Eco-Business

Ascott GSTC MOU signing for hotel sustainability training

Eco-Business asked hospitality executives how the industry can tackle rising emissions from the luxury hotels sector, and why green hotel standards are used to grade corporate processes instead of sustainability metrics.

Lunch break at a sustainability event at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

EB Studio Event organisers face growing pressure to reduce their environmental footprint, which mainly comes from air travel. But confusion over how to measure the climate cost of an event and who's responsible for reducing emissions is making it hard to keep a growing problem in check.

As the world warms up and the population rises, water shortages are a growing problem.

Bangladesh_Garment_Worker_Decarbonisation

As rising heat and other climate change impacts hit workers, manufacturers are under pressure from brands seeking sustainable fashion.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Sheri Goh

By Manu Moudgil

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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In the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Risks Report, nine of the ten biggest risks for the next decade have a water-related component. By Aromar Revi, Joyeeta Gupta and Quentin Grafton

You can ‘nudge’ someone to take up new activities, but unless they truly believe in its value, they won’t keep it up, says associate professor and behavioural economist Grace Lee. By Grace Lee Hooi Yean

Global efforts involving awareness-raising, nudging, and shaming are necessary but not sufficient to prevent a climate crisis. Addressing the problem more effectively requires international governance arrangements that amount to a new social contract on global public goods. By Omar Razzaz

If this year’s flooding and wildfires came as a surprise to inhabitants of rich countries, that is because the modern political compact was built on effective water management. By Giulio Boccaletti

By Jyotiraj Patra

By Asit Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada

By Geoff Dembicki

By Hui Zeng and Xiaotian Fu

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child receives a drink of water in Sudan

Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?

Microfibre pollution is a growing problem around the world. What's a concerned citizen to do?

Moving away from narratives that spell fear of climate-related catastrophes, "Tomorrow" tells stories of how ordinary people -- from Icelandic volcanoes to Indian slums -- employ innovative ways to fight the effects of climate change.

In parched lands, families grow food in gardens using drip irrigation, hydroponics and soil moisture sensors to cut down on over-irrigation and save water.

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