https://www.eco-business.com/category/green-buildings/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessTue, 06 Feb 2024 11:18:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/microsoft-appoints-william-hudson-as-asia-pacific-sustainability-policy-director/Hudson joins the computing firm from McKinsey. His role will involve procuring renewable energy for the firm, which plans to erase its historical carbon footprint by 2050.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:18:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/microsoft-appoints-william-hudson-as-asia-pacific-sustainability-policy-director/https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-third-of-companies-that-lost-sbti-net-zero-target-validation-are-from-asia-pacific/The UN-backed initiative started removing firms with validated commitments that didn't see through the process of setting emissions reduction targets early last year. Of 173 companies dropped from its list, 50 were based in Asia Pacific.Tue, 23 Jan 2024 05:46:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-third-of-companies-that-lost-sbti-net-zero-target-validation-are-from-asia-pacific/https://www.eco-business.com/news/research-centre-for-urbanisation-in-southeast-asia-launches-in-singapore/Urban Institute's work will look beyond hard infrastructure to consider socio-cultural issues surrounding city living, such as inequality and the consequences of growth. Launched by SMU, it will be helmed by geographer Orlando Woods.Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:47:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/research-centre-for-urbanisation-in-southeast-asia-launches-in-singapore/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/sustainability-concerns-loom-over-indonesias-data-centre-boom/Indonesia's soaring post-pandemic digital economy is being powered mainly by coal. The archipelago needs to find ways to decouple rapid data centre growth from carbon emissions.Tue, 16 Jan 2024 01:25:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/sustainability-concerns-loom-over-indonesias-data-centre-boom/https://www.eco-business.com/news/real-eco-tourism-needs-to-go-beyond-sustainability-and-strive-for-regeneration-social-entrepreneur-tomo-hamakawa/The co-founder of Earth Company and owner of Mana Earthly Paradise hotel tells Eco-Business about the perils of over-tourism in Bali and the huge potential for affordable eco-resorts in Asia.Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:58:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/real-eco-tourism-needs-to-go-beyond-sustainability-and-strive-for-regeneration-social-entrepreneur-tomo-hamakawa/https://www.eco-business.com/news/15-things-that-frustrated-chief-sustainability-officers-in-2023/From supply chain decarbonisation to evolving trade regulations, here are a few of the things that got under the skin of Asia's corporate sustainability leaders in a year that geopolitics complicated climate ambition in the boardroom.Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:32:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/15-things-that-frustrated-chief-sustainability-officers-in-2023/https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-watchdog-bans-aircon-ad-claiming-it-can-save-the-earth-after-greenwash-complaint-in-first-ruling-of-its-kind-in-asia/The decision comes a month after a study found that more than half of environmental claims made by brands on e-commerce sites in the city-state were vague with insufficient detail to support environmental claims.Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:25:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-watchdog-bans-aircon-ad-claiming-it-can-save-the-earth-after-greenwash-complaint-in-first-ruling-of-its-kind-in-asia/https://www.eco-business.com/news/unique-sense-of-momentum-cop28-president-al-jaber-sets-expectations-for-second-week-of-climate-talks/At the half-time briefing, Al Jaber was flanked by ministers who will preside over negotiations on topics like the global stocktake. On engaging nations which are against a fossil fuel phase-out, he says he will "leave no stone unturned".Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:22:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/unique-sense-of-momentum-cop28-president-al-jaber-sets-expectations-for-second-week-of-climate-talks/https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapores-new-ai-utility-to-tap-national-green-building-data-for-combatting-greenwash-concerns-on-financing/The city-state's central bank, which is pioneering the effort, says it will enhance credibility of the issuances of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), an emerging financing instrument in the real estate sector that requires more scrutiny.