Eco-Business is a media company that provides news, data, and learning for the sustainable business community. It focuses on promoting and discussing sustainable practices, environmental issues, and corporate social responsibility within the business sector.

Eco-Business

Eco-Business is an independent media and business intelligence company dedicated to sustainable development and ESG performance. We publish high quality, trusted news and views  in multimedia formats on business and policy developments around the world with a sustainability and ESG-focused lens. Our platform features more than a decade-long archive of information on sustainable development issues in the region and globally. Our content is  categorised and searchable by the 17 UN Sustainable DevelopmentGoals(SDGs) and core sustainability topics, and we also provide a key platform for individuals  and organisations to publish jobs, events, press release and research. We provide research and consulting on a wide range of issues which create  strategic value for our partners and clients. We own and create thought-leadership platforms which inform policy making, improve business practices and foster collaboration among different sectors. Over the past decade, our stories and initiatives have gained international recognition and won multiple regional and international awards. We are guided by the sole objective of generating positive impact for society and the environment. Eco-Business is headquartered in Singapore, with a presence in Beijing, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore, Zurich, New York, and correspondents in major cities across the world.

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WAS COP26 OPTIMISM NAIVE?
Eco-Business's 6 April Newsletter 
 
1. Latest IPCC report prescribes renewables and nature-based solutions as key climate antidotes
(https://lnkd.in/gJ6rpyru)
2. Floods in Asia are costing US$30 billion a year
(https://lnkd.in/gUaRGgVF)
3. Clean energy is growing, but so is coal use
(https://lnkd.in/g-Ax4TKD)
4. Growth stalls for new wind power installations in major markets
(https://lnkd.in/guC8DAiQ)
5. Could Nusantara be Indonesia’s new green capital?
(https://lnkd.in/gjsivAmn)
6. Big banks failing to quit fossil fuel, despite climate pledges
(https://lnkd.in/gktXuYwh)
7. What makes an electric car clean?
(https://lnkd.in/gYzJ5tyA)
8. Singapore to sign Clydebank Declaration on ‘green shipping corridors’
(https://lnkd.in/gcp6CVTF)

View the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/gnbEkk3E

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How does The Nature Conservancy ensure its #carbon projects deliver on their promised benefits, and what are the biggest issues ahead?

Eco-Business speaks to Will McGoldrick about the #naturebased carbon market, the challenges of operating in the Asia Pacific region, and what’s needed to protect critical #ecosystems.

Catch the full interview here. 

#EBnews #Linkedinnews #Editorschoice

Daniela Bohlinger, head of sustainability at BMW Group Design shares how the company is creating a new design language that is #ecofriendly, while ensuring customers' satisfaction.

From using recycled #plastics to rethinking seat upholstery, BMW Group has pledged to increase the use of secondary materials in their cars, and shows that being eco-friendly doesn't mean you lose luxury.

#EBnews #Linkedinnews #Editorschoice

As the window to keep global #temperatures and #climate risks under control closes rapidly, an arsenal of climate solutions need to be deployed.

Scientists from the IPCC offer the top five solutions to keep climate change in check – two involving #renewables, and three involving natural #ecosystems.

Combined, they can help avoid or capture close to 19 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year — over half of the total #emissions generated in 2020.

#EBnews #Linkedinnews #Editorschoice

One FINAL week to go! 🔥

Submit your deep-tech and ground-breaking innovations at https://lnkd.in/gPQAcvik before 13 April 2022, and stand to win an exclusive opportunity to pitch to our network of top investors, and secure up to S$1 million in project funding from Temasek Foundation. You will also get to walk away with exclusive investments of up to S$100,000 each by our Asia's leading venture capitals - Amasia, Planet Rise, Purpose Venture Capital, Quest Ventures and Silverstrand Capital.

The LiveabilityChallenge 2022 is presented by Temasek Foundation and organised by Eco-Business in partnership with Ecosperity Week 2022.

#TheLiveabilityChallenge #LiveableCities

The #wind industry reported a slight dip in installed #power capacity growth last year compared to the year before. 

New wind power installations totalled 93.6 gigawatts (GW) in 2021, a 1.8 per cent drop year-on-year, on the back of a record 54 per cent growth in 2020.

Read on to find out what contributed to that drop growth rate.

#EBnews #Linkedinnews #Editorschoice

Sitting deep within the jungle, could Nusantara be Indonesia’s new #green capital?

Speakers at the recent virtual event, organised by Eco-Business concurred that the development could be a remarkable, green capital city with enormous potential to be a green metropolis, should stakeholders work together to address the #environmental sensitivities.

#EBnews #Linkedinnews #Editorschoice

On 1 April, Eco-Business organised our monthly virtual dialogue - Lunch & Learn. 
Decarbonising cities: The role of upcoming technologies gathered clean energy experts from Unravel Carbon (YC W22) & Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association of Singapore (HFCAS) to discuss all things decarbonisation, from new innovations to roadblocks hindering the global energy transition.

Click on the article below to read the main takeaways from our experts!

#decarbonisation #Decarbonisngcities #ccus #Hydrogenfuel #Hydropower #EBnews #Linkedinnews

The Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth Singapore (CSP SG) has hired Joan Yap as head of training.

CSP Singapore is a newly launched training and research institute based in Singapore with a mission to drive research and mobilise private wealth to achieve the targets set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.

Yap joins CSP after a stint with Singapore Consultancy Pte. Ltd., where she was an ESG consultant.

Yap entered the sustainability sector in 2010 after a 25-year career in financial markets technology. 
#greenjobs #sustainability #wealthmanagement #esg #esgjobs

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