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Poor plastic waste collection in Southeast Asia makes it hard to hit our recycling targets, says Coca-Cola

...Malaysia is on average 54 per cent at the city level, and just 26 per cent nationally. Ford's comments are also echoed by research from trade body Food Industry Asia, released in October 2018, which i...

19 Nov 2019

Poor plastic waste collection in Southeast Asia makes it hard to hit our recycling targets, says Coca-Cola

News / Waste

In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics

...Malaysia and the Philippines have done likewise. Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including some of the biggest producers of the plastic waste in the oceans, have d...

29 Jul 2019

In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics

News / Cities

Of the world's 100 most polluted cities, 99 are in Asia

...Malaysia was not included in this year's report. According to AirVisual, there was not enough data for Malaysia to be represented, as the country only started measuring PM2.5 in the third quarter of 2...

7 Mar 2019

Of the world's 100 most polluted cities, 99 are in Asia

Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2018

News / Corporate Responsibility

Taiwanese property broker wins top honours at Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards

...Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines. Other winners from around the region included Malaysia's Sunway Construction Group Berhad which picked u...

11 Mar 2019

Taiwanese property broker wins top honours at Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards

Press Releases / Sunway University

Sunway University launches Master in Sustainable Development Management

...Malaysia and Southeast Asia forward on the path of sustainable development. The partnership led to the establishment of the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development at Sunway University. As th...

10 Oct 2018

Sunway University launches Master in Sustainable Development Management

News / Cities

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

...Malaysia “In economic terms, growth will have to be achieved without running down Malaysia’s natural resources,” wrote the plan’s authors. “Malaysia will not achieve high-income status simply through...

13 Aug 2018

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia faces harsher dry seasons as El Niño effects worsen, warn climate scientists

...Malaysia have natural ecosystems that are also suitable for debt for nature swaps, but since they are higher carbon producers than the Philippines, the conservation efforts might initially be deployed...

28 Sep 2019

Southeast Asia faces harsher dry seasons as El Niño effects worsen, warn climate scientists

News / Food & Agriculture

Do smallholders hold the key to sustainable palm oil?

...Malaysia, says that poverty negatively impacts smallholders’ productivity and ability to meet minimal sustainability standards because, with few resources at their disposal, these farmers lack the mea...

26 Jun 2019

Do smallholders hold the key to sustainable palm oil?

News / Policy & Finance

Students for sustainability… Yale-NUS College’s Aidan Mock

...Malaysia and Brunei. I was looking for things like sea walls, breakwaters and concrete revetment. Coastal hardening has major implications for habitat and ecological processes in those areas. What pro...

22 Apr 2020

Students for sustainability… Yale-NUS College’s Aidan Mock

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

...Malaysia’s works minister, Baru Bian, agreed on government oversight as a way to speed up the project’s timeline. However, The Edge Markets reported March 22 that Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir, Malaysia’s dep...

28 Mar 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

News / Cities

Jakarta’s sea level prompts a move—at a price

...Malaysia and the small state of Brunei – contains one of the world’s largest remaining rain forests, a carbon sink which soaks up vast amounts of climate-changing greenhouse gases. In the early 1970s ...

9 Sep 2019

Jakarta’s sea level prompts a move—at a price

News / Policy & Finance

UK lawmakers to count environmental cost of mass tourism

...Malaysia's George Town have also seen protests over the huge influxes of tourists, which can cause damage, boost rents and drive out local life. The committee said it would consider whether the govern...

19 Jul 2019

UK lawmakers to count environmental cost of mass tourism

News / Waste

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

...Malaysia produce and sell Ello Jello cups and keep the profit. Production is limited at present, about 500 per day, and testing is still going on. But orders have come from 900 companies in 52 countri...

25 Mar 2020

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

News / Carbon & Climate

7 people who stood up for our planet in 2018

...Malaysian minister Yeo Bee Yin: "If there are no role models, girls will never think politics is cool." Image: Yeo Bee Yin Yeo Bee Yin came into office shortly before her 35th birthday as Malaysia's ...

10 Dec 2018

7 people who stood up for our planet in 2018

News / Policy & Finance

World's top glovemaker vows action after labour rights expose in Malaysia

Malaysian company Top Glove Corp. Bhd, the world's top glovemaker, said on Monday it would "continue to improve" its labour standards after a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose found some migrants work...

10 Dec 2018

World's top glovemaker vows action after labour rights expose in Malaysia

News / Water

Heineken invests an additional RM2.5 million for water conservation

...Malaysia is a country that sources 98 per cent its water from streams and rivers. Despite this, 53 per cent of Malaysian rivers have been classified as at least slightly polluted, according to 2016 da...

1 Aug 2018

Heineken invests an additional RM2.5 million for water conservation

News / Policy & Finance

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

...Malaysia's first bank with a sustainability policy. Her last role was running the strategy and transformation programme for CIMB. Before that, she held various senior leadership roles at CIMB's rival...

8 Apr 2020

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia

News / Food & Agriculture

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

...Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation. "It isn't there." “ The new RSPO is transforming the production of palm oil (but) where is the similar action in transforming the buying of sustainable palm oil? Sim...

27 Nov 2018

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

Opinion / Energy

It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars

...Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have all exploited domestic natural gas resources for decades. However, the region’s natural gas reserves cannot meet projected electricity demand growth. Asia already c...

15 Jan 2019

It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars

News / Food & Agriculture

Protected forests to grow under new rules, says palm oil watchdog

...Malaysia, Indonesia and Ecuador to help authorities to back and promote sustainable palm oil. The body has also linked up with Britain's Chester Zoo to raise awareness on sustainable palm oil, which l...

17 Jul 2019

Protected forests to grow under new rules, says palm oil watchdog

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