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Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies in the palm oil, mining and forestry sectors of corruption and environmental destruction, allegedly causing 437 trillion rupiah (US$26.5 billion) in state losses.

Decent, annually revised wages could fill part of the financing gap for fashion workers' climate adaptation.

Indigenous peoples have been on a “path to unprecedented progress” after the first talks in Cali adopted a new program of work on traditional knowledge and their direct participation in negotiations, say sources.

India launched a US$4 billion initiative to secure critical minerals amid a global race pushed by the clean energy transition.

Oleh Kamran Reza Chowdhury

Oleh Hong Wai Onn

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Hans Nicholas Jong, Jeff Hutton

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Five looming decisions in the development finance world could help to mitigate environmental and social risks of transition minerals, write Boston University researchers. Oleh Julie Radomski dan Rebecca Ray

Copper, nickel and silicon are the most critical to India’s mineral security due to exponentially rising demand trends and significant supply chain vulnerabilities

India’s journey toward mineral self-reliance hinges on strengthening domestic capabilities and forging strategic global partnerships. Oleh Animesh Ghosh, Soumit Pandey, Vaibhav Chowdhary

Last December's launch of Malaysia's first national EV could spur local component production, but this could be constrained by market conditions while the country's old supply chain, in which the carmaker remains heavily invested, will endure. Oleh Tham Siew Yean

A handful of fashion brands – H&M, Ralph Lauren, Decathlon and Adidas – are working to stop using coal to power their factories in 2025, while others are prioritising decarbonisation at lower levels of ambition. Oleh Peter Ford

Oleh Jayasree K. Iyer

Oleh Abhimanyu Singh Rana

Oleh John Lang

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Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.

Daughter Riri Damayanti (left) and her father Syamsul Bahri (right) are colleagues at a palm oil company in South Sumatra.

Studio EB What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?

A freezer running on electricity generated by an off-grid solar system

Studio EB In line with the Sustainable Development Goals' aim to eradicate poverty, a Japanese multinational electronics firm is providing power supply stations, solar storage and products to countries with little or no access to electricity.

Greenpeace ad used by Iceland in the United Kingdom has been banned for being political.

The ad, which was made by Greenpeace and rebadged by Iceland, was blocked from airing on television by the UK's ad watchdog because it broke rules on political advertising. Iceland says it is not anti-palm oil, 'we are anti-deforestation.'

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Studio EB Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.

The heat is on Formula 1 to curb its carbon footprint.

Formula 1 emits the carbon equivalent of 30,000 homes as it roars through 21 countries in a season. Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 head of sustainability Alice Ashpitel says the sport's ambition to decarbonise by 2030 is not unrealistic.

The World Economic Forum – best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos since 1971 – has been a dynamic platform bringing together the best in business, politics and society to shape global industry agendas. How is WEF helping to shape China’s economic goals alongside its environmental and societal priorities?

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.

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