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Michael Keaton's next project? Green construction in Pittsburgh

...t in Pittsburgh expects to create more than 300 permanent jobs. "The great story is this is a city that could go from one of the dirtiest cities in America, at one point, to one of the greenest cities...

27 Apr 2021

Michael Keaton's next project? Green construction in Pittsburgh

Gerard Barron, chief executive and chairman, DeepGreen

News / Energy

We need to mine deep-sea metals to power the energy transition: DeepGreen CEO Gerard Barron

...t material in the system. But at the moment, it's just impossible — you can't recycle what you don't have. The World Bank has estimated that we'll need about 500 per cent more of these important metal...

22 Oct 2020

We need to mine deep-sea metals to power the energy transition: DeepGreen CEO Gerard Barron

News / Water

How I got here… Thai Union Group’s sustainability head, Darian McBain

...ty, Health and Environment function at the start of 2019 and it was difficult to gain traction at first. I know that it takes a while to change culture. But Covid-19 has thrown into focus that we need...

28 Aug 2020

How I got here… Thai Union Group’s sustainability head, Darian McBain

News / Carbon & Climate

New warning system to sound alarm on rainforest 'tipping points'

...ts of threats in good time, so they can take action to protect forests. "It's an index that tells us 'if you don't do anything, that area is going to be devastated'," said Sassan Saatchi, a scientist ...

26 Jul 2021

New warning system to sound alarm on rainforest 'tipping points'

News / Lifestyle

How much do Southeast Asians care about environmental and social issues?

...the highest gross domestic product per capita in the Southeast Asia region, bucks this trend. Singaporeans are the least likely in Southeast Asia to show loyalty to brands that support human rights o...

12 Oct 2021

How much do Southeast Asians care about environmental and social issues?

Right People Renewable Energy team in Indonesia.

News / Energy

Money, markets or morals? Why oil and gas executives are switching to clean energy

...the planet of its resources," recalls Pho. That sentiment, and the realisation that oil and gas were industries in decline — clients had started to pay late or not pay at all after going out of busine...

8 Feb 2021

Money, markets or morals? Why oil and gas executives are switching to clean energy

Young people in advertising care a lot about awards

News / Carbon & Climate

Do young advertising and PR executives in Asia mind working for big polluters?

...th strong climate credentials. The same proportion said that they are reluctant to work for agencies that are doing little to respond to the climate crisis. About a third of respondents, surveyed betw...

15 Feb 2022

Do young advertising and PR executives in Asia mind working for big polluters?

Eco-Business Podcast with Assaad Razzouk

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

The 'triangle of deceit' in climate conversations: ESG, net-zero and voluntary carbon markets

...t effective, lasting change. Razzouk joins the Eco-Business Podcast to talk about: Which climate solutions are most flawed? Why he has no time for nature-based solutions The corporate net-zero trap T...

9 May 2021

The 'triangle of deceit' in climate conversations: ESG, net-zero and voluntary carbon markets

Solar farm, Thailand, intermittency challenges

News / Energy

Electricity grids may trip Southeast Asia renewables drive without government intervention

...that to the private sector by itself can result in some issues that are maybe not beneficial for the larger goal of trying to support the nation's growth while getting on a zero carbon path.” The CIF ...

9 Mar 2022

Electricity grids may trip Southeast Asia renewables drive without government intervention

News / Policy & Finance

Samsung's financial arm makes coal-free declaration

...tions For Our Climate, said he expected that this would not be the end of Samsung’s climate commitments, and noted that today's announcement was light on detail. "Samsung’s contribution to the climate...

12 Nov 2020

Samsung's financial arm makes coal-free declaration

News / Carbon & Climate

Asian companies claim they are going net-zero — but are their targets realistic, ambitious or greenwash?

...t that aligns the firm with the Paris Agreement. "Aspirational targets can only go so far — science-based targets also need to clearly allocate interim short- to medium-term targets to work out what t...

29 Mar 2021

Asian companies claim they are going net-zero — but are their targets realistic, ambitious or greenwash?

Petrol station attendant Naeem Satti charges an electric SUV at a charging station in Islamabad, Pakistan

News / Transport

Tax breaks kick Pakistan's electric car shift into higher gear

...t of massive tax cuts came into effect in July that the 29-year-old from Pakistan's capital Islamabad finally put in an order for two electric cars. "Someone has to take the initiative to switch to th...

23 Nov 2021

Tax breaks kick Pakistan's electric car shift into higher gear

News / Food & Agriculture

How I got here... Bayer sustainability head Cherie Tan

...tiations with other departments. As the goal posts in sustainability continually shift, the fight never ends; I just think we get better at managing the tensions and picking our battles. What motivate...

25 Mar 2022

How I got here... Bayer sustainability head Cherie Tan

News / Policy & Finance

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

...te Rally movement. Source: Twitter/ @theweirdnwild. Climate activists also told Eco-Business that they were disappointed by a lack of public consultation for the latest expected adjustments to the c...

13 Jan 2022

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

News / Policy & Finance

ESG investing in Asia: from niche to mainstream

...tail investors, but at institutional grade and at institutional quality. We have positioned for that generational shift but it is tough convincing them that this is important and that we need to put o...

28 Apr 2022

ESG investing in Asia: from niche to mainstream

The River Plastic Recovery System from Seven Clean Seas

News / Waste

Singapore contraption aims to clean up Asia's plastic-polluted rivers

...ts plastic trash floating on the surface and channels it from a boom into a central receptor. The plastic is lifted out of the water by a conveyor belt. It can collect larger types of plastic, but not...

27 Jan 2021

Singapore contraption aims to clean up Asia's plastic-polluted rivers

queue to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine Kenya

News / Policy & Finance

'We are waiting to die': Hope wanes for world's poor after India halts vaccine exports

...tent waiver to ramp up production and ensure some tilt towards equity as the entire world competes for jabs. Bangladesh has had to halt even its first doses. The South Asian nation expected to get 5 m...

20 May 2021

'We are waiting to die': Hope wanes for world's poor after India halts vaccine exports

News / Transport

Shipping firms caught in fuel dilemma test the waters with 'green corridors'

...t the One Ocean Summit that opened last Wednesday in the French port of Brest, the shipping industry’s top brass hinted at the need to move past the current conversation — to accept that “LNG is part ...

15 Feb 2022

Shipping firms caught in fuel dilemma test the waters with 'green corridors'

Healthcare and sustainability: Why aren't we talking about it?

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

The sustainability of healthcare: Why aren't we talking about it?

...tems and a PhD candidate at the Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation at the University of Toronto unpacks the reasons behind it. The healthcare sector, she points out, is starting t...

13 Apr 2021

The sustainability of healthcare: Why aren't we talking about it?

News / Energy

After sun-dimming setback, geoengineers seek a diplomatic fix

...t six decades later, this "solar geoengineering" research has made scant headway. It attracts less than 1 per cent of climate science budgets, amid fears that tampering with the global thermostat coul...

17 Jan 2022

After sun-dimming setback, geoengineers seek a diplomatic fix

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