Hong Kong Berita
Polisi & Kewangan
Lack of plans to reduce Scope 3 emissions not seen as a ‘high climate risk’ by most Asian investors
A global survey finds that while Asian investors are highly concerned about climate risk, only one in five diligently look at Scope 3 emissions – which typically make up the bulk of a company’s emissions – when sizing up investments.
Sisa Kumbahan
New scheme to up plastic recycling rates in Hong Kong gets broad support, but consumers want higher rebates: survey
Studio EB
A 10-cent refund incentive (US$0.012) for residents who return their beverage containers is deemed inadequate, with at least half of the survey respondents signalling that the amount must be increased to at least five times the current rate.
Led by Japan, Taiwan and Australia, Asia accounts for 42 per cent of global firms that intend to begin reporting against the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework. But many still do not see nature as a material issue.
Polisi & Kewangan
More cases of China, Asian neighbours repressing critics across borders: Human Rights Watch
China and India are highlighted as leading perpetrators of transnational repression in Asia, but several Southeast Asian governments also sought to silence critics internationally.
Polisi & Kewangan
15 things that frustrated chief sustainability officers in 2023
Hong Kong Pendapat
The task of decarbonising Asia Pacific economies may seem daunting, but climate-related investment tools can help governments and industries navigate the transition.
Karbon & Cuaca
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.
Polisi & Kewangan
Inclusion is hard work, but is key to reversing The Great Resignation
The Great Recruitment is possible, if company bosses can build an inclusive culture. Pat Dwyer explains how.
What does workplace inclusion mean to companies in Asia? Genuine inclusion means more than single issues like gender, race or age — it means acknowledging differences in perspectives, backgrounds and experiences, writes Pat Dwyer.
Polisi & Kewangan
Banks prepare for climate risk management
Polisi & Kewangan
The next risk challenge: Environmental Risk
Hong Kong Video
In the first in a new video series where sustainability leaders interview each other about the toughest things about their jobs, Simon Lord of Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of Hong Kong-based textile and apparel giant Fung Group.
Polisi & Kewangan
Creating a better world: The Eco-Business story
An independent media organisation in a tough industry, Eco-Business has striven to be Asia Pacific’s go-to source for all things sustainable business. To mark our seventh birthday, we've put together a video about our work and how we define purposeful journalism.
Polisi & Kewangan
Hong Kong to ban ivory trade by 2021
Hong Kong government’s three-step plan to ban ivory trade by 2021 received the go-ahead from the Chief Executive in Council, and the legislature amendments will be tabled before the Legislative Council in the first half of 2017.
Polisi & Kewangan
Hong Kong’s ivory smuggling haven exposed
Non-profit groups WildAid and African Wildlife Foundation have released a video containing undercover footage, exposing ivory laundering in Hong Kong and the loopholes in its regulations on smuggled tusks.
Hong Kong Audio
Polisi & Kewangan
Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?
Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher, who coined the term "competence greenwashing", believes that the pursuit of societal harmony might be standing in the way of Asia calling out greenwashing. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast how exaggerated ESG claims are likely to be tackled in 2023 and beyond.
Karbon & Cuaca
How has the pandemic really affected air pollution?
Has Covid-19 really improved air quality? Eco-Business spoke to air pollution epidemiologist Dr Vivian Pun about the real air quality story behind the pandemic, and what the virus is telling us about tackling the world's most underrated environmental issue.
Polisi & Kewangan
Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?
Fossil fuels, tobacco, weapons—our banks could be spending our money on things we don't want them to. Eco-Business talks to finance expert Mayur Singh about why consumers in Asia should asking banks how they spend their money.
Hong Kong Siaran Akhbar
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Eco Expo Asia spotlights electric, hydrogen transport
Asian Development Bank
Higher rates remain a risk for emerging East Asia borrowers
Hong Kong Penyelidikan
BirdLife International
State of the World's Birds 2018—taking the pulse of the planet
