Singapura Berita
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Life insurer Prudential makes key APAC appointments with revamp of sustainability strategy
It is aiming to be a net-zero asset owner by 2050 and for all of its managers to have sustainability-linked KPIs by 2026.
Hudson joins the computing giant from McKinsey. His role will involve procuring renewable energy for the firm, which plans to erase its historical carbon footprint by 2050.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Lack of plans to reduce Scope 3 emissions not seen as a ‘high climate risk’ by most Asian investors
A global survey finds that while Asian investors are highly concerned about climate risk, only one in five diligently look at Scope 3 emissions – which typically make up the bulk of a company’s emissions – when sizing up investments.
Karbon & Iklim
Singapore can achieve net zero well before 2050, we should help our neighbours to decarbonise: Activist Ho Xiang Tian
The Sustainability Leadership A-List Youth winner tells Eco-Business about the Singapore he wants to see: a carbon-neutral decarbonisation pioneer that has stopped financing fossil fuels in Southeast Asia.
Singapura Opini
The task of decarbonising Asia Pacific economies may seem daunting, but climate-related investment tools can help governments and industries navigate the transition.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Southeast Asia’s need to bridge the climate financing gap
As COP 28 approaches, Southeast Asia policymakers see the need for climate adaptation as well as mitigation. But there is an urgent need to encourage multiple sources of finance in this arena.
Transboundary haze has reared its ugly head again, no thanks to peatland burning and the compounding effects of the El Nino phenomenon and climate change. It is high time to break the vicious cycle of haze and climate change.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
How the Indo-Pacific can beat the SDG cash crunch
The sustainable development goal financing gap has widened significantly in many developing countries in the region. Coordinated multi-stakeholder regional partnerships and cooperation are needed to mobilise new resources.
Karbon & Iklim
Exploring the intersection of business and our ecology
Karbon & Iklim
Consultants find climate crisis is good for business
Karbon & Iklim
The G7’s climate club: Asean need not have high expectations
Singapura Video
Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Tackling climate change in a mosaicked Asia
Studio EB
Asia's green transition pathways need to be socially inclusive given huge differences in economic development across the region, says experts at the Boston Consulting Group. State-owned enterprises have an "outsized" role to play, they add.
The Green Mortician is the city-state's first water cremation service, which has a small carbon footprint compared to traditional funeral options.
Sampah
Fruit peels to the rescue
Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.
Singapura Podcasts
Karbon & Iklim
‘A 1.1°C warmer world is already a matter of life and death’: Climate scientist Winston Chow
The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Looking past the label: the nutritionists’ guide to plant-based milk
Studio EB
Plant-based milks have grown in popularity in recent years, driven by a combination of health, environmental and practical concerns. Nutritionists on the Eco-Business podcast, produced in association with Kerry, weigh the pros and cons of non-dairy milk.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?
Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher, who coined the term "competence greenwashing", believes that the pursuit of societal harmony might be standing in the way of Asia calling out greenwashing. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast how exaggerated ESG claims are likely to be tackled in 2023 and beyond.
Karbon & Iklim
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.
Singapura Rilis Pers
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
World Wetlands Day 2024: Securing the health and wellbeing of Asean communities
Stewardship Asia Centre
Steward Leadership 25 (SL25) 2024 opens for application
Singapura Riset
Eco-Business, supported by UiPath
Navigating ESG reporting challenges through innovation and collaboration
Normative
How to reduce supplier carbon emissions
Eco-Business & Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of the KAS
The value of biodiversity for Asia's megacities
