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Australia's action against greenwashing has been driven largely by consumers, says John Pabon, author of The Great Greenwashing

Corporate Responsibility

How Australia took the lead in policing greenwashing

Former United Nations policy analyst and sustainability consultant John Pabon tells the EB Podcast how Australia became Asia Pacific's most progressive country in holding green claims to account.
Solar installation in the Philippines

Energy

Power and economic strength are now determined by who can harness solar and batteries fastest: Assaad Razzouk

In the first of a podcast series featuring Southeast Asia's clean energy entrepreneurs, the CEO of Gurin Energy says that Asean countries will be left behind in artificial intelligence and robotics if the region does not connect its grid and deploy renewables at speed and scale.
Trash piled high at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, near Jakarta.

Waste

We don’t need a plastics treaty for nations to enact polluter-pays laws now: Doug Woodring

The head of waste management non-profit Ocean Recovery Alliance tells the EB Podcast that recycled content mandates will drive the circular economy better than caps on virgin plastic production. Brands should be pressured more than petrochemical producers to phase out unnecessary plastics, he says.
A beach in Balikpapan, Indonesia's "oil city", is covered in plastic trash.

Waste

Southeast Asia has too much to lose – we need an ambitious plastics treaty: Singapore campaigner Terese Teoh

Speaking from the INC-5.2 talks in Geneva, the Singapore Youth for Climate Action president argues that having no treaty is better than a watered-down pact with no limits on plastic production. But there is no explicit Asean-wide support for such caps now, she observes.

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6 August 2025

John Haffner, deputy director of sustainability, Hang Lung Properties, says internal advocacy has been key to driving the sustainability agenda. Image: ReThink 2

Green Buildings

Are our climate targets too weak or too ambitious? Hang Lung Properties' sustainability chief John Haffner

18 June 2025

A report by WWF finds that Hong Kong could lose 25 per cent of its biodiversity to new developments such as the North Metropolis.

Cities

'Listen to ecologists – don't bury nature under cement': Hong Kong faces acute biodiversity loss as megaprojects loom

30 May 2025

Sustainability professional should not be prescriptive with their solutions, says Aun Abdullah of real estate company Lodha.

Green Buildings

Inaction is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah

23 May 2025

Christer Gaudiano EB Podcast

Energy

Philippine firms not dismantling climate policies despite US influence: MGEN sustainability chief Christer Gaudiano

30 April 2025

Hendrik Rosenthal, sustainability director, CLP Power

Carbon & Climate

Just another cost centre? CLP Power's Hendrik Rosenthal on justifying sustainability in turbulent times

23 April 2025

Hurricane Katrina by satellite

Carbon & Climate

America's attack on climate science could affect adaptation capacity in Asia: climate scientist Ben Horton

17 April 2025

Some data sources indicate that greenwashing could be declining after years of rising incidences of problematic sustainability claims.

Corporate Responsibility

Is greenwashing really in decline?

15 April 2025

Ani Dasgupta, CEO of World Resources Institute

Policy & Finance

Tariffs will stifle green growth in the Global South: WRI CEO Ani Dasgupta

8 April 2025

Ankit Todi, CSO, Mahindra Group

Corporate Responsibility

ESG in retreat? In India more companies see climate action as strategic: Mahindra CSO Ankit Todi

19 March 2025

EB Podcast cover_climate journalists

Carbon & Climate

The challenges of the environment beat: A conversation with journalists in Southeast Asia

18 February 2025

Singtel's Andrew Buay

Corporate Responsibility

To fight ESG scepticism, build alliances: Singtel’s Andrew Buay on the survival secrets of a chief sustainability officer

5 February 2025

Jessica Cheam, Mervyn Tang and Jocelyn Dove speaking at the Sharpening the ESG focus 2025 event

Policy & Finance

As US pulls back, 'huge opportunity' for Asia to lead in global transition

21 January 2025

Tsim Tsa Tsui in Hong Kong

Cities

Decarbonising Asia’s sprawling built environment – mission impossible?

7 January 2025

EB Podcast - climate children's books

Carbon & Climate

How children's books are raising environmental awareness in Indonesia

14 November 2024

EB Podcast camel herders in Alasha

Food & Agriculture

Faraway tale of pastoralist struggles spotlights China’s green growth complexities

7 November 2024

Podcast on RSPO's new principles and criteria for certifying palm oil as environmentally and socially sustainable.

Food & Agriculture

'We revised the standard because we should': What RSPO's new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet

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