution itself a pandemic, responsible for shortening lives on a scale greater than malaria, war and...

23 Mar 2020

Has Covid-19 helped ease air pollution?

News / Policy & Finance

The awful toll of superbugs in India's hospitals

...14, when 24 antibiotics were brought under the ‘Schedule H1’ list of antibiotics. These Schedule H1 drugs can be sold only against prescriptions, with dispensing pharmacists required to register detai...

9 Jul 2019

The awful toll of superbugs in India's hospitals

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists agree to protect 30% of the seas. But which 30%?

...18 and 2019, representatives from the UN gathered to discuss the establishment of a new high seas treaty, which would aim to protect marine biodiversity through a series of marine protected areas (MPA...

10 Jun 2020

Scientists agree to protect 30% of the seas. But which 30%?

News / Water

Victims of Assam gas explosion fear mounting health costs

...19. Moving to the relief camp made hardly any difference, he said, since it was a short walk away from their house. Das’s family is among the 1,610 in Baghjan village affected by the blast. While over...

2 Oct 2020

Victims of Assam gas explosion fear mounting health costs

News / Policy & Finance

Two major Japanese banks drop new coal, but loopholes in policies spark concern

...17 and September 2019, the bank provided US$31 billion in loans and underwritings to more than 250 coal developers worldwide, said Watanabe. Although the coal industry is in decline in the developed w...

17 Apr 2020

Two major Japanese banks drop new coal, but loopholes in policies spark concern

The Green Circle Eco-Farm, July 2020. photo credit: Vivian Lee

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

...1900s, the wealthy Chinese businessman Tan Kah Kee owned 500 acres of land in what is now the Yishun/Sembawang area for pineapple plantations and rubber, opening a pineapple factory in 1905. In 1931,...

17 Aug 2020

Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Transitioning away from fossil fuels is central to a just recovery from the Covid-19 crisis

...1. Phase down global extraction at a pace consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C. At current rates of emissions, the carbon budget for 1.5°C will last barely a decade. Fossil fuel use needs to be w...

2 Jun 2020

Transitioning away from fossil fuels is central to a just recovery from the Covid-19 crisis

YSI SEA founders Sai Surya Yarlagadda (left) and Irsyad Ramthan

News / Corporate Responsibility

Students for sustainability... Young Sustainable Impact SEA founders Sai Surya Yarlagadda and Irsyad Ramthan

...10,053 young entrepreneurs—which YSI calls 'earthpreneurs'—from 170 countries apply for 25 slots on YSI's online innovation programme. Yarlagadda and Ramthan recognise that Southeast Asia has its own ...

20 Jul 2020

Students for sustainability... Young Sustainable Impact SEA founders Sai Surya Yarlagadda and Irsyad Ramthan

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