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6 ways the pandemic changed sustainability in 2020

What started as a public health concern in late 2019 blew up into a global pandemic that has claimed over a million lives and affected almost every aspect of life this year. Over the course of the yea...

14 Dec 2020

6 ways the pandemic changed sustainability in 2020

News / Energy

The more coal dominates the energy mix, the more positively Southeast Asia's media will cover it—except in the Philippines

Media coverage of coal in countries across Southeast Asia correlates closely with how much the energy mix and economy relies on the fossil fuel, a report by an organisation of climate journalists has ...

16 Feb 2021

The more coal dominates the energy mix, the more positively Southeast Asia's media will cover it—except in the Philippines

News / Energy

New renewables bill may give Indonesia chance to move away from coal

...renewables in the national energy mix by 2025. The government has previously issued policies to help achieve that target, for instance a 2018 ministry-level decree regulating the installation of rooft...

17 Feb 2020

New renewables bill may give Indonesia chance to move away from coal

News / Energy

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

...Renewables are not immune to that,” he said. Energy markets reeling Renewables are not the only energy market affected. With airlines grounded, roads emptied, and fewer goods being shipped across the ...

27 Mar 2020

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

Indonesia, coal mine, coronavirus bailout

News / Energy

Indonesia should deny feeble coal mining sector coronavirus bailouts: Report

...renewables and the fossil fuel loses its lustre among traditional investors as well as industry players. Some of Indonesia’s major coal export markets, including China and India, are slashing imports ...

16 Sep 2020

Indonesia should deny feeble coal mining sector coronavirus bailouts: Report

News / Cities

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes

When a riverbank subsided and gave way four years ago, Tran Van Bi’s house collapsed into a river in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Everything his family had accumulated over 32 years was gone in an instant....

6 Jul 2022

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes

News / Energy

Ayala’s energy arm to divest from coal: Will other Filipino power companies follow suit?

...renewables.” “ We need to continue to serve our customers with reliable power and it takes time to replace coal capacity with renewables. Irene Maranan, corporate communications and sustainability h...

24 Apr 2020

Ayala’s energy arm to divest from coal: Will other Filipino power companies follow suit?

News / Energy

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

...renewables. Coal capacity under construction globally dropped 16 per cent from 2018 to 2019, with declines even in China and Southeast Asia. Only this month, coal-loving Japan announced that it would ...

16 Jul 2020

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan block roads to end logging in Borneo

Indigenous Penan tribespeople have set up road blocks to stop a timber company from logging on land in Malaysian Borneo that they consider part of their ancestral heritage. The Penan erected their fir...

15 Oct 2021

Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan block roads to end logging in Borneo

Orangutan looks through bars at Pata Zoo, Bangkok

News / Policy & Finance

Capturing the cruelty of orangutan tourism in Asia

The work of Aaron Gekoski is unlikely to be found on Netflix anytime soon. An executive for the video streaming service recently told the British wildlife documentary maker and photojournalist that wh...

5 Sep 2022

Capturing the cruelty of orangutan tourism in Asia

News / Carbon & Climate

Are trade unions unlikely allies in the climate fight?

In many parts of the world, the labour movement is still getting to grips with the climate crisis. However, given that trade unions are key players at the policy negotiation table, the public increasi...

21 Dec 2021

Are trade unions unlikely allies in the climate fight?

News / Energy

Can crowd investors spur the clean energy transition?

...renewables for years. Nicolas Payen, co-founder and chief executive at Positive Energy Limited, a Singapore-based digital platform for renewable investments, said: “Crowdfunding platforms give individ...

2 Jun 2020

Can crowd investors spur the clean energy transition?

News / Policy & Finance

Proposal to carve up Indonesian Papua rings endangers people and forests

The Indonesian government’s plan to administratively split the country’s easternmost region of Papua into five provinces, from the current two, has raised concerns that its forests and natural resourc...

22 Apr 2022

Proposal to carve up Indonesian Papua rings endangers people and forests

News / Water

New platform aims to reveal dam and climate impacts on the Mekong

A new monitoring platform that uses satellite imagery to track dam reservoir levels on the Mekong can shed light on the contentious issue of how the river’s precious water is stored, and the effects o...

17 Mar 2021

New platform aims to reveal dam and climate impacts on the Mekong

Press Releases / EB Impact Limited

EB Impact launches a second edition of ‘Sustainability Exchange’ with Facebook and OCBC Bank

PRESS RELEASE EB Impact launches a second edition of ‘Sustainability Exchange’ with Facebook and OCBC Bank Following a highly successful pilot programme, Singapore’s first of its k...

20 Oct 2021

EB Impact launches a second edition of ‘Sustainability Exchange’ with Facebook and OCBC Bank

News / Carbon & Climate

How will China's carbon neutrality pledge affect the nation's energy transition?

...renewables accounting for 28 per cent. China’s pledge comes as a new report warns that its post-pandemic recovery is slowing the nation’s energy transition, with policymakers stimulating carbon-heavy ...

23 Sep 2020

How will China's carbon neutrality pledge affect the nation's energy transition?

Narendra Modi visiting the India Pavilion

News / Carbon & Climate

All eyes on India as COP26 summit starts

The United Nation's COP26 climate summit is starting on a more pessimistic note than any of the annual meetings of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since the 1990s. Even if the u...

1 Nov 2021

All eyes on India as COP26 summit starts

News / Water

As Nepal runs dry, communities tap water harvesting

When Sita Poddar wants some water, she walks from her home in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley to a neighbouring town 15 minutes away, where she waits at the public tap in the yard of a temple. She is usually...

7 Oct 2021

As Nepal runs dry, communities tap water harvesting

News / Manufacturing

What does the future hold for sustainable packaging?

It was restrictions on shipping furniture to Europe using Styrofoam — a lightweight plastic foam that is notoriously bad for the environment — that inspired Alvin Lim to pivot to sustainable packaging...

28 Jan 2022

What does the future hold for sustainable packaging?

Clarisse Kehler Siebert, Nexus for Development

News / Carbon & Climate

Nexus for Development appoints Clarisse Kehler Siebert as executive director

Nexus for Development, a non-profit that provides access to finance for renewable energy and water projects in developing Asia, has appointed Clarisse Kehler Siebert as executive director. Siebert, a ...

13 May 2020

Nexus for Development appoints Clarisse Kehler Siebert as executive director

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