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30 October 2018

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Waste

NGOs call out 'vague' pledge by 250 companies to tackle plastic pollution

29 October 2018

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Lifestyle

How to solve Asia's 'lazy' overtourism problem

25 October 2018

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Food & Agriculture

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

23 October 2018

Plastic waste on a beach in Haiti, where Dell launched its ocean-bound plastic pilot project.

CSR

HP joins rival Dell's consortium to turn ocean-bound plastic trash into products

9 October 2018

Coca-Cola is the world's biggest plastic polluter, according to 239 cleanups and brand audits conducted in 42 countries by Greenpeace. Image: Justin Hofman / Greenpeace

Waste

World's biggest plastic polluters revealed

6 October 2018

Greenpeace activists paint "Stop Deforestation Now" onto the hull of a palm oil tanker at the Wilmar International refinery in Bitung, North Sulawesi.

Food & Agriculture

Wilmar aims for deforestation-free supply chain by 2020 after protests

5 October 2018

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Food & Agriculture

Major brands break ties with Indonesian palm oil giant

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Waste

Plastic bans—the least effective way to solve Southeast Asia's plastic pollution problem, food industry study finds

4 October 2018

haze singapore's CBD skyline

Policy & Finance

Lost business to the haze? There’s insurance for that—and payouts are triggered by air pollution

3 October 2018

Eileen Rockefeller Growald

Energy

Western governments and philanthropists pump $20m into Southeast Asian clean energy

solar rooftop installation in Samar

Energy

7 ways to speed up Southeast Asia's switch to renewable energy

29 September 2018

Plastic trash piles on top of a rubbish bin in downtown Singapore.

Waste

Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags

28 September 2018

Singapore uses more airconditioning per person than any country in Southeast Asia, and energy expended on ai 73 per cent more energy on cooling more by 2030, to a total of 666,748 terrajoules. Image: Eco-Business

Green Buildings

Air-con addicted Singapore seeks new ways to escape urban heat trap

26 September 2018

Plastic litter washed up on the coasts of Sabah, Malaysia. Image: WWF-Malaysia

Waste

Malaysia to ban single-use plastic

25 September 2018

coal mine, south Kalimantan 1

Energy

Standard Chartered Bank quits coal

Drone image shows Greenpeace activists unfurling a banner reading "Drop Dirty Palm Oil Now" at the Wilmar International refinery in Bitung, North Sulawesi.

Food & Agriculture

Activists scale Wilmar refineries to protest deforestation in Indonesia

19 September 2018

Singapore's 'City in a Garden' plan has seen a network of parks, nature reserves and greened buildings span the 70 kilometre-squared island—but the country has just 0.5 per cent primary forest cover left. Image: Eco-Business

Green Buildings

Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?

18 September 2018

Estero de Magdalena, a marine channel running through the city of Manila. Typhoon Ompong has revealed the scale of plastic pollution in the Philippine capital. Image: Joshua Paul/Greenpeace

Waste

Typhoon Mangkhut reveals biggest plastic polluters of Manila's arterial river

14 September 2018

An energy-efficient cooler from Airbitat was one of the exhibits at the Sustainable Solutions Expo. Image: UN Global Compact Network Singapore

Lifestyle

More Asian firms are selling sustainability—but are consumers buying it?

11 September 2018

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