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In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

...there tend to be no complaints. [But] in the dry seasons, there is so much dust. Those coal heaps in their stockpile, when the southern wind comes, they’d blow the dust from the pile all over.” In Oct...

6 Feb 2017

In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

News / Manufacturing

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

...the USA. For the first 5 years of my life I knew my father from the letters he sent that told us about the things he learned. At his return, the forestry industry was booming in Indonesia. My father w...

18 Jul 2017

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

Opinion / Water

Hong Kong’s water insecurity: A reflection of its political dilemma

...the tens of thousands pro-democracy supporters who took to the streets to protest, the date was not a cause for celebration. Nonetheless, despite the rising unhappiness among Hong Kongers within the p...

11 Sep 2017

Hong Kong’s water insecurity: A reflection of its political dilemma

Opinion / Lifestyle

Does having children make us care more about the environment?

...them, but also the quality of their environment. This is what we call the “legacy hypothesis”. And parenthood, and the way we think about the future, can affect the way we feel about the environment. ...

31 Jan 2018

Does having children make us care more about the environment?

electric vehicle charging station coming soon

Opinion / Transport

Five reasons why you might be driving electric sooner than you think

...the cost of electricity on the wholesale market falls. This is because when it’s windy or sunny those technologies have to sell into the market, so the more of them there are having to sell, the more ...

26 Jan 2017

Five reasons why you might be driving electric sooner than you think

Workers load a truck with palm fruit at a palm oil plantaion in Nagan raya, Aceh province, Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Smallholder farmers are key to making the palm oil industry sustainable

...the Indonesian government and the growing number of companies making “zero-deforestation” commitments. The problem is that small farmers have few resources at their disposal to actually start producin...

30 Mar 2018

Smallholder farmers are key to making the palm oil industry sustainable

what does it take to phase out fossil fuels?

News / Energy

Science splits ranks over fossil fuel phase-out

...the interested lay reader, the academic furore seems for the moment entirely theoretical: on the face of it neither side of the argument is likely in the near future to see its hypothesis tested in th...

29 Jun 2017

Science splits ranks over fossil fuel phase-out

News / Waste

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

...them; a process which not only demands the creative input of adding the students’ ‘own touches’ to the designs, but also the logistical task of maximising the materials used in each garment, to reduce...

29 Jan 2018

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

Press Releases / SETA

Registration open for Sustainable Energy Technology Asia 2018

...Themed Towards Consolidated Energy Technology, SETA 2018 will focus on how the digital revolution is transforming the energy sector, and how to scale up the adoption of clean energy solutions, includi...

29 Jan 2018

Registration open for Sustainable Energy Technology Asia 2018

Opinion / Waste

11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

...the numerous marine species that shelter under or within these corals, and in turn the fisheries that depend on them. Our study shows that reducing the amount of plastic debris entering the ocean can ...

29 Jan 2018

11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

Women's March on Washington. Female investors are more likely to factor sustainability into their investment decisions. Image:

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Do women hold the key to responsible investment?

...their investment and savings decisions reflect their personal values and philosophies. “ This is a moment in time when women investors have the chance to be on the right side of history. These findi...

15 May 2017

Do women hold the key to responsible investment?

An Obike bicycle is left by a busy walkway near Kent Ridge train station in Singapore. The explosion in use of smart bike-sharing schemes has concerned Singapore's tidiness-conscious government. Image: Eco-Business

News / Lifestyle

Mobike in regulation talks in Singapore as bike dumping worsens

...their rides to fixed parking stations. Instead, users unlock the bikes by scanning a QR code with their smartphone and can deposit them anywhere after they’ve completed their journeys. Though Mobike’...

7 Jul 2017

Mobike in regulation talks in Singapore as bike dumping worsens

News / Policy & Finance

Women hold the key to building a world free from hunger and poverty

...the European Commission and the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) ...

19 Dec 2016

Women hold the key to building a world free from hunger and poverty

News / Corporate Responsibility

At Davos, bosses paint climate change as an opportunity

...the Swiss Alps resort of Davos. Mahindra likened the transformation to when cars were first introduced and the industry that developed around them. Climate change will also bring new appliances, techn...

26 Jan 2018

At Davos, bosses paint climate change as an opportunity

Scratch Talks in February 2017 at Wonderfruit

News / Lifestyle

Tony Fernandes, Pangina Heals, Dianna Cohen: Who's coming to Wonderfruit?

...the country. The sessions will be moderated by Eco-Business managing editor, Jessica Cheam. After the strong turnout at the last Scratch Talks, this year’s will be held at the bigger but no less cos...

20 Nov 2017

Tony Fernandes, Pangina Heals, Dianna Cohen: Who's coming to Wonderfruit?

News / Water

Locals mount fierce resistance against sand mining, land reclamation in Makassar

...the assessment expires after three years if no physical work takes place on the project. Walhi argues that, given the time elapsed between the issuance of the EIA and the commencement of work, the pro...

11 Jul 2017

Locals mount fierce resistance against sand mining, land reclamation in Makassar

Opinion / Waste

In banning plastic bags we need to make sure we’re not creating new problems

...them. Evidence-based policy is crucial. We first need to find out how many people already use re-usable bags, whether they always take them to the shops, and what items they put in them. Do people gen...

25 Jul 2017

In banning plastic bags we need to make sure we’re not creating new problems

News / Water

Wastewater for India’s coal plants an impractical dream

...when water was provided to the plant at the cost of drinking water for downstream populations. The effect of low water levels was felt dramatically when the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC),...

24 Jul 2017

Wastewater for India’s coal plants an impractical dream

young woman joins protests for climate justice

News / Carbon & Climate

World’s young face $535 trillion bill for climate

...the carbon budget and climate sensitivity. The first of these concerns the terrestrial and oceanic processes that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and then absorb them, and the second is a...

24 Jul 2017

World’s young face $535 trillion bill for climate

News / Carbon & Climate

El Nino linked to cholera outbreaks in Africa - study

...the weather pattern and the number of cholera cases. “ Knowing there is elevated cholera risk in a particular region can help reduce the number of deaths that result. Justin Lessler, lead researcher ...

13 Apr 2017

El Nino linked to cholera outbreaks in Africa - study

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