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News / Manufacturing

Supermodel and environmental activist Arizona Muse on selling sustainability

...carbon emissions, and is the second-largest consumer of the world's water supply. In this interview with Eco-Business, Muse talks about how she pressures fashion brands to reduce their environmental i...

17 Jun 2020

Supermodel and environmental activist Arizona Muse on selling sustainability

News / Energy

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

...carbon-aware investment in emerging markets, despite much-touted climate funds. Worse than rich nations' failure to provide green finance, it will likely be an industrialised country that will provide...

16 Jul 2020

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

A chief sustainability officer working during Covid-19

News / Corporate Responsibility

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

...Carbon Stock Approach in June. "It's not surprising that sustainability teams are being cut," said Thomas Milburn, Southeast Asia director of sustainability consultancy Corporate Citizenship. "While s...

6 Oct 2020

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Leaving no worker behind in a low carbon future

...carbon economy for all people, including those whose livelihoods are closely tied to a high-carbon economy? How can they stave off growing income inequality, and design an equitable low-carbon transi...

26 Mar 2019

Leaving no worker behind in a low carbon future

News / Carbon & Climate

South Asia’s twin threats: Extreme heat and foul air

Extreme heat can kill. Air pollution can seriously shorten human lives. By 2050, extreme summer heat will threaten about 2 billion people on and around the Indian sub-continent for around 78 days ever...

2 Jun 2020

South Asia’s twin threats: Extreme heat and foul air

News / Transport

As Asia's aviation sector grows, will its airports gain green wings?

...carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 627 tonnes so far. “We are also progressively installing additional electric vehicle chargers throughout the airside areas of Terminals 1, 2 and 3. Our goal is t...

21 Aug 2019

As Asia's aviation sector grows, will its airports gain green wings?

News / Waste

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

...carbon dioxide from the water and atmosphere. If cultivated at scale, that makes it an important carbon sink, which can then be harvested and used as a biofuel in place of fossil fuels. It could also ...

25 Mar 2020

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change could put development goals beyond reach, UN official warns

...carbon emissions and build climate-safe infrastructure is happening at city level, Warner said. Today's international processes to fight climate change do not necessarily focus "where action needs to ...

31 Oct 2019

Climate change could put development goals beyond reach, UN official warns

News / Food & Agriculture

Pioneering sustainable palm oil in India

Arokia Samy owns a small eatery in southern India’s Chennai and uses a lot of palm oil. He buys it at around INR 90 (US$ 1.22) a litre from the market and chooses it over other cooking oils because it...

10 Feb 2021

Pioneering sustainable palm oil in India

News / Carbon & Climate

From refurbished furniture to loudspeakers, more companies get serious about circular business models

November is a manic month for retailers as tens of millions of shoppers go on a buying spree on Singles Day and Black Friday. This year, furniture giant IKEA is trying something different for Black Fr...

12 Nov 2020

From refurbished furniture to loudspeakers, more companies get serious about circular business models

News / Transport

Road to electric vehicles in Bhutan is paved with hurdles

...carbon neutral in jeopardy. The electric car transition? Bhutan is promoting electric vehicle use to combat these growing emissions. However, this has not been an easy transition. A 2014 programme att...

30 Jan 2020

Road to electric vehicles in Bhutan is paved with hurdles

News / Water

Deep sea mining could destroy 'our last frontier'

...carbon sink carries significant environmental risks ... Deep sea mining could even make climate change worse." “ It is not exploitation, it is a friendly collection of the commercial deposits. N.H. K...

4 Jul 2019

Deep sea mining could destroy 'our last frontier'

Press Releases / Green Convergence Philippines

Green Convergence, DENR to hold 3rd PH Environment Summit

Cagayan de Oro will host the 3rd Philippine Environment Summit with the theme “Paradigm (re)Shift: Heeding Nature” on February 26-28, 2020 at the Grand Caprice Convention Center. This year...

31 Jan 2020

Green Convergence, DENR to hold 3rd PH Environment Summit

News / Corporate Responsibility

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

...carbonisation of Singapore’s banks. In a span of 11 days, its biggest banks announced they were backing away from financing new coal-fired power plants. OCBC Bank got the ball rolling, followed by DBS...

13 Dec 2019

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

Right People Renewable Energy team in Indonesia.