Eco-Business

Sort by

Relevance Date

Showing results 1141–1160 of 4756

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?

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 / 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 / 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 / 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

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

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

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

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 / 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'

News / Policy & Finance

Ensuring global Covid-19 vaccine access seen worth billions to rich nations

...t the Duke Global Health Institute's project tracking Covid-19 data. "It is in the best interests of wealthy nations to invest in equity and it will cost all of us more if we don't, both in terms of m...

4 Dec 2020

Ensuring global Covid-19 vaccine access seen worth billions to rich nations

Press Releases / Single Organizing Idea Limited

Businesses urged to stop confusing CSR with ESG

...te their stakeholders. Or, they can put sustainability at the very core of the business strategy and make it the North Star it needs to follow. ‘Putting sustainability at the core of the busine...

6 Jul 2021

Businesses urged to stop confusing CSR with ESG

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate impacts surge, UN science report to examine 'black swan' events

...t of climate change — from harsher extreme weather to rising sea levels. It is expected to confirm that the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change and that ho...

21 Jul 2021

As climate impacts surge, UN science report to examine 'black swan' events

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

News / Food & Agriculture

Back to the land: Thai forest draws young, green farmers

...t the environment, sustainability and food security, and they want to contribute. So they are also involved in the decision making," Matthana told the Thomson Reuters Foundation at Mae Tha community c...

1 Nov 2021

Back to the land: Thai forest draws young, green farmers

Olivier Tichit, director, sustainable supply chain, Musim Mas

News / Food & Agriculture

The missing link in palm oil sustainability is trust: Musim Mas supply chain chief Olivier Tichit

...ting that target? It was the hope that the 2020 zero-deforestation target would be met, but it wasn't cast in stone. What's more important is what has been achieved, and the path that the 2020 target ...

1 Dec 2020

The missing link in palm oil sustainability is trust: Musim Mas supply chain chief Olivier Tichit

Typhoon Haiyan rips through Tanauan, Leyte in the Philippines

News / Policy & Finance

Not personal enough: Why climate change is not yet a top priority

...The urgent always overtakes the important. And everything apart from climate change seems to be the urgent," he added. But with the window to cut climate-heating emissions and tame climate risks closi...

9 Oct 2020

Not personal enough: Why climate change is not yet a top priority

Press Releases / Eco-Business

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

...to make sure that they are empowered and have all the right information and resources at hand to be able to support what they do. We are investing in that to make sure they are resilient so that they ...

16 Dec 2021

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

Sophie's Bionutrients' milk made from microalgae

News / Food & Agriculture

In the race for planet-friendly milk, Singapore startup substitutes dairy with algae

...ternative does not taste like cow's milk but it has a similar texture to nut-based milk. Wang said that it is up to food manufacturers to add flavouring and tweak the texture by adding fat so that it ...

6 May 2021

In the race for planet-friendly milk, Singapore startup substitutes dairy with algae

Page 58

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Energy

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Transport

News / Policy & Finance

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Waste

News / Policy & Finance

News / Policy & Finance

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

News / Transport

News / Policy & Finance

Press Releases / Single Organizing Idea Limited

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Energy

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Policy & Finance

Press Releases / Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

Most popular

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Water

News / Corporate Responsibility

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Policy & Finance

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.