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Food & Agriculture
Companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation deadline, report says
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Malaysia
n 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
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Waste
Malaysia
's zero waste ambition
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Malaysia
, operated by Auto City, a rare bright environmental spark in corporate
Malaysia
. Slim waste line Mina Cheah-Fong, the managing director of the
Malaysia
n operation of beauty products chain Th...
5 May 2017
Malaysia's zero waste ambition
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Food & Agriculture
UK supermarket Iceland pledges no palm oil in its own-brand products
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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?
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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
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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
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Policy & Finance
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
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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
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Carbon & Climate
Asia-Pacific's biggest ports face steep climate bill—study
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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
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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
...
Malaysia
n 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
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Policy & Finance
How can companies own their climate narratives?
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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
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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
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Lifestyle
From plogging to veganism: Is sustainability the new normal for consumers?
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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?
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Transport
ABB and Formula E ink partnership to speed up e-mobility growth
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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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Carbon & Climate
Google launches Asia climate AI accelerator for startups and researchers
Alphabet's Google has launched a new Asia-Pacific accelerator programme focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to support climate …
Google launches Asia climate AI accelerator for startups and researchers
Podcasts /
Policy & Finance
‘Show me the money’ – this is what sustainability has become: CIMB CSO Luanne Sieh
The Malaysia-headquartered bank's sustainability chief tells the EB Podcast about the discipline's mandate to prove value, wrestling with …
'Show me the money' – this is what sustainability has become: CIMB CSO Luanne Sieh
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Policy & Finance
Transition finance needs ‘realism’, not reliance on private capital alone, says Prudential chair
Emerging markets face gaps in equity financing, currency risk protection and scalable investment structures, say experts, who warn …
Transition finance needs ‘realism’, not reliance on private capital alone, says Prudential chair
Opinion /
Corporate Responsibility
ESG is fragmenting – how should businesses respond?
ESG is meant to align environmental, social and governance priorities. But companies are increasingly being forced to choose …
ESG is fragmenting – how should businesses respond?
News /
Carbon & Climate
DBS partners Climate Bonds Initiative as adaptation finance gains traction in Asia
Singapore banking group DBS has partnered with the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to develop financing approaches for climate …
DBS partners Climate Bonds Initiative as adaptation finance gains traction in Asia
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Corporate Responsibility
Extreme weather could drive US$450 billion in losses in Asia Pacific: analysis
Flooding alone is projected to wipe out US$286 billion in value across the region over the short and …
Extreme weather could drive US$450 billion in losses in Asia Pacific: analysis
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