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Through the carbon offsetting function on its app, Grab neutralised the emissions of more than 43 million trips and saved about 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, the company claims. But these claims are based on carbon credits of questionable credibility, according to non-profit RimbaWatch. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business

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Ride-hailing app Grab's 'carbon neutral' travel fee risks greenwashing: NGO

...renewable energy capacity and electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Southeast Asia, among other obstacles. RimbaWatch said that Grab should align with emerging international standards around off...

8 Mar 2024

Ride-hailing app Grab's 'carbon neutral' travel fee risks greenwashing: NGO

News / Policy & Finance

Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises

...renewable energy products. Beijing denies this. In Eritrea, there are reports of people spending decades in compulsory military or government service. Modern slavery is also prevalent in Gulf countrie...

25 May 2023

Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises

Press Releases / RSK

New Hong Kong desalination plant begins delivering fresh water to 137,000 homes

...renewable energy, resulting in a 16.2 per cent reduction in grid-supplied energy for building services. Water recycling and reuse processes will also reduce freshwater consumption by 36.6 per cent, an...

5 Feb 2024

New Hong Kong desalination plant begins delivering fresh water to 137,000 homes

News / Policy & Finance

Explainer: Why has blended finance not lived up to its promise?

...Renewable energy is the key sub-sector in Asean’s blended finance deals by volume. The largest commercial investors in Asean by deal count are the Asian Development Bank (ADB) – which accounts for a f...

13 Sep 2023

Explainer: Why has blended finance not lived up to its promise?

News / Policy & Finance

New Asia leadership at Forum for the Future

...renewable energy transition in Asia achieves its full potential, the movement is ecologically safe, rights-respecting and socially just. Forum also announced its appointment of a new international ma...

19 Jan 2023

New Asia leadership at Forum for the Future

Podcasts / Energy

‘Carrots, sticks, and hugs’: Scrutinising Indonesia’s US$20 billion just transition challenge

...renewables, is low carbon solutions. Not everything can be achieved by just moving to renewables, because even with a fast-paced renewables buildout, including geothermal energy, we will still be burn...

28 Feb 2023

‘Carrots, sticks, and hugs’: Scrutinising Indonesia’s US$20 billion just transition challenge

News / Waste

Can incinerators solve Vietnam’s waste crisis?

...renewables to make up 21-39 per cent of electricity production, including WtE. That said, official government figures state the potential for energy recovery from solid waste is a modest 1,800 megawat...

24 Oct 2024

Can incinerators solve Vietnam’s waste crisis?

News / Energy

Indonesia’s electric vehicle push relies on coal

...renewable energy, aiming for at least 34 per cent of all power generation to come from renewables by 2030. “ If 140 million oil-fuelled vehicles are replaced with electric vehicles, each year we redu...

4 Apr 2023

Indonesia’s electric vehicle push relies on coal

News / Policy & Finance

Analysis: Where is India spending more, fossil fuels or renewables?

...renewable energy and technology; an investment of 480,000 crore rupees (USD 60 billion) in renewables from the Adani Group; and India’s push for indigenous manufacturing of solar panels and storage ba...

20 Oct 2022

Analysis: Where is India spending more, fossil fuels or renewables?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Four steps to make India’s energy transition less painful

...Renewable energy transmission and storage India must plan its renewable energy (RE) transmission and battery plans to correct the emerging imbalance in RE assets. The states heavily reliant on fossil ...

16 Dec 2022

Four steps to make India’s energy transition less painful

News / Carbon & Climate

Japanese camera-maker Canon walks back climate targets

...renewable energy and lobbying for grid decarbonisation in its fossil fuel-dependent operational geographies of Japan and Southeast Asia, the report suggested. It also noted that Canon has been working...

29 Nov 2022

Japanese camera-maker Canon walks back climate targets

News / Energy

Philippines raises minimum renewable energy capacity to 2.5% in power mix

...renewable energy capacity in line with the government’s target to utilise 35 per cent clean power by the end of the decade, the government announced on Wednesday. Under the country's renewable energy ...

3 Oct 2022

Philippines raises minimum renewable energy capacity to 2.5% in power mix

News / Policy & Finance

Landmark report on CO2 removal calls for action

...renewables were in the 1990s. Back then, electricity generation from solar and wind was a niche sector; projects were small scale, expensive and the preserve of committed environmentalists. Now renewa...

27 Jan 2023

Landmark report on CO2 removal calls for action

News / Carbon & Climate

Artists join with climate activists, scientists to paint a greener future

...renewable energy. Munira Chowdhury from Market Forces said GE's planned LNG plants in Bangladesh would add about 430 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) to the atmosphere over their li...

20 Oct 2023

Artists join with climate activists, scientists to paint a greener future

News / Water

After decades of underinvestment, the tide might finally be turning for water innovation in Asia

...renewable energy investments,” he said. “And because the cost of water is so high and the demand to solve the problem so huge, once businesses have access to treated water, it directly impacts their c...

15 May 2024

After decades of underinvestment, the tide might finally be turning for water innovation in Asia

Tailors working in a local garment factory in Bangladesh

News / Manufacturing

Can joint financing for Asian manufacturers help clean up fast fashion’s supply chain?

...renewables and that the consultant Guidehouse will work with suppliers on development and implementation of these decarbonisation activities. All the loans will also be structured according to the ban...

8 Mar 2024

Can joint financing for Asian manufacturers help clean up fast fashion’s supply chain?

News / Energy

Indonesia to make major green energy deal with rich nations at G20

...renewable energy to reach 40 per cent of the electricity sector by 2030, and that requires a massive investment," Tumiwa told Context. Renewables law awaited As the world's largest exporter of the...

21 Oct 2022

Indonesia to make major green energy deal with rich nations at G20

News / Carbon & Climate

Millionaire magnet Dubai rushes to future-proof itself after April's record floods

Three months after record rainfall fell on Dubai, turning roads into rivers in the Emirati metropolis, the physical reminders of the storm might have cleared, but its effects linger. The United Arab E...

28 Jun 2024

Millionaire magnet Dubai rushes to future-proof itself after April's record floods

Research / MioTech

From 2022 to 2023: top sustainability stories in 2022 and implications in the new year

...renewable energy capacity growing at the fastest speed ever and greenwashing was finally put under closer scrutiny under new regulations. It was not the best year, but we believe there are reasons to ...

2 Feb 2023

From 2022 to 2023: top sustainability stories in 2022 and implications in the new year

News / Carbon & Climate

'Everybody is welcome, the only ask is you come with solutions': COP28’s Majid Al Suwaidi

...renewable energy providers globally, and Al Jaber had been “instrumental in our country's energy transition, diversifying from oil and gas,” he added. “He is the first CEO COP president… we’ve never h...

20 Jan 2023

'Everybody is welcome, the only ask is you come with solutions': COP28’s Majid Al Suwaidi

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