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A sign seen at the March for Science protest last year

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

We can't let climate communication be another missed opportunity

...t its ability to process substance. More than ever, both the messenger and the medium matter. So, are we doomed? Not yet, but we have to think creatively. Who would have thought that teenager Greta Th...

29 Jan 2020

We can't let climate communication be another missed opportunity

News / Manufacturing

Thai garment factory investigated by Starbucks after illegal wages expose

...to make money to send back to their families. Most of the 26 workers told the Thomson Reuters Foundation they did not receive wage slips at work yet the MAP Foundation—a non-profit that supports Burme...

5 Sep 2019

Thai garment factory investigated by Starbucks after illegal wages expose

Viva recycled plastic water bottle from Coca-Cola

News / Waste

Are Asian brands afraid of using recycled plastic in their products?

...t it's the same content as recycled plastic, which is not harmful to health," he said, adding that recycled plastic, with the exception of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) used to make plastic bottles...

13 Nov 2019

Are Asian brands afraid of using recycled plastic in their products?

Wildlife trafficking, like everything else, has gone online during Covid-19

News / Transport

The Covid-19 has shifted everything online — including wildlife trafficking

...t partnered with wildlife monitoring networks in the coalition on ways to better equip its team of reviewers to identify violating content and to help stay up to date with the latest trends in wildlif...

2 Jun 2021

The Covid-19 has shifted everything online — including wildlife trafficking

Standard Chartered Bank advertisement. 'We're hear for good'

News / Policy & Finance

Standard Chartered Bank launches Asia’s first retail product to fund the Sustainable Development Goals

...the definition for what constitutes a green investment product is to be standardised through the EU Taxonomy of Sustainable Activities to give retail customers comfort that the products they support w...

9 Oct 2019

Standard Chartered Bank launches Asia’s first retail product to fund the Sustainable Development Goals

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse Peng Liyuan.

News / Policy & Finance

China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

...tection ... if they seek to defend their rights using the law," he said.Political commentator Pan Lu said the Belt and Road project isn't just an infrastructure project, either."This strategy was impl...

29 Apr 2019

China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

A stack of printers at e-waste recycling facility Virogreen. SMEs find it hard to recycle bulky used electronics, so they are either stored in offices or dumped. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Could this app ease Singapore's e-waste problem?

...te to be better managed have grown louder this year as Southeast Asian nations have become the preferred destination for the developed world's trash after China closed its doors to waste imports at th...

2 Apr 2019

Could this app ease Singapore's e-waste problem?

News / Water

Indonesia dam burst raises alarm over unchecked forest clearing

...the vegetation that holds the soil together. Then, when it rains, the dirt is easily washed down into rivers and lakes, reducing their capacity to hold water. The Jeneberang river system that flows in...

11 Feb 2019

Indonesia dam burst raises alarm over unchecked forest clearing

News / Carbon & Climate

Women 'uniquely placed' to inspire climate action, mayors say

...t of the 2015 Paris Agreement—has pushed cities to take matters into their own hands, mayors said at the event. "If governments don't want to step up on climate action, then they should at least get o...

23 Feb 2019

Women 'uniquely placed' to inspire climate action, mayors say

News / Policy & Finance

Green Climate Fund expands support to more than 100 developing states

...to set its strategic direction for the next four years. "It's really important that... the focus is on getting the money to the poorest and most vulnerable. It's making sure that we don't lose sight o...

15 Nov 2019

Green Climate Fund expands support to more than 100 developing states

A coal-fired power station on Lamma Island, Hong Kong. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

News / Policy & Finance

What's holding sustainable finance back in Asia?

...tunities; third, there need to be easy ways for different investors to participate. We need more and differentiating investment vehicles to fit the investor’s needs. “ It still holds true that susta...

6 Mar 2020

What's holding sustainable finance back in Asia?

Press Releases / Advanced Biofuel Center

The Moringa Health & Food industry’s most productive seed variety MOL'E unveiled for Leaf Farming by MOMAX3 moringa seeds inventor

...T/ha. Profitability: The super intensive system has significantly reduced the Plantation and harvesting cost ultimately a very notable increase in profitability Harvest quality: The use of best tech...

17 Jul 2019

The Moringa Health & Food industry’s most productive seed variety MOL'E unveiled for Leaf Farming by MOMAX3 moringa seeds inventor

News / Carbon & Climate

Don't call me 'Greta': Young climate activists demand to be heard

...tried to spread that message at Davos were largely overlooked. "This is the time for the world to listen to the activists from Africa and to pay attention to their stories and take action where it's n...

7 Feb 2020

Don't call me 'Greta': Young climate activists demand to be heard

Electronic waste being processed in an informal setting in Thailand. Image: Basel Action Network

News / Waste

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

...t three major contracts with high-profile customers as a result of the news, has objected to the allegations, saying the press has misrepresented its operations in Thailand. Thailand announced that it...

27 Mar 2019

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

News / Energy

Asia’s thirsty coal-fired power plants face water scarcity

...the departments of civil engineering and geodetic engineering at the Ohio State University. “But our study shows that the extra energy required to operate these systems is not worth it,” Bielicki tel...

8 Oct 2019

Asia’s thirsty coal-fired power plants face water scarcity

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

What is the true cost of carbon?

...traints and pervasive uncertainty. In theory, at least, economists have the tools to determine the costs and benefits of cutting carbon emissions. Yet getting that calculation right has haunted the pr...

2 Mar 2020

What is the true cost of carbon?

News / Lifestyle

Fast fashion giant H&M appoints former sustainability head as CEO; activists call for a different business model

...the length of time that clothes are worn and reducing the quantities that are produced have the biggest impact on limiting the environmental, health and social impacts of fashion (in both its producti...

4 Feb 2020

Fast fashion giant H&M appoints former sustainability head as CEO; activists call for a different business model

A blue recycling bin in the district of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The city-state's recycling rate has been stagnant since 2012. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Singapore’s zero-waste plan aims to raise domestic recycling rate from 22 to 30 per cent by 2030

...t environmentalist, said he was pleased "we finally have reduction targets and not just recycling targets," but stressed the need to tackle the root of the problem and ways to address the city-state's...

30 Aug 2019

Singapore’s zero-waste plan aims to raise domestic recycling rate from 22 to 30 per cent by 2030

Press Releases / IUCN

First standardised guidelines to measure plastic pollution in corporate value chains published by the Plastic Leak Project

...t intelligent environmental sustainability solutions. In a nutshell, our creative geeks take the latest science and make it actionable. Our team of talents delivers resilient strategies, robust metric...

28 Feb 2020

First standardised guidelines to measure plastic pollution in corporate value chains published by the Plastic Leak Project

News / Energy

Gusty growth: Vietnam's remarkable wind energy story

...targets than any other Southeast Asian state and policies that have attracted investors from all over the world. With foreign capital flows into Vietnam on the rise, the country is forecast to install...

19 Nov 2019

Gusty growth: Vietnam's remarkable wind energy story

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