Eco-Business

A new study finds that coral reef researchers come mainly from institutions in high-income countries, and that the contributions of researchers from tropical, lower-income nations aren’t adequately recognised.

Companies are using the acronym less frequently, as politics, regulation and greenhushing are pushing environmental, social and governance topics out of fashion.

Though new rules in Asia have kicked in over the past year, they are far from the reforms needed to incentivise directors to challenge majority shareholders not acting in a firm's best interest, says Asian Corporate Governance Association.

Amid increasing stakeholder expectations for updated diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies, a guide tailored to Malaysia's context has been launched to help corporate leaders deal with issues of fair treatment at the workplace.

By Siva Selan

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Rhick Lars Albay

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Energy transition research addressing the range of equity concerns across India’s socioeconomic groups and regions is rare. This needs to change. By Dr Aishwarya Ramachandran, Animesh Ghosh and Vaibhav Chowdhary

The rise of 'greenhushing' – when companies downplay environmental risks for financial or political reasons – reflects not just changing communications strategies, but rising tensions between competing priorities. By Bertrand Badré and Thomas Crampton

Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently. By Jessica Cheam

Children on railway damaged by Pakistan floods 2010

Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in languages. By Anouschka Foltz

By Sarah Bekessy, Georgia Garrard

By Pradip Ninan Thomas

Corporate Responsibility

A deep dive into Barbie's world

By Arabesque

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Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.

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Indonesian environmental campaigners took a novel approach to raising climate awareness by publishing five children's books about the country's environmental issues. This podcast explores their creative process and the public's response.

LGBTQ people have long had to chart their own paths in the face of discrimination on bread and butter issues, like housing and employment. Pink Dot campaigners tell the Eco-Business Podcast their hopes amid a political leadership refresh.

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.

What are the dangers of gender bias in technology design and what are the market opportunities for womentech—technologies that centre the needs of women?

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