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Companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation deadline, report says

...Malaysia and Indonesia the chief culprit is the cultivation of oil palms. The Global Canopy report says the number of companies with commitments to protect forests has increased since 2014. In 2018, 5...

22 Mar 2019

Companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation deadline, report says

News / Food & Agriculture

Executives of palm oil giant Wilmar resign a week after Greenpeace report

...Malaysia and Indonesia in an attempt to raise transparency levels and tackle deforestation. Last year, Wilmar announced a new policy to protect and provide education to children on its oil palm planta...

5 Jul 2018

Executives of palm oil giant Wilmar resign a week after Greenpeace report

News / Food & Agriculture

Debate follows British supermarket chain’s decision to ban palm oil

...Malaysia, the world’s top palm oil producers, have framed the ban as an attack on small farmers, although the industry is dominated by large companies. Deforestation, on the other hand, continues to i...

14 May 2018

Debate follows British supermarket chain’s decision to ban palm oil

News / Carbon & Climate

A tale of two otters: settling in Singapore, suffering in China

...Malaysia. The mangrove-forested reserve sits just across the Johor Strait from Malaysia, and the otters most likely sought refuge there from development projects on the peninsula. By 2014, Sivasothi h...

8 Feb 2018

A tale of two otters: settling in Singapore, suffering in China

News / Carbon & Climate

Asian Games to boost Indonesia's war on forest fires

...Malaysia and Singapore as well as Indonesia, would only be resolved if governments and the private sector, including the palm oil and aviation industries, came together to tackle it jointly. "You need...

25 Apr 2018

Asian Games to boost Indonesia's war on forest fires

News / Carbon & Climate

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

...Malaysia and Thailand the top destinations, according to the World Bank. Singapore's average monthly wage is more than 30 times that of Cambodia, while Malaysia's is triple that of Indonesia and the P...

4 Apr 2018

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

News / Lifestyle

The top 5 lifestyle stories in 2017

...Malaysia, the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) launched a successful palm oil campaign. 1. Consumers care about sustainable palm oil International conservation non-government organisation WWF caused...

27 Dec 2017

The top 5 lifestyle stories in 2017

News / Waste

There is a sustainable solution to Asia's sand crunch

...Malaysian infrastructure developer Batu Tiga Quarry Sdn Bhd, YTL Corporation Berhad's quarry division, to develop and promote manufactured sand produced from the company’s quarries. The intention is t...

26 Jul 2018

There is a sustainable solution to Asia's sand crunch

Malaysians produce 37,000 tonnes of garbage every day, and waste 15,000 tonnes of food every daily. Image Campusplus

News / Waste

Malaysia's zero waste ambition

...Malaysia, operated by Auto City, a rare bright environmental spark in corporate Malaysia. Slim waste line Mina Cheah-Fong, the managing director of the Malaysian operation of beauty products chain Th...

5 May 2017

Malaysia's zero waste ambition

News / Food & Agriculture

UK supermarket Iceland pledges no palm oil in its own-brand products

...Malaysia and help species under threat of extinction. Iceland, which trades from 900 stores and which specialises in frozen food, said cutting palm oil would lower demand for the edible vegetable oil ...

16 Apr 2018

UK supermarket Iceland pledges no palm oil in its own-brand products

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

What makes for happier business in the Asian Century?

...Malaysia (6.3) and Singapore (6.4) do a little bit better. But the most striking thing about the data is the very weak link between economic growth and happiness over time. Despite rising incomes, Sin...

11 Sep 2018

What makes for happier business in the Asian Century?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Environmental impact assessments aren't protecting the environment

...Malaysia consider the chronic increases in poaching, habitat fragmentation and other human pressures that occur when a new road slices into a forest. And in the Amazon, roads create broad “deforestati...

19 Dec 2018

Environmental impact assessments aren't protecting the environment

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

...Malaysia, the world’s two biggest producers of palm oil. Rompas said the Indonesian presidential candidates, in their stance toward palm oil, were too heavily focused on the voter-pleasing aspect of e...

22 Feb 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia-Pacific's biggest ports face steep climate bill—study

...Malaysia. It put the costs for those ports to adapt to climate change at between $31 billion and $49 billion. Japan's Kitakyushu port faces the highest cost at $4.9 billion, the report said, while fiv...

22 Mar 2018

Asia-Pacific's biggest ports face steep climate bill—study

News / Food & Agriculture

RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under new standards

...Malaysia, on November 15. The ban is now part of the RSPO’s new core standards, the Principles and Criteria (P&C), which member companies must comply with for their product to be certified “sustai...

19 Nov 2018

RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under new standards

Press Releases / ENGIE

ENGIE and Sime Darby announce partnership to develop solar energy and integrated facilities management services in Malaysia

...Malaysian market, we believe this partnership will enable us to significantly expand into these sectors.” Malaysia’s National Renewable Energy Policy and Action Plan (2010) sets targets f...

28 Mar 2017

ENGIE and Sime Darby announce partnership to develop solar energy and integrated facilities management services in Malaysia

News / Policy & Finance

How can companies own their climate narratives?

...Malaysia, warned that climate change presents risks such as resource disruptions, changes in the value of assets and loss of customers—often with measurable financial implications. Climate risk repor...

21 Mar 2018

How can companies own their climate narratives?

News / Policy & Finance

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

...Malaysia's new prime minister Mahathir Mohamed temporarily shelved development plans for a port and a high-speed rail project connecting to Singapore to first review the Southeast Asian country's esca...

14 Sep 2018

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

News / Lifestyle

From plogging to veganism: Is sustainability the new normal for consumers?

...Malaysia and India have pledged to ban single-use plastics. The Singapore government however, has pushed back against calls for similar action to tackle plastic waste, instead leaving it to businesses...

3 Oct 2018

From plogging to veganism: Is sustainability the new normal for consumers?

News / Transport

ABB and Formula E ink partnership to speed up e-mobility growth

...Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. The company offers an electric vehicle infrastructure that enables recharging electric cars, electric and hybrid buses as well as electrification sol...

16 Jan 2018

ABB and Formula E ink partnership to speed up e-mobility growth

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