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Palm oil plantation Kalimantan Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

A call to financial institutions: Work with palm oil stakeholders to scale climate action

...13 to 21 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 to 2020. New sources of capital are therefore needed. The positive thing to note is that the returns-to-investment ratio on such investm...

9 Feb 2024

A call to financial institutions: Work with palm oil stakeholders to scale climate action

News / Carbon & Climate

'People of the forest': Indigenous Indonesians stake claim to land

...13,000 hectares (32,124 acres) granted to nine communities, including the Wana. To date, the country has recognised about 153,000 hectares of customary forest for 108 communities, the government says....

7 Aug 2023

'People of the forest': Indigenous Indonesians stake claim to land

Preeti Gupta, BMW Asia's head of sales and sustainability

News / Transport

BMW parks sustainability in sales after Asia management restructure

...100 in 2016, having spent her entire career in PR and marketing before pivoting to sales. She told Eco-Business that sustainability is anchored in all divisions of BMW Group, which aims to be "the mos...

3 Jul 2023

BMW parks sustainability in sales after Asia management restructure

Research / MioTech

ChatGPT on financial reporting

...1 million within 5 days and 100 million within 2 months to become the fastest adopted consumer internet app. This is even more impressive considering that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, while reaching 162 c...

1 Mar 2023

ChatGPT on financial reporting

A wind power project in Quang Tri province, Vietnam

Opinion / Energy

The unexpected twist in Vietnam’s renewable energy saga

...19 were eligible for a FIT of 9.35 US cents/kWh, while onshore and offshore wind farms that began commercial operation by 1 November 2021 received FITs of 8.5 US cents/kWh and 9.8 US cents/kWh, respec...

8 Jan 2024

The unexpected twist in Vietnam’s renewable energy saga

News / Policy & Finance

‘It worries me deeply’: Five Chinese experts on climate change

...12 months. What did they think was the most significant environment-related event or policy of 2023? And what gave them the greatest sense of accomplishment? Their answers have been edited for length ...

11 Mar 2024

‘It worries me deeply’: Five Chinese experts on climate change

USAID Philippines humanitarian assistance

News / Policy & Finance

‘Not as easy as filling USAID’s gap’: How philanthropies in Southeast Asia are stepping up

...18 April. SIBOL was a five-year, PHP 1.1 billion (US$19 billion) project launched by the US government in 2020 to support the sustainable management of the Philippines' natural resource and combat en...

16 Apr 2025

‘Not as easy as filling USAID’s gap’: How philanthropies in Southeast Asia are stepping up

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Will Indonesia's new sustainable finance taxonomy really serve its national interest?

...10 years of operation compared to the average emissions of CFPPs in Indonesia in 2021. This again translates broadly to the 510gm/KWh level (the International Energy Agency in 2022 estimated an emissi...

27 Feb 2024

Will Indonesia's new sustainable finance taxonomy really serve its national interest?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Taylor Swift and the top polluters department

...1,800 times the average human’s annual emissions, or 576 times that of the average American and about 1,000 times that of the average European. CelebJets, a recently suspended Twitter (X) account, run...

26 Feb 2024

Taylor Swift and the top polluters department

News / Water

Interview: ‘To find common ground in the Himalayas is in our self-interest’

...100, and water availability would start declining from 2050. This will impact everything from hydropower and agriculture to biodiversity. One of the key regions facing these threats is the Kashmir val...

21 Mar 2024

Interview: ‘To find common ground in the Himalayas is in our self-interest’

News / Transport

China may have reached peak petrol station

...100 fewer petrol stations than in 2021, with the number falling to 107,600, according to the 2022-2023 “Blue Book” on the petroleum distribution sector. At the same time, car ownership grew 5.8 per ce...

19 Dec 2023

China may have reached peak petrol station

News / Policy & Finance

Clean energy policies in SE Asia improving but chronic issues impact payouts: SEACEF green fund manager

...127 million programme has funding from state-backed agencies – British International Investment (US$13.5 million), Norway’s Norfund (US$10 million), Sweden’s Swedfund International (US$12 million), an...

29 Jan 2024

Clean energy policies in SE Asia improving but chronic issues impact payouts: SEACEF green fund manager

Isometric's COO Lukas May at Carbon Unbound 2025