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News / Waste

New Zealand start-up uses pineapple leaves and algae to make sustainable shoes

In a bid to create the world's most sustainable shoe, a New Zealand start-up has turned pineapple leaves and algae into raw materials for eco-friendly footwear. Pineapple leaves, which are usually bur...

11 Nov 2020

New Zealand start-up uses pineapple leaves and algae to make sustainable shoes

News / Policy & Finance

How can small renewable power producers help the Philippines reach its 35% clean energy target?

Independent clean energy companies in the Philippines are an underexploited and underfunded source of power generation, indicated by recent statistics released by the country's energy department. The...

7 Apr 2021

How can small renewable power producers help the Philippines reach its 35% clean energy target?

Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses) Rizal, Philippines2

News / Carbon & Climate

Duterte blames climate change for typhoons in the Philippines

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte blamed climate change for the onslaught of Typhoon Vamco and back-to-back cyclones that have hit the main island of Luzon in the past three weeks. “The problem is,...

18 Nov 2020

Duterte blames climate change for typhoons in the Philippines

News / Waste

Why a national ban on single-use plastic may not be the best solution for waste-choked Philippines

A nationwide ban on single-use plastics in the Philippines will hinder the country's transition towards a circular economy, industry experts said. They are instead pushing for an extended producer's r...

1 Jun 2021

Why a national ban on single-use plastic may not be the best solution for waste-choked Philippines

Videos / Energy

Could typhoon-prone Philippines be Asia’s floating solar pioneer?

With its abundant sunshine, the Philippines is a perfect location to harvest the sun's energy. The sun-drenched nation is also the region’s most disaster-prone, with up to 20 typhoons slamming into th...

28 Feb 2020

Could typhoon-prone Philippines be Asia’s floating solar pioneer?

Children gather by the seawall as strong waves brought by Typhoon Kammuri

News / Policy & Finance

The scramble by poorer nations for unmet climate finance

Sourcing the finance for climate adaption and mitigation efforts will be one of the biggest challenges faced by disaster-prone countries in forging a new agreement at key United Nations climate talks ...

22 Sep 2021

The scramble by poorer nations for unmet climate finance

Santa Rita natural gas-fired power plant in Batangas, Philippines

News / Energy

The Philippines cannot do without fossil fuels just yet: Ayala and Lopez bosses

As the Covid-19 outbreak revealed the resilience of renewable energy markets to the crisis, two of the Philippines’ oldest and largest conglomerates have stepped up moves towards carbon neutrality in ...

2 Feb 2021

The Philippines cannot do without fossil fuels just yet: Ayala and Lopez bosses

News / Policy & Finance

Duterte tells UN: Fight climate change with the same urgency as Covid-19

The same urgency in fighting the coronavirus pandemic is needed to tackle climate change, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday (23 September). Spe...

25 Sep 2020

Duterte tells UN: Fight climate change with the same urgency as Covid-19

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

How the Philippines’ low-carbon plans may fuel a switch to green jobs

...Hannah Fernandez “We expect a lot more jobs to be created over the next two to three years as development and construction ramp up,” Castro told Eco-Business.“There will literally be tens, if not hun...

30 Apr 2021

How the Philippines’ low-carbon plans may fuel a switch to green jobs

GN Power coal-fired power plant in Mariveles, Bataan

News / Policy & Finance

Philippines announces moratorium on new coal power

The Philippine government will no longer approve applications for the new construction of coal-fired power plants, the country’s energy chief Alfonso Cusi announced on Tuesday (27 October). The morato...

28 Oct 2020

Philippines announces moratorium on new coal power

News / Corporate Responsibility

Japanese companies defy pandemic to lead Asia in ranking of world’s most sustainable corporations

Against the backdrop of Covid-19 disruptions, Japanese pharmaceutical and tech companies flew Asia's flag in the latest ranking of the world's 100 most sustainable firms. Led by Tokyo-headquartered dr...

26 Jan 2021

Japanese companies defy pandemic to lead Asia in ranking of world’s most sustainable corporations

News / Waste

Uneven efforts by world’s top waste exporters to reduce and recover waste, new study shows

Some of the world’s top waste exporters were already cutting their plastic scraps and ramping up recycling when China banned waste shipments from overseas in 2018, revealed a study by a United Kingdom...

20 Oct 2020

Uneven efforts by world’s top waste exporters to reduce and recover waste, new study shows

News / Policy & Finance

Mixed messages on coal funding from AIIB as it launches new climate change investment framework

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) sent mixed signals on its stance towards funding of coal-fired power plants at the launch of the AIIB-Amundi Climate Change Investment Framework on Wedn...

11 Sep 2020

Mixed messages on coal funding from AIIB as it launches new climate change investment framework

Sual 1 coal plant Pangasinan, Philippines

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges

While Covid-19 lockdown measures in 2020 brought about temporary improvements in air quality and lower greenhouse gas emissions, a pandemic alone has not reversed the effects of climate change in the ...

19 Jan 2021

What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges

News / Waste

In the Covid era, circularity can be a new frontier as well as a desert: TRIA chief Ng Pei Kang

Ng Pei Kang had been working for six years as the innovations lead in one of the world’s top health technology companies when he decided to make a career switch to sustainability. Coming from the cons...

12 Jan 2021

In the Covid era, circularity can be a new frontier as well as a desert: TRIA chief Ng Pei Kang

News / Carbon & Climate

As Singapore suffers bad air, electricity demand shifts up—study

Record air pollution levels in Singapore at the height of the 2015 haze season caused a spike in electricity consumption among households, which in turn increased carbon emissions from the generation ...

20 Aug 2020

As Singapore suffers bad air, electricity demand shifts up—study

News / Corporate Responsibility

Probe underway on Iloilo oil spill, as activists call for compensation and more containment efforts by Ayala-led power firm

Even as efforts to clean up a major oil spill off Iloilo City in the Philippines continue, the government has said it would fine AC Energy, the company responsible for the oil spill, and activists hav...

7 Jul 2020

Probe underway on Iloilo oil spill, as activists call for compensation and more containment efforts by Ayala-led power firm

News / Policy & Finance

US-dominated Covid funding: What does this mean for developing Asia?

The dominance of any country or individuals in funding the Covid-19 vaccine may pose a threat for developing countries in Asia, medical experts have warned. The world’s wealthiest nations and organisa...

7 Dec 2020

US-dominated Covid funding: What does this mean for developing Asia?

News / Policy & Finance

Duterte’s Covid-19 recovery plan criticised for excluding clean energy policies

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s state of the nation address has been criticised by green groups for excluding renewable energy development to aid the country’s recovery from the coronavirus cri...

28 Jul 2020

Duterte’s Covid-19 recovery plan criticised for excluding clean energy policies