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The Conference Board has folded the Asia Sustainability Leadership Council into its China-based network amid a slowdown in support from members. A sustainability council for Australia and New Zealand is set to launch.
The ground-up initiative, launched by Singapore charity EB Impact in partnership with the Inter-University Environmental Coalition, saw student innovators pitching ideas for funding to scale their solutions, as well as youths participating in a conference and a sustainability career “speed dating” session.
Alan To, chief executive officer of Climate Finance Asia, shares how his weekend activities of urban farming and organising community events translates into advocating for a just transition.
Singapore’s textile recycling rate was 3.4 per cent last year – but all the waste is exported, with a bulk going into the secondhand market. The only way to ensure proper processing is to build local recycling capacity, says Tan Yin Ling, who co-founded the fashion social enterprise.
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Polisi & Kewangan
Asian companies take note: Trump is still focused on human rights abuses in your US supply chain
With Donald Trump in the White House, some Asian companies may believe they do not have to worry about forced labour in their operations or supply chains impacting their access to the US market. That is flat out wrong.
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.
Makanan & Pertanian
How China’s appetite for salmon could reshape global seafood markets
China’s surging demand for farmed salmon is reshaping global seafood trade, with challenges in domestic production highlighting the country's continued reliance on imports.
Measuring environmental impact has historically been prohibitively expensive, but technology can change the equation. Blockchain advocate Sunny Lu argues that verified sustainability can help brands build trust with eco-conscious consumers.
Makanan & Pertanian
Busted: five myths about eco-friendly eating
Karbon & Cuaca
Clearing the air on snow leopards and last chance tourism
Makanan & Pertanian
The diet change that can also help the planet
Pengangkutan
Rising costs can encourage a better kind of tourism
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Karbon & Cuaca
Dr Sylvia Earle: Why are we waging war on nature?
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In this exclusive interview to mark Earth Day, Eco-Business speaks to Dr Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, who draws the link between our climate crisis and the health of our oceans.
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Indonesian environmental campaigners took a novel approach to raising climate awareness by publishing five children's books about the country's environmental issues. This podcast explores their creative process and the public's response.
Bangunan Hijau
Can a desert city be liveable? Dubai scales green spine concept as developers eye ‘eco-friendly’ projects in harsh climate
Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.
Goumbook launched a regional oceans network that brought discussions on the blue economy to the forefront at the last COP summit. Founder Tatiana Abella tells the Eco-Business Podcast why healthy oceans are important for the Middle East.
Makanan & Pertanian
Selling the taste of sustainability
Studio EB
Nobody likes being told what to eat, but changing diets could make or break climate action. The Eco-Business Podcast explores how best to convince people to choose food good for people and planet.
