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Eco-Business Podcast — 143 episodes

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Is green living a myth? Why individual action won't save the planet

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'Resilience is not a buzzword': Palm oil leaders call for industry reset as global shocks test sustainability's limits

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De-risking offshore wind could put Philippines ahead in clean energy race: GWEC’s Ann Francisco

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‘Comedy can say the elephant in the room’: Why climate action needs a sense of humour

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Despite US rollbacks, Asia’s climate innovators push ‘hard tech’ forward

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We don’t want others to take advantage of Asean's rich mineral resources: PH enviro exec

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Cross-border clean energy projects are worth the pain: Sunseap co-founder Frank Phuan

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Jeffrey Sachs: China is unequivocally the world's climate power today. Asean's opportunity is next.

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‘Regulation and measurement needed to fix methane emissions in Southeast Asia’: Experts on controlling potent climate agitant

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'I want others to own sustainability too – but letting go is hard': Golden Agri CSO Anita Neville

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'We don't want to pit both adaptation and loss and damage funds against each other': Lidy Nacpil

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Philippines must link energy and environmental issues as Asean chair

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What to expect on climate finance and justice at COP30

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Asean must learn how to 'flex' on global finance and sustainability standards: policy expert

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Refill fountains may not reduce waste: L'Occitane sustainability chief Venisa Chu

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Resilience has limits: ICSC's Kairos dela Cruz on flood control corruption in the Philippines

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The Asean energy ministers meeting – what's at stake?

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How Australia took the lead in policing greenwashing

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Power and economic strength are now determined by who can harness solar and batteries fastest: Assaad Razzouk

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We don't need a plastics treaty for nations to enact polluter-pays laws now: Doug Woodring

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Southeast Asia has too much to lose – we need an ambitious plastics treaty: Singapore campaigner Terese Teoh

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Are our climate targets too weak or too ambitious? Hang Lung Properties’ John Haffner

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‘Listen to ecologists – don’t bury nature under cement’: Hong Kong faces acute biodiversity loss as megaprojects loom

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No action is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah

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MGen's Christer Gaudiano on Philippines firms amid ESG backlash in US

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CLP Power's Hendrik Rosenthal on justifying sustainability in turbulent times

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America’s attack on climate science could affect adaptation capacity in Asia: climate scientist Ben Horton

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Is greenwashing really in decline?

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World Resources Institute CEO Ani Dasgupta on tariffs, funding cuts and climate finance

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Unlocking capital for sustainability 2025 Hong Kong | Fireside chat with Dr Mark Konyn

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On the frontlines: Mahindra Group CSO Ankit Todi

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Could putting a value to plastic waste reduce ocean pollution? Plastic Bank says yes

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The challenges of the environment beat: A conversation with journalists in Southeast Asia

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To fight ESG scepticism, build alliances: Singtel’s Andrew Buay on the survival secrets of a CSO

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As US pulls back, ‘huge opportunity’ for Asia to lead in green transition

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Decarbonising Asia’s built environment – mission impossible?

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How children's books are raising environmental awareness in Indonesia

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Faraway tale of pastoralist struggles spotlights China’s green growth complexities

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What RSPO’s new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet

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IPCC expert on fighting to keep to the science as global climate politics flares

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The case for carbon offsets as interim solution for aviation emissions

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Dubai scales green spine concept as developers eye more ‘eco-friendly’ projects

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‘Decarbonisation does not cost seconds on the track’: Mercedes F1 on the race to net zero

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Social enterprise Goumbook on why the Middle East needs an oceans initiative

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‘We can’t keep asking more questions’: CDP acknowledges it needs to do more with less ESG data

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Former Verra veteran envisions an unshackled carbon market and a new endgame

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How to deal with climate anxiety: climate activist Clover Hogan

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‘5 years ago, everyone wanted to be Elon Musk’: Where is climate tech in Southeast Asia now?

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‘DIY until we die’? LGBTQ rights group on what Singapore's new leadership means for its movement

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How COP28 transformed ESG reporting for ADX's listed companies

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'Businesses fear regulation on transition-washing': Environmental lawyer Joyce Melcar Tan

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Authors of optimistic climate novel say don't write off oil industry solutions

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‘Complex yet interconnected’: Xylem’s VP of Global Lifecycle Services on securing water in APAC

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The race to insure Southeast Asia against climate risk

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"Sustainability must be accessible": Arthaland's CSO on making green buildings a norm

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Scrutiny, Scope 3 and Asian realities: Petronas sustainability chief on climate action at COP28

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Seeing through the haze – is palm oil still to blame?

