Sep 12, 2024 · The Singaporean palm oil exporter plans to announce more details in early October. This comes after its Malaysia-based counterpart Sime Darby Plantation got its climate goals verified by the Science Based Targets initiative in end-2023.

Oct 7, 2024 · Employing better technology to trace emissions within supply chains may prove most effective for Malaysian palm oil companies and smallholders involved to decarbonise in the short and long term amid increasingly stringent global regulations, according to industry watchers.

Dec 26, 2024 · A flurry of high-profile decisions this year such as an electricity law update have propped up optimism in Vietnam's renewables sector. But green power firms are wary about restarting projects in a market marred by past volatility.

Nov 27, 2024 · The region can shape the Global Plastics Treaty if it maintains its momentum from COP16, where the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia called for the inclusion of Indigenous peoples rights and stronger collaboration on biodiversity finance.

Oct 28, 2024 · In June this year, the Bank of China (BOC) issued the first sustainable development bonds for which all funds raised are directed towards countries affiliated with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to the bank’s website. The bonds totalled US$940 million and were issued simultaneously through BOC branches in Macau, Hungary and Panama, in US dollars and yuan.

Dec 13, 2024 · The European Union started the year by adopting a new law — the Greenwashing Directive — to stop companies from greenwashing.Airlines were the most common culprits this year, with claims that air travellers can “fly carbon neutral” or “fly green” based on carbon offsets or sustainable aviation fuel receiving complaints to advertising watchdogs or …

Dec 5, 2024 · Malaysia faces a long and winding road in meeting its 2050 net zero target. While decarbonising its energy sector – which is responsible for some 80 per cent of the nation’s carbon emissions –could nip most emissions in the bud, the country must first navigate evolving policies, outdated grid infrastructure, and the intermittent nature of …

Dec 27, 2024 · The ocean is hot. Too hot. Humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels has driven up global temperatures and much of this heat has ended up in the ocean.

Dec 11, 2024 · For Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers, things are going from bad to worse. Recently published third quarter reports showed that many of the largest players are posting significant losses as they continue to compete in a vicious price war.

Oct 18, 2024 · At its third-quarter press conference on 31 July, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) released a series of statistics on the power sector’s 2024 performance so far. One standout figure was the 486 million Green Electricity Certificates (GECs) issued during the first half of the year – a 13-fold increase compared to the same period last year.