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In Philippines’ bid to abandon plastic, incentives are needed, experts say

...plastics reached 1.8 billion metric tonnes in 2015, according to a 2019 study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Emissions come from the whole life cycle of plastics: from ...

26 Jun 2019

In Philippines’ bid to abandon plastic, incentives are needed, experts say

Plastic litter washed up on the coasts of Sabah, Malaysia. Image: WWF-Malaysia

News / Waste

Plastic polluters launch US$1.5bn waste collection and recycling fund

...Southeast Asia, where waste collection systems are lacking and leakage of plastic into waterways is the most severe. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste is made up of 30 companies including Shell, Exxon...

16 Jan 2019

Plastic polluters launch US$1.5bn waste collection and recycling fund

Albaba Singles Day 2018 Global Shopping Festival

News / Policy & Finance

4 trends that will shape sustainability in Asia by 2030

...plastics kickback Asia is grappling with a growing throwaway culture. However, the report cited efforts towards curbing plastic pollution in the region with a ban on plastic bags in some Indian state...

5 Mar 2019

4 trends that will shape sustainability in Asia by 2030

Assaad Razzouk, chief executive of Sindicatum, speaking at an event on energy and the blockchain.

News / Carbon & Climate

Got eco anxiety? Here are 10 reasons for climate optimism

...Southeast Asia, the only region in the world where coal is growing in the energy mix, the regional bloc's three biggest banks, UOB, DBS and OCBC, all declared in an unprecedented 11 days for corporate...

6 Dec 2019

Got eco anxiety? Here are 10 reasons for climate optimism

News / Corporate Responsibility

China companies worst in Asia for environmental sustainability, Hong Kong firms fare best—report

...Asian economies surveyed. Singapore firms registered second lowest in a ranking topped by the city-state's regional rival, Hong Kong. In the report titled Financing a Sustainable Future in Asia, China...

5 Nov 2019

China companies worst in Asia for environmental sustainability, Hong Kong firms fare best—report

News / Corporate Responsibility

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

...Southeast Asia as they struggle to juggle more money and staff with their ideals of improving the lives of vulnerable communities. The sudden growth ruptured Outland Denim's company culture - which re...

19 Nov 2019

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

News / Carbon & Climate

9 quotes about our planet that made us glad, mad and sad in 2019

...Southeast Asia’s worst haze episode since 2015, Yeo threw shade on her Indonesian counterpart, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, for suggesting that Malaysia was not transparent about its own forest fires. Yeo post...

20 Dec 2019

9 quotes about our planet that made us glad, mad and sad in 2019

News / Corporate Responsibility

If you can't beat them, join them: Can rival businesses collaborate for sustainability?

...plastic, better plastic, no plastic,'" said Amita Chaudhury, regional director of sustainable business, Southeast Asia and Australasia, Unilever. "This means we want to reduce the amount of plastic be...

16 Jan 2019

If you can't beat them, join them: Can rival businesses collaborate for sustainability?

Wilmar International's sustainability team engaged in a Zoom meeting

News / Corporate Responsibility

Lockdown innovation: How are Asia's sustainability practitioners staying effective in the time of coronavirus?

...Southeast Asia-focused publication New Naratif in February. In the weeks since, as a shock change in government upended Malaysian politics and Covid-19 forced Malaysia into lockdown, there has been le...

14 Apr 2020

Lockdown innovation: How are Asia's sustainability practitioners staying effective in the time of coronavirus?

News / Carbon & Climate

How can journalists effectively tell the climate story in Asia?

...Asia Although environmental problems such as air pollution, plastic waste and global warming are growing ever more visible and climate change has emerged as the biggest story of the century, journalis...

11 Jun 2019

How can journalists effectively tell the climate story in Asia?

News / Waste

Malaysia to ban single-use plastic

...plastic in Southeast Asia. Beating plastic pollution in Southeast Asia With Malaysia now cracking down on single-use plastic, will its neighbours follow in toughening their policies against plastic po...

26 Sep 2018

Malaysia to ban single-use plastic

News / Waste

Plastic bans—the least effective way to solve Southeast Asia's plastic pollution problem, food industry study finds

...plastic bag use, reducing plastic packaging and redesigning products for recyclability have minimal impact in reducing the plastic waste that enters Southeast Asia's seas. That was the conclusion from...

5 Oct 2018

Plastic bans—the least effective way to solve Southeast Asia's plastic pollution problem, food industry study finds

Press Releases / USAID

Southeast Asian women champion sustainability

...Asia is a flagship climate finance initiative that partners with companies and investors to unlock investment into sustainable agriculture/forestry and reduce carbon emissions in Southeast Asia. USAID...

8 Mar 2019

Southeast Asian women champion sustainability

A PET bottle being recycled at a recycling plant. Image: EVRYTHNG

News / Waste

Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?

...Asia? It will for two reasons. First, because there’s a huge amount of supply chain production that comes from China and Southeast Asia. Second, because engagement between smartphone users and the phy...

6 Mar 2019

Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?

Opinion / Lifestyle

In the world of sustainability, colonialism is not dead

...plastic-choked oceans in Asia while spotlighting environmental movements in the West that want to wipe out plastic straws and switch to more durable, dearer items—lifestyle practices that are out of r...

13 Feb 2019

In the world of sustainability, colonialism is not dead

News / Waste

Thailand to ban plastic waste imports by 2021

...plastic. We will ban [plastic waste] within two years.” After China shut its doors to foreign waste in January, the United States shipped nearly half of all its plastic waste to other Asian countries ...

17 Oct 2018

Thailand to ban plastic waste imports by 2021

News / Policy & Finance

Asian voters want environmental action, but are politicians listening?

...Southeast Asia, Eco-Business finds out whether climate change and sustainable development rank high on the priorities list for the countries' political candidates. “ How the sustainability agenda wi...

16 Apr 2019

Asian voters want environmental action, but are politicians listening?

News / Waste

World's biggest plastic polluters revealed

...plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. The study suggested that reducing plastic packaging and redesigning products for recyclability have minimal impact in cutting the plastic waste that enters the oce...

9 Oct 2018

World's biggest plastic polluters revealed

Waste collector in Indonesia segregating trash

News / Waste

Plastic producers pool US$90m to tackle ocean pollution

...Asia found that poor rubbish collection systems in Southeast Asia were the main reason for plastic leaking into the ocean—Kaplan said the informal nature of the sector in developing countries make it...

26 Oct 2018

Plastic producers pool US$90m to tackle ocean pollution

The Eco-Business team and friends celebrate EB's 10th anniversary

News / Corporate Responsibility

Eco-Business turns 10: A decade of reporting on sustainable development in Asia

...Southeast Asia was mainly being driven by the corporate world. "It's starting to happen [the clean energy transition], including in Asia, and it's being driven by consumers and businesses more than by...

30 Apr 2019

Eco-Business turns 10: A decade of reporting on sustainable development in Asia

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