https://www.eco-business.com/category/manufacturing/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessFri, 13 Jun 2025 08:52:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/shein-earns-sbti-validation-for-decarbonisation-targets-but-scrutiny-of-its-core-business-model-persists/The fast fashion giant’s recent efforts to boost its green credentials, including in making new sustainability hires, could be linked to its ambitions to go public, say experts.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:52:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/shein-earns-sbti-validation-for-decarbonisation-targets-but-scrutiny-of-its-core-business-model-persists/https://www.eco-business.com/news/asian-carbon-border-levy-the-lowest-cost-pathway-to-decarbonise-heavy-industries-report/Enacting an Asian Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism involving Australia, Japan, China, Singapore and South Korea is the "most cost-effective way" to spur industrial decarbonisation and ease reliance on public subsidies, says a think tank.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:47:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/asian-carbon-border-levy-the-lowest-cost-pathway-to-decarbonise-heavy-industries-report/https://www.eco-business.com/news/thailands-solar-sector-faces-hurdles-in-net-zero-push/Entrenched gas interests and domestic issues put a strain on Thailand’s solar potential.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/thailands-solar-sector-faces-hurdles-in-net-zero-push/https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-turns-to-areca-leaves-rice-bran-to-ditch-single-use-plastic-tableware/A few local entrepreneurs are now producing tableware like plates and straws from biodegradable and locally available materials including areca leaves for plates and rice bran and jute for straws.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:03:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-turns-to-areca-leaves-rice-bran-to-ditch-single-use-plastic-tableware/https://www.eco-business.com/news/eu-law-risks-missing-major-deforestation-offenders-warns-ngo/Investigative group Earthsight says the EU risks missing hidden violations by large commodity traders if enforcement prioritises easily checked small importers.Fri, 30 May 2025 03:12:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/eu-law-risks-missing-major-deforestation-offenders-warns-ngo/https://www.eco-business.com/news/central-java-communities-win-landmark-pollution-case-against-textile-giant/Indonesia’s Supreme Court recently confirmed the bankruptcy of the country’s largest textile group, Sritex, which made garments for global fast fashion retailers like H&M.Wed, 28 May 2025 05:54:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/central-java-communities-win-landmark-pollution-case-against-textile-giant/https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-shape-of-a-new-climate-politics-emerges/Multilateral climate diplomacy looks increasingly defunct. Instead, geopolitics, trade and the power of the state matter more than ever.Mon, 26 May 2025 05:46:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-shape-of-a-new-climate-politics-emerges/https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-how-chinas-renewables-can-meet-electricity-demand/Renewables have been adding to rather than replacing coal power capacity. A mandatory green power consumption policy could change this.Thu, 22 May 2025 06:55:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-how-chinas-renewables-can-meet-electricity-demand/https://www.eco-business.com/news/japan-does-not-have-the-luxury-to-give-up-hydrogen-smbc-sustainability-head/While several projects have been suspended in the past year, the Japanese megabank still expects growing domestic demand for the gas, due to the need to clean up the power, mobility, chemical and steel sectors.Thu, 15 May 2025 05:51:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/japan-does-not-have-the-luxury-to-give-up-hydrogen-smbc-sustainability-head/https://www.eco-business.com/news/re100-fully-endorses-chinas-green-energy-certificates/Signatories to the global corporate initiative can now use these certificates to make renewable energy claims in China, after authorities addressed previous concerns around double-counting.Fri, 09 May 2025 09:21:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/re100-fully-endorses-chinas-green-energy-certificates/https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-begins-sustainable-luxury-fashion-journey-with-lotus-silk/Recently, Bangladesh successfully developed lotus silk – a biodegradable luxury fabric – using lotus stems, merging ancient tradition with modern sustainability science.Wed, 07 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-begins-sustainable-luxury-fashion-journey-with-lotus-silk/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/developing-countries-can-lead-in-medical-innovation/Hepatitis C treatment is no longer prohibitively expensive in the Global South because Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative developed ravidasvir – a low-cost antiviral. Such breakthroughs are possible for other neglected diseases if low- and middle-income countries agree to act collectively.Wed, 07 May 2025 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/developing-countries-can-lead-in-medical-innovation/https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-next-for-southeast-asias-china-backed-solar-boom/The region has emerged as a leading solar exporter, helped by Chinese companies’ relocating their production – but US tariffs are beginning to bite.Sun, 04 May 2025 22:25:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-next-for-southeast-asias-china-backed-solar-boom/https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-myanmars-gold-rush-threatens-international-rivers/Satellite data suggests unregulated gold mines near the Thai-Myanmar border may be polluting transboundary waterways.Sun, 04 May 2025 22:20:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-myanmars-gold-rush-threatens-international-rivers/https://www.eco-business.com/news/cambodia-approves-cement-plant-in-prey-lang-sanctuary-despite-mining-ban/Cambodian authorities have approved a new cement factory inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, despite a 2023 moratorium on new mining licenses, raising concerns about enforcement and conservation integrity.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 02:12:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/cambodia-approves-cement-plant-in-prey-lang-sanctuary-despite-mining-ban/https://www.eco-business.com/news/new-eu-plastic-pellet-regulations-met-with-caution/The EU has agreed binding rules to reduce plastic pellet pollution, aiming to tackle up to 184,000 metric tons of annual leakage into the environment.Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:36:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/new-eu-plastic-pellet-regulations-met-with-caution/https://www.eco-business.com/news/textile-giant-bangladesh-pushed-to-recycle-more-waste/As global demand for recycling in the fashion industry grows, textile hub Bangladesh is pushed to rethink how it handles waste.Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:14:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/textile-giant-bangladesh-pushed-to-recycle-more-waste/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/southeast-asias-potential-role-in-rare-earth-elements-diversification/Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have a sizeable presence in the global REE supply chain – now a geopolitical focal point – but although they may have substantial reserves, their REE production levels are still lower than China's.Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:31:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/southeast-asias-potential-role-in-rare-earth-elements-diversification/https://www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-initiatives-drive-indonesias-efforts-to-cut-plastic-waste-build-circular-economy/Indonesia is promoting 'reuse' as a key solution to its plastic waste crisis, with civil society and the Ministry of Environment launching a 'reuse road map' to mainstream practices like refilling and returning containers.Thu, 17 Apr 2025 03:45:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-initiatives-drive-indonesias-efforts-to-cut-plastic-waste-build-circular-economy/https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-does-fast-fashion-deal-with-textile-waste/The world's fashion industry is producing an increasingly unmanageable amount of waste.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-does-fast-fashion-deal-with-textile-waste/