Monalisa Dimalanta, the chairperson of Philippine government advisory body National Renewable Energy Board (NREB), has stepped down from her post, effective 31 March.
She will…
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Carbon neutrality in China: Behind the corporate hype
Carbon neutrality may now be a buzzword in China but many will have heard it for the first time only last September, when Xi Jinping announced the country’s aim to be carbon neutra…
Corporate Citizenship acquired by environmental consulting firm SLR
Corporate Citizenship (CC), a consultancy that specialises in sustainability reporting and strategy, has been acquired by global environmental engineering and consulting firm SLR….
Starting at the source: greening the built environment’s supply chains
With buildings and construction making up nearly 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, greening them is key to limiting climate change. In November last year, Los Angeles, Me…
Singapore Post appoints Michelle Lee head of sustainability
Singapore Post (SingPost) has appointed Michelle Lee from Lendlease as head of sustainability.
Lee joins the postal service after more than 20 years with the Australian multination…
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group appoints Colin Chen as first Asia Pacific ESG finance head
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has appointed long-time executive Colin Chen as the company’s first head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) finance for Asia Pacifi…
UOB appoints finance head Eric Lim as its first chief sustainability officer
Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has appointed Eric Lim to lead a newly formed sustainbility unit.
Lim is currently the bank’s head of finance, and will perform the …
Palm oil waste declared non-hazardous by Indonesia
The Indonesian government’s decision to categorise the palm oil industry’s solid waste as non-hazardous has triggered environmental concerns.
The industry uses huge volumes of a po…
Why Cambodia’s environmentalists fear new internet firewall
Disguised as a fisherman, Bun Ly chugs up and down the Mekong River in a longtail boat, counting giant barges full of sand dredged from the bed of the struggling waterway as part o…
As our appetite for digital technology grows, so does the challenge to keep it sustainable
Still a relatively nascent sector, data centres are on the rise as more governments and big businesses move to cloud computing. Cloud providers including Amazon Web Serv…
