EB Impact, Eco-Business’ non-profit arm, has announced that Meryl Koh will be joining its board of directors.
Koh is a litigator and director at established Singapore law firm Dre…
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The fashion industry needs a deep transformation. Manufacturers hold the key to circularity.
The fashion industry, founded on billions of consumers getting dressed up with places to go, has been a major casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Its profits are expected to dive by…
Indonesia invites China as investor for extended high-speed railway
Indonesia will go ahead with plans to extend construction of the Chinese-backed Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway to Surabaya despite Japan refusing to join the enlarged project, …
Women in Pakistan’s Sindh win historic recognition to manage water
This week, a landmark amendment passed by the Sindh province’s legislative assembly for the recognised – for the first time – the role of women farmers in water managemen…
Tree planting pushes out pastoralists in the Himalayas
Large scale tree planting is being promoted worldwide to mitigate the impacts of climate change and increase forest cover. However, afforestation projects can displace pastoralists…
As European meat-lovers resist change, Asia shows biggest appetite for plant-based future
Despite a tumultuous year globally for the meat industry, European food habits avoided large scale disruption with meat sales surging amid lockdowns in 2020.
Far from ditching mea…
What does Sime Darby’s blacklisting from the US mean for palm oil’s sustainability credentials?
Until recently, human rights issues in palm oil have been largely overshadowed by the environmental impact of the crop on forests in Indonesia and Malaysia, the two biggest produce…
In the race to net zero, which sustainability solutions are most needed?
While 2020 was defined by the global pandemic crisis, the year also saw the doubling of global net zero commitments by governments and corporations as they prioritised climate acti…
State of the climate: 2020 ties as warmest year on record
With all the official climate data now in, the world’s surface temperatures in 2020 have been confirmed as effectively tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record.
In this a…
Five years after the earthquake, can Nepal rebuild sustainably?
Still recovering from the devastating 2015 earthquake and chronic floods, millions of families in Nepal live in difficult conditions. Safe shelter is…
