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News / Waste

On Thai island, hotel guests check out of plastic waste

For the millions of sun seekers who head to Thailand's resort island of Phuket each year in search of stunning beaches and clear waters, cutting down on waste may not be a top priority. But the island...

21 Aug 2018

On Thai island, hotel guests check out of plastic waste

Research / Eco-Business

Partners for the Environment

With Singapore’s population set to grow along with demand for energy and resources, the city faces the challenge of balancing growth with sustainability amid a growing backdrop of worsening clim...

7 Oct 2017

Partners for the Environment

Opinion / Lifestyle

Why you shouldn't be a 'straw-man' environmentalist

The “straw bubble” has burst. We’re midway through 2018, and we have seen an explosion of efforts and local action to eliminate plastic straws. Some of the world’s largest companies, including McDonal...

25 Jul 2018

Why you shouldn't be a 'straw-man' environmentalist

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Is sustainable business just an echo chamber?

...carbon neutral bank, has set ambitious emissions reduction targets, and although it continues to lend to the fossil fuel industry, the bank in 2015 also pledged A$18 billion to finance low-carbon acti...

7 Jul 2017

Is sustainable business just an echo chamber?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action

The #MeToo movement has been yet another wake-up call about the fate of so many women who have been disrespected and abused, emotionally or physically, for way too long. It is a reminder of the fact t...

11 Apr 2018

Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action

News / Food & Agriculture

Experts urge lawmakers to focus on food-migration nexus

Lawmakers at the highest levels urgently need a “revolution in thinking” to tackle the twin problem of sustainable food production and migration. Starting with an inaugural event in Brussels, then tra...

26 Jun 2018

Experts urge lawmakers to focus on food-migration nexus

News / Food & Agriculture

TDM land grant will mean 'large-scale deforestation' in Malaysia, warns WWF

Malaysian state-owned plantation company TDM Berhad has been accused by a green group of accepting forest-covered land from the provincial government, with the alleged intent to clear it to develop oi...

1 Feb 2018

TDM land grant will mean 'large-scale deforestation' in Malaysia, warns WWF

News / Transport

Chinese coal town embraces electric vehicles

...carbon emissions by 2030. In September 2017, they went further and announced plans to ban combustion engine cars altogether (though no timeline was announced). China began promoting EVs in 2009, initi...

12 Jan 2018

Chinese coal town embraces electric vehicles

News / Carbon & Climate

Permafrost bigger than Australia to melt if climate targets missed - scientists

...carbon dioxide and methane, which are released into the atmosphere if the soil melts and decomposes, according to the researchers from Exeter, the University of Leeds, and Britain's official weather s...

11 Apr 2017

Permafrost bigger than Australia to melt if climate targets missed - scientists

The Megajana District Cooling System in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, was built by ENGIE and Malaysia’s Pendinginan Megajana Sdn Bhd. Image: Megajana

News / Energy

Keeping it cool: Malaysia looks to district energy systems

...carbon emissions. According to UN Environment, a United Nations agency, a transition to these systems can help cities to reduce their primary energy consumption for heating and cooling by up to 50 per...

17 May 2017

Keeping it cool: Malaysia looks to district energy systems

News / Cities

At the Asian Games, runners' woes highlight air pollution in Jakarta

Organisers of the recently concluded Asian Games in Indonesia had been braced for the worst-case scenario: forest fires flaring up and shrouding Palembang, one of the host cities, in a thick, choking ...

13 Sep 2018

At the Asian Games, runners' woes highlight air pollution in Jakarta

Press Releases / Sustainable Business Australia

SBA welcomes South Australia power deal

...carbon footprint and showcase leadership, as well as to mitigate energy procurement costs and risks. The move by South Australia will make it a target for the supply of low carbon energy for business ...

15 Mar 2017

SBA welcomes South Australia power deal

News / Food & Agriculture

Company averts climate chocolate threat

If you have a sweet tooth, a liking not only for sugar-rich sweets but especially for chocolate, you’ve cause for celebration: the prospect of a climate chocolate threat is a little less likely. Keepi...

24 Apr 2018

Company averts climate chocolate threat

News / Green Buildings

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

When Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the island of Leyte in the Philippines in 2013, it destroyed the local power grid and left 300 towns and millions of residents without electricity for months, includ...

24 May 2018

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

Press Releases / Allcot Group

Hotels can save up to 18 per cent on costs in 4 years if they reduce emissions

...carbon footprint. The lecture, entitled “Reducing the environmental impacts and increase social actions in hotels. Carbon Footprint Compensation” took place within the framework of &lsquo...

24 Jan 2017

Hotels can save up to 18 per cent on costs in 4 years if they reduce emissions

News / Water

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta

...carbon from the atmosphere, and boost fish stocks, experts say. Yet Myanmar has lost more than 1 million hectares (about 2.5 million acres) of mangroves since 1980, said Arne Fjortoft, founder and sec...

23 Aug 2017

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta