Eco-Business

...carbon is referred to as blue carbon. Blue carbon ecosystems tend to be mangroves, seagrasses and saltmarshes. Left unprotected, these ecosystems can be damaged or degraded and contribute to climate ...

24 Oct 2023

Asia-Pacific region to chart bold path for migration governance

The second Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Asia and the Pacific opened today with a call for migration policies that prioritise the needs a...

10 Feb 2025

Predicted weather patterns will lead to devastating food shortages in 2025, according to a recent United Nations report on the impact of global weather systems. With the threat of a La Niña weather p...

10 Feb 2025

7 in 10 Singapore consumers feel sustainability is important but only 3 in 10 are actively contributing: Singlife

...carbon emissions, Singlife is one of the first insurers to offer electric vehicle (EV) insurance, making benefits available such as additional total loss payout for customers under its Motor Prestige ...

10 Feb 2025

Jiayun Fang, UBS social impact lead for Southeast Asia

Global investment bank UBS has hired the former head of sustainability for Singapore-based lender United Overseas Bank (UOB), Jiayun Fang, to lead its social impact and philanthropy function in Southe...

10 Jun 2024

Andy Wilson speaking at The Conscious Festival 2023

Singapore-based head of sustainability for Ogilvy Asia Andy Wilson has left the advertising agency to start his own venture, which aims to help amplify brands in the sustainability sector. It is launc...

11 Mar 2024

...carbon capture and storage and other fossil fuel-based research and development, rather than renewable energy innovation. The reversal or modification of the Biden Administration’s electric vehicle ...

27 Sep 2024

Ho Xiang Tian delivering a speech at a climate rally in Singapore in September 2023.

...carbon tax of between S$10 and S20 per tonne of emissions from 2019 at the 2017 Budget and started a six-week public consultation. It introduced the carbon tax at S$5 per tonne of emissions in Novembe...

6 Feb 2024

...carbon intensive fuels such as gas will be achieved much earlier. Electric cooking is expected to catch pace, with about 15 per cent households in rural areas and 20 per cent in urban areas shifting t...

26 Sep 2024

...carbon taxes instituted by the European Union. The item was ultimately not included in the agenda, which was adopted late on the first day after hours of delays and disagreement among nations. Colombi...

18 Nov 2024

Latin American leaders gathered in Beijing earlier this month for the fourth ministerial summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and China. Speaking at the opening ...

28 May 2025

...carbon offsetting for over 50 per cent of its 2030 climate target, of halving carbon emissions compared to 2019 levels, Bonkatz said. The group wants to go carbon-neutral by 2050. Others believe airli...

24 Nov 2023

...carbonisation and encourage local suppliers to adopt them. "We have identified 1,500 suppliers with high energy usage and aim to support locally grown decarbonisation solutions, when they meet our cr...

25 Sep 2024

IFC graphic on sustainability disclosures

Sustainability disclosures have finally begun to align globally after a long, winding journey spanning three decades. What originated in the 1980s as voluntary environmental-related disclosures by com...

27 May 2025

Ben Moody, co-founder of Seven Clean Seas (SCS), is stepping back after more than five years with the Singapore-based coastal clean-up and plastic credits company. Moody joined SCS in 2019 at the age ...

9 Jul 2024

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership postgraduate students during a workshop exercise. Source: CISL

Three years after the launch of ChatGPT, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are rapidly coming into focus for businesses. From bett...

20 Mar 2026

The Trump administration’s insular and rent-seeking foreign policy will significantly alter the geopolitics of energy transition in Southeast Asia. This will manifest in two ways. First, the potentia...

7 Mar 2025

...Carbon Brief.

20 Dec 2024

...carbon neutral by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. These goals are operationalised through a three-pronged framework, which involves carbon reduction, carbon removal and carbon compensatio...

24 Oct 2023

...carbon emissions. Worse still, nearly 70 per cent of those without a plan have no intention of developing one, a finding that Merina found worrying. “Chief financial officers (CFOs) and the finance fu...

6 Jun 2024

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Press Releases / Singlife

News / Policy & Finance

News / Lifestyle

Opinion / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Energy

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Energy

News / Manufacturing

Opinion / Policy & Finance

News / Waste

News / Policy & Finance

Opinion / Energy

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Energy

News / Policy & Finance

Most popular

News / Manufacturing

News / Energy

News / Water

News / Water

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Manufacturing

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.