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The executive director for sustainability and environment of the only CarboNZero certified hotel chain in New Zealand is determined to make the hospitality industry less wasteful and more inclusive.

The joint initiative by the two stock exchange regulators could potentially cut short the time that public listed companies spend engaging with their non-listed suppliers and lead to cost savings, say industry representatives.

Freddie Hedegaard, Green School student and founder of Dungbeetle

Launched by 17-year-old Green School Bali student Freddie Hedegaard, Dungbeetle uses NFT technology to verify small-scale carbon projects.

An updated guide written by eight conservation and Indigenous organisations offers a detailed path forward for companies that want to compensate for their carbon emissions in addition to decarbonising their supply chains.

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A more radical level of accountability is needed for carbon markets. It is also time to establish minimum price floors, in order to crowd out poor-quality offsets and actors, especially for the Global South, says Simon Zadek. By Simon Zadek

Men in Assam, India, preparing flood defences.

Critics who dismiss voluntary carbon markets as greenwashing are overlooking people who are in desperate need of climate finance. Yes, carbon markets have problems that need fixing. But they are an essential solution for communities on the frontline of climate change. By Sandeep Roy Choudhury

The market must work in sync with a range of policy instruments. Stable institutional and regulatory structures must balance competing interests and trade-offs to ensure optimum coverage, caps, pricing and reporting. By Aman Srivastava

A stronger partnership between the private and public sectors can unlock new investment opportunities, manage risk, reduce the cost of capital, and mobilise the necessary financing at a much larger scale. By Vera Songwe

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Exclusive In this exclusive interview to mark Earth Day, Eco-Business speaks to Dr Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, who draws the link between our climate crisis and the health of our oceans.

EB Studio About four out of every five people impacted by sea-level rise by 2050 will live in East or Southeast Asia, creating an urgent need climate-smart solutions for cities. This year’s Innovate4Climate summit will look at the climate-smart solutions the region needs.

Achim Steiner talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore. Image UNDP Asia Pacific

The IPCC's climate warning is an opportunity for the business world to show leadership, said UNDP's Achim Steiner in the opening speech at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore.

The UN has launched a portal that makes reducing one’s carbon footprint as easy as shopping online.

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GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.

EB Studio [The EB Podcast] In the third episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how the shipping industry is charting a course to a low-carbon future.

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