Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat Berita
Polisi & Kewangan
Sustainability reporting needs interoperable framework, “pragmatic and proportionate balance” in disclosure rules: Google
Studio EB
A growing number of financial regulators worldwide are mandating that large and listed companies publish detailed sustainability reports annually. Embedding ESG into corporate culture and products is ultimately good for business, experts say.
Karbon & Cuaca
One-third of companies that lost SBTi net-zero target validation are from Asia Pacific
The UN-backed net-zero target validator started removing firms with commitments that did not make the grade early last year. Of 173 companies dropped from its list, Eco-Business found that 49 were based in Asia Pacific. Why is it so hard for firms to get science-based targets approved?
Sisa Kumbahan
Asia Pacific firms lead in ranking of world’s most sustainable corporations for first time in decade
Two Australian companies in the recycling business clinched the top spots, while five Chinese firms made their debut in Corporate Knights’ Global 100 Index.
Studio EB
In the 10 years since Typhoon Haiyan barrelled through Leyte in the Philippines, Energy Development Corp, which runs a geothermal facility in the province, has invested in post-disaster rebuilding work with support from its long-time staff.
Polisi & Kewangan
Trends that will shape sustainability in 2024
Gaya Hidup
The sustainability buzzwords of 2023
Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat Pendapat
Sportswear, athleisure and sneakers are big business. But they depend on fossil fuel-based materials, and recycling them is particularly tricky.
Polisi & Kewangan
It’s time for a second ‘G’ in ESG: Geopolitics
Investors now need to be fully aware of the environmental and social implications of geopolitics – or else remain oblivious to the risks and opportunities. ESG must become ESGG.
Karbon & Cuaca
Exploring the intersection of business and our ecology
Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently.
Karbon & Cuaca
Consultants find climate crisis is good for business
As the climate crisis unfolds, the big consultancy firms are attempting to offer advice to government and the major polluters.
Polisi & Kewangan
How can fintech innovation supercharge global women's development?
Polisi & Kewangan
How businesses can create the green markets of the future
Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat Video
Polisi & Kewangan
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.
Karbon & Cuaca
Women in STEM driving sustainability
Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.
In the first in a new video series where sustainability leaders interview each other about the toughest things about their jobs, Simon Lord of Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of Hong Kong-based textile and apparel giant Fung Group.
Makanan & Pertanian
Combining old knowledge and new ideas in fishing in Kalimantan
Studio EB
Smallholder fish farmers in rural Kalimantan are turning towards sustainability, with some assistance from an agribusiness company.
Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat Audio
Karbon & Cuaca
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.
GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.
Greenwashing has become a big problem for consumers, investors and regulators as brands spend millions on marketing their sustainability credentials. Eco-Business asked expert communicators Janissa Ng and James Lorenz why greenwashing is so dangerous, and what can be done to stop spin in sustainability communications.
Studio EB
As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.
Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat Siaran Akhbar
Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat Penyelidikan
Eco-Business, supported by UiPath
Navigating ESG reporting challenges through innovation and collaboration
Normative
How to reduce supplier carbon emissions
Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)
Public-private partnerships for social good
