https://www.eco-business.com/Asia Pacific news from Eco-Business for the cleantech and green business community.enCopyright (c) 2021, 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/toxic-runoff-from-myanmar-rare-earth-mines-threatens-thai-waterways/Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/toxic-runoff-from-myanmar-rare-earth-mines-threatens-thai-waterways/https://www.eco-business.com/news/explainer-how-human-caused-aerosols-are-masking-global-warming/Human-caused emissions of aerosols – tiny, light‑scattering particles produced mainly by burning fossil fuels – have long acted as an invisible brake on global warming.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:24:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/explainer-how-human-caused-aerosols-are-masking-global-warming/https://www.eco-business.com/news/24-hours-with-sabah-conservation-ranger-juanan-jamulan/Hailing from a family of palm oil farmers, Juanan Jamulan found his calling in environmental conservation. He tells Eco-Business about his day protecting a lowland forest within a palm oil concession in Eastern Malaysia.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:55:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/24-hours-with-sabah-conservation-ranger-juanan-jamulan/https://www.eco-business.com/news/jpmorgan-hires-genevieve-ding-from-amazon-to-lead-asia-pacific-sustainability/Based in Singapore, her role will involve promoting the American lender's position on climate and energy in Asia. JPMorgan was most recently in the spotlight for being among a slew of banks to exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:36:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/jpmorgan-hires-genevieve-ding-from-amazon-to-lead-asia-pacific-sustainability/https://www.eco-business.com/news/ive-seen-hell-inside-the-global-crisis-of-seafarer-exploitation/Seafarers are the backbone of the global maritime industry, but they're often illegally recruited, scammed into dangerous work and then abandoned at sea.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:50:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/ive-seen-hell-inside-the-global-crisis-of-seafarer-exploitation/https://www.eco-business.com/news/edp-renewables-axes-jobs-in-singapore-amid-pivot-to-developed-markets-in-asia/The renewables giant is shifting roles away from its regional headquarters to Japan, Australia and Taiwan, while relocating some functions to Malaysia to cut costs. However, the firm anticipates ending the year with a similar headcount.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:05:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/edp-renewables-axes-jobs-in-singapore-amid-pivot-to-developed-markets-in-asia/https://www.eco-business.com/news/rekindling-our-sacred-ties-with-the-land-is-key-to-upholding-environmental-rights-in-asean-max-han-kai-ding/The Malaysian winner of the Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List says channeling hope and anger into meaningful action is how every Southeast Asian can help protect a region disproportionately affected by climate change.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/rekindling-our-sacred-ties-with-the-land-is-key-to-upholding-environmental-rights-in-asean-max-han-kai-ding/https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippines-bets-on-natural-gas-to-accelerate-renewable-energy/A new law paving the way for the promotion of natural gas has been labelled an “insult” by climate campaigners.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippines-bets-on-natural-gas-to-accelerate-renewable-energy/https://www.eco-business.com/news/just-managing-us-tariffs-leave-indian-shrimp-farmers-struggling/With incomes shrinking and costs soaring, Donald Trump's planned tariffs could push Indian shrimp farmers to breaking point.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/just-managing-us-tariffs-leave-indian-shrimp-farmers-struggling/https://www.eco-business.com/news/brazils-civil-society-pledges-tested-as-cop30-climate-summit-approaches/Hopes of real civil influence at November’s UN negotiations in Belém are being undermined by costs, bureaucracy and mixed messaging.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/brazils-civil-society-pledges-tested-as-cop30-climate-summit-approaches/https://www.eco-business.com/news/trumps-budget-cuts-throw-us-renewable-energy-jobs-into-doubt/Green energy tax credits have boosted US construction jobs and attracted younger workers, but could be on the chopping block.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/trumps-budget-cuts-throw-us-renewable-energy-jobs-into-doubt/https://www.eco-business.com/news/expect-further-delay-southeast-asias-carbon-market-plagued-by-political-uncertainty-methodology-setbacks/Weak demand, a delay in Verra's deforestation risk maps and Article 6 uncertainty has hurt project developers. The recent resignation of Malaysia’s environment minister is also expected to slow carbon-related regulation.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:16:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/expect-further-delay-southeast-asias-carbon-market-plagued-by-political-uncertainty-methodology-setbacks/https://www.eco-business.com/news/after-trump-cut-funding-for-energy-transitions-overseas-could-china-step-in/Chinese international cooperation mechanisms such as the Belt and Road Initiative could fill the gaps left by US withdrawal.