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An office worker uses an AI bot for his project

As AI adoption grows, companies face mounting pressure to address the technology's trilemma of environmental footprint, workforce disruption and inequality risks, experts say.

Khushi Baby is a 10 year-old digital health non-profit that tracks maternal and child health in rural India.

After a brutal period that hurt startups and companies with exposure to the US, green shoots are emerging in Asia in some sectors.

Exclusive Singapore-based circular clothing enterprise Cloop said it does not want to encourage dumping of cheap, disposable clothing that cannot be resold.

Attendees to the Sustainability Youth Festival 2026. The demand for green jobs in Singapore is high, although the pipeline for available positions is constricting. Image: EB Impact

At a youth festival in Singapore, students and young eco-preneurs discussed the state of the green jobs market and the opportunities to build a career in sustainability at a time of ESG pushback.

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Many of the people expected to deliver on increasing corporate sustainability requirements don’t even work in ESG – and there is a shortage of people who can bridge the gap between purpose and performance. By Kaushik Sridhar

Sustainability professionals gather for the Unlocking capital for sustainability event in Kuala Lumpur

Corporate Responsibility

The ESG jobs crunch is coming

Dedicated sustainability roles are being folded into other functions. But this integration is not necessarily a dilution of influence – it is an expansion of relevance for corporate sustainability. By Kaushik Sridhar

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While the language of ESG is changing, its fundamental value for business is not. By Steven Okun, Megan Willis, Noemie Viterale

The US president’s second term is a pivotal moment for ESG, as his administration could reshape corporate responsibility globally. By Katie Fowler

By Dr Pieter E. Stek

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Boyan Slat of The Ocean Cleanup presenting how much plastic his organisation has captured.

The 31-year-old engineer responds to criticism that his non-profit focuses downstream of the bigger problem with a "quick fix" solution, and claims he can clean the ocean in a decade by intercepting river trash.

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Former Yale-NUS environmental social sciences professor Michael Maniates tells the Eco-Business Podcast that individual actions like going vegetarian, reducing plastic use or avoiding air travel are not only insufficient to address the climate crisis – they are counterproductive.

Sustainability professional should not be prescriptive with their solutions, says Aun Abdullah of real estate company Lodha.

In the latest episode of 'On the frontlines', the real estate giant's ESG head tells the EB Podcast that while there has been no pushback on climate action by corporate India, questions remain over whether the booming real estate sector is decarbonising fast enough.

In a new series 'On the frontlines' that spotlights the challenges facing corporate changemakers, the sustainability chief for the Indian conglomerate argues that while language around ESG has become muddled, this should not prevent climate action.

Andrew Buay, vice president for group corporate sustainability at Singtel, tells the EB Podcast that CSOs should not be precious about losing part of their job as the function evolves.

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