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World's top glovemaker vows action after labour rights expose in Malaysia

Malaysian company Top Glove Corp. Bhd, the world's top glovemaker, said on Monday it would "continue to improve" its labour standards after a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose found some migrants work...

10 Dec 2018

World's top glovemaker vows action after labour rights expose in Malaysia

News / Waste

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

...Malaysia produce and sell Ello Jello cups and keep the profit. Production is limited at present, about 500 per day, and testing is still going on. But orders have come from 900 companies in 52 countri...

25 Mar 2020

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia

News / Food & Agriculture

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

...Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation. "It isn't there." “ The new RSPO is transforming the production of palm oil (but) where is the similar action in transforming the buying of sustainable palm oil? Sim...

27 Nov 2018

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

News / Policy & Finance

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

...Malaysia's first bank with a sustainability policy. Her last role was running the strategy and transformation programme for CIMB. Before that, she held various senior leadership roles at CIMB's rival...

8 Apr 2020

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

Opinion / Energy

It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars

...Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have all exploited domestic natural gas resources for decades. However, the region’s natural gas reserves cannot meet projected electricity demand growth. Asia already c...

15 Jan 2019

It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars

News / Food & Agriculture

Protected forests to grow under new rules, says palm oil watchdog

...Malaysia, Indonesia and Ecuador to help authorities to back and promote sustainable palm oil. The body has also linked up with Britain's Chester Zoo to raise awareness on sustainable palm oil, which l...

17 Jul 2019

Protected forests to grow under new rules, says palm oil watchdog

China involved in coal projects in BRI countries

News / Policy & Finance

China’s Belt and Road Initiative could lead to 3°C global warming, report warns

...Malaysia accounted for only 28 per cent of global carbon emissions in 2015, but by 2050, the year after the Belt and Road project is slated for completion, this share could rocket to 66 per cent—if th...

2 Sep 2019

China’s Belt and Road Initiative could lead to 3°C global warming, report warns

News / Food & Agriculture

Why don’t consumer brands promote their sustainable palm oil credentials?

...Malaysia, six months ago, for "sensationalised displays" at the zoo's orangutan enclosure that draw attention to the plight of the species as a result of palm oil production. Kok, who is at the centre...

16 Oct 2019

Why don’t consumer brands promote their sustainable palm oil credentials?

News / Food & Agriculture

Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?

As the company that claims to produce more certified sustainable palm oil than any other, Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation knows more than most about how to grow the world’s most consumed edible oil i...

5 Nov 2018

Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?

News / Energy

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

...Malaysia, India and Thailand, are now facing lockdown measures. But fast becoming the biggest challenge for the sector is the blow dealt to the world economy—the heaviest since the financial crisis ov...

27 Mar 2020

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

biomass facility in Savannah, Georgia in the United States

News / Energy

Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds with biomass burning

...Malaysia, whose biodiverse rainforests are already under extreme pressure from agribusiness and mining. Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, must import nearly all its energy since the Fukishima ...

1 Sep 2020

Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds with biomass burning

News / Food & Agriculture

Recent Indonesian fires razed an area the size of Puerto Rico

...Malaysia. “There’s been no more transboundary haze since September,” he said. The issue of transboundary haze was brought up by delegates of neighboring Southeast Asian countries at a recent regional ...

24 Oct 2019

Recent Indonesian fires razed an area the size of Puerto Rico

News / Energy

Power play—who's winning Southeast Asia's renewables race?

...Malaysia, meanwhile, things are now moving fast, according to Sinha of European Climate Foundation. The government, she said, is introducing a net energy metering programme to catalyse renewable energ...

31 Jul 2019

Power play—who's winning Southeast Asia's renewables race?

News / Waste

Will China's sweeping ban to phase out plastic work?

...Malaysia has a plan to wipe out single-use plastic by 2030, while cities in Indonesia, India and the Philippines have introduced either a levy or a partial ban on plastic items in restaurants, hotels ...

22 Jan 2020

Will China's sweeping ban to phase out plastic work?

News / Cities

In Malaysia, an island is drowning in its own development

...Malaysian city: a $11.4 billion scheme that includes an underwater tunnel linking to peninsular Malaysia, three highways, a light rail line, a monorail, and a 4.8-kilometer (3-mile) gondola from the i...

27 Jul 2018

In Malaysia, an island is drowning in its own development

Greenpeace ad used by Iceland in the United Kingdom has been banned for being political.

Videos / Food & Agriculture

This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned

...Malaysia and Indonesia, where most palm oil is grown. Iceland's managing director Richard Walker, who led the move to remove palm oil from the company's own-label brands, reportedly said: “We have sai...

9 Nov 2018

This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned

Press Releases / Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan)

Malaysian banks pledge for responsible investment at KWAP Inspire: Environmental Conference 2018

...Malaysia and across ASEAN. This effort includes commitments to drive responsible lending practices by banks and to build members’ capacity on responsible investment. While the Malaysian financ...

24 Jul 2018

Malaysian banks pledge for responsible investment at KWAP Inspire: Environmental Conference 2018

Opinion / Transport

Dear Mahathir, it's time to end fuel subsidies

...Malaysian Youth Delegation, a Malaysian civil society organisation consisting of young passionate Malaysians who represent the local youth climate movement at international climate conferences.

23 Jul 2018

Dear Mahathir, it's time to end fuel subsidies

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Mahathir is back—good news or bad for sustainability in Malaysia?

...Malaysia. Are they supposed to remain poor because you want to study tropical animals? Mahathir's response to a British boy who appealed to the former PM to curb Malaysia's timber industry. Mahathir’...

13 May 2018

Mahathir is back—good news or bad for sustainability in Malaysia?

News / Waste

Thailand to ban plastic waste imports by 2021

...Malaysia and Vietnam over the next six months. US exports of plastic waste to Thailand has spiked almost 2,000 per cent from 2017, amounting to 91,505 metric tonnes this year. “This message from Thail...

17 Oct 2018

Thailand to ban plastic waste imports by 2021

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