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Press Releases / Women of the Future

Winners announced for inaugural Women of the Future Awards Southeast Asia

...Malaysia (Malaysia) Social Entrepreneur: Cherrie Atilano, Social Entrepreneur & Founder/President, AGREA Agricultural Systems International, Inc. (Philippines) Pinky Lilani CBE DL, founder, Wo...

10 Apr 2018

Winners announced for inaugural Women of the Future Awards Southeast Asia

News / Food & Agriculture

Bats key pollinators for durian production, camera traps confirm

...Malaysia. Durian fruit, known for its pungent — and some might say off-putting — aroma, is adored by some for its taste. In many villages in Malaysia, locals tend to descendants of the naturally occur...

5 Oct 2017

Bats key pollinators for durian production, camera traps confirm

News / Energy

1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflict

...Malaysia’s Maybank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation—was absent from the final list of financiers. A campaign by green groups Greenpeace and Market Forces pointed out that by financing the ...

19 Apr 2018

1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflict

A new Greenpeace International investigation has revealed that Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing to end deforestation.[1]

News / Food & Agriculture

How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up to its no-deforestation promise?

...Malaysian has steered the billion-dollar Singapore-listed company through a maze of allegations, from deforestation and burning of carbon-rich peatlands to human rights abuses. A year ago, the company...

9 Oct 2019

How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up to its no-deforestation promise?

green tea smallholder development in Lao PDR

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Promoting green business: 3 priorities for action

...Malaysia, a government-led organisation, awards green certificates to projects that adopt green technology in the country, a model that can be replicated elsewhere in Asia. Another policy fix is to in...

4 Feb 2019

Promoting green business: 3 priorities for action

Dr Tiun Ling Ta, Seberang Perai Municipal Council Councillor (far left) moderates a panel discussion with Phee Boon Poh, chairman of Penang’s State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee, Dato Maimunah bt. Mohd Sharif, Penang Island city council mayor and Dato Sr Haji Rozali bin Haji Mohamud, Seberang Perai Municipal Council president

News / Energy

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

...Malaysia uses over the same timeframe to meet the country's growing energy demand; Malaysia's energy needs are predicted to triple by 2050. The pace of Malaysia's transition to renewables took a big h...

14 Sep 2017

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

News / Transport

Malaysia's clean transport revolution shines at Expo 2017

...Malaysia's participation at the Expo was organised by Malaysia's Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water and implemented by its agency GreenTech Malaysia.

11 Aug 2017

Malaysia's clean transport revolution shines at Expo 2017

News / Policy & Finance

Tough policing is restoring Indonesia’s fisheries

...Malaysia. An illegal fishing vessel named Viking is blown up by Indonesian authorities off Pangandaran, West Java, in March 2016. Image: Ramdani/Xinhua/Alamy via chinadialogue Oceans. When Susi Pudj...

18 Feb 2019

Tough policing is restoring Indonesia’s fisheries

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil firms use 'shadow companies' to hide deforestation links: report

...Malaysia and Papua New Guinea, names Sawit Sumbermas Sarana, Gama, Bintang Harapan Desa, and the Fangiono, Tee, and Salim family business groups as some of the culprits. The use of opaque ownership st...

10 Jul 2018

Palm oil firms use 'shadow companies' to hide deforestation links: report

News / Food & Agriculture

Land conservation steps into limelight as key climate change fix

...Malaysia's Borneo rainforest also got a boost from donors allocating new money for their conservation. Cutting down trees to grow crops or for timber, and other uses of land for food production and fo...

17 Sep 2018

Land conservation steps into limelight as key climate change fix

News / Food & Agriculture

TDM land grant will mean 'large-scale deforestation' in Malaysia, warns WWF

Malaysian state-owned plantation company TDM Berhad has been accused by a green group of accepting forest-covered land from the provincial government, with the alleged intent to clear it to develop oi...

1 Feb 2018

TDM land grant will mean 'large-scale deforestation' in Malaysia, warns WWF

News / Food & Agriculture

Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?

...Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's two largest palm oil producers, both have domestic certification schemes; Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) and Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) standards...

9 May 2018

Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?

Opinion / Energy

Renewables in Southeast Asia: Subsidies not required, thanks

...Malaysia distinguishes itself globally as the only country where the number of solar panel installations has actually declined in recent years. The barriers standing in the way of a clean energy-power...

18 Mar 2019

Renewables in Southeast Asia: Subsidies not required, thanks

Rabobank Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

Rabobank sustainability chief: We need to weed out green bonds greenwash

...Malaysia’s Maybank simply stepped in and the deal went ahead anyway... It is an interesting paradox. The investor that is the last to leave the coal business, will have the highest opportunity cost. T...

23 Apr 2019

Rabobank sustainability chief: We need to weed out green bonds greenwash

46 year-old former bank manager and mother of two Pornsiri Raknukul now runs her own RSPO-certified palm oil plantation in Southern Thailand. Image: RSPO

News / Food & Agriculture

What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?

...Malaysia Growing on peat in Malaysia 63 year-old Johor farm manager Haji Sahani Bin Sahran Haji Sahani Bin Sahran, Mohd Faridz Bin Harrith and Mohd Nasir Bin Bakri have more than half a century of ...

30 Jan 2018

What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

...Malaysia said it would ban single-use plastic. In October, Thailand said it would ban plastic imports. What is Singapore waiting for? As more whales wash up on beaches around Southeast Asia with thei...

20 Nov 2018

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

News / Food & Agriculture

Go fish! Minnow 'nutrient bombs' deployed to end malnutrition

...Malaysia-based WorldFish, part of the NutriFish1000 initiative. "About seven years ago, fish in the stream in my village started decreasing," he said. "Many fishers stopped fishing." WorldFish has pro...

22 Oct 2018

Go fish! Minnow 'nutrient bombs' deployed to end malnutrition

News / Food & Agriculture

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

...Malaysia’s domestic politics,” she says. She notes that the European Union’s proposed palm oil ban for biofuels was largely justified on environmental grounds. This is because Europe’s focus on low-ca...

1 Aug 2018

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

Press Releases / The Andaman, a Luxury Collection Resort, Langkawi

Discovery of an Underwater Treasure at The Andaman

...Malaysia, 2013/14 International Hotel Awards for Best Sustainable Hotel and Best Spa Hotel in Malaysia and a winner in 8 different Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards (HAPA), The Andaman brings together ...

4 Dec 2017

Discovery of an Underwater Treasure at The Andaman

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore and Malaysia: Do your favourite foods contain unsustainable palm oil?

Despite the fact that Southeast Asia is the heartland of the global palm oil industry, the majority of Singapore and Malaysia’s most popular food brands are not reporting their palm oil use in a trans...

21 Sep 2017

Singapore and Malaysia: Do your favourite foods contain unsustainable palm oil?

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