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Press Releases / Capital Markets Malaysia

Malaysia champions sustainability agenda at sustainable capitalism forum

...Malaysia Capital Markets Malaysia (CM²) was established in 2013 as part of efforts by the Malaysian Government and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to promote the country’s value pr...

25 Mar 2019

Malaysia champions sustainability agenda at sustainable capitalism forum

Press Releases / Blue Planet

Blue Planet raises US$25 million from Nomura

...Malaysia), Virtus Concrete Solutions Ltd (UK) and Smart Creative Technologies Ltd (UK). In Asia, there is an overall increase in capital flowing into companies that contribute positive...

24 Mar 2020

Blue Planet raises US$25 million from Nomura

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil: the pros and cons of a controversial commodity

...Malaysia. More than 40 other countries produce it, in far lower but fast-increasing quantities. The top producers in South America and Africa are Colombia and Nigeria.Who are the biggest consumers?The...

5 Nov 2019

Palm oil: the pros and cons of a controversial commodity

News / Carbon & Climate

Lost giants: Logging and climate shifts slash forest carbon storage

...Malaysia, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, help regulate rainfall, prevent flooding, protect biodiversity and limit climate change. Trees also absorb carbon dioxide, the main pollutant he...

1 Jun 2020

Lost giants: Logging and climate shifts slash forest carbon storage

deforested area for palm oil in Kalimantan

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil giants double down on deforestation with new radar system

Ten major companies that sell and use palm oil have teamed up on a new radar system to monitor forests across Malaysia and Indonesia more closely and speed up action to stop deforestation, a group lea...

4 Nov 2019

Palm oil giants double down on deforestation with new radar system

News / Carbon & Climate

As Singapore suffers bad air, electricity demand shifts up—study

...Malaysia for months at a stretch. Pollutants like fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, were caused mostly by “land fires that moved upwind from neighbouring countries, as observed in September and Octob...

20 Aug 2020

As Singapore suffers bad air, electricity demand shifts up—study

News / Carbon & Climate

Is the future of renewable energy in Asia to share it?

...Malaysia is the only multilateral grid in Southeast Asia. Thailand, which sells the electricity it buys from Laos to Malaysia, has also recently expressed that it plans to become the region’s power tr...

11 Sep 2019

Is the future of renewable energy in Asia to share it?

News / Energy

How I got here... Sujay Malve, chief executive of Canopy Power

...Malaysia. What’s next? In the pipeline are projects in the Maldives and the Philippines, and we’re talking to potential customers in Fiji. Once travel restrictions are lifted, we will commence a proje...

1 Jun 2020

How I got here... Sujay Malve, chief executive of Canopy Power

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against EU's ‘unfair’ claims

...Malaysia ‘Maniac with a chainsaw’ Kok said palm oil had been unfairly targeted by a global network of campaigns that she called “extremely provocative and belittling” to producing countries like Mala...

6 May 2019

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against EU's ‘unfair’ claims

News / Policy & Finance

Thai coronavirus lockdown leaves migrant workers exposed

...Malaysia has included construction sites in its restrictions, fining one company and asking others to shut down, while Singapore has also allowed building work to continue. Authorities must not overlo...

24 Mar 2020

Thai coronavirus lockdown leaves migrant workers exposed

Videos / Policy & Finance

An environment minister's vision for Malaysia

...Malaysia (IGEM) in Kuala Lumpur, Yeo sat down with Eco-Business to talk about her vision for Malaysia. The Cambridge-educated engineer turned lawmaker says she plans to work with businesses to shift f...

27 Mar 2019

An environment minister's vision for Malaysia

News / Carbon & Climate

Heeding the call for a green recovery

...Malaysia and Myanmar, we see a renewed interest in solar energy too,” he said. “However, Asia Pacific still relies heavily on non-renewable energy and fossil fuels are still the dominant source of ene...

6 Oct 2020

Heeding the call for a green recovery

News / Cities

Asian cities urged to guard cultural heritage as they modernise

...Malaysia, are not regarded as heritage, said Elisa Sutanudjaja at the Rujak Center for Urban Studies, a Jakarta think tank. Dozens of Indonesian "kampungs", which are close-knit traditional villages, ...

21 Oct 2019

Asian cities urged to guard cultural heritage as they modernise

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 / Cities

Big data can help cities clean the air their citizens breathe. Here's how.

...Malaysia reported a 30 per cent decline, Indonesia saw an 18 per cent drop, while Thailand and Philippines saw a 21 per cent and 19 per cent decline in carbon dioxide levels, respectively. Yet, as Asi...

3 Sep 2020

Big data can help cities clean the air their citizens breathe. Here's how.

News / Water

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

...Malaysian water has been a source of friction between the neighbours for years. Singapore buys river water from Malaysia for 3 sen - less than a tenth of a U.S. cent - per 1,000 gallons, then treats i...

10 Jun 2019

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

News / Food & Agriculture

'We’ve been negligent,’ Indonesia’s president Widodo says as fire crisis deepens

...Malaysia and Singapore, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. She has since doubled down on her position, pointing out that five Singapore- and Malaysia-affiliated companies have had their co...

18 Sep 2019

'We’ve been negligent,’ Indonesia’s president Widodo says as fire crisis deepens

News / Food & Agriculture

Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back

...Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia). “The haze is caused by a moderate amount of smog moving from hotspots in the central and southern parts of Sumatra due to the Southwest Monsoon winds...

8 Aug 2019

Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back

News / Carbon & Climate

From refurbished furniture to loudspeakers, more companies get serious about circular business models

...Malaysia and Thailand, will learn from the Bang Yai experience and “assess possibilities for our other markets moving forward”, Schuler told Eco-Business. Other companies that recently launched initia...

12 Nov 2020

From refurbished furniture to loudspeakers, more companies get serious about circular business models

News / Waste

Pasir Gudang dumping—what happened and who is responsible?

...Malaysia, within the state of Johor. It was used for sand mining and storage of sand to be exported to Singapore. The Malaysian government decided to convert it into an industrial area after 1969, spe...

7 May 2019

Pasir Gudang dumping—what happened and who is responsible?

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