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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Malaysia's 2019 budget—does it go far enough to protect biodiversity?

...Malaysia’s development. As the first to follow these landmark reports and accompanying recommendations, this budget is an opportunity for the government to respond to these challenges and start the cr...

19 Nov 2018

Malaysia's 2019 budget—does it go far enough to protect biodiversity?

News / Food & Agriculture

Coronavirus weakens defences against Indonesian forest fires as severe haze risk deemed 'moderate'

...Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, and Vietnam, the Philippines, were affected by smog from burning Indonesian forests—is not high, some haze is almost inevitable. Haze events have been an almost ...

29 Jun 2020

Coronavirus weakens defences against Indonesian forest fires as severe haze risk deemed 'moderate'

News / Manufacturing

How a focus on sustainability will help the fashion industry emerge stronger from Covid-19

...Malaysia and Singapore. Zalora released its sustainability strategy last month and has set targets to address its environmental footprint, sustainable consumption, ethical sourcing and workplace and c...

12 May 2020

How a focus on sustainability will help the fashion industry emerge stronger from Covid-19

Videos / Corporate Responsibility

From CSR to strategy—Malaysian firms turn to sustainability

Malaysia is a bright spot of development in Southeast Asia. With a GDP growth rate of 5.9 per cent in 2017, the country has one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia. But development does not have...

20 Nov 2018

From CSR to strategy—Malaysian firms turn to sustainability

News / Cities

Unequal cities bear the brunt of deadly disease outbreaks

...Malaysia. "More than density, what facilitates the spread of diseases in cities is human behaviour. You can have a neighbourhood of low density, but if no one picks up their waste that could lead to a...

18 Feb 2020

Unequal cities bear the brunt of deadly disease outbreaks

Workers on an RSPO-certified plantation in Jambi, Indonesia.

News / Policy & Finance

Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry–what next?

...Malaysia’s largest palm oil companies, which led to a partial sanctioning in 2018. The RSPO then conditionally lifted this in August 2019, only to have it reinstated the following January. In the end,...

25 Feb 2021

Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry–what next?

Press Releases / LYS Energy Group

Asean: LYS Energy Group and Talesun Solar join forces to develop growing clean energy market

...Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. LYS Energy aims at being a vector of the Energy Transition towards a more distributed, autonomous, and smart model. Incorporating distributed generating facil...

29 May 2020

Asean: LYS Energy Group and Talesun Solar join forces to develop growing clean energy market

News / Policy & Finance

Why are companies in Southeast Asia lagging on human rights?

...Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Phillippines—reveals that companies are failing to report on human rights, which is one of the least disclosed topics, alongside biodiversity and the e...

15 May 2019

Why are companies in Southeast Asia lagging on human rights?

News / Policy & Finance

The global coronavirus pandemic has revealed cracks in the foundation of conventional conservation funding. What should we do instead?

...Malaysia it has degraded coral reefs. So, while money from tourism has helped to conserve Fijian reefs and Colombian mangroves, the downsides of the funding source need to be reckoned with even if int...

17 Aug 2020

The global coronavirus pandemic has revealed cracks in the foundation of conventional conservation funding. What should we do instead?

News / Food & Agriculture

A new recipe for instant noodles: One man’s quest to transform comfort food, and help the planet

...Malaysia’s Iskandar region, it has found a technology partner in the region that has invested in an industrial-scale manufacturing plant. In the meantime, Langwallner has embraced a healthier lifestyl...

30 Mar 2020

A new recipe for instant noodles: One man’s quest to transform comfort food, and help the planet

News / Food & Agriculture

As fires burn, can Indonesia avoid repeat of 2015 haze crisis?

...Malaysia issued health warnings about the air pollution that is heading their way. Arie Rompas, a Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner who is from Kalimantan on Borneo island, said that with no rain...

6 Aug 2019

As fires burn, can Indonesia avoid repeat of 2015 haze crisis?

Opinion / Transport

EV or not, Malaysia does not need another national car project

...Malaysia. Although counter-intuitive, EVs are currently dirtier vehicles in Malaysia as a result of our atrocious renewable-to-fossil fuel energy mix. According to Malaysia’s Energy Commission (EC), a...

30 Aug 2018

EV or not, Malaysia does not need another national car project

Press Releases / TPGI PTE LTD

Sarawak to host 11th Global CSR Summit & Awards and The Global Good Governance on 4-5 April 2019

Sarawak, Malaysia—The Global CSR Summit & Awards™ returns for the 11th year after a memorable celebration at Lombok in 2018. The 11th Global CSR Summit & Awards with The Global Goo...

18 Mar 2019

Sarawak to host 11th Global CSR Summit & Awards and The Global Good Governance on 4-5 April 2019

Press Releases / Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

Demonstrating the legality and sustainability of tropical hardwood is a must

...Malaysian Timber Conference, organised by the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC), was held on 18 October 2018 at the Le Meridien Hotel in KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Themed “Towards a Bette...

23 Oct 2018

Demonstrating the legality and sustainability of tropical hardwood is a must

Plastic litter washed up on the coasts of Sabah, Malaysia. Image: WWF-Malaysia

News / Waste

Malaysia to ban single-use plastic

...Malaysia is also one of the top exporters of plastic in Southeast Asia. Beating plastic pollution in Southeast Asia With Malaysia now cracking down on single-use plastic, will its neighbours follow in...

26 Sep 2018

Malaysia to ban single-use plastic

News / Policy & Finance

Author Roland Kupers: We can't rely on governments or businesses—we need a climate policy revolution

...Malaysia and others would sit up and take notice, because Singapore is seen as a regional leader in many ways. Climate action is never just a local issue. That interconnectedness is seen with the annu...

28 Jul 2020

Author Roland Kupers: We can't rely on governments or businesses—we need a climate policy revolution

News / Policy & Finance

Asian firms with women leaders deliver better financial results

...Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. “ Taking the step to have more women on boards is not only good for promoting gender diversity within companies, it also makes smart busine...

28 Jun 2019

Asian firms with women leaders deliver better financial results

News / Policy & Finance

Expert explains why Melaka should obtain a credit rating

...Malaysia,” which is being implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, executed by Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology, and supported by the Global Enviro...

15 May 2019

Expert explains why Melaka should obtain a credit rating

News / Energy

Has cheaper energy come to the Philippines?

...Malaysia, electricity rates in the Philippines are not subsidised by the government. “High electricity rates in the Philippines have also been stifling the growth of many small and medium enterprises...

2 Mar 2020

Has cheaper energy come to the Philippines?

Press Releases / Sime Darby Plantation Berhad

Sime Darby Plantation strengthens policy on suppliers who violate no-deforestation commitments

...Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Liberia. Its downstream business, represented by its subsidiary Sime Darby Oils, spans across 14 countries worldwide and involves the man...

5 Jul 2019

Sime Darby Plantation strengthens policy on suppliers who violate no-deforestation commitments

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