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Will 'palatable and nutritious' insect-based pet food take off in Asia?

...Malaysia is looking to launch Southeast Asia’s first insect-based dog food in the fourth quarter of this year. Insect protein incurs a much lower carbon footprint than beef, chicken or salmon as the s...

28 Jul 2020

Will 'palatable and nutritious' insect-based pet food take off in Asia?

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia urged to cooperate on taking firms to task over fire haze

...Malaysian firms over fires on its land, while Malaysia has denied responsibility or insisted Indonesia should act, she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Indonesia and its Southeast Asian neighbours...

11 Oct 2019

Southeast Asia urged to cooperate on taking firms to task over fire haze

News / Food & Agriculture

Asian palm oil buyers lag behind in global green push—survey

...Malaysia, the second-biggest palm oil producer behind Indonesia, most companies declined to participate in the survey. "Malaysian companies can be drivers of change ... but they need to step up," said...

20 Jan 2020

Asian palm oil buyers lag behind in global green push—survey

Dr Ashley Brooks has worked on one of the world's most ambitious conservation projects - to double the population of wild tigers by 2022. Image: Ashley Brooks

News / Carbon & Climate

24 hours with... WWF tiger conservationist Dr Ashley Brooks

...Malaysia and Indonesia, but community tolerance is very low and any evidence of tiger in the vicinity will usually lead to its death. As habitats and prey decline, tiger are known to prey on domestic...

14 May 2020

24 hours with... WWF tiger conservationist Dr Ashley Brooks

News / Corporate Responsibility

‘End it like Beckham’: Campaigners slam AIA, life insurer and football sponsor, for coal investments

...Malaysian utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad—which operates 26,000 MW of power plants in Malaysia and other nations, more than half of it coal capacity—and a US$21 million loan for the Toledo coal po...

26 Nov 2020

‘End it like Beckham’: Campaigners slam AIA, life insurer and football sponsor, for coal investments

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Isolating the resistance: How coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at risk

...Malaysia rolled out one of the swiftest shutdowns in Southeast Asia. The Movement Control Order has left many afraid to leave their homes even for essential reasons, with those who break curfew facing...

14 Apr 2020

Isolating the resistance: How coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at risk

News / Food & Agriculture

Food giants join global coalition to improve how farm animals are treated

...Malaysia, Thailand and Australia. It was among the food giants called out by non-governmental groups and activists for "cruel" practices towards animals and employees during the pandemic. Asked if mem...

9 Nov 2020

Food giants join global coalition to improve how farm animals are treated

News / Cities

Covid-19 measures leave Southeast Asia's migrant workers exposed, lay bare their living conditions

...Malaysia, some Covid-19 measures have put migrant workers either at risk, or out of a job. Malaysia’s movement control order impacted livelihoods, including for undocumented workers. Thailand’s lockdo...

7 Apr 2020

Covid-19 measures leave Southeast Asia's migrant workers exposed, lay bare their living conditions

Press Releases / International Finance Corporation

IFC and LOGOS partner to develop green logistics hub, drive economic activity in Indonesia

...Malaysia, Vietnam, Korea, India and New Zealand. LOGOS’ shareholders include ARA Asset Management, a leading Asia Pacific real assets fund manager with S$110 billion in gross assets under manage...

16 Dec 2020

IFC and LOGOS partner to develop green logistics hub, drive economic activity in Indonesia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

...Malaysia's CIMB made it the first Southeast Asian bank outside of Singapore with a policy to exit from coal finance. While most banks only talk about direct project finance, CIMB notably has ended bot...

10 Feb 2021

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

Musim Mas and IFC have engaged smallholder farmers in sustainable cultivation practices.

News / Food & Agriculture

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

...Malaysia, the world's second biggest palm oil producer. Women who work alongside men on plantations, are not counted as plantation workers, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation. Children, particula...

22 Jul 2021

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

News / Carbon & Climate

Can global innovation competitions help unearth the next sustainability solution?

...Malaysia. Obstacles to innovation While such programmes are a promising way to surface ideas that otherwise might be missed, Soumitra Dutta, the founding editor of the Global Innovation Index, cau...

3 Feb 2021

Can global innovation competitions help unearth the next sustainability solution?

News / Policy & Finance

Why is Singapore so far behind Malaysia on responsible investing?

...Malaysia’s most influential investors have been quicker to embrace sustainable investing principles than their Singapore counterparts, Ng noted. Large Malaysian asset owners such as Malaysia's Employe...

13 Aug 2019

Why is Singapore so far behind Malaysia on responsible investing?

Palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

...Malaysia to work together with the EU, rather than fighting it. “We need to make sure Indonesia and in Malaysia realize that instead of fighting this, it’s better to join and make sure that we are mak...

15 Oct 2019

EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Asking journalists to see the story before it's published is not fair process

...Malaysia's national news agency Bernama, she received most story review requests from corporations or sources with public relations officers working for them. Now, as a freelance science writer, she d...

21 Jan 2021

Asking journalists to see the story before it's published is not fair process

Opinion / Transport

With the right measures, Southeast Asia could see a post-pandemic EV revolution

...Malaysia, the National Automotive Policy (NAP2020) issued in February 2020 targets the development of technologies for next-generation vehicles. Synergise green recovery, renewable energy and battery ...

28 Jul 2020

With the right measures, Southeast Asia could see a post-pandemic EV revolution

News / Transport

Renewables firm dishes out free EV chargers with solar and energy efficiency projects. Will this propel the energy transition in cities?

...Malaysia and beyond. Sanjay Chittarajan Kuttan, executive director at Singapore Maritime Institute and chairman of the sustainable infrastructure committee at Sustainable Energy Association of Singapo...

15 Jan 2021

Renewables firm dishes out free EV chargers with solar and energy efficiency projects. Will this propel the energy transition in cities?

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia working to tighten laws on forest protection, says minister

...Malaysia's parliament demanding changes to the constitution and laws to step up punishments for forest-clearing, corruption and pollution. Organised by environmental group PEKA Malaysia, the demonstra...

1 Aug 2019

Malaysia working to tighten laws on forest protection, says minister

News / Energy

Australian and Thai firms team up to launch renewable energy credit marketplace spanning Southeast Asia

...Malaysia that are expressing interest in participating in the project, as well as with potential buyers across Southeast Asia that have joined RE100, said Green. RE100 is a club of companies committed...

31 Aug 2020

Australian and Thai firms team up to launch renewable energy credit marketplace spanning Southeast Asia

News / Food & Agriculture

Coastal communities take the lead: How plans to safeguard Southeast Asia’s biodiverse waters are evolving

...Malaysia. In 2004, the country decided to set aside 20 million ha of coastal areas for MPAs by 2020, a target it recently updated to 30 million ha by 2030 to do its part in achieving the United Nation...

23 Jun 2021

Coastal communities take the lead: How plans to safeguard Southeast Asia’s biodiverse waters are evolving

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