Podcasts / Malaysia
Food & Agriculture
‘We revised the standard because we should’: What RSPO’s new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has released new criteria for certifying responsibly grown palm oil. What's changed and how does RSPO respond to criticism that the new standard lowers the bar for deforestation?
Carbon & Climate
‘Nobody wants to be the bad guy’: Authors of optimistic climate novel say don’t write off oil industry solutions
Former petrochemicals industry executives Steve Willis and Genevieve Hilton have written a novel set 50 years into the future that has a happy ending. They tell the Eco-Business podcast that the book is a pitch to carbon-intensive industries to try workable climate solutions.
Energy
Scrutiny, Scope 3 and Asian realities: Petronas sustainability chief on climate action at COP28
The oil and gas sector needs to cut operational emissions faster, Charlotte Wolff-Bye tells the Eco-Business podcast. But slashing fuel output won’t do for the Asian supplier, and it welcomes respectful debate at the climate summit.
Carbon & Climate
Seeing through the haze – is palm oil still to blame?
EB Studio
Transboundary haze pollution is back with a vengeance in Southeast Asia. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz about what the palm oil sector can do to put out the peatland fires that have burned annually for four decades.
All Malaysia Podcasts
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Food & Agriculture
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7 March 2023
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Policy & Finance
How did Covid change sustainability events?
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20 May 2022
21 March 2022
Manufacturing
Sustainable packaging is here — but who will pay for it?
18 January 2021
28 September 2020
Food & Agriculture
Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?
26 August 2020
Green Buildings
Will Southeast Asia warm to climate-friendly cooling?
21 August 2020
Policy & Finance
Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?
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Food & Agriculture
Child labour in palm oil: How can children on plantations be kept safe?
30 October 2019
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Food & Agriculture
Where is the palm oil industry on human rights?
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Food & Agriculture
What do RSPO's new standards mean for palm oil and tropical forests?
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