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Fishermen in South Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia: Covid-19 no excuse for dropping guard against illegal fishing

...Malaysia and the Philippines, and were caught in separate incidents off North Natuna, in the Sulawesi Sea, and in the Malacca Strait. At the same time the government has also reported a growing number...

2 May 2020

Indonesia: Covid-19 no excuse for dropping guard against illegal fishing

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Illicit trade in marine resources keeps billions out of Pacific economies every year

...Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. One out of five fish caught in the region is illegally traded, resulting in annual losses of US$6 to 10 billion. (Exclusive Econom...

2 Jan 2020

Illicit trade in marine resources keeps billions out of Pacific economies every year

News / Cities

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, experts warn

...Malaysian farm carved into the rainforest. In 2009, the H1N1 swine flu appeared in Mexico, a hybrid of bird and pig viruses. Few people around the globe who contract West Nile virus via a mosquito bit...

5 Aug 2021

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, experts warn

The formula, here seen in pellet form, has been billed as an eco solution to degrading styrofoam waste, livestock growth, pests, baldness, bad odours, skin conditions, and a human detox treatment has been called out as green tech fraud. Image: Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

‘Plastic-eating enzyme’ marketed in Southeast Asia alleged to be a scam

...Malaysian and Russian authorities has been completed. Sounding the alarm Singaporean Harry Huo, director of green-tech venture capital firm Global919 and a former business partner of Niemandt's, file...

5 Feb 2020

‘Plastic-eating enzyme’ marketed in Southeast Asia alleged to be a scam

News / Carbon & Climate

Asian companies claim they are going net-zero — but are their targets realistic, ambitious or greenwash?

...Malaysian textile firm Tai Wah Garments Industry. National-level policy commitments, like China, Korea and Japan's net-zero declarations over the past six months have set the tone for Asian corporate ...

29 Mar 2021

Asian companies claim they are going net-zero — but are their targets realistic, ambitious or greenwash?

News / Waste

Encouraging start, but Asean has to go beyond its pledge to tackle marine waste

...Malaysia and the Philippines shipped back waste to their countries of origin. Thailand has said it intends to ban plastic waste imports by 2021, Malaysia has stopped issuing new permits for the import...

26 Jun 2019

Encouraging start, but Asean has to go beyond its pledge to tackle marine waste

A palm oil plantation in Borneo with a road down the middle and people travelling

News / Food & Agriculture

Crosscheck: Sime Darby unveils industry-first platform for palm oil transparency

In an ambitious move towards a deforestation-free supply chain, Malaysia’s biggest palm oil producer Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) has launched a publicly-accessible database that allows anyone to trace...

29 May 2019

Crosscheck: Sime Darby unveils industry-first platform for palm oil transparency

Press Releases / GuocoLand

GuocoLand brings largest garden collection to CBD with Guoco Midtown Gardens

...Malaysia, comprising residential, hospitality, commercial and retail developments. In 2017, GuocoLand marked its expansion beyond Asia into the new markets of the United Kingdom and Australia through ...

16 Feb 2021

GuocoLand brings largest garden collection to CBD with Guoco Midtown Gardens

News / Waste

Dumping plastic waste in Asia found destroying crops and health

...Malaysia and Vietnam jumped from mid-2017 to early 2018, leading to illegal operations dumping and open-burning, contaminating water supplies, killing crops and causing respiratory illnesses. "For the...

23 Apr 2019

Dumping plastic waste in Asia found destroying crops and health

News / Food & Agriculture

Can offsets help resolve a chicken-and-egg problem with cage-free eggs?

...Malaysia, Thailand, China, Philippines, Japan and South Korea. The credits, a first for cage-free eggs in the world, will be called Impact Incentives. They will be offered through the Impact Alliance,...

4 Aug 2020

Can offsets help resolve a chicken-and-egg problem with cage-free eggs?

News / Energy

South Korea faces public scrutiny for financing coal plants in Indonesia

...Malaysia (CIMB and Maybank), South Korea (KEB Hana Bank), China (Bank of China), and Indonesia (Bank Mandiri, BNI and the Indonesia Eximbank). Proponents of the Jawa 9 & 10 project say this massiv...

19 Apr 2021

South Korea faces public scrutiny for financing coal plants in Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

...Malaysia-based Crops for the Future research centre who explored under-utilised crops and their applications. “We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut as we learned more about the wonderful legume....

5 Oct 2020

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

News / Policy & Finance

ADB: Asia stands to lose 68 million jobs if coronavirus is not contained in six months

...Malaysia, for example, has so far rolled out a financial package worth about 17 per cent of its GDP to counter the economic impact of the virus on its hardest-hit residents and businesses. In Singapor...

7 Apr 2020

ADB: Asia stands to lose 68 million jobs if coronavirus is not contained in six months

Greenpeace investigation into plastic waste in Malaysia

Videos / Waste

Malaysia—the new dumping ground for the world's plastic waste

...Malaysia, and an investigation by Greenpeace has revealed that much of the waste sent there for recycling is dumped, burned or left to rot in illegal processing plants instead. Malaysia announced an o...

28 Nov 2018

Malaysia—the new dumping ground for the world's plastic waste

Press Releases / Electrify

Electrify to tap US$60M solar energy opportunity in Southeast Asia with launch of Singapore’s first peer-to-peer energy trading pilot

...Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, and Australia. Electrify is also on track for its Series A fundraise this year and is currently in talks with potential investors based in the region. Participation in the ...

22 Jul 2020

Electrify to tap US$60M solar energy opportunity in Southeast Asia with launch of Singapore’s first peer-to-peer energy trading pilot

Opinion / Energy

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?

...Malaysia sits at a unique crossroads. Last year’s election was a wake-up call for the powers that be, with more than 60 years of entrenched power coming to an unexpected and abrupt end. While much of ...

26 Feb 2019

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?

climate change march in vatican city 2015

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The world must not forget climate change

...Malaysia in the late 1990s being a case in point. Fortunately, we also already know what we need to do to address climate change and create a better, more sustainable world. If we act on that knowledg...

31 Mar 2020

The world must not forget climate change

News / Waste

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

...Malaysia, Thailand or Singapore, and five times less per person than the United States. Meanwhile, there has been progress in raising environment awareness. The work of Jenna Jambeck [an environmental...

22 Jun 2020

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

Women in China sort through waste plastics to be sent for recycling.

News / Waste

Developing countries turn away from plastic waste imports

...Malaysia is the world’s biggest importer of plastic waste. It replaced China after the country announced a ban on the trade in 2017. But like nearby Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, Malaysia is now fa...

14 Jun 2019

Developing countries turn away from plastic waste imports

Reuseable drink containers at a Starbucks outlet in Singapore, where BYO is still allowed. Starbucks has banned BYO in some countries, but not in others. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Will coronavirus kill bring-your-own-container schemes?

...Malaysia, where the country is in lockdown, all food and beverage outlets are closed, with only delivery services available. Jasmine Tuan, a Kuala Lumpur-based creative director at Brandmama and a zer...

23 Mar 2020

Will coronavirus kill bring-your-own-container schemes?

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