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Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

With 1.2 billion members, the Catholic Church can lead on climate action. Here are 3 ways how.

...Carbon neutrality in its operations and properties If you walk the talk, you should also look at your footprint. The Catholic Church has many opportunities to reduce its carbon impact, considering the...

30 Jul 2018

With 1.2 billion members, the Catholic Church can lead on climate action. Here are 3 ways how.

News / Carbon & Climate

Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere break another record, UN report shows

...carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide have been increasing steadily over the past years. In addition, the report notes a resurgence of a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance c...

23 Nov 2018

Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere break another record, UN report shows

News / Policy & Finance

Can Asean launch of popular sustainability reporting standard nudge firms beyond box-ticking?

The world's most widely recognised sustainability reporting standard, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), has launched in Southeast Asia, with Singapore as the regional base. The Amsterdam-headquartere...

4 Sep 2019

Can Asean launch of popular sustainability reporting standard nudge firms beyond box-ticking?

A grove of trees growing on Marina Barrage, Singapore, with the iconic Marina Bay Sands in the background. Image: Eco-Business

Opinion / Cities

The best places to live for eco-friendly expats

...carbon emissions” and with a target to become the first carbon-neutral city in the world by 2025. With an extensive public transport system that means you’re never more than 350 metres away from a tra...

25 Jan 2019

The best places to live for eco-friendly expats

Press Releases / Solutions for our Climate

Indonesians file petition against Korea’s public banks to block coal power project

On August 29, citing health and environmental concerns, Indonesian plaintiffs filed a petition to Seoul’s district court for an injunction against Korean public banks to stop financing a propose...

3 Sep 2019

Indonesians file petition against Korea’s public banks to block coal power project

News / Food & Agriculture

Could this tool nudge Southeast Asian shoppers to switch to green palm oil?

One of the main reasons why the uptake of sustainable palm oil has been slow is ignorance. Without clear labelling to guide them, consumers don’t know which products contain palm oil that is free fro...

30 Apr 2019

Could this tool nudge Southeast Asian shoppers to switch to green palm oil?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia's deforestation dropped 60% in 2017, but there's more to do

...carbon dioxide emissions from primary forest loss equivalent to 0.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide, or about the same emissions released from burning over 199 billion pounds of coal. New data from the Uni...

15 Aug 2018

Indonesia's deforestation dropped 60% in 2017, but there's more to do

Opinion / Manufacturing

Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers

Returning our old clothes to big fashion chains—rather than taking them to charity stores—could make fast fashion companies pay for their waste and fuel vital recycling research. Even better if we all...

2 Sep 2019

Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers

News / Energy

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

...carbon dioxide emissions reduction goals, said Siti, the environment minister. “I welcome that statement with joy because this truly empowers our work,” she said. Indonesia is currently one of the wor...

18 Jul 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

News / Food & Agriculture

New diet needed to transform broken food system

...carbon footprint. Food production is responsible for 30 per cent of global gas emissions, with the production of red meat having the highest environmental footprint due to the way livestock is being r...

23 Jan 2019

New diet needed to transform broken food system

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate crisis raises risk of conflict

If the world warms by 4°C this century, the climate factor becomes more dangerous – five times more dangerous, according to new research, which predicts a 26 per cent increase in the risk of conflict,...

18 Jun 2019

Climate crisis raises risk of conflict

Opinion / Energy

It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars

...carbon-intensive energy future or open up a more sustainable, flexible path based on renewables and energy trading. Outside investors – in particular China – will play a key role in the outcome.Some o...

15 Jan 2019

It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars

Women farmers at work in their vegetable plots near Kullu town, Himachal Pradesh, India

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The Green Climate Fund is facing an opportunity—not a crisis

...carbon economies. There is no more time to waste. The GCF’s effectiveness could be further increased by defining different categories of decision-making for different bodies, making it clear which de...

18 Jul 2018

The Green Climate Fund is facing an opportunity—not a crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

Roundtable: How will the world stem global biodiversity loss?

...carbon sequestration. Some really nice work has been done in cities about plants that can sequester pollution and this has been led in China. China also has an incredible knowledge of plant-based medi...

13 May 2019

Roundtable: How will the world stem global biodiversity loss?

News / Carbon & Climate

The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future

Despite Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris Agreement, the US is still very much in the accord and zealously setting the tone of international climate change negotiations. While the White House tout...

11 Dec 2018

The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Nature, food, and climate change: How sustainable land management can meet multiple societal goals

...carbon, agroforestry, and better managing our croplands, rangelands, and forestlands. Further, we expect that the report will echo previous ones that some of the strongest synergies will come from ac...

2 Aug 2019

Nature, food, and climate change: How sustainable land management can meet multiple societal goals

News / Green Buildings

In climate-stressed Singapore, the future is super low energy buildings

...carbon emissions, were key for Singapore meeting its national target to cut carbon emissions intensity by 36 per cent from 2005 levels. “As a tropical country, cooling is the biggest source of energy ...

7 Sep 2018

In climate-stressed Singapore, the future is super low energy buildings

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Cultured meat seems gross? It’s much better than animal agriculture

The world is in the grips of a food-tech revolution. One of the most compelling new developments is cultured meat, also known as clean, cell-based or slaughter-free meat. It’s grown from stem cells ta...

1 Mar 2019

Cultured meat seems gross? It’s much better than animal agriculture

Juliana Lam, founder and managing director of Julius Industries

News / Manufacturing

Green fist in a glove factory: How one woman is changing manufacturing

...carbon emissions and 18 per cent of the factory’s waste is recycled. This includes initiatives to segregate waste, charging stations for employees' electric bicycles, and food waste composting. It int...

2 Nov 2018

Green fist in a glove factory: How one woman is changing manufacturing

News / Food & Agriculture

Poor nations could be future ‘guardians’ of agrobiodiversity

Developing countries are better than richer nations at promising to protect important agricultural species in the future, but do less well in safeguarding existing biodiversity. These were among the f...

15 Jun 2019

Poor nations could be future ‘guardians’ of agrobiodiversity

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