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With one in five green jobs expected to go unfilled by 2030, LinkedIn’s Pei Ying Chua and Microsoft Singapore’s Joey Tan warn of a growing skills gap. They urge businesses to see green investments as strategic, not as a cost.

A new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative finds little progress in securing Indigenous and local community women's rights to forests, with many legal frameworks remaining gender-blind or regressive.

Massive investment is needed to deliver the promise of the Ocean Decade, write four researchers.

The Unlocking capital for sustainability 2024 insights report captures key messages, discussion points, and recommendations for policymakers and businesses across the region to forge a more inclusive and sustainable Asia.

By Siva Selan

By Rhick Lars Albay

By Syntao Green Finance and China Sustainable Investment Forum

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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Addressing the root causes of multidimensional deprivation requires political will, administrative efficiency, and community participation. By Soumyabrata Mondal

Five looming decisions in the development finance world could help to mitigate environmental and social risks of transition minerals, write Boston University researchers. By Julie Radomski and Rebecca Ray

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

Amid a critical UN meeting on women and with aid cuts causing turmoil, we must remember that investing in women is a priority. By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

By Jon Truby

By Katie Fowler

By JC Punongbayan

By Siti Hafsyah Idris, Lee Wei Chang and Iman Prihandono

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Around the world, indigenous people have historically suffered from abuse and rights violations, despite being critical to forest conservation. This tribe in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, just won rights over its land after a 40-year struggle. Are governments waking up to the reality that indigenous groups could lead the battle against climate change?

Smallholder cooperatives are breaking new ground

EB Studio How are sustainable agricultural practices transforming smallholder livelihoods for the better?

Juice Media parody ad mocking government inaction on climate change

We're screwed, claims a government parody ad, as politicians drag their heels on climate change. Taking a shot at the Australian government, the video exposes the absurdity of longstanding political inaction to address the climate crisis and puts out a not-so-subtle call for collective action.

Eminent speakers and thousands of attendees discussed strategies for a resource-efficient future at Ecosperity Week 2019. As they heard about the science of global warming, delegates were called upon to be part of the solution.

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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.

The clean energy sector’s poor human rights performance places its legitimacy at risk. Jessie Cato of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sheds light on how the industry can avoid labour abuse, land grabs and other violations.

Filipino commuters during Covid. Image: Commuters of Metro Manila

Exclusive As the country plunges into a recession borne out of the pandemic, how can it get back on its feet? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to top Filipino environmentalist Loren Legarda on how conservation should not take a backseat to economic development.

EB Studio The once abundant peat forests of Indonesia's Kampar peninsula have been deforested to half its size over the last two decades. Is there hope in saving the country's largest remaining forest reserve?

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