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:50:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapores-new-ai-utility-to-tap-national-green-building-data-for-combatting-greenwash-concerns-on-financing/https://www.eco-business.com/news/frugal-innovation-and-boring-solutions-can-best-accelerate-climate-action-say-experts/Companies should seek affordable but scalable climate solutions that can make the most impact, said speakers at Cities: Possibilities. They should also leverage on existing infrastructure, instead of spending unnecessarily to build more.Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:03:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/frugal-innovation-and-boring-solutions-can-best-accelerate-climate-action-say-experts/https://www.eco-business.com/news/hk-property-firms-object-to-proposed-sbti-rule-change-say-it-will-make-net-zero-targets-impossible-to-achieve-in-asia/The real estate firms are lobbying against a proposed change to the Science Based Targets initiative's accounting methodology for measuring Scope 2 electricity emissions, expected to be launched by the end of the year.Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:13:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/hk-property-firms-object-to-proposed-sbti-rule-change-say-it-will-make-net-zero-targets-impossible-to-achieve-in-asia/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/i-am-proud-of-how-far-singapore-has-come-but-lets-not-trade-liveability-for-short-term-returns/In a speech at Singapore's climate rally, Madhumitha Ardhanari asked her audience to dream of a Singapore that thrives within planetary boundaries and reconsiders what progress means beyond economic growth.Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:48:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/i-am-proud-of-how-far-singapore-has-come-but-lets-not-trade-liveability-for-short-term-returns/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/exploring-the-intersection-of-business-and-our-ecology/Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently.Sat, 23 Sep 2023 02:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/exploring-the-intersection-of-business-and-our-ecology/https://www.eco-business.com/news/trash-to-treasure-indonesian-firm-turns-plastic-into-bricks/Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, has a construction boom and plastic waste problem; solving both could help achieve its climate goals.Mon, 21 Aug 2023 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/trash-to-treasure-indonesian-firm-turns-plastic-into-bricks/https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-real-estate-firm-capitaland-development-appoints-first-post-demerger-head-of-sustainability/The property development arm of CapitaLand Group has appointed National University of Singapore's associate director of sustainability services Giovanni Cossu to lead its sustainability function.Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:04:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-real-estate-firm-capitaland-development-appoints-first-post-demerger-head-of-sustainability/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-businesses-can-create-the-green-markets-of-the-future/Ahead of the “Summer Davos” forum in China this week, the World Economic Forum’s managing director says businesses need more ecological intelligence and entrepreneurship to advance the sustainability agenda.Mon, 26 Jun 2023 02:40:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-businesses-can-create-the-green-markets-of-the-future/https://www.eco-business.com/news/climate-resilient-homes-in-bangladesh-aim-to-put-communities-first/Architects and aid groups invest in climate-proof housing to withstand disasters – but say the Bangladeshi government must step up.Wed, 21 Jun 2023 02:50:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/climate-resilient-homes-in-bangladesh-aim-to-put-communities-first/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/if-your-city-is-sinking-why-not-make-it-float/The areas most prone to sinking are megacities that house almost 20 per cent of the global urban population, and these areas are also the most heavily impacted by sea-level rise.Mon, 15 May 2023 04:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/if-your-city-is-sinking-why-not-make-it-float/https://www.eco-business.com/news/heat-stress-rises-for-dhakas-poor-as-green-spaces-shrink/As temperatures soar in Bangladesh’s crowded capital, accessing cooler spots like parks is getting harder.Thu, 20 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/heat-stress-rises-for-dhakas-poor-as-green-spaces-shrink/https://www.eco-business.com/news/a-matter-of-survival-why-indonesian-steel-giant-gunung-raja-paksi-is-going-net-zero/With carbon border taxes making life hard for high-carbon industries, Gunung Raja Paksi feared it could not export if it did not slash emissions. Eco-Business asks the firm's top executives Kimin Tanoto and Kelvin Fu about the task ahead.Sun, 02 Apr 2023 09:50:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/a-matter-of-survival-why-indonesian-steel-giant-gunung-raja-paksi-is-going-net-zero/