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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Intense forest fires threaten to derail Indonesia’s progress in reducing deforestation

...Malaysia. While forest fires are cyclical, typically occurring in Indonesia every year from July through October, this year’s season is the worst since 2015, when fires resulted in $16 billion in econ...

9 Oct 2019

Intense forest fires threaten to derail Indonesia’s progress in reducing deforestation

News / Energy

Microgrids are powering remote communities—and helping Southeast Asia's eco resorts live up to their name

...Malaysia’s Johor Marine Park, was waiting for a good contact to come by. At a Global Sustainable Tourism Council training event in Chiang Mai this year, she caught a presentation by Sujay Malve, the c...

13 Sep 2019

Microgrids are powering remote communities—and helping Southeast Asia's eco resorts live up to their name

News / Policy & Finance

This vending machine turns plastic into gold

...Malaysia at key locations before the end of the year. After launching in Malaysia, Lee said they plan to expand to other countries like Singapore, which also has a low recycling rate, and South Africa...

29 Mar 2018

This vending machine turns plastic into gold

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Open letter from NGOs to Malaysia's political parties: Make sustainable development a priority

...Malaysia (EPSM)Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) SpiralMalaysian Nature Society Kuching BranchPower Shift MalaysiaReef Check MalaysiaSabah Women's Action Resource Group (SAWO)Sabah Environmental ...

25 Jan 2018

Open letter from NGOs to Malaysia's political parties: Make sustainable development a priority

A woman with her baby at a bus stop in Delhi. Women in developing countries are being hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Image: rajput/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

News / Carbon & Climate

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing people and our planet

...Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Social distancing measures have made it hard for victims to get shelter at women’s refuges. Health and financial worries combined with a desire among perpetrators to...

22 Apr 2020

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing people and our planet

News / Carbon & Climate

Is Asia's media reporting the real causes of air pollution?

...Malaysia, where the average annual level of PM2.5—particles 2.5 microns wide that penetrate deep into the lungs—is significantly higher in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. “We only tend to talk about air po...

1 Dec 2018

Is Asia's media reporting the real causes of air pollution?

Press Releases / Blue Planet Environmental Solutions

Blue Planet moves closer to ‘zero waste to landfill’ vision with new green building solution

...Malaysia and Smart Creative’s e-waste processing technology in the UK, Blue Planet is achieving its vision of closing the loop on waste. This latest acquisition is an opportunity for Blue Plane...

29 Aug 2019

Blue Planet moves closer to ‘zero waste to landfill’ vision with new green building solution

News / Waste

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

...Malaysia announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic by 2030 and published a roadmap towards achieving the goal. Indonesia, the world’s second largest marine plastic polluter after China, has ...

28 Aug 2019

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia bans products labeled ‘palm oil-free'

...Malaysia, the second top producer, have since adopted retaliatory trade measures against the European Union, with Indonesia even threatening to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in protest. A po...

28 Aug 2019

Indonesia bans products labeled ‘palm oil-free'

News / Policy & Finance

Regulation can hinder—not help—Asia's social enterprises, analysts say

...Malaysia had a three-year strategy to promote social ventures that ended last year, while the Philippines had drafted a bill to reduce poverty through social entrepreneurship. But regulation is not al...

7 Mar 2019

Regulation can hinder—not help—Asia's social enterprises, analysts say

News / Food & Agriculture

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

Widely blamed for deforestation and human rights abuses in Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil companies have been investing heavily in technology to boost their sustainability credentials—but are these ...

13 Feb 2019

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban

...Malaysia will be harmed by this ban,” Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad, chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA), said. According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, the EU is Malaysia’s big...

25 Jan 2018

Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Responsible finance: Malaysia leads the way with new guidelines

...Malaysia recently issued its ‘Guidelines on Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Funds’ to promote the growth of such funds in Malaysia. These sustainable investment, as they are known, are us...

15 Jan 2018

Responsible finance: Malaysia leads the way with new guidelines

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges

...Malaysia—where, ironically, many of the companies responsible for the devastation were located. “These fires started because our farmers were clearing forest to grow palm oil,” he says. “But our farme...

12 Nov 2018

Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges

News / Corporate Responsibility

Indonesian court fines palm oil firm US$18.5 million over forest fires in 2015

...Malaysia and even Thailand. Responding to the verdict, Musim Mas said it was carrying out an investigation in accordance with its grievance mechanism. “We have immediately reached out to Arjuna Utama ...

28 Oct 2019

Indonesian court fines palm oil firm US$18.5 million over forest fires in 2015

News / Policy & Finance

OCBC is Southeast Asia's first bank to rule out funding new coal power plants

...Malaysia, as well as wind projects in Australia and Taiwan, Bloomberg reported. So too is DBS. The bank said that in 2018, it was involved in 17 renewable energy financing deals with an estimated loan...

18 Apr 2019

OCBC is Southeast Asia's first bank to rule out funding new coal power plants

News / Policy & Finance

On the island of Java, a social forestry scheme creates jobs at home

...Malaysia, came back to Kalibiru to sell tickets to visitors. “It’s closer to my family, my parents, and I can help promote this village,” Erma told Mongabay. “The income is enough because the cost of ...

16 May 2019

On the island of Java, a social forestry scheme creates jobs at home

News / Food & Agriculture

To halt deforestation, researchers say we must listen to the forests

...Malaysia suffered the biggest losses in 2017. Deforestation is also a key factor behind global warming, accounting for about 15 per cent of annual emissions of heat-trapping gases. “ With a camera tr...

7 Jan 2019

To halt deforestation, researchers say we must listen to the forests

News / Carbon & Climate

Overheard in sustainability: 10 funny moments in 2018

...Malaysia on the 2. waste management front. Image: Twitter Malaysia’s wily prime minister Mahathir Mohamad probably had his tongue in his cheek when he proposed a new form of renewable energy during a...

2 Jan 2019

Overheard in sustainability: 10 funny moments in 2018

Loose palm oil fruit on the estate of PT AMNL, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja

...Malaysia and 1.5 Indonesian farming households who depend on the oil. The EU is the second-largest palm oil export market for both Malaysia and Indonesia. What impact? Talk of the ban has yet to have ...

28 Feb 2018

Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja

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