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Cambodia announces hydropower, solar projects amid widespread electricity shortages

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8 Apr 2019

Cambodia announces hydropower, solar projects amid widespread electricity shortages

News / Transport

What the Philippines' US$2.75 billion rail project means for commuters and the environment

...2025, reducing congestion on parallel roads by 10 per cent, estimated the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is loaning US$2.75 billion to the Philippines—the multi-lateral bank's single largest infr...

16 Jul 2019

What the Philippines' US$2.75 billion rail project means for commuters and the environment

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Fighting anaemia—a silent killer of women

...2025. To that end, the World Health Organisation recommends strategies such as improving dietary diversity; fortifying foods with iron, folic acid, and other micronutrients; and distributing iron supp...

13 Aug 2019

Fighting anaemia—a silent killer of women

News / Corporate Responsibility

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

...2025, meeting merely half its target. 8. Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study Readers were riled by news that major consumer brands had...

13 Dec 2019

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2019

Opinion / Waste

There’s a looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom

...2025. By 2050 the projected amount of waste from retired solar panels in Australia is over 1,500 kilotonnes (kT). Mass of end of life solar panels (a) and battery energy storage (b) 2020-2050. Salim ...

17 Jun 2019

There’s a looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom

News / Policy & Finance

South Asia bears half of global low birth weight burden

...2025. But, according to the report, progress must be more than doubled to achieve this goal. ‘Data gap’ The report’s authors identified three gaps—the care gap, prevention gap and data gap—which they ...

17 May 2019

South Asia bears half of global low birth weight burden

News / Energy

Solar power in-a-box launches in Malaysia

...2025. Currently, Malaysia's installed renewable capacity as of June this year is 575MW. Renewable sources include biomass (99MW), biogas (59MW) and small hydro (42MW), but solar is by far the biggest ...

5 Oct 2018

Solar power in-a-box launches in Malaysia

News / Energy

Big energy firms driving coal expansion in the Philippines

...2025. Using government data, environmental advocacy group Greenpeace identified how four of the country’s biggest conglomerates are set to substantially increase their coal portfolios. Should all the...

27 Nov 2019

Big energy firms driving coal expansion in the Philippines

News / Waste

Indonesia plans to solve its waste crisis by burning trash for electricity

...2025. The government is set to spend $1 billion over the next years to address the problem. “The biggest myth about incinerators is that they make the trash gone,” said Ahmad Ashov Birry, the program ...

24 Jul 2019

Indonesia plans to solve its waste crisis by burning trash for electricity

Press Releases / Circulate Capital

Circulate Capital announces Inaugural investments that will help South and Southeast Asian SMEs to combat ocean plastic and weather the Covid-19 crisis

...2025, and by investing and partnering, we can ultimately build a system where plastic stays in the economy and out of the environment.” Richard Slater, Chief R&D Officer, Unilever “We...

28 Apr 2020

Circulate Capital announces Inaugural investments that will help South and Southeast Asian SMEs to combat ocean plastic and weather the Covid-19 crisis

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Going full circle for growth and the planet

...2025. The benefits for Asia and the Pacific would be huge. But to make this happen, the region needs to reconcile its need for economic growth with its ambition for sustainable business. Today, the wa...

5 Oct 2018

Going full circle for growth and the planet

Women in China sort through waste plastics to be sent for recycling.

News / Waste

Developing countries turn away from plastic waste imports

...2025.The amendment to the Basel Convention has dispelled the notion that plastic waste can simply be exported away. When it comes into force in 18 month’s time some countries may be forced to reckon w...

14 Jun 2019

Developing countries turn away from plastic waste imports

News / Energy

Waste-to-energy: A renewable opportunity for Southeast Asia?

...2025. While landfills have been the cheapest method of disposal, the rapid growth of waste will be hard to handle. High demand for land near urban centres means that garbage is often packed into dense...

22 Feb 2019

Waste-to-energy: A renewable opportunity for Southeast Asia?

News / Waste

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

...2025. In June 2019, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) promised in a joint declaration that its members will take concrete actions and help one another to “prevent and significantly re...

28 Aug 2019

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

News / Policy & Finance

Dodgy science and corporate concessions for clean palm oil in Indonesia

...2025, which in turn would encourage the clearing of an additional 7.2 million ha (17.8 million acres) of land if plantation productivity stays the same — an area the size of Ireland. “ I’m worried th...

18 Dec 2019

Dodgy science and corporate concessions for clean palm oil in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

G20 stalls on fossil fuel subsidies despite calls for climate action

...2025. Goal 12 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) commits to "rationalising inefficient subsidies". Environmental and social groups are pressuring G20 host Japan to set a specific date for the...

2 Jul 2019

G20 stalls on fossil fuel subsidies despite calls for climate action

News / Waste

Consumer goods giants test reusable packaging with new Loop service

...2025. Loop has been welcomed by observers as the first step towards shifting the conversation on plastic waste from one that has focused on changing consumers' lifestyles to one that places responsibi...

30 Jan 2019

Consumer goods giants test reusable packaging with new Loop service

News / Food & Agriculture

Child malnutrition rates still high in Laos despite best efforts

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4 Mar 2019

Child malnutrition rates still high in Laos despite best efforts

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Big Pharma emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry

...2025, the overall pharma sector would need to reduce its emissions intensity by about 59 per cent from 2015 levels. While this is clearly a far cry from their current levels, it is interesting to note...

3 Jun 2019

Big Pharma emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry

News / Corporate Responsibility

Indonesia leans on businesses to do more about plastic waste

...2025 from current levels, according to Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, the environment ministry’s head of waste management. The so-called extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulation will oblige producers...

13 Nov 2018

Indonesia leans on businesses to do more about plastic waste

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