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The place of biodiesel as China eyes carbon neutrality

...Malaysia started researching palm-based biodiesel in the 1980s to reduce reliance on imported crude oil. Today, the country mandates that fuel for its transport sector must have a 15 per cent biodiese...

15 Sep 2022

The place of biodiesel as China eyes carbon neutrality

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Investor engagement critical to tackling climate change in Southeast Asia

...Malaysia our team reached out to one company in the healthcare services sector to understand the working conditions of their foreign staff and after numerous meetings with management, that company com...

17 Nov 2022

Investor engagement critical to tackling climate change in Southeast Asia

Press Releases / Sonoco Asia

Sungai Buloh Plant, Malaysia – Sonoco Asia Awarded FSC Certification

SUNGAI BULOH PLANT, MALAYSIA: Sonoco Asia, a unit of Sonoco (NYSE: SON), was recently awarded Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) Certification. As the leader in packaging solutions, Sonoco is commi...

13 Jul 2021

Sungai Buloh Plant, Malaysia – Sonoco Asia Awarded FSC Certification

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The world needs a digital lifeline

...Malaysia provide low-cost plans for poorer users. Digital access is essential for people all over the world, especially residents of under-connected rural areas, the poor, women, and the displaced. In...

22 Jul 2022

The world needs a digital lifeline

News / Water

24 hours with… Lang Tengah Turtle Watch site manager Jason Gan

...Malaysian interns, which is equally fun, because then we get to meet interns from the different states in Malaysia. 10am: The day begins. We usually walk or cycle to the visitor’s hut, called wakaf i...

17 Jan 2022

24 hours with… Lang Tengah Turtle Watch site manager Jason Gan

Press Releases / Schneider Electric

Only 1 in 2 Singaporeans confident organisations will meet climate goals: Schneider Electric survey

...Malaysia, Brunei, said “The findings show sustainability is high on the agenda for Singaporeans, with many making the effort to reduce their carbon footprint, and more preferring to live or work...

10 Oct 2022

Only 1 in 2 Singaporeans confident organisations will meet climate goals: Schneider Electric survey

News / Carbon & Climate

NGOs alert UN to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

Organisations in the Malaysian state of Sabah have filed a complaint with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples about a once-secretive deal aimed at locking up the rights to cr...

18 Mar 2022

NGOs alert UN to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

News / Corporate Responsibility

B Corp movement gains momentum in Asia as record number of companies certified

...Malaysia, and Japan. B Corp market growth in Asia from 2015 to March 2022. Source: B Lab Singapore The increase in Asian B Corps mirrors global growth in certifications. In 2021, the total number of...

22 Apr 2022

B Corp movement gains momentum in Asia as record number of companies certified

News / Food & Agriculture

Farmers left in the lurch as climate-induced lightning strikes kill sheep by hundreds in Nepal

...Malaysia are epicentres of lightning strikes. The Bay of Bengal also has a small region that is susceptible to lightning strikes, and it is what leads to lightning strikes in Nepal. In Nepal, the Ter...

6 Dec 2022

Farmers left in the lurch as climate-induced lightning strikes kill sheep by hundreds in Nepal

News / Food & Agriculture

Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study

...Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It found that social issues are very poorly integrated into the sustainability policies of Asian banks. The report said the scores of...

8 Mar 2022

Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Against the odds: pursuing another chance for green recovery in ASEAN

...Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. “ The Global Recovery Observatory database shows that zero recovery spending is considered green in six countries — Indonesia, Malaysia, Philip...

14 Feb 2022

Against the odds: pursuing another chance for green recovery in ASEAN

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The implications of EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism for Southeast Asia

...Malaysia and Indonesia are currently involved in a dispute with the EU over the latter’s goal of phasing out its import of unsustainable palm oil, which can also undermine the acceptance of the EU CBA...

23 Aug 2022

The implications of EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism for Southeast Asia

Coke's beverage bottle made from 100 per cent plant-based plastic

News / Waste

Plant-based bottles and paper straws: spotting false solutions in anti-plastic declarations

...Malaysia has switched to the use of paper bag packaging for one of its Milo dpowdered drinks. Image: Minimeinsights.com Food and beverage conglomerate Nestlé, which consistently ranks among the top p...

9 May 2022

Plant-based bottles and paper straws: spotting false solutions in anti-plastic declarations

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia pins hopes on carbon capture to cut emissions

...Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines said last week that amid persistent concerns over the costs and intermittency of renewable energy, CCUS was critical to achieving energy security objectives whi...

18 Aug 2021

Southeast Asia pins hopes on carbon capture to cut emissions

News / Cities

Fearing more floods, residents protest Kuala Lumpur luxury development

...Malaysian Anti-corruption Commission to investigate the issue. Residents Association of Bukit Bandaraya president Charles Tan (right) and adviser Datuk M. Ali (left) protested against the developmen...

14 Sep 2022

Fearing more floods, residents protest Kuala Lumpur luxury development

News / Policy & Finance

Not a numbers game: nuance needed to measure press freedom in Southeast Asia

...Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. Topic sensitivities vary across geographies, the research revealed. Media workers could face physical violence and police brutality as a result of ...

21 Jan 2022

Not a numbers game: nuance needed to measure press freedom in Southeast Asia

Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve, Malaysia

News / Policy & Finance

In Malaysia, the fate of a peat forest relies on a powerful state official

...Malaysia’s National Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) found that between 1990 and 2010, the amount of land gazetted as Indigenous (“Orang Asli” in Malaysian) reserves in Peninsular Malaysia increased ...

8 Apr 2021

In Malaysia, the fate of a peat forest relies on a powerful state official

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

‘We can’t keep asking more questions’: CDP acknowledges it needs to do more with less ESG data

...Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines and Singapore – have since announced plans to roll out mandatory ISSB-aligned reporting rules in the next few years. In April, CDP also released its 2024 corporate q...

31 Jul 2024

‘We can’t keep asking more questions’: CDP acknowledges it needs to do more with less ESG data

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil company appoints orangutan to board of directors in diversity world first

A Malaysian palm oil producer has become the first company in the world to elect a non-human animal to its board of directors. Sabah-based grower Mun Kee Ma-Jik Bhd has appointed a Bornean orangutan a...

1 Apr 2022

Palm oil company appoints orangutan to board of directors in diversity world first

News / Carbon & Climate

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2022

...Malaysia’s US$150 billion state-owned energy giant and the world’s ninth-largest oil and gas company, is one of the champions of natural gas as a “bridging” fossil fuel amid growing calls for an energ...

14 Dec 2022

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2022

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