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Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties

...inable claims with evidence including reliable scientific reports, transparent supply chain information and reputable third-party certification. ESG regulations and penalties for greenwashing Asia'...

17 Apr 2023

Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties

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Indian auto-parts makers face job losses as EVs rev up

...and ease debilitating air pollution in its cities, while meeting its national commitment to cut planet-heating emissions from fossil fuel use to net-zero by 2070. The government is aiming for 30 per c...

7 Nov 2022

Indian auto-parts makers face job losses as EVs rev up

News / Energy

Indonesia minister floats net-zero emissions by 2055

...international collaboration and technological developments, a senior official of the country has said. Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s coordinating minister of maritime and investment affairs, said the ...

6 Jun 2023

Indonesia minister floats net-zero emissions by 2055

Opinion / Transport

Green shipping can cut emissions and boost developing nations

...ion in the maritime industry would buoy up all boats, providing resilience and economic benefit for communities worldwide, as we unite to solve humanity’s defining crisis. This story was published wit...

5 Jul 2023

Green shipping can cut emissions and boost developing nations

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Dangerous work and low salaries drive foresters in the Philippines away

...icials who were killed worldwide while engaged in environmental protection, including park rangers, eight were from the Philippines. A combination of these security issues, declining interest in fores...

16 Nov 2023

Dangerous work and low salaries drive foresters in the Philippines away

News / Energy

Petronas, Pertamina among national oil companies at highest risk of not generating public returns in net-zero world

...and a significant dugong population. Part of the national oil company’s plan to minimise its marine footprint is to build artificial islands to “provide habitats to marine life by eliminating the need...

9 Dec 2023

Petronas, Pertamina among national oil companies at highest risk of not generating public returns in net-zero world

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Luang Prabang dam and hydropower pursuits along the Mekong: Should banks finance them as ‘clean energy’ projects?

...igations, said that the office “does not review or opine on” the implementation of the principles by individual banks. Equator Principles’s position is that each financial institution is individually...

4 Dec 2024

Luang Prabang dam and hydropower pursuits along the Mekong: Should banks finance them as ‘clean energy’ projects?

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Less than 50 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild, new survey concludes

...ild population is split into four distinct areas. The researchers believe two to three wild rhinos still survive in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo (in addition, one rhino i...

3 Oct 2022

Less than 50 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild, new survey concludes

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Can pre-disaster cash and aid help fix climate 'loss and damage'?

...id donors provided just US$10.7 billion of the US$54.8 million it requested to help 362 million people hit by humanitarian crises in the first half of 2023. Funding for anticipatory action is also lim...

19 Oct 2023

Can pre-disaster cash and aid help fix climate 'loss and damage'?

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In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes

...ities’ jurisdiction. “This is a truly challenging task,” Kien said. In 2020, Can Tho’s waterways police inspected 27 sand mining operations and discovered many violations, resulting in two sand mining...

6 Jul 2022

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes

News / Manufacturing

Innovation key to climate-conscious, accessible healthcare: Philips sustainability chief

...issions – more than the aviation or shipping industries. And like any key industry today, it is under increasing pressure to decarbonise as countries and companies alike seek to achieve their climate ...

18 Jan 2023

Innovation key to climate-conscious, accessible healthcare: Philips sustainability chief

News / Policy & Finance

No respite from illegal mineral mining for Nepalis

...and Sand Mining Sale and Management Standards, it is prohibited to mine and collect river products within two kilometres of settlements and forest areas, within 500 metres of highways, and within one ...

28 Dec 2023

No respite from illegal mineral mining for Nepalis

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Executive compensation can be an effective lever for corporate climate action

...ing refined. For instance, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) published its much-anticipated disclosure standards in June this year, and a transition implementation group is being...

5 Dec 2023

Executive compensation can be an effective lever for corporate climate action

Released Elds deer at Main Lake in the Phnom Tamao forest

News / Food & Agriculture

A forest saved? – Cambodia’s Phnom Tamao Protected Forest escapes logging but faces an uncertain future

...ing down the trees in early August, Cambodia’s social media erupted with anger. Amid a hail of denials of responsibility by ministry officials, the director of Wildlife Alliance’s wildlife rescue and ...

28 Aug 2022

A forest saved? – Cambodia’s Phnom Tamao Protected Forest escapes logging but faces an uncertain future

Opinion / Energy

The energy transition confronts reality

...iced supplies and insulation from geopolitical risk and economic hardship. Even with climate change remaining a central focus, US President Joe Biden administration’s has urged domestic companies to i...

25 Jan 2023

The energy transition confronts reality

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News / Transport

Act now to make green shipping feasible and safe: Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation chief Lynn Loo

...ident and CEO, trading & shipping Asia-Pacific & Middle East. Image: BP “Our direct emissions is the oil producer’s indirect emissions, or Scope 3 emissions, so we are in this together. Signi...

8 Apr 2022

Act now to make green shipping feasible and safe: Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation chief Lynn Loo

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The climate loss and damage fund is coming

...ing’s disruptive effects and the increasingly limited ability of both nature and humanity to adapt to them. The newly created fund will remain a top priority in climate discussions, and it is crucial ...

26 May 2023

The climate loss and damage fund is coming

News / Policy & Finance

How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia

...ity of Indigenous communities in Keo Seima have either received or are in the process of finalising Indigenous Communal Land Titles. These deeds prohibit microlenders from using an Indigenous villager...

22 Apr 2024

How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia

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Curbs on greenwashing coming to Asia, cautiously: experts

...ing led to guidelines for brands on sustainability communications. In 2021, a social media post that criticised Korean cosmetics brand Innisfree for claiming a bottle containing a plastic lining was ...

10 Feb 2023

Curbs on greenwashing coming to Asia, cautiously: experts

News / Policy & Finance

Congo's GiveDirectly fraud and the future of cash transfers

...ing in weakly institutionalised states; there's a pipeline of cash going in and relatively poor and middle-income people see ways to slice a little bit off of that," he said. "And so it's challenging ...

23 Jun 2023

Congo's GiveDirectly fraud and the future of cash transfers

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