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News / Waste

Coral reefs face infection risk from plastic

Scientists have established yet another hazard from the millions of tons of plastic waste that tip into the sea: it delivers microbial infection to the world’s coral reefs. When plastic pollutants sna...

30 Jan 2018

Coral reefs face infection risk from plastic

News / Cities

Cities urged to buy up cheap land for sustainable expansion

Overcrowded cities in developing nations could tackle unmanaged urban sprawl more effectively by creating 30-year plans based on acquiring cheap land adjacent to their suburbs and developing those new...

14 Feb 2018

Cities urged to buy up cheap land for sustainable expansion

News / Policy & Finance

COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice

Nearly 23,000 delegates descended on the coal-tinged city with a deadline for hashing out the Paris Agreement “rulebook”, which is the operating manual needed for when the global deal enters into forc...

18 Dec 2018

COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice

News / Carbon & Climate

8 things you need to know about the IPCC 1.5˚C report

While all countries committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to 1.5˚C-2˚C (2.7-3.6˚ F), major questions remained: How can the world achieve this temperature goal? And what ...

9 Oct 2018

8 things you need to know about the IPCC 1.5˚C report

News / Cities

Montreal mayor pins climate hopes on public transport boost

Convincing more commuters in wintry Montreal to leave the comfort of their cars and take a bus or train to work will involve hefty investment in public transport but is crucial to help the city tackle...

23 Feb 2018

Montreal mayor pins climate hopes on public transport boost

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Crowdfunded campaigns are conserving the Earth's environment

If not for the public’s generosity, the iconic Statue of Liberty might not have the solid and impressive footing she does today. In the late 1800s, government funds for the monument were exhausted. Ye...

4 Jun 2018

Crowdfunded campaigns are conserving the Earth's environment

News / Waste

Controls on solid waste tightened

Commending progress China has made in preventing solid waste pollution in the past five years, Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, admitted that "promin...

2 Nov 2017

Controls on solid waste tightened

Oscar-winning actor and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation Forest Whitaker at Ecosperity

News / Policy & Finance

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

How the sick are cared for, how we learn, and how and what people eat needs to change fundamentally if we are to create a clean, healthy, and happy future for people and the planet—business as usual i...

19 Jun 2018

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Are the SDGs unsustainable?

The Asia Pacific region is failing to meet almost two-thirds of the targets set by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a recent report by the UN. The report found th...

23 May 2018

Are the SDGs unsustainable?

Scottish craft brewer BrewDog launched a beer made with water from melted polar ice caps

News / Carbon & Climate

6 cool sustainability innovations we liked in 2017

Technology is crucial to addressing the most pressing challenges of our time, such as climate change, pollution and resources scarcity. Here are six ways that entrepreneurs and innovators tried to sol...

19 Dec 2017

6 cool sustainability innovations we liked in 2017

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

How do we know businesses are contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals?

There has been a lot of chatter amongst the business community about contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with numerous businesses, such as Heineken and Unilever diligently mappin...

20 Jan 2017

How do we know businesses are contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals?

News / Energy

Villagers in Sumatra blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

It’s been more than two months since Rasid has felt safe sleeping in his bedroom. Ever since a crack appeared in the wall, he’s slept in his living room. “I’m horrified of being in the room, I’m afrai...

5 Jul 2018

Villagers in Sumatra blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

Press Releases / The Andaman, a Luxury Collection Resort, Langkawi

Discovery of an Underwater Treasure at The Andaman

In December 2010, The Andaman, a Luxury Collection Resort, Langkawi, embarked on a coral conservation project after discovering an 8,000 year old coral reef in its shores that was badly damaged by the...

4 Dec 2017

Discovery of an Underwater Treasure at The Andaman

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Mobilising finance for sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth

Asia and the Pacific remains the engine of the global economy. It continues to power trade, investment and jobs the world over. Two thirds of the region’s economies grew faster in 2017 than the previo...

8 May 2018

Mobilising finance for sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth

a view of park olympique in montreal, canada

News / Green Buildings

The top 5 green building stories in 2017

Buildings are the sites of human work, leisure, and rest, and unless one has chosen to live off the grid, it would be difficult to avoid entering a building at some point during the day. Though an int...

22 Dec 2017

The top 5 green building stories in 2017

Mother and child in the Thar desert, India

News / Carbon & Climate

Drylands face a 4 °C warming under Paris Agreement’s goal

The Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting average global warming to less than two degrees Celsius is insufficient to protect the world’s drylands, a new study says. The study, published online in Nature ...

3 May 2017

Drylands face a 4 °C warming under Paris Agreement’s goal

News / Waste

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

While Singaporeans rush to buy new clothes to replace old ones in the run up to Chinese New Year, fashion students from the Raffles College of Higher Education in Singapore will instead spend the next...

29 Jan 2018

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

Opinion / Waste

11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

There are more than 11 billion pieces of plastic debris on coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific, according to our new research, which also found that contact with plastic can make corals more than 20 t...

29 Jan 2018

11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

Scratch Talks in February 2017 at Wonderfruit

News / Lifestyle

Tony Fernandes, Pangina Heals, Dianna Cohen: Who's coming to Wonderfruit?

Festival goers can expect an extra punch of inspiration at this year’s Wonderfruit sustainability festival, with names such as AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes and Bea Johnson of Zero Waste Home fame, sche...

20 Nov 2017

Tony Fernandes, Pangina Heals, Dianna Cohen: Who's coming to Wonderfruit?

News / Manufacturing

The top 5 manufacturing stories in 2017

Over the last year, the manufacturing industry introduced bolder ways to make supply chains more transparent and sustainable. The circular economy gained momentum in tackling waste and blockchain was ...

3 Jan 2018

The top 5 manufacturing stories in 2017