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:12:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/after-trump-cut-funding-for-energy-transitions-overseas-could-china-step-in/https://www.eco-business.com/news/where-is-the-money-the-eu-promised-workers-to-go-green/Flagship EU fund to support fossil fuel workers and communities risks mad spending rush, says exclusive European Commission data.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/where-is-the-money-the-eu-promised-workers-to-go-green/https://www.eco-business.com/news/qa-the-global-south-is-caught-between-powers-trying-to-get-their-resources/Political scientist and author Thea Riofrancos describes the challenges of critical minerals extraction for Latin American countries.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/qa-the-global-south-is-caught-between-powers-trying-to-get-their-resources/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/local-strategies-a-must-for-indian-cities-facing-heat-waves/Urban heat is a public health emergency, an infrastructure challenge and a climate crisis rolled into one. To safeguard cities and their most vulnerable populations, India needs city-level cost-effective long-term mitigation strategies.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:57:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/local-strategies-a-must-for-indian-cities-facing-heat-waves/https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-ai-fuels-growth-of-data-centres-critics-fight-back/Communities are campaigning against the arrival of AI-powered data centres that they say bring negative environmental impacts.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:35:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-ai-fuels-growth-of-data-centres-critics-fight-back/https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-how-does-it-harm-oceans/Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:33:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-how-does-it-harm-oceans/https://www.eco-business.com/news/qa-red-cross-hopes-ai-and-insurance-can-help-with-climate-chaos/Better early-warning systems make for better disaster preparedness – but the vulnerable are still missing out on long-term help.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/qa-red-cross-hopes-ai-and-insurance-can-help-with-climate-chaos/https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-late-pope-and-the-paris-agreement/Pope Francis’ work on climate action and social justice deserves a legacy that transcends religion and geography.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-late-pope-and-the-paris-agreement/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/rethinking-europes-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/By postponing the start of enforcement until 2028 and redirecting revenues towards international capacity building, CBAM can be made a more equitable catalyst for the climate transition.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:57:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/rethinking-europes-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/https://www.eco-business.com/news/asean-power-grid-needs-at-least-us100-billion-to-build-transmission-lines-adb/The bulk of funding will be used to address intermittency and variability of renewables in off-grid areas, says Asian Development Bank’s energy director Keiju Mitsuhashi.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/asean-power-grid-needs-at-least-us100-billion-to-build-transmission-lines-adb/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/setting-personal-politics-aside-governments-corporates-to-form-new-company-aimed-at-fixing-blended-finance/State leaders from Germany, Canada, global corproations and institutional investors called for standardisation of blended finance in order to speed up financial flows for sustainable development.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:40:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/setting-personal-politics-aside-governments-corporates-to-form-new-company-aimed-at-fixing-blended-finance/https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-year-on-impacts-of-a-landmark-legal-opinion-on-climate-change/An international court’s opinion that greenhouse gases are an ocean pollutant is already being used in the fight against climate change.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/one-year-on-impacts-of-a-landmark-legal-opinion-on-climate-change/https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapores-blended-finance-initiative-fast-p-office-appoints-munib-madni-as-ceo/The ex-chief investment officer for Asia at Morgan Stanley Investment Management will head up the new office tasked with deploying up to US$500 million from the Singapore government towards clean energy infrastructure in the region.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 02:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapores-blended-finance-initiative-fast-p-office-appoints-munib-madni-as-ceo/https://www.eco-business.com/news/india-pakistan-water-pact-outdated-in-climate-era/India unilaterally suspended the 1960 Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism amid longstanding calls for updates to address climate change and population growth.