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News / Carbon & Climate

Tree-planting goals undermine the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

...2025, while India has committed to restoring 26 million hectares (64 million acres) of degraded land by 2030. Altogether, restoration goals for the four countries add up to a combined 47.5 million hec...

9 Dec 2021

Tree-planting goals undermine the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

Governments, NGOs and companies called out for greenwashing in 2022

News / CSR

18 brands called out for greenwashing in 2022

...2025, but it is still one of the world's biggest backers of fossil fuel projects. HSBC's ads “omitted material information and were therefore misleading," the Advertising Standards Authority ruled. HS...

8 Dec 2022

18 brands called out for greenwashing in 2022

minister Grace Fu at ricoh eco action 2021

News / CSR

What does the future of work look like?

...2025 in order to keep up with the fast pace of technological advancements, revealed a report by AlphaBeta. That figure is approximately 55 per cent more than the number of digital workers that exist t...

27 Aug 2021

What does the future of work look like?

News / Policy & Finance

The next big ESG issue? Employee well-being

...2025. The same study found that more than half of respondents cited concerns over poor quality or availability of ESG data. "ESG data is very useful, as long as you understand what it is, and you know...

8 Oct 2021

The next big ESG issue? Employee well-being

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Sustainability-linked finance: the unresolved dilemmas

...2025. In Singapore, CapitaLand received six sustainability-linked loans between 2018-2020 from regional banks including DBS, UOB and OCBC. These loans may enable reduced interest payments depending on...

2 Nov 2021

Sustainability-linked finance: the unresolved dilemmas

Workers walk at a solar power station in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, China

News / Energy

The first year of China’s carbon neutrality pledge, in numbers

...2025.” Yang also explained why the rebounding economy had boosted coal use: 2021 saw higher demand for exports, which spurred manufacturing, and so increased demand for coal-fired power. Electricity g...

11 Mar 2022

The first year of China’s carbon neutrality pledge, in numbers

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What to expect from Asia Pacific's burgeoning ESG market

...2025. Furthermore, China has cooperated with the E.U. to develop a “Common Ground Taxonomy” (CGT) for sustainable business activities and green finance. Drawing upon the E.U. Taxonomy Regulation, whi...

28 Jan 2022

What to expect from Asia Pacific's burgeoning ESG market

Plastic awaits recycling in Bali, Indonesia. Image: Alvaro Aguilar

News / Waste

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

...2025, but vary markedly in their progress. PepsiCo, which produces 2.3 million tonnes of plastic a year, uses 3 per cent recycled content in its packaging. Mars, which produces 200,000 tonnes of plast...

30 Oct 2020

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

Press Releases / World Economic Forum

Young people have more faith in algorithms than politicians

...2025 40 policy recommendations were created to help policy-makers integrate the voices of young people and shape a more equal future Read the full report and list of recommendations To mark Inter...

12 Aug 2021

Young people have more faith in algorithms than politicians

Masayo Hada (centre) at Eco Action Day in 2017

News / Manufacturing

Masayo Hada leaves Ricoh after 14 years for Mondelez sustainability role

...2025, packaging recyclability by 2025, and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification of all the palm oil it uses. At Ricoh, Hada's duties have been taken on by Wong Yee Thing, another long-serv...

23 Jun 2020

Masayo Hada leaves Ricoh after 14 years for Mondelez sustainability role

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Where are the green sovereign funds?

...2025, which means they are committed to acting immediately. The remaining five members that are required to set targets this year will declare similar interim goals soon. Net-zero initiatives are also...

10 Aug 2021

Where are the green sovereign funds?

A L'Oreal display in a pharmacy in Singapore.

News / CSR

Brand leaders have a duty to pay a premium for sustainability to improve industry, says L'Oreal supply chain chief

...2025. Through energy efficiency and renewable energy investments in key territories such as China and India, L'Oreal has reduced the carbon footprint of its Asia Pacific operations by 55 per cent whil...

12 Aug 2020

Brand leaders have a duty to pay a premium for sustainability to improve industry, says L'Oreal supply chain chief

Press Releases / The Nurturing Co.

Razer makes first green investment in the sustainable bamboo toilet paper brand BAMBOOLOO

...2025 and achieving 100 per cent carbon neutrality by 2030. Other announcements made under the #GoGreenWithRazer initiative includes the hugely successful Sneki Snek Campaign where Razer...

23 Apr 2021

Razer makes first green investment in the sustainable bamboo toilet paper brand BAMBOOLOO

News / Waste

Singapore's recycling rate falls to 10-year low

...2025, are expected to help Singapore increase its recycling rates. Currently, most of Singapore's unrecycled waste is incinerated.

23 Apr 2021

Singapore's recycling rate falls to 10-year low

News / Policy & Finance

In pictures: COP26

...2025. On 8 November, former US president Barack Obama told the COP26 delegates: “It is going to be hard” to keep temperatures to below 1.5C. “International co-operation has always been difficult, it i...

10 Nov 2021

In pictures: COP26

News / CSR

Sustainable business certifier B Corp is launching in Southeast Asia

...2025, B Lab's Southeast Asia community builder Caroline Seow told Eco-Business. "We provide a framework for companies to measure, manage and advance stakeholder impact. Without measuring performance a...

2 Jun 2021

Sustainable business certifier B Corp is launching in Southeast Asia

News / Energy

Oil majors ‘not walking the talk’ on climate action, study confirms

...2025.) Study author Trencher tells Carbon Brief the companies’ announcements were still not clear about the “precise scope” of their investments and such figures “should thus be interpreted critically...

21 Feb 2022

Oil majors ‘not walking the talk’ on climate action, study confirms

News / Carbon & Climate

Dutch bank ING draws complaint for financing controversial Indonesian coal plants

...2025," the bank said. ResponsiBank's complaint is the latest of several Indonesian and international NGOs have made about the bank's funding of the Cirebon plants since 2016. Peter Ras, project lead, ...

28 Apr 2021

Dutch bank ING draws complaint for financing controversial Indonesian coal plants

Press Releases / VFlowTech Pte Ltd

Singapore's VFlowTech signs South Korea deal to power renewable grids for EV charging stations

...2025. Our collaboration with VFlow-Tech to install green EV charging stations at gas stations ensures we are ready to meet future energy needs for a fully sustainable energy supply. Our self-reliant g...

26 Nov 2021

Singapore's VFlowTech signs South Korea deal to power renewable grids for EV charging stations

Haze air pollution from burning peatlands blankets the landscape in Riau

News / Food & Agriculture

Paper giant APRIL's expansion plan alarms environmentalists

...2025. APRIL says that it will increase production by improving the productivity and efficiency of its operations and will not expand its plantations. But environmental groups question where the wood w...

25 May 2021

Paper giant APRIL's expansion plan alarms environmentalists

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