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Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Will Asia dine on plant-based eggs?

...carbon footprint is much lower than chicken eggs, no hormones or antibiotics are used, animal welfare is not a concern, and there's less risk of animal-to-human disease transmission. Vinita Choolani,...

4 Dec 2020

Will Asia dine on plant-based eggs?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

...carbon economy. In Asia, financial institutions are therefore already starting to exit from coal. A recent ambitious commitment from Malaysia's CIMB made it the first Southeast Asian bank outside of S...

10 Feb 2021

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

A face mask hangs on a tree branch in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

World leaders urged to learn from pandemic in adapting to climate change

...carbon-neutral by mid-century are compatible with a still-rising trend for climate-heating emissions. "The next few years will be very challenging," Lee added, warning worsening extreme weather and ri...

25 Jan 2021

World leaders urged to learn from pandemic in adapting to climate change

Press Releases / Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Ricoh launches 15th Eco Action Day, answering United Nations’ call for green recovery

...carbon savings generated from an electricity plant on Jurong Island. A total of 109,415kg in CO2 emissions was saved in 2020. Since 2007, over 1,500 organisations and 7,000 individuals have participa...

9 Apr 2021

Ricoh launches 15th Eco Action Day, answering United Nations’ call for green recovery

News / Manufacturing

Putting sustainability on the menu in food manufacturing

The global food system is so carbon-intensive that its emissions alone could be enough to heat the world by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius by the 2060s if nothing is done to change it, according to a n...

14 Dec 2020

Putting sustainability on the menu in food manufacturing

News / Food & Agriculture

Could the food crisis spur an alternative protein shake-up?

The 2,800m² high-ceiling facility in eastern Singapore was spick and span, but otherwise hardly resembled a food production plant, with bar tables, flashy projections and sampling plates of lab-grown ...

22 Jun 2022

Could the food crisis spur an alternative protein shake-up?

News / Carbon & Climate

More trees means healthier bees, new study on air pollution reveals

Human-caused air pollution in Brazil’s São Paulo state is taking its toll on native bees, but the presence of plants can help ameliorate those effects, a new study shows. Researchers from the Universi...

5 Jan 2022

More trees means healthier bees, new study on air pollution reveals

Air pollution costs each American $2,500 a year in healthcare - study

News / Cities

Air pollution costs each American US$2,500 a year in healthcare — study

Air pollution from fossil fuels costs each American an average of $2,500 a year in extra medical bills, researchers said on Thursday, as climate change hurts both health and finances. The national pri...

21 May 2021

Air pollution costs each American US$2,500 a year in healthcare — study

News / Carbon & Climate

Media leaders and experts discuss role of media in addressing climate change in China Daily dialogue

...carbon peaking and neutrality is one of the eight key areas for 2021 set by the Economic Work Conference of China. At a panel discussion moderated by Mr. Pana Janviroj, Executive Director, Asia News ...

8 Feb 2021

Media leaders and experts discuss role of media in addressing climate change in China Daily dialogue

Microplastic poses a growing concern in oceans

News / Waste

Are marine microplastics now invading the atmosphere?

Take a deep breath. The air that fills your chest and lungs is a vital mix of oxygen and nitrogen. Other things might be mingled in the air, too. For instance, small amounts of carbon monoxide, nitrog...

29 Apr 2021

Are marine microplastics now invading the atmosphere?

News / Corporate Responsibility

P&G shareholders vote in landslide to cull supply-chain deforestation

...carbon dense forest in the world and is needed to mitigate the effects of climate change. Steve Blackledge, senior advisor, Environment Watch At issue in particular in the October 2020 shareholder vo...

28 Oct 2020

P&G shareholders vote in landslide to cull supply-chain deforestation

News / Carbon & Climate

Countering Bolsonaro’s UN speech, Greenpeace reveals Amazon deforestation photos

Hours after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro painted a rosy picture of his administration’s environmental record during a United Nations speech, Greenpeace and other environmental groups released a ...

22 Sep 2021

Countering Bolsonaro’s UN speech, Greenpeace reveals Amazon deforestation photos

Press Releases / Climate Governance Malaysia

Malaysian biodiversity conservation: NGOs get centre-stage on world climate platform

The Hornbill Award is Climate Governance Malaysia’s leading initiative to support NGOs. Its partners in this initiative include corporate sponsors - Areca Capital, Astro, Better Malaysia Foundat...

21 Sep 2021

Malaysian biodiversity conservation: NGOs get centre-stage on world climate platform

News / Policy & Finance

Banks in Southeast Asia lack recognition of deforestation and biodiversity risks

...carbon capture. Not included in the report, Malaysia’s CIMB unveiled a comprehensive climate policy in December 2020 that rules out any exposure to coal power by 2040, surpassing the pledges made by t...

6 Jan 2021

Banks in Southeast Asia lack recognition of deforestation and biodiversity risks

News / Lifestyle

Looking for eco-friendly burial options? Lay to rest in a bookshelf-coffin

...carbon emissions produced from cremation and promote the use of less materials. The coffin had a reusable hardwood “outer coffin”, and removable “inner casket” made from honeycomb-core cardboard, in w...

13 Jul 2021

Looking for eco-friendly burial options? Lay to rest in a bookshelf-coffin