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Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite Covid-19 crisis

...Malaysia, which export solar equipment; Indonesia and Colombia, with large agricultural supply chains for biofuels; and Mexico and Russia, where wind power is growing. In sub-Saharan Africa, solar job...

22 Oct 2021

Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite Covid-19 crisis

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate change threatens food security of 65 nations

...Malaysia and Timor-Leste, according to the study published this month (20 July) in Current Biology. “Countries with nutrient-dense catches are more vulnerable to climate change, mostly tropical nation...

3 Aug 2021

Climate change threatens food security of 65 nations

Opinion / Energy

IEEFA: Accepting gas as unsustainable will bolster China’s position on green energy finance

...Malaysia and Russia. More are being developed. As most taxonomies are tailored to national or regional contexts, the methodology, metrics and technical criteria for what constitutes a green investment...

6 Jan 2022

IEEFA: Accepting gas as unsustainable will bolster China’s position on green energy finance

News / Food & Agriculture

Will India’s oil palm drive raise fears of deforestation?

...Malaysia where around 3.5 million hectares of forest have been converted into oil palm plantations. “Our north-east region has rich biodiversity and it will get ruined soon if the palm oil mission is ...

14 Sep 2021

Will India’s oil palm drive raise fears of deforestation?

News / Policy & Finance

Asian finance sector lacking sustainability leaders: study

...Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore found that people have low trust in financial services corporations and their sustainability pledges compared to the faith they have in other sectors, such as automotiv...

16 Aug 2021

Asian finance sector lacking sustainability leaders: study

News / Carbon & Climate

Booming shorebirds at Borneo wetland buck East Asia’s downward trend

...Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch (MNS) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, have been braving these dangers and more for the last 16 years. Their aim: to count the thousands of shorebirds which come t...

10 May 2022

Booming shorebirds at Borneo wetland buck East Asia’s downward trend

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore MPs push for wider carbon tax coverage ahead of expected levy hike

...Malaysia has said it would tax carbon but has not provided details. “There are more than 60 different carbon pricing initiatives worldwide. Each regime adapts with different strategies based on its ow...

13 Jan 2022

Singapore MPs push for wider carbon tax coverage ahead of expected levy hike

News / Food & Agriculture

Sime Darby Plantation chief sustainability officer Dr Simon Lord departs

...Malaysia's largest palm oil producer. One of Malaysia's most widely recognised sustainability practitioners, Lord joined Sime Darby Berhad as group CSO in 2015, and when the plantations business demer...

8 Sep 2020

Sime Darby Plantation chief sustainability officer Dr Simon Lord departs

News / Energy

Singapore’s carbon emissions targets hinge on reducing gas dependency

...Malaysia, whose GDP is roughly equivalent to Singapore at USD$340 billion, has 8.7 GW of renewables—mostly hydro, with 1.5 GW solar. The direct import of renewable electricity is another feasible opt...

14 Oct 2021

Singapore’s carbon emissions targets hinge on reducing gas dependency

News / Policy & Finance

As Singapore vaunts familyhood, LGBT couples long for meaningful change

...Malaysia. In Singapore, sex between men is criminalised but is not proactively enforced, according to authorities. Singapore’s government said last month it was considering the “best way forward” on t...

13 Apr 2022

As Singapore vaunts familyhood, LGBT couples long for meaningful change

Press Releases / GEVME

Eco-Business strikes partnership with GEVME to drive sustainable events in Asia Pacific

...Malaysia: Challenges and Opportunities. Eco-Business managing director Jessica Cheam said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has driven events online, and sustainability has become a key priority fo...

2 Aug 2021

Eco-Business strikes partnership with GEVME to drive sustainable events in Asia Pacific

training session in mangrove restoration agency

News / Carbon & Climate

To dye for: Indonesia's carbon-rich mangroves in fashion with women weavers

...Malaysia, which showcased work by 45 women's weaving communities across Southeast Asia. Oil extracted from the mangroves is also used to make a hand sanitiser patented by a university in Semarang city...

17 Dec 2021

To dye for: Indonesia's carbon-rich mangroves in fashion with women weavers

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Sustainability leaders unveiled at the Eco-Business A List 2021 Awards

...Malaysia, and the Philippines. For the first time, this year’s A-List also went beyond business to recognise government and civil society leaders – those in the frontlines of delivering t...

16 Dec 2021

Sustainability leaders unveiled at the Eco-Business A List 2021 Awards

News / Manufacturing

Palm oil derivatives: are sustainability promises lost in the supply chain?

...Malaysia’s Sime Darby, as the world’s largest producer of certified sustainable palm oil, and a producer of oleochemicals, may be expected to lead the pack in supplying certified oleochemicals. In 202...

1 Sep 2022

Palm oil derivatives: are sustainability promises lost in the supply chain?

Floating solar panels on Srinakarin lake, Thailand.

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia's economy could grow by US$12.5 trillion by 2070 if the fossil fuel-dependent region decarbonises

...Malaysia backed the potential of carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) technology to help reduce emissions of carbon-intensive industries that are powering much of Southeast Asia's economic output. C...

25 Aug 2021

Southeast Asia's economy could grow by US$12.5 trillion by 2070 if the fossil fuel-dependent region decarbonises

News / Food & Agriculture

Australian firm that removed palm oil from products expelled from sustainable oil certifier

...Malaysia. The head of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, Datuk Dr Kalyana Sundram, said in an interview that Australian firms should not point the finger at other countries on wildlife and conservation, ...

27 Oct 2020

Australian firm that removed palm oil from products expelled from sustainable oil certifier

News / Carbon & Climate

Cloud infrastructure could be key to meeting climate goals

...Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP), an inter-government project to study the feasibility of cross-border power trade from Laos to Singapore, offers a significant step towards the ...

15 Oct 2021

Cloud infrastructure could be key to meeting climate goals

News / Carbon & Climate

PropertyGuru co-founder Steve Melhuish joins Eco-Business as strategic investor

...Malaysia, based in Kuala Lumpur, to expand its presence in the region. It publishes trusted news and views in multimedia formats and curates thought leadership events on business and policy developmen...

12 Oct 2021

PropertyGuru co-founder Steve Melhuish joins Eco-Business as strategic investor

News / Carbon & Climate

Are carbon markets killing conservation?

...Malaysia in October aggrieved Indigenous groups who say they were not consulted about a deal covering two million hectares of Sabah forest reserves where they have lived for centuries. Profits are to ...

23 Mar 2022

Are carbon markets killing conservation?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Value-based intermediation: Remaking Islamic finance to parallel sustainable finance

...Malaysia (BNM), the Malaysian central bank, for the domestic Islamic banking industry. As a concept rooted in values-based banking, VBI promotes real economic activities resulting in positive social a...

17 Nov 2020

Value-based intermediation: Remaking Islamic finance to parallel sustainable finance

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