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

As online platforms expand throughout the country, red tagging and fabricating Indigenous consent can spread faster, enabling land grabs and rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples, found research by nonprofit Asia Centre.

Rising costs, consumer apathy and slowing climate action are holding Singapore’s SMEs back on sustainability – but for some, being green is a competitive edge that boosts the bottom line.

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership postgraduate students during a workshop exercise. Source: CISL

EB Studio AI can help to solve sustainability problems. But when used unwisely, it risks stripping away context and outsourcing judgment in decision-making. Dr Louise Drake of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership argues that critical thinking and systems insight are essential as business leaders navigate an AI-driven world.

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Workers in an electronic manufacturing factory in a Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) area in Laguna.

The World Bank has made a volte-face on industrial policy. Southeast Asian countries will need to consider the new policy, but calibrate it across vastly different national contexts. By Marco Kamiya

Requiring disclosures is an essential step for building integrity and unlocking the potential of blockchain technology. By David Lam

Even as governments pour trillions of dollars into roads, power grids, data centers, water systems, and housing, the construction industry has yet to leverage the efficiency gains that AI and digitalisation have to offer. Given how important the sector will be for sustainable development, this must change. By Bertrand Badré and Saurabh Mishra

While much of the AI debate focuses on its economic potential, its expanding physical footprint tells a different story. The machines driving this revolution depend on a resource far older – and far more contested – than data or electricity. By Friederike Rohde and Paz Peña

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EB Studio Singapore's rapidly expanding digital economy is driving a surge in data centre energy consumption, creating new challenges for the country's low-carbon ambitions. This Eco-Business video explores how green software and efficient digital infrastructure can support sustainable digital growth.

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