Eco-Business

Forum calls for targeted, evidence-based solutions to speed up sustainable development progress

Sustained economic growth in Asia and the Pacific has lifted millions out of poverty. Yet, the attainment of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 remains well beyond the region&rs...

3 Mar 2025

...renewables in their energy mix. “In terms of how investors view asset values, pure play renewables companies command a valuation premium over utilities having lower levels of renewables in their mix,...

23 Aug 2023

...renewables and accelerating the transition towards net zero - while bringing a pause to any further expansion to fossil fuel power, Rahman said. A key challenge for Bangladesh is raising an estimated ...

22 Aug 2024

...renewables, energy infrastructure and transition metals in Asia Pacific. He has been in Singapore for 15 years. Nexif Ratch chairman Surender Singh said Dissescou “brings great expertise” from his tim...

11 Jan 2024

As the latest round of climate negotiations opened in Dubai in early December, the President of COP28 called on the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to raise their ambition on climate change and ...

15 Jan 2024

...renewables, forestry and agriculture reached about US$2 billion in 2021, it shrank sharply to US$723 million in 2023 after reports found that most of the credits issued by certification organisations ...

31 Jan 2025

The Middle East is now at a juncture where it has the opportunity to elevate the roles that female leaders are playing in order to deliver on its climate and sustainability commitments. Historically,...

6 Sep 2024

Singapore’s second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, targeted to be operational before 2030, will “not run a significant risk of asset stranding”, a minister has said. This is given the city-state...

2 Mar 2024

Tropical peat swamp forest carbon monitoring, Central Kalimantan

The global carbon offsetting business recorded yet another retraction in 2023, with its value plunging to US$723 million from the 2021 high of US$2.1 billion, while trade fell by almost five times ove...

31 May 2024

Singtel Group, one of the largest listed companies in Singapore, has updated its interim sustainability targets for 2030 months after vowing to hit net-zero emissions by 2045. The firm is now committi...

11 Jan 2024

Indigenous land in the Philippines is being threatened by developers looking to capitalise on the country’s growing tourism industry, despite legal protections aimed at stopping exploitation. Ancestr...

18 Sep 2025

The most influential and captivating renewable energy event in Southeast Asia

The Asean Clean Energy Week is Southeast Asia’s most attractive and influential renewable energy conference and exhibition, now on its 7th anniversary. Bringing together 1500+ C-suit...

16 Oct 2023

...renewables. Canada has included nuclear-related spending in its sustainable debt framework. In Europe, despite opposition from some countries such as Austria and Germany, the bloc recently agreed to t...

18 Jun 2024

Difficult-to-tackle issues like racial, religious and disability-oriented discrimination that are unique to Malaysian workplaces might complicate efforts to improve diversity and inclusion policies. H...

29 May 2024

The Kasawari CCUS project in Sarawak, which be the world's largest

As Malaysia rushes to enact a new law to govern carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS), environmental non-profit RimbaWatch has published analysis of the country's CCUS projects to highlight that most...

20 Mar 2025

...renewables and electrification have been outstanding. China has built the world’s largest high-speed rail network, electric vehicles are expanding rapidly, and cities such as Shenzhen, Nanjing and Sha...

16 Sep 2025

...renewables, despite high solar and wind potential in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia. The region is also keen to scale up production and use of natural gas, to the disappointment of environmen...

3 Sep 2024

Developing countries have “huge interest” in Chinese companies and institutions helping with their green energy development, experts have told China Dialogue. But there has yet to be a surge of renewa...

27 Sep 2023

...renewables target. In the first half of this year, the country’s wind and solar installed capacity reached 820 gigawatts (GW). Meanwhile, its total renewable power capacity exceeded 1,300 GW, or 48.8 ...

1 Nov 2023