Eco-Business

A legal complaint has been made by an NGO against SK and Posco over their use of a "green premium" to claim their emissions reductions. The government has outlawed use of the premium towards corporate net zero targets.

The EU’s law to restore nature was given the green light by the European parliament this week.

Over the next three months, Malaysia's environment ministry will consult state and federal actors, as well as industry and civil society groups as it prepares a draft of the bill.

The environmental law charity consciously chooses not to take the litigation route when engaging with China and other Asian countries. It is "more appropriate" as a Western NGO to take a softer approach, says its Asia chief Dimitri de Boer.

By Ng Wai Mun

By Justin Catanoso

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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