Eco-Business

Key asks include looking into having two new nature parks, along with explicit safeguards for the airspace above and earth under protected areas – after an upcoming subway line was allowed to run under gazetted forests years ago.

Singapore's Extended Producer Responsibility scheme will require all importers and manufacturers of beverage containers in Singapore to collect most of the products they sell to consumers. Industry players led by Coca-Cola have opposed the scheme, citing cost and other concerns.

Exclusive The city-state's drinks container return scheme has been pushed back – the latest in a series of delays. Industry sources point to Coca-Cola being instrumental in stalling an Extender Producer Responsibility scheme that aims to improve Singapore's poor plastics recycling rate.

The sustainability-focused publication came up tops among competitors in the small and medium media category for 'Best Newsletter' at the awards ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Co-led by two senior South Pole staff, the Singapore-based Asia Centre of Carbon Excellence seeks to grow nascent decarbonisation projects in the region, such as early coal phase-out, greener shipping fuels and carbon capture and storage.

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In Asia, industry experts have noted that there is an urgent need for the region to accelerate sustainable financing efforts to achieve net zero emission targets. By Celine Tan

Rising costs of living and airfares point to long-haul travel being affordable for fewer people. It also might re-shape the way we think about tourism. By Gui Lohmann

Building tensions between Singapore and Malaysia over its water agreement are setting the two on a collision course over scarcity and sustainability. By Tamil Salvi Mari

Policy & Finance

Degrowth is a dead end

The degrowth movement lacks a coherent theory of change and its goals are politically impractical. Degrowth might actually harm climate policy. By Alessio Terzi

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EB Studio Amid fresh debates about what corporate purpose should be, there is mounting evidence that corporate purpose leads to stronger brand reputation, better talent attraction and more resilience, leading to improved financial performance.

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.

EB Studio 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 Singapore's first water cremation service

The Green Mortician is the city-state's first water cremation service, which has a small carbon footprint compared to traditional funeral options.

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"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

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.

EB Studio 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.

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.

Pretending to be an ESG guru while actually knowing little or nothing about environmental or social issues is known as competency greenwash

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.

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