#workplace wellbeing News
Transport
Singapore not banning lorries for migrant worker transport despite accidents injuring dozens
Advocacy groups have called for a halt to the practice that has resulted in fatalities for migrant workers in past years. Businesses countered that a ban would pile on costs and result in traffic woes.
Policy & Finance
How can India's women-led startups beat gender funding gap?
Women-led companies get a tiny share of venture capital and bank funding in India, but a clutch of initiatives aim to change that.
Food & Agriculture
‘We try to appeal to company executives’ better angels’: Mighty Earth founder Glenn Hurowitz
Netflix, Napoleon and solutions engineering: the founder and CEO of conservation group Mighty Earth Glenn Hurowitz explains the model behind convincing the world's biggest carbon polluters to change how they do business.
Policy & Finance
State-wide approach could transform palm oil
Sustainability certification that focuses on a whole state is being piloted in Malaysia, with benefits for smallholders and conservation.
Policy & Finance
Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises
#workplace wellbeing 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.
Asia is well-positioned to play a leading role in advancing the global plastic treaty. Indonesia and India provide good examples of how proactive national action plans can help unlock finance and encourage innovation in the private sector.
An updated law prohibiting forced labour is limited to formal employment relationships. Workers in sectors that are unregulated are not sufficiently protected, nor does the law reach workers who have free movement, but suffer mistreatment.
The Great Recruitment is possible, if company bosses can build an inclusive culture. Pat Dwyer explains how.
Policy & Finance
Flexible working in Malaysia does not benefit women
#workplace wellbeing 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.