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:59:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/india-pakistan-water-pact-outdated-in-climate-era/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-china-won-the-clean-energy-race/China pursued their low-carbon agenda not in response to climate change, but because of its own energy insecurity.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:43:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-china-won-the-clean-energy-race/https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippine-marine-life-under-threat-from-industrial-fishing/Scientists warn a court ruling that allows large commercial fishing boats in waters near cities may deplete fish stocks.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:09:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippine-marine-life-under-threat-from-industrial-fishing/https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-pandemic-pact-avert-covid-chaos-in-next-crisis/New WHO pandemic preparedness treaty aims to end stark vaccine and health disparities exposed during Covid-19.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:51:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-pandemic-pact-avert-covid-chaos-in-next-crisis/https://www.eco-business.com/news/regulation-and-green-building-incentives-only-way-for-hong-kong-to-meet-net-zero-fredrick-leong/Emissions from Hong Kong's built environment cannot be ignored any longer, says the Sustainability Leadership A-List winner. While greening infrastructure could nip carbon emissions in the bud, regulatory and retrofitting hurdles remain.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:13:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/regulation-and-green-building-incentives-only-way-for-hong-kong-to-meet-net-zero-fredrick-leong/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/the-climate-challenge-as-a-development-opportunity/Even if policymakers in developing countries see little value in pursuing large emissions reductions at the pace that climate advocates would like, climate-aligned development is still the best path forward.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/the-climate-challenge-as-a-development-opportunity/https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-is-southeast-asias-biggest-public-funder-of-clean-energy-with-us27bn-in-investments-study/Indonesia received the most funding from China over the last decade, according to a new report. But uncertainties caused by US-driven tariff plans could see Southeast Asian countries retract green investments, said an analyst.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/china-is-southeast-asias-biggest-public-funder-of-clean-energy-with-us27bn-in-investments-study/https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-nigeria-to-pakistan-tb-testing-in-a-coma-after-us-aid-cuts/Health experts across the world scramble to save TB projects after US aid cuts and warn decades of progress could be rolled back.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:12:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-nigeria-to-pakistan-tb-testing-in-a-coma-after-us-aid-cuts/https://www.eco-business.com/news/explainer-what-is-chinas-shenzen-model-for-low-carbon-transition-in-cities/Wandering the streets of Shenzhen, a city which has earned the title of China’s “first city of ‘new-energy vehicles’” (NEVs), you will not miss the scene of numerous NEVs parking under slogans promoting “green and low carbon” lifestyles.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:41:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/explainer-what-is-chinas-shenzen-model-for-low-carbon-transition-in-cities/https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-who-champions-pandemic-pact-health-leaders-urge-action-on-slow-burn-amr-crisis/Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could cost Asia up to US$700 billion by 2050 and surpass cancer as the world’s leading cause of death, according to a recent report.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 05:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-who-champions-pandemic-pact-health-leaders-urge-action-on-slow-burn-amr-crisis/https://www.eco-business.com/news/palm-oil-waste-can-potentially-replace-malaysias-coal-power-capacity-says-minister/Malaysia’s commodities minister is touting palm oil biomass as a coal alternative, while signalling a hard stance on deforestation. But experts warn that the full lifecycle emissions of biomass could exceed that of coal.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:40:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/palm-oil-waste-can-potentially-replace-malaysias-coal-power-capacity-says-minister/https://www.eco-business.com/news/civil-society-groups-urge-asean-leaders-to-implement-stronger-laws-to-combat-environmental-destruction/Legal experts say adopting a legally binding environmental rights framework is crucial to hold businesses accountable for the impact they have on ecosystems and public health.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 06:23:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/civil-society-groups-urge-asean-leaders-to-implement-stronger-laws-to-combat-environmental-destruction/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/