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Carbon & Climate
Sustainability innovations that made headlines in 2024
Climate tech financing has dwindled in recent years, while investor doubts on alternative proteins persist. In a difficult year for sustainability technologies, Eco-Business spotlights some of the innovations that still made the headlines.
Food & Agriculture
Reducing ‘overconsumption’ of meat and dairy could cut one-sixth of food emissions
A global shift towards a diet that reduces “overconsumption” in meat and dairy products could cut 17 per cent of global food emissions annually, new research shows.
Food & Agriculture
Practising human rights due diligence in the palm oil industry
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Ruman Rights (UNGPs) defines HRDD as a process of identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for any human rights violations.
Food & Agriculture
Vegan shrimp paste and meatless rendang: Are local flavours key to unlocking alternative protein’s potential in Southeast Asia?
Industry watchers say local start-ups are more nimble and adept at customising their plant-based products to cater to the market’s unique palate. They stand a chance of avoiding problems that have plagued the business in the West.
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26 September 2023
Food & Agriculture
Halving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’
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Food & Agriculture
Sustainable food – not more of it – needed as global hunger soars
8 March 2023
17 February 2023
Food & Agriculture
APAC alternative protein investment surges, defying global funding plunge
14 December 2022
Carbon & Climate
Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2022
19 October 2022
Food & Agriculture
How can eating less meat help fight climate change?
10 October 2022
Food & Agriculture
NGO launches to improve animal welfare in Asian slaughterhouses
22 September 2022
Carbon & Climate
How could positive 'tipping points' accelerate climate action?
30 August 2022
Food & Agriculture
R&D in agriculture and food declining, experts say
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil in India: Rapid growth and competing health claims
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Food & Agriculture
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