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...Southeast Asian countries has introduced tax incentives and other policies to attract investment in the sector. “Overall, the boom for Thailand has certainly happened very rapidly in the past year,” J...

17 Mar 2026

...plastic polluter, rolled back its voluntary sustainability goals and said it would shift its focus to plastic recycling, moving away from previous pledges to reduce virgin plastic use. The news came j...

10 Dec 2024

Diversey, a Solenis Company and NatureLoop sign MOU to upcycle single-use plastic waste

...Southeast Asia at Diversey, and Siew Zhi Zhou, designer and production manager at NatureLoop.As the global plastic waste problem intensifies, this collaboration aims to transform used plastic containe...

13 Nov 2024

Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith says that humour can unlock tricky sustainability problems by "saying the unsayable".

...Southeast Asia. "It’s not about making fun of the dark stuff – it’s about making fun of our complicity in it,” he said. "There’s nothing funny about these events – but there can be humour in how we re...

30 Mar 2026

...Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, are already imposing EPR rules that hold producers responsible for the blight of plastic pollution. Can EPR policies help rid the world of plastic pollution?...

2 Dec 2024

...asia. 5. Killing them softly: Southeast Asia’s cautious quest to phase out its coal fleet using transition credits An artist rendition of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. (SLTEC) plant in Calaca,...

11 Dec 2024

...plastics. Previous studies have found that the larvae of the darkling beetle commonly sold as pet food can survive on a diet of plastic because its gut contains bacteria that can break down common pla...

18 Dec 2024

Pertamina oil and gas facility in Rokan Block in Riau

...Southeast Asia's oil imports – makes the region vulnerable to fuel price shocks. During the 2022 energy crisis, Southeast Asia consumers had some degree of protection from global market volatility as ...

24 Oct 2024

ISF concludes with US$17.6 billion in green investment commitments

...Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), Lubrizol Development of biodegradable bio-based food packaging to reduce plastic waste Strategic Alliance PI – ACWA POWER for Industrial Decarbonisatio...

13 Oct 2025

A small-scale miner in Bicol, Philippines

...Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) chairmanship in January, critical minerals are being eyed as one of the key issues, shared Noralene Uy, assistant secretary for policy, planning, international affairs ...

20 Feb 2026

...plastics industry has been criticised for deceptively pushing recycling as a viable solution to the plastic crisis, when only 9 per cent of plastics are recycled globally. SYCA called for effective wa...

5 Sep 2024

...Asia, described the potential dent on funding on Southeast Asia's poorest countries such as those in the Mekong region as "devastating". She said that US aid to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam had...

4 Feb 2025

Resa Boenard atop Bantar Gebang landfill

...Southeast Asia's largest landfill in Bantar Gebang on the eastern fringe of Jakarta, where Boenard has spent much of her life. Few women waste pickers have any say over the money they earn – between I...

22 Jul 2024

Edna Ablazo, collection member, the Philippines

...Plastic Bank benefitting from being an early mover. Companies can buy Plastic Bank's "Social Plastic" for use in their products or packaging or purchase plastic credits to offset their plastic footpri...

10 Jul 2024

The advertisement for McDonald's garlic chilli sauce "celebrates waste"

...plastic sachets, which are hard to recycle as they are multi-layered and made from different materials, are a commonly used way to dispense food in small quantities in Southeast Asia. The European Uni...

16 Aug 2024

...Southeast Asia. ABBI can help develop business models that can assist in minimising plastic production, facilitate better waste management, pioneer businesses that utilise alternatives to plastics or ...

3 May 2024

...plastic overproduction and waste exports to developing countries like the Philippines. The Southeast Asian country is considered an influential negotiator in the plastic treaty talks as it was a co-sp...

26 Apr 2024

INC Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Ecuador

...plastic and its fossil fuel feedstock, such as India, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have been unwilling to let go of the gainful ventures, according to readouts of previous talks. Southeast Asia hosts a th...

30 Aug 2024

Australia's action against greenwashing has been driven largely by consumers, says John Pabon, author of The Great Greenwashing

...plastic”, when actually the plastic had not been collected from the ocean. In March last year, the federal court ruled that investment firm Vanguard had misled investors by claiming its ethical bond f...

6 Sep 2025

Manila Water’s Three-River System Masterplan

...Southeast Asia While climate investments increased in 2023, Southeast Asia has an investment gap of US$1.493 trillion to fill by 2030 to reach its decarbonisation goals. A key reason for this is a lac...

17 Apr 2024

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