#certification News
Policy & Finance
Bursa Carbon Exchange aims to trade Malaysia’s first nature-based carbon credit by first half of 2024
The Malaysian carbon exchange also plans to offer renewable energy certificates for trade on its platform and accept Gold Standard-certified carbon credits later this year in a bid to expand its product offerings.
Newman moves on from the hospitality group after more than eight years. He joins certification and advisory firm EarthCheck with a brief to set up a new ESG division.
The co-founder of Earth Company and owner of Mana Earthly Paradise hotel tells Eco-Business about the perils of over-tourism in Bali and the huge potential for affordable eco-resorts in Asia.
EB Studio
Leadership plays a pivotal role in ensuring that a company's corporate purpose is not just words on paper but a set of actions that resonates with stakeholders and has a beneficial impact on society at large.
Green Buildings
Singapore nudges phaseout of gas cookers in new buildings
#certification Opinion
The region has a specialty coffee industry that is booming. But profits from the highly-priced coffee drinks do not translate to increased incomes for growers. Government subsidies and better consumer awareness can help.
Food & Agriculture
India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia
As the biggest consumer of palm oil, India can take a lead in demanding ethical production that can stop deforestation in Southeast Asia and reduce air pollution.
Policy & Finance
Indigenous lives matter: Reflections from an encounter with Borneo’s forest defenders
Communities in Sarawak are in a David and Goliath battle to safeguard some of the richest carbon and biodiversity stocks left on the planet.
The tobacco industry has so many environmental violations—on top of its health impacts—that it’s the worst kind greenwashing.
Policy & Finance
Promoting green business: 3 priorities for action
Policy & Finance
‘Ghost gear’ poses grave threat to marine wildlife and food security
Carbon & Climate
Logging is claiming the last of Indonesia's forests
#certification Videos
Food & Agriculture
How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?
EB Studio
How are sustainable agricultural practices transforming smallholder livelihoods for the better?
Green Buildings
Frank Gehry’s ‘brown paper bag’ is green
The newly opened Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at the University of Technology, Sydney boasts more than 25 sustainable design features and has been awarded a 5-Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.
#certification Podcasts
Recycling keeps some plastic out of waterways, but it is no silver bullet for ocean pollution. Ryan Schoenike of OceanCycle tells Eco-Business how recycled plastic certification works, and how his firm is faring in a sector rocked by Covid.
Food & Agriculture
Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?
Some environmentalists would argue that there's no such thing as sustainably grown palm oil, because of the crops links to deforestation and human rights abuses. Eco-Business spoke to Monique van Wijnbergen about how palm can be done right.
Green Buildings
How do we build zero carbon cities?
EB Studio
[The EB Podcast] In the second episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how to build zero carbon cities in fast-growing Southeast Asia.
#certification Press Releases
Climate Neutral Group
First climate neutral standard to target absolute zero
