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Foreign investments: Diverging trends amid global challenges

...Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) saw modest growth, with FDI increasing 2 per cent to a record US$235 billion. In Latin America and the Caribbean, FDI declined by 9 per c...

4 Feb 2025

...Malaysia’s Parliament, but had met with opposition from Sarawakian senators. Unlike other states in Malaysia, Sarawak has maintained autonomy over its electricity supply and distribution. The bill’s s...

14 Dec 2023

...Malaysia-centric reports, as these studies typically focus on developed markets. To address this gap, the CEO Action Network (CAN) conducted the first Malaysian multi-stakeholder survey. The survey ra...

20 Dec 2023

...Malaysia. Currently, there are several major associations, like Persatuan Penghantar P-Hailing Malaysia and Grab Drivers Malaysia Association, but participation is not mandatory. Additionally, many i...

21 Dec 2023

...Malaysia state, Sarawak, which wants to export up to 1 gigawatt of hydropower to Singapore. Malaysia, meanwhile, has recently stated that it wants 70 per cent of its electricity to be generated from r...

15 Nov 2023

...Malaysia and Indonesia laboured the point in their opposition to EUDR in 2024 – and ultimately proved successful, as the regulation – the most ambitious in history to address forest loss – was delayed...

10 Dec 2024

Malaysia releases Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide for SMEs in supply chains

...Malaysia. The rest include Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Malaysia (DPMM), The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM), The Malaysian Associated Indian Chamb...

28 Oct 2023

...Malaysia and the Philippines. The new fund seeks to create new marine protected and conserved areas in the region, as well as extend its coverage beyond designated Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to inc...

30 Oct 2024

Workers installing power transmission line in Jakarta, Indonesia

...Malaysia introduced the Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS) which aims to enhance corporate access to green electricity through open grid systems, allowing third parties to supply or purc...

8 Oct 2024

...Malaysia. More than 260 metric tonnes of recyclable, non-clinical plastic waste fill up Malaysia’s landfills each year. Zuellig Pharma has recorded a 24 per cent reduction in landfill-destined waste ...

27 Aug 2024

Calls for increased private investments to help Thailand meet net zero goals amid climate financing deal shortfall at COP29

...Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore in recent months, and comes just after COP29’s conclusion in Baku, Azerbaijan. The climate summit ended with a deal to direct US$300 billion in fun...

26 Nov 2024

...Malaysia and Myanmar. There are many companies that benefit from having gas as the main energy source in Thailand. This means that when it comes to renewables replacing gas, there has always been resi...

3 Jun 2025

...Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP), transferring 100 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectricity from Laos through Thailand and Malaysia into Singapore using existing infrastructure (Figur...

28 Feb 2024

Youth recipients of the first-of-its-kind sustainability education grant unveiled

...Malaysia, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Netherlands. We play an important role in steering the transition towards a low-carbon economy, with nearly half our fleet consisting of cleaner energy vehi...

6 Nov 2024

...Malaysia and the UK. Meanwhile, 13 authors are registered with institutions in Saudi Arabia – including an employee from the oil company Saudi Aramco – but only five have citizenship there. Carbon Bri...

24 Sep 2025

...Malaysian government in organising a high-level Methane Panel with senior climate government and corporate leaders from the US, Canada, Malaysia, and Petronas. In November 2023, Malaysia will be hosti...

1 Nov 2023

...Malaysia and Vietnam – in aligning with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C global warming target. The move also marks a shift away from the use of a business-as-usual scenario, which previously served as a b...

14 Jul 2025

...Malaysia, Swap and Go in Thailand and Selex Motors in Vietnam. The production of semiconductor chips is concentrated mainly in Malaysia and Thailand with Germany’s Infineon Technologies building a pla...

2 Nov 2023

A tree felled for biomass power in Indonesia.

...Malaysia's Sahabat Alam Malaysia, Greenpeace East Asia and Friends of the Earth Japan as well as groups from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Russia. They described biomass as a "dange...

8 Apr 2024

UN forum calls for enhanced role of cities in national climate action, localising the SDGs

...Malaysia, who was elected as Chair of the Committee. During the Committee, ESCAP also launched the Asia-Pacific SDG Localization Platform, which will support national and local authoritie...

27 Oct 2024

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