Eco-Business

Sort by

Relevance Date

Showing results 1181–1200 of 3530

News / Energy

Can power from palm oil waste replace fossil fuels in coal-loving Asia?

What happens to the waste that accumulates when oil palm fruits are processed? Palm kernel shells (PKS) are the fraction left after crude palm oil has been extracted from fruit bunches and palm kernel...

9 Jun 2020

Can power from palm oil waste replace fossil fuels in coal-loving Asia?

A palm oil plantation from above in Malaysia

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysia minister lambasts Singapore's 'sad' stance on palm oil

A top Malaysian minister has spoken out against Singapore for the stance the city-state has taken on palm oil, the world's most controversial commodity. Speaking at a Singapore Institute of Internatio...

2 May 2019

Malaysia minister lambasts Singapore's 'sad' stance on palm oil

Videos / Waste

Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up

On a Wednesday afternoon, Rosemary Herela peers out the makeshift window of her home made of corrugated tin and salvaged wood. She sees a woman in the distance paddling on a Styrofoam raft looking for...

3 Oct 2019

Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up

A student asks International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde a question at the Ecole Royale d’Administration December 3, 2013 in Phom Phen, Cambodia

News / Carbon & Climate

The young people calling time on climate change in Asia Pacific

From school strikes to pushing back against corporate greed, not since the Flower Power generation of the 1960s have youths been so unwilling to leave adulting to adults, as climate change promises to...

30 Apr 2019

The young people calling time on climate change in Asia Pacific

News / Policy & Finance

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’, say conservationists

Proponents of a hydropower plant to be built in the only known habitat of a critically endangered orangutan species say it’s important for meeting the future energy needs of northern Sumatra. But a ne...

3 Feb 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’, say conservationists

News / Food & Agriculture

The race against time to cut rice’s carbon footprint

When Thai farmer Winaisak Sripakdee learnt about a project that offered training to grow rice using less water, less fertilisers and better seeds in 2018, he was curious to see if it was for real. He ...

17 Mar 2020

The race against time to cut rice’s carbon footprint

News / Cities

Future or fantasy: Are floating cities the next stage of Singapore's urban development?

Masaki Takeuchi wants Singapore to dream big. Specifically, the Japanese architect and civil engineer believes a floating city, created off the shores of Southeast Asia's smallest country, could provi...

2 Oct 2019

Future or fantasy: Are floating cities the next stage of Singapore's urban development?

News / Carbon & Climate

'Flight shaming' is in the air as UN summit faces climate crisis

As world leaders met in New York this week, one question kept coming up at climate change events: How did you get here? Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg made headlines for deciding to sail rath...

30 Sep 2019

'Flight shaming' is in the air as UN summit faces climate crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate crisis raises risk of conflict

If the world warms by 4°C this century, the climate factor becomes more dangerous – five times more dangerous, according to new research, which predicts a 26 per cent increase in the risk of conflict,...

18 Jun 2019

Climate crisis raises risk of conflict

The view from Dan Wells' office at The Shard, Central London.

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why sustainable investing is the best job ever

In the year 2000 I was travelling in New Zealand, sharing a hostel room with two easy-going Americans who lived a permanent backpacker life. “I have friends who took a suit and tie job, but I’ve never...

13 May 2019

Why sustainable investing is the best job ever

News / Policy & Finance

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of preventing deforestation

A UN fund has approved a $103.8 million payment to Indonesia for preventing deforestation-based carbon emissions — its biggest payout yet, and one that critics say can’t be justified. The Green Clima...

10 Sep 2020

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of preventing deforestation

Press Releases / Unilever Philippines

5 things you need to know about Unilever Philippines' All Things Hair Refillery

Unilever Philippines is set to unveil the country's first-ever shampoo and conditioner refilling station in a bid to help reduce the single-use plastic packaging and container use among its consumers....

22 Mar 2019

5 things you need to know about Unilever Philippines' All Things Hair Refillery

News / Carbon & Climate

Most protected areas lack proper policing

Three-quarters of all the world’s protected areas – bits of ocean and wilderness nominally made safe for animals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants and fungi produced by 500 million years of e...

14 Jun 2019

Most protected areas lack proper policing

News / Food & Agriculture

Myanmar risks losing forests to oil palm

Indonesia and Malaysia have long occupied the spotlight for oil palm plantations and their adverse consequences, including deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, and struggles with indigenous an...

14 Nov 2019

Myanmar risks losing forests to oil palm

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Four lessons we should learn from the pandemic

Neither military power nor wealth can stop the destructive global spread of Covid-19, a tiny member of the coronavirus family. Its full human impact and economic cost will not be known for months to c...

15 Apr 2020

Four lessons we should learn from the pandemic

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Conservation careers negatively affected by Covid-19 pandemic

With health and economic impacts at the forefront of global concerns, what’s happening to the people whose job it is to protect the future of our health, wealth and wellbeing – that of the planet? Onc...

13 Apr 2020

Conservation careers negatively affected by Covid-19 pandemic

News / Lifestyle

People who stood up for our planet in 2019

From teenagers to octogenarians, students to superstars, Eco-Business’ pick of individuals who stood up for the planet this year shows the variety of actions people can take for the causes they believ...

23 Dec 2019

People who stood up for our planet in 2019

Minister for National Development, Lawrence Wong, opens the inaugural International Built Environment Week in Singapore in September 2019.

News / Green Buildings

Which comes first for green buildings: technology transformation or cultural change?

Amid global trends of rapid urbanisation, digitalisation and climate change, the construction sector must transform itself to meet growing demand for infrastructure while reducing damage done to the e...

11 Sep 2019

Which comes first for green buildings: technology transformation or cultural change?

A palm oil plantation in Borneo with a road down the middle and people travelling

News / Food & Agriculture

Crosscheck: Sime Darby unveils industry-first platform for palm oil transparency

In an ambitious move towards a deforestation-free supply chain, Malaysia’s biggest palm oil producer Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) has launched a publicly-accessible database that allows anyone to trace...

29 May 2019

Crosscheck: Sime Darby unveils industry-first platform for palm oil transparency

Builders work together to finish a house.

News / Green Buildings

Collaboration and disruption for a greener construction sector

The buildings and construction sector consumes more than a third of global energy used by final consumers, excluding the energy sector itself, according to United Nations climate experts. While the en...

8 Jul 2019

Collaboration and disruption for a greener construction sector

Page 60

News / Energy

News / Food & Agriculture

Videos / Waste

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Cities

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Policy & Finance

News / Policy & Finance

Press Releases / Unilever Philippines

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Food & Agriculture

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Opinion / Policy & Finance

News / Lifestyle

News / Green Buildings

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Green Buildings

Most popular

News / Lifestyle

News / Policy & Finance

News / Transport & Logistics

News / Policy & Finance

News / Energy

News / Cities

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.