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China’s Third Plenum, an important five-yearly meeting traditionally associated with major economic reforms, concluded on 18 July in Beijing.

With more companies having to reveal their emissions and climate action plans, this transparency can spur China’s low-carbon transition.

The bulk of steelmaking around the world still relies on coal-based blast furnaces.

For the first time in history, we now farm more seafood than we catch from the wild. At the same time, overfishing of wild fish stocks continues to increase, and the number of sustainably fished stocks declines.

By Aruna Chandrasekhar, Yanine Quiroz

By Orla Dwyer, Ayesha Tandon

By Matt Sandy, Juliana Horta

By Yajie Yang

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SDGs Showcased on Billboards in Times Square, New York City

There are growing calls for more corporate disclosure, but if firms release sustainability reports just to meet the needs of external stakeholders, including regulators, it is unlikely to motivate internal changes to business operations. By Douglas Stuart and Irene Marie Herremans

Funders put billions into the ‘blue economy’ but are ignoring its core principles of equity and sustainability, says Essam Yassin Mohammed. By Essam Yassin Mohammed

The number of ESG disclosures does not always determine quality. There should also be greater scrutiny of how companies pick topics "material" to them. By Hendri Yulius Wijaya

Regular stakeholder consultation is needed to address climate change and lessen pollution-related health impacts. By Pinki Chahal and Durairaj Kumarasamy

By Jorge Moreira da Silva

By Hendri Yulius Wijaya

By Janet Ranganathan

By Henry White

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The new GRI Standards by the Global Reporting Initiative moves from merely recommending what to report to identifying exactly what businesses and investors are required to publicly disclose on their impacts.

Want to know more about sustainability reporting, but don't know where to begin? Eco-Business and simpleshow have produced an easy-to-understand clip that explains it all in less than three minutes.

The Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development will be held for the third year in Singapore, where delegates will address why redefining prosperity to include economic, social and natural systems is necessary for sustainable growth

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

Exclusive The world's largest asset manager says it has put sustainability at the core of its investment approach. Eco-Business speaks to Shinbo Won, BlackRock's investment stewardship director in Singapore about what this means for investors, and how companies are responding to increased ESG pressure.

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