#supply chain News
Asian manufacturers are starting to green their operations but also need to make factories and employees resilient to heat and floods.
Policy & Finance
Might geopolitical competition driven by US-China rift be good for renewable energy investments?
As Western countries cut reliance on China for renewable energy technologies, shifting power dynamics could see other Asian nations like India and Indonesia emerge with bigger roles in the global green energy supply chain, says former UN sustainable investment envoy.
Invasive alien species are spreading around the world at “unprecedented and increasing rates”, according to a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Policy & Finance
Roundtable: The Belt and Road at 10
We asked six experts what to expect from China’s Belt and Road Initiative as it enters its second decade.
#supply chain Opinion
New research into selected geographical regions across Vietnam, for example, finds that the majority of plastic waste is being recycled by informal workers in craft villages. These waste pickers need to be given a voice.
Policy & Finance
The case for free trade in environmental goods
Liberalising cross-border flows of green products and services could be the key to saving the planet.
Food & Agriculture
Governing the right to food
By emphasising a multi-stakeholder approach to political decision-making, international institutions have enabled corporate actors to dominate the conversation about how and what we eat. But addressing hunger and malnutrition requires a strategy that focuses on human rights and government accountability.
As countries prepare to meet this month to work on the first global agreement to end plastic pollution, the perspectives of South Asia must be heard loud and clear.
Policy & Finance
Globalisation is greener
Policy & Finance
Emerging economies can phase out oil and gas fairly – here’s how
#supply chain Videos
As Singapore-based salad bar chain SaladStop! marks its 10th anniversary, co-owner Katherine Desbaillets talks to Eco-Business about phasing out meat, food waste and single-use packaging, and dealing with customers who refuse to pay 10 cents for a plastic bag.
In the first in a new video series where sustainability leaders interview each other about the toughest things about their jobs, Simon Lord of Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of Hong Kong-based textile and apparel giant Fung Group.
EB Studio
What does it mean to build a clean and fair palm oil supply chain? For drivers in Indonesia used to unsafe working conditions, this is what it could look like.
Food & Agriculture
Out at sea but not out of touch: Can technology make seafood traceable?
Fishermen are often cut off from land for weeks out at sea. But a new technology enables them to be connected with loved ones, while boosting the traceability of their catch.
#supply chain Podcasts
Carbon & Climate
Competence greenwashing: Are questionable ESG credentials putting climate goals at risk?
Former Monetary Authority of Singapore sustainability chief Darian McBain and recruiter Paddy Balfour tell the Eco-Business podcast why people are exaggerating their ESG expertise and why that's a problem in a key region for sustainable development.
Why is there so much secrecy and controversy around sand extraction? Eco-Business speaks to Madhumitha Ardhanari to find out more about the narrative surrounding sand in Singapore, the largest importer of sand in the world.
2020 was a bad year plastic recycling and ocean pollution. Eco-Business asked Circulate Capital CEO Rob Kaplan how the circular economy can be rebuilt in Asia this year.
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.
#supply chain Press Releases
International Association for Agricultural Sustainability
Agro-industrialisation and sustainability: Shaping the future of agriculture from the ground up
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
India’s G20 presidency: an opportunity to steer world toward inclusive, sustainable growth
#supply chain Research
WWF-Singapore
The business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution
Singapore International Water Week
SIWW 2018 Blue Paper: What will drive the next era of water management?
