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Opinion /
Waste
Malaysia battles to avoid waste chokehold
...
plastic
s and other materials in 2018. China's decision disrupted the global
plastic
recycling industry by diverting waste shipments to developing economies in
Southeast
Asia
, including Malaysia. Altho...
7 Jun 2024
Malaysia battles to avoid waste chokehold
Opinion /
Waste
Indonesia must lead towards an ambitious Global
Plastic
s Treaty
...
Southeast
Asia
we are faced with the
plastic
crisis every day. Discarded single-use
plastic
has become ubiquitous and commonplace. One could say ASEAN citizens have grown accustomed, if not numb, to s...
6 Nov 2023
Indonesia must lead towards an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty
News /
Food & Agriculture
Women in Indonesia sustain seaweed livelihoods in face of climate threats
...
Southeast
Asia
. This species is exported in large quantities to the Japanese, Chinese and U.S. markets due to its rich carrageenan content. Ibu Mitri also speaks of a concerning virus wiping out seawe...
18 Jun 2025
Women in Indonesia sustain seaweed livelihoods in face of climate threats
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
Study shows hot leaves can’t catch carbon from the air. It’s bad news for rainforests – and Earth
...
Southeast
Asia
, have been called the “lungs” of our Earth. They absorb carbon dioxide from the air while releasing water vapour and oxygen via photosynthesis – the process by which plants take in carb...
16 Jan 2025
Study shows hot leaves can’t catch carbon from the air. It’s bad news for rainforests – and Earth
Press Releases /
EB Impact
Youth recipients of the first-of-its-kind sustainability education grant unveiled
...
Asia
Pacific (DJSI
Asia
Pacific) since 2019, the only Singaporean transport company in the index. About Meta Founded in 2004, Meta’s mission is to give people the power to build communi...
6 Nov 2024
Youth recipients of the first-of-its-kind sustainability education grant unveiled
News /
Carbon & Climate
El Niño, burning peatlands and coal: Air pollution in
Southeast
Asia
got worse in 2023
...
Southeast
Asia
n nation to record better air quality in 2023 than in 2022, with a 10 per cent drop in PM2.5 levels. Indonesia was by some margin
Southeast
Asia
's most polluted country in 2023, a year w...
20 Mar 2024
El Niño, burning peatlands and coal: Air pollution in Southeast Asia got worse in 2023
News /
Cities
From local to global: Meet the most impactful young sustainability leaders in
Southeast
Asia
...
Southeast
Asia
witnessed record-breaking heat waves in the past year, another record was being shattered: the number of fossil fuel representatives at the United Nation's annual international climate ...
1 Feb 2024
From local to global: Meet the most impactful young sustainability leaders in Southeast Asia
Opinion /
Waste
Turning the tide: Vietnam’s war against
plastic
waste
...
plastic
waste imports, leaving Vietnam, alongside other
Southeast
Asia
n nations like Thailand and Indonesia, vulnerable to becoming new dumping grounds. In 2018, Vietnam saw a 62 per cent surge in pla...
27 Nov 2023
Turning the tide: Vietnam’s war against plastic waste
Opinion /
Waste
Voluntary
plastic
collection schemes, the wild west of waste management in Indonesia
...
plastic
industries to greenwash themselves, or to suggest that they are helping to fix the
plastic
waste issue in
Southeast
Asia
– ocean
plastic
in particular, which is where I think the most greenwas...
29 Sep 2023
Voluntary plastic collection schemes, the wild west of waste management in Indonesia
News /
Waste
Calling Singapore’s textile exports ‘recycling’ is a problem, says Cloop’s co-founder
...
Southeast
Asia
, I don't think I know of an innovative textile recycling plant. This is also why we have changed [the collection criteria] from all conditions to usable conditions. “ A lot of people h...
30 Jul 2025
Calling Singapore’s textile exports ‘recycling’ is a problem, says Cloop’s co-founder
Opinion /
Waste
Inside
Asia
's
plastic
waste crisis: finding sustainable solutions in a fragmented market
...
plastic
s recycling in
Asia
, how is it progressing, and what does the regulatory landscape look like? Current state of the
Asia
’s
plastic
s recycling capabilities There is a growing demand for recycled ...
29 Sep 2023
Inside Asia's plastic waste crisis: finding sustainable solutions in a fragmented market
News /
Carbon & Climate
CSOs in the spotlight: 10 challenges sustainability leaders navigated in 2024
...
Southeast
Asia
, although existing momentum in private markets could carry the region through the next five years, bolstered by China's support. Another Trump-related development: A US-spearheaded pol...
10 Jan 2025
CSOs in the spotlight: 10 challenges sustainability leaders navigated in 2024
News /
Waste
Mindset shift: How a Singapore startup convinced firms that waste
plastic
can be used to pave roads
...
plastic
waste. Oh also learnt how the waste sent to various
Southeast
Asia
n countries was adversely affecting local residents. “People, especially those in villages, would wake up to find rubbish bur...
