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News / Carbon & Climate

Does COP28 signal the beginning of an end to the fossil fuel era? It depends on who you ask.

...tatives from small island states, which appeared to have been left out of the event's conclusion. “We didn’t want to interrupt the standing ovation, but we are confused. It seems you just gavelled the...

14 Dec 2023

Does COP28 signal the beginning of an end to the fossil fuel era? It depends on who you ask.

News / Cities

Malaysian conservationist takes hotel training into the rainforest

...tarting to think and talk about it as well?' That's hard. We have an economy that's very much about pulling your attention into social media, into this, that and the other - and grabbing that attentio...

11 May 2023

Malaysian conservationist takes hotel training into the rainforest

Artist impression of Jurong Lake District

News / Green Buildings

Singapore's new AI utility to tap national green building data for combatting greenwash concerns on financing

...trict that the city state is planning for to consider using the AI platform to obtain green financing. The Jurong Lake District – located outside Singapore's city centre and in the western part of the...

17 Nov 2023

Singapore's new AI utility to tap national green building data for combatting greenwash concerns on financing

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Selling the taste of sustainability

...the functionality of the product, the texture of it, or the taste of it is less than what they're used to getting. That's why we take an integrated solutions approach. Being able to balance the total ...

21 Sep 2022

Selling the taste of sustainability

Opinion / Lifestyle

Out of step: Why sneakers and sportswear still lag on sustainability

...The good news is that recent consultation conducted by both the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America and researchers at MIT suggest the footwear industry seems committed to progressing towar...

29 Jan 2024

Out of step: Why sneakers and sportswear still lag on sustainability

News / Policy & Finance

Macron finance summit tackles global debt and climate reforms

...to the global financial system. "There's a broad coming together around the fact that debt has to be dealt with in a serious way," said Rachel Kyte, dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. ...

28 Jun 2023

Macron finance summit tackles global debt and climate reforms

News / Policy & Finance

How hot is too hot to work? Heatwaves renew workers' rights push

...t. In a statement, UPS spokesperson Matthew O’Connor said staff health and safety was "our highest priority," citing the heat-resistant uniforms and cooling towels it distributed, and the fans it inst...

10 Oct 2022

How hot is too hot to work? Heatwaves renew workers' rights push

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

How did Covid change sustainability events?

...the event, and they're part of the attempt to market the event rather than to get to the truth. So if one starts a sustainability event, or any event from the proposition that we are here to make an i...

24 Aug 2022

How did Covid change sustainability events?

News / Policy & Finance

Developed countries failing to pay ‘fair share’ of nature finance ahead of COP16

...ty. These aren’t just numbers; this target matters to us all. Dr Laetitia Pettinotti, climate economist, ODI Of this, developed countries – along with others that “voluntarily assume” their obligatio...

21 Oct 2024

Developed countries failing to pay ‘fair share’ of nature finance ahead of COP16

News / Cities

Cyber criminals hold Asian tech workers captive in scam factories

...tionships with men on dating app Tinder, then persuade them to invest in stocks. "I wanted to go home because it wasn't what I wanted to do, but they said I would have to pay 120,000 to 130,000 baht (...

2 Nov 2022

Cyber criminals hold Asian tech workers captive in scam factories

News / Policy & Finance

Microfinance turns India's rural women into budding entrepreneurs

...th pride. That's why they don't want to get into the traps set by moneylenders again. Vivek Tiwari, managing director, Satya MicroCapital Limited "For the first time, I don't constantly worry about h...

7 Dec 2022

Microfinance turns India's rural women into budding entrepreneurs

News / Energy

Energy efficiency: the net-zero no-brainer that has come of age

...t growth, save cash and maintain their competitive advantage while reducing emissions. "Actions are doable today, at attractive returns with existing technology, and so it is believed this establishes...

22 Jan 2024

Energy efficiency: the net-zero no-brainer that has come of age

ChatGPT on smartphone and laptop display

News / Corporate Responsibility

Will ChatGPT write our future ESG reports?

...timism or pessimism, that the top management wants to deliver to the markets. As such, Tu believes that ChatGPT could write the CEO letter in annual sustainability reports in the future – a task that...

24 Feb 2023

Will ChatGPT write our future ESG reports?

News / Cities

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space

...te speech, LGBTQ+ advocates say that parent company Meta falls short on enforcement, raising questions about its commitment to minority protection. "Meta claims to have experienced content moderators ...

14 Feb 2024

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space

News / Cities

Sex trafficking plagues Filipino city where typhoon wrought havoc

...the city was still feeling the typhoon's effects today, despite several initiatives by the local government to tackle sex trafficking. In the city's downtown areas, street prostitution has become "ram...

6 Nov 2023

Sex trafficking plagues Filipino city where typhoon wrought havoc

SportSG and Dow's shoe recycling initiative

News / Waste

Shoe recycling exposé raises questions about waste management in Singapore

...t commented. "The statistics on recycling in Singapore are really just statistics on exports: when glass waste is exported, it gets counted as recycling. But we don't know if that is true. It may be d...

28 Feb 2023

Shoe recycling exposé raises questions about waste management in Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change damage to infrastructure poses 'huge' financial risks

...to close the deficit, it added, noting that only 1.6 per cent of that amount is invested in infrastructure today. And low and middle-income nations have attracted just a quarter of private infrastruct...

6 Oct 2023

Climate change damage to infrastructure poses 'huge' financial risks

News / Food & Agriculture

In a country where ‘food is politics’, farmers' rights need to be protected: social entrepreneur Cherrie Atilano

...t 12 years old, Atilano started working with these farmers, as part of the requirements of her being a scholar in agricultural studies, and witnessed first-hand the inequalities and mistreatment they ...

4 Mar 2024

In a country where ‘food is politics’, farmers' rights need to be protected: social entrepreneur Cherrie Atilano

News / Waste

In pictures: Life on Southeast Asia's largest landfill

...t vast quantities of methane, a powerful climate agitant, and leach toxins into the soil and water supply. But inhaling burning plastic or bathing in contaminated water is not among the biggest concer...

4 Jan 2023

In pictures: Life on Southeast Asia's largest landfill

A couple paddle through a flooded road in Bangkok, Thailand.

News / Carbon & Climate

Lack of data, funding or interest: Journalists in Asia on the struggles of reporting on climate change

...tation industry, greater importance is often placed on the economic benefits that can be reaped rather than the toll it takes on the environment. Ultimately, the issue of climate change tends to get d...

14 Oct 2022

Lack of data, funding or interest: Journalists in Asia on the struggles of reporting on climate change

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