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What is happening to Pakistan’s green stimulus?

Wajahat Shah, 32, is a labourer at a government-run tree plantation, spread over 3,000 hectares of army land in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “Ten days after the government announced the loc...

31 May 2022

What is happening to Pakistan’s green stimulus?

What are the sustainability risks ahead for business sectors in 2022?

News / Corporate Responsibility

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic could finally come to an end in 2022, or it could go the opposite way, putting the business world in a state of high alert with the constant emergence of new virus variants. Work...

5 Jan 2022

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

Press Releases / Global Reporting Initiative

GRI-SM highlight business case for net zero in 2021 Asean regional e-summit

As nations continue to focus on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, human civilization also simultaneously faces one of its biggest challenges - the race to net-zero. This balancing act, to reduce an...

9 Nov 2021

GRI-SM highlight business case for net zero in 2021 Asean regional e-summit

News / Policy & Finance

Analysis: Where is India spending more, fossil fuels or renewables?

Is India embracing renewables or fossil fuels? On the one hand, there are the commitments India has made to decarbonise its economy in the face of climate change that is already impacting the country ...

20 Oct 2022

Analysis: Where is India spending more, fossil fuels or renewables?

Press Releases / Gunze Limited

Gunze launches video featuring its ambition for a world of zero plastic waste

Osaka-Gunze Limited has launched a new video of its efforts in the plastic film business aiming for a world of zero plastic waste on its website. This will enable to achieve a world of zero plastic wa...

16 Sep 2021

Gunze launches video featuring its ambition for a world of zero plastic waste

Press Releases / International Finance Corporation

IFC and LOGOS partner to develop green logistics hub, drive economic activity in Indonesia

Indonesia will benefit from a major green investment in the logistics sector that’s set to address a critical infrastructure gap, at the same time creating jobs and supporting a recovery in Sout...

16 Dec 2020

IFC and LOGOS partner to develop green logistics hub, drive economic activity in Indonesia

News / Corporate Responsibility

Janet Neo to lead sustainability at Lazada

Janet Neo, a board director at the philanthropic arm of Singapore state investment company Temasek, has joined Lazada to spearhead the e-commerce firm's sustainability ambitions. Neo has relocated fro...

15 Sep 2020

Janet Neo to lead sustainability at Lazada

News / Policy & Finance

Afghan women fear for their jobs and daughters' futures under Taliban

From female journalists wiping computer files to beauticians removing posters from salons, many Afghan women are taking no chances with the country's new Taliban leaders despite promises they can keep...

19 Aug 2021

Afghan women fear for their jobs and daughters' futures under Taliban

News / Policy & Finance

ESG through the eyes of the world’s largest money manager

Larry Fink’s annual letter to the finance industry has become a highly-anticipated event for investors in recent years. After all, Fink heads BlackRock, the largest money manager in the world overseei...

10 Apr 2023

ESG through the eyes of the world’s largest money manager

Press Releases / NEU Battery Materials

NUS GRIP Deep tech start-up, NEU Battery Materials raises S$800,000 in seed funding

Company to commercialise world’s first sustainable lithium iron phosphate battery recycling solution for truly clean lithium batteries Deeptech start-up, NEU Battery Materials has raised a tota...

24 Jun 2022

NUS GRIP Deep tech start-up, NEU Battery Materials raises S$800,000 in seed funding

News / Energy

'Misguided': Asia Pacific energy leaders think emissions are falling at a time of record global warming

A survey of energy executives in Asia Pacific has revealed a curious level of optimism in how the energy transition is progressing in the region, though that confidence might have been misplaced. The...

13 Apr 2022

'Misguided': Asia Pacific energy leaders think emissions are falling at a time of record global warming

News / Energy

China’s coal exit will not end Pakistan’s reliance on dirty fuel

Just a few weeks ahead of COP26, China, the world’s biggest public financier of coal, announced that it will end investments in overseas coal projects. It raised hope in countries that want to make lo...

29 Oct 2021

China’s coal exit will not end Pakistan’s reliance on dirty fuel

News / Manufacturing

Crisis after Covid-19 for Sri Lankan women who dress the West

The pandemic was hard enough. Now, Sri Lanka faces an economic crisis of its own making that is taking a heavy toll on low-paid female garment workers sewing clothes for wealthier women in the West. "...

17 May 2022

Crisis after Covid-19 for Sri Lankan women who dress the West

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News / Carbon & Climate

How green is Asian tech? C+ at best: Greenpeace

Asia’s top technology firms are not pulling enough weight in addressing climate change, according to research by campaign group Greenpeace. In its first-ever regional tech ranking report released last...

9 Dec 2021

How green is Asian tech? C+ at best: Greenpeace

News / Policy & Finance

Q&A: What progress has been made on protecting nature a year on from COP15?

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was signed off at the COP15 summit in Montreal, Canada in December 2022. (See Carbon Brief’s in-depth summary of the key outcomes.) The landmark deal...

22 Feb 2024

Q&A: What progress has been made on protecting nature a year on from COP15?

Press Releases / Retykle

Leading investors support Retykle seed capital round, funding growth and international expansion

Seed round backed by Lazada Co-founder Tim Rath and social entrepreneur John Wood. Leading resale platform for designer kidswear plans international expansion. Pioneering children’s designer c...

17 Mar 2021

Leading investors support Retykle seed capital round, funding growth and international expansion

News / Transport

Singapore lab cracks down on wildlife traffickers with forensic tech

“Initially we were all excited because we had intercepted a record-breaking ivory shipment,” says veterinarian Charlene Fernandez of Singapore’s new Centre for Wildlife Forensics. “But when we started...

27 May 2022

Singapore lab cracks down on wildlife traffickers with forensic tech

News / Policy & Finance

‘It's early days, but India’s ESG ecosystem is growing rapidly’

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) ecosystem in India is in the early stages of its evolution, with the securities regulator having made it mandatory for the top 1,000 listed companies to ...

1 Nov 2022

‘It's early days, but India’s ESG ecosystem is growing rapidly’

Press Releases / Climate Bonds Initiative

Speakers announced for Climate Bonds Conference21

The must-attend event features global leaders who play a part in mobilising global debt capital markets to finance climate, green and transition investment The Climate Bonds Initiative has announced ...

6 Sep 2021

Speakers announced for Climate Bonds Conference21

News / Waste

Our old cellphones, computers and appliances are a bigger problem than ever. Here’s what we need to do.

Some things we’re glad to see grow: trees, children, our bank account balance, goodwill. But other things, not so much. One of those “other things” is e-waste — outdated computers, broken cellphones, ...

9 Jul 2020

Our old cellphones, computers and appliances are a bigger problem than ever. Here’s what we need to do.

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