13 Feb 2024
Mindset shift: How a Singapore startup convinced firms that waste plastic can be used to pave roads
News /
Carbon & Climate
From climate ‘quiet quitting’ to human rights decline, how will Trump's re-election trouble
Asia
?
...
plastic
pollution, as Trump may well do, other countries, including those in
Asia
– the biggest contributor to
plastic
pollutions globally by far – may go cold on the agreement too. However, Doug Wood...
20 Feb 2024
From climate ‘quiet quitting’ to human rights decline, how will Trump's re-election trouble Asia?
Press Releases /
The Circulate Initiative
Recycling all mismanaged
plastic
waste in South,
Southeast
Asia
could reduce emissions by over 200 million tonnes by 2030
...
plastic
waste management and recycling solutions across South and
Southeast
Asia
. Key takeaways include: Recycling all mismanaged
plastic
waste in the six markets across South and
Southeast
A...
13 Jul 2023
Recycling all mismanaged plastic waste in South, Southeast Asia could reduce emissions by over 200 million tonnes by 2030
News /
Waste
Asia
struggles to contain record e-waste deluge, UN report shows
...
Asia
, 1 per cent for South
Asia
, and 0 per cent for
Southeast
Asia
. Out of 49
Asia
n countries analysed, 18 countries have e-waste policies and just four (China, Japan, Cyprus and Turkey) have recyclin...
20 Mar 2024
Asia struggles to contain record e-waste deluge, UN report shows
News /
Lifestyle
Real eco-tourism needs to go beyond sustainability and strive for regeneration : social entrepreneur Tomo Hamakawa
...
plastic
mess that we have created. It is easy to blame
plastic
producers, but consumers are buying [
plastic
products] too. There won't be supply [of
plastic
s] if there is no demand. I think it needs ...
10 Jan 2024
Real eco-tourism needs to go beyond sustainability and strive for regeneration : social entrepreneur Tomo Hamakawa
Opinion /
Waste
To win battle against
plastic
pollution, voices of
Asia
's waste pickers must be recognised
...
Southeast
Asia
In developing markets across
Southeast
Asia
, the lack of formal waste management infrastructure and processes has resulted in a highly fragmented ecosystem. Various participants along t...
17 Aug 2023
To win battle against plastic pollution, voices of Asia's waste pickers must be recognised
News /
Policy & Finance
As Asean environmental rights draft takes shape, advocates fear weakened safeguards
Southeast
Asia
n activists are fighting to beef up a regional declaration on environmental rights and calling for stronger protection of land defenders. Civil society groups say they are concerned tha...
28 Mar 2024
As Asean environmental rights draft takes shape, advocates fear weakened safeguards
Podcasts /
Policy & Finance
'Businesses fear regulation on transition-washing': Environmental lawyer Joyce Melcar Tan
...
Asia
. Joyce Melcar Tan, associate director, Japan and
Southeast
Asia
, ClientEarth Tan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that a key emerging legal risk facing business in
Asia
is transition-washing – car...
25 Jun 2024
'Businesses fear regulation on transition-washing': Environmental lawyer Joyce Melcar Tan
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Green Buildings
Singapore can sharply cut construction emissions by reusing existing buildings, study finds
Renovating could cut building emissions by up to 70 per cent, but demolition and reconstruction remains the default …
Singapore can sharply cut construction emissions by reusing existing buildings, study finds
News /
Lifestyle
Gen Z Singaporeans talk green but baby boomers are more likely to act: study
High awareness among young Singaporeans fails to translate into everyday green habits, with cost a barrier. The generation …
Gen Z Singaporeans talk green but baby boomers are more likely to act: study
Opinion /
Corporate Responsibility
Companies should be held accountable for the safety of wildlife in their concessions
A critical endangered Sumatran elephant found with its tusks and head removed in a pulpwood plantation in Riau, …
Companies should be held accountable for the safety of wildlife in their concessions
News /
Corporate Responsibility
Santos wins landmark greenwashing case in Australia in major test of corporate net zero claims
Court dismissal raises questions about how far companies can stretch climate claims without breaching the law in Australia, …
Santos wins landmark greenwashing case in Australia in major test of corporate net zero claims
News /
Manufacturing
Indonesia’s steel boom risks emissions spike
As global demand for steel is rising, Indonesia’s steel industry is one of the country’s largest industrial greenhouse …
Indonesia’s steel boom risks emissions spike
News /
Policy & Finance
Asia-Pacific set to miss most UN development goals as environmental decline deepens, report warns
Advances in health and industry are being overwhelmed by declines in climate action, biodiversity and marine conservation.
Asia-Pacific set to miss most UN development goals as environmental decline deepens, report warns
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