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A mural painted on a wall in the heartland district of Hougang, Singapore, reads: "The future lies in our hands". Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

News / Cities

Singapore's Covid-19 economic recovery team criticised for excluding sustainable business voices, women

...power structures for a fairer economy that considers key stakeholders in our economic system equally," she said. Ong called for a more diverse, inclusive approach to formulating strategies for economi...

11 Jun 2020

Singapore's Covid-19 economic recovery team criticised for excluding sustainable business voices, women

News / Energy

Infrastructure and energy bind Bangladesh to China

...power Most of Chinese investment in the 2018-19 fiscal year, USD 407 million, went into Bangladesh’s power sector, specifically to coal-based power projects. These included the 1,300 MW Chinese funded...

14 May 2019

Infrastructure and energy bind Bangladesh to China

Deforestation Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for deeper emissions cuts

...power plant permits and review the plan to add 27 GW of coal-fired electricity to the grid. In a letter they sent to the environment ministry in February, they also called on the government to come up...

15 Apr 2020

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for deeper emissions cuts

News / Carbon & Climate

Will Asia's banks join the movement to decarbonise shipping?

...power plants, he said. There is also scope to expand the Poseidon Principles in future to cover other social impacts such as ship recycling. For now, the Poseidon Principles will limit lending to ship...

25 Sep 2019

Will Asia's banks join the movement to decarbonise shipping?

News / Manufacturing

Unilever reveals global tea suppliers in drive for slave-free sourcing

...power to push for better pay and conditions, wherever they work," Traidcraft Exchange's policy adviser Tom Wills said in a statement. "Making the supplier list public means tea workers can complain di...

17 Sep 2019

Unilever reveals global tea suppliers in drive for slave-free sourcing

News / Lifestyle

Eco anxiety and grief: It’s real, and there are ways to cope

...powerlessness can co-mingle, creating a complicated emotional experience,” he said. At the eco anxiety discussion in Singapore, organised by the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and National ...

20 Nov 2019

Eco anxiety and grief: It’s real, and there are ways to cope

meghalaya root bridge green infrastructure

News / Carbon & Climate

From transport to telecoms, construction urged to get climate-wise

Transport, energy and telecommunications networks must be built with clean power, run on it and be better able to withstand disasters if the world is to curb global warming and meet its development go...

5 Mar 2019

From transport to telecoms, construction urged to get climate-wise

Sky Greens’ vertical farming systems in the background. Each vertical tower requires only 40 watts of electricity to operate—the equivalent of one lightbulb. Image: Sky Greens