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“Never give in to fear”: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino IP leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz

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Philippine central bank exec Lyn Javier speaks about the lender's maiden sustainability report

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'The world is already 1.1°C warmer – a matter of life and death for Global South': Winston Chow

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Looking past the label: the nutritionists’ guide to plant-based milk

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'We want to believe in the lie': Greenwashing in Asia

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Gender, energy, and the Southeast Asia struggle

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Competency greenwashing: Are questionable ESG credentials putting climate goals at risk?

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'Our own narratives told': Through the lenses of young Orang Asli women filmmakers

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‘Carrots, sticks, and hugs’: Scrutinising Indonesia’s US$20 billion just transition challenge

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Mosquitoes, sun dimming, and the lives at stake

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Dimsum from microbes, anyone?: How alternative proteins are cheaper, tastier and going local

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Selling the taste of sustainability

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The Limits To Growth, 50 years later

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Plant-based protein – fad or the future?

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How are sustainability events changing?

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Food crisis: how to build resilient supply chains in Asia

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'Net-zero regulations are welcome': GoTo sustainability chief Tanah Sullivan

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Post-pandemic tourism boom — good news for hoteliers, bad news for sustainability?

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Clean energy imports into Southeast Asia: are the moonshot plans useful?

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'We have reached peak greenwashing': what to do about the sustainability marketing tsunami?

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Retrofits: the underrated weapon in fight to decarbonise cities

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Tipping points: how close is the world to a climate calamity domino effect?

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Gogoro co-founder and CEO: The tougher the problem, the better it is to solve

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EB Exclusive: An Interview With Dr Sylvia Earle

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Relentless work, for no money: Southeast Asian scientists share their IPCC experience

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Sustainable packaging is here — but who will pay for it?

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Shifting sands: the environmental controversy beneath your feet

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How will the world’s biggest solar project work?

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How can NGOs tackle taboo subjects like human rights in Singapore?

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What will COP26 mean for Asian businesses?

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Closing the gaps in the circular economy

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Is the world decarbonising fast enough?

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Can electronic dance music drive climate action?

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Protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030: Mission impossible?

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Google's moonshot quest for carbon free energy

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End fossil fuel extraction now: What does IEA’s net-zero warning mean for Asia?

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Can the World Economic Forum help bring China to the forefront of sustainable development?

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Earth300: One ship’s quest to make climate scientists this century’s biggest celebrities

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'Triangle of deceit': Net-zero, ESG and voluntary carbon markets

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The rise of womentech: Do we really need more technologies for women?

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The sustainability of healthcare: Why aren't we talking about it?

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Biophobia in the city: Are people who are fearful of nature less willing to protect it?

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How does plastic recycling certification work?

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Mission net zero: Are we banking on the right innovations?

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Low emission cows: Can the dairy industry reach net zero?

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Who will foot the bill of Laos’ big bet on coal?

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The X Factor: CapitaLand's quest for innovation and sustainability

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Gas is still needed in the Philippines’ clean energy transition: PEIC chief Don Paulino

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Are schools teaching students the truth about the climate crisis?

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How to rebuild the plastic circular economy in 2021?

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Benevolent bean-counters: The rise of sustainability-savvy accountants

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Southeast Asia, we need to talk about bilge dumping

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Moving the capital markets: BlackRock's approach to ESG

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Will Asia dine on plant-based eggs?

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What will Asia be like in 10 years, if banks avoid green finance?

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Gardens beneath the bay: The existential threat of rising sea levels

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Asia’s net zero goals — how realistic are they?

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Can plant-based diets save the planet?

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How has the pandemic really affected air pollution?

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Taming a wolf in sheep's clothing: How can renewables overcome their human rights problems?

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Mining and the cost of the energy transition

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Does genuinely sustainable palm oil exist?

120

The law firm fighting climate crime

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Why should we be worried about deep-sea mining?

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Will Southeast Asia warm to climate friendly cooling?

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How can the Philippines make a green recovery during the Covid era?

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Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?

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What happens to waste?

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Child labour in palm oil

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How a coffee grower and NGO are fighting deforestation in Sumatra

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Can palm oil smallholders shift to sustainable farming?

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Why are Asia's cities heating up?

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Where is the palm oil industry on human rights?

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What do new RSPO standards mean for palm oil and forests?

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Rethinking cooling in a warming world

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Do mariners dream of electric ships?

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How do we build zero carbon cities?

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Tomorrow's cities: How can cold chain secure the future of food?

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Saving Indonesia's forests

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5 Myths About Palm Oil

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6. Disrupting the future

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5. The Future Of Innovation

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4. Implementing the future

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3. The Future Of Energy

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2. The future of cities

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1. A socially just future