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As the planet’s number one emitter, there are hopes that renewed policies and reporting guidelines will pave the way for China to realise its 2030 carbon neutrality ambitions. While 2025 signals greener progress ahead, experts say the need to balance energy security interests, however, may see fossil fuels firmly in the grid for longer.
Delivering his address at the World Economic Forum, vice-premier Ding Xuexiang said China’s green pursuits are long-term and not “an act of expediency”. He is the first senior Chinese leader to address concerns over an imminent tariff war since US president Donald Trump kicked off his second term.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Trade wars have made Europe and the US ‘higher risk’ markets – and it’s all to do with labour, says LRQA
Studio EB
“Homeshoring”, or moving production back to a company’s home country, to counter geopolitical tensions is driving demand for low-cost migrant workers, raising labour risks in markets once deemed “low risk”, says the global assurance firm.
Communities rely on informal labour for clean streets, but a lack of basic protections puts workers at risk.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Q&A: ‘Tariffs could kill Chinese investments in EVs in Mexico’
Transportasi
Why China’s clean energy need not fear US tariffs
Pangan & Agrikultur
Tree islands ‘restore biodiversity’ in oil palm farms
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Transportasi
Making an electric car battery, minus China
Building indigenous capacities to produce raw materials for lithium-ion batteries will be crucial for achieving energy transition goals.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Companies are not ditching net zero – they are refining goals
Instead of backtracking on net zero, companies are retracting unsubstantiated carbon neutrality claims – a positive development.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘No-Go’ mining zones can protect nature as renewable energy surges
Prohibiting mining in key areas can safeguard biodiversity and Indigenous rights in the energy transition.
Bali has a unique opportunity to address plastic waste by integrating sustainable practices into the tourism experience.
Manufaktur Video
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.
Studio EB
What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?
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.
Pangan & Agrikultur
This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned
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.'
Manufaktur Podcasts
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.
Transportasi
‘Decarbonisation does not cost seconds on the track’: Mercedes F1 sustainability head on the race to net zero
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.
Manufaktur Rilis Pers
World Trade Organization (WTO)
New database on critical minerals trade launched to support clean energy transition
Diversey, a Solenis Company
Diversey, a Solenis Company and NatureLoop sign MOU to upcycle single-use plastic waste
Equator Pure Nature Co. Ltd.
Clean-tech pioneer Pipper Standard awarded multiple patents in India
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