Eco-Business

AUGUST 26, 2021

Satellite data from the University of Maryland show a surge in forest clearing in northern parts of the Tanintharyi region in southern Myanmar, including within a protected area.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

IRENA report says region “at a crossroad” between clean energy and fossil fuels. A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says the region will be able to supply two-thirds of the power needed from non-carbon sources by 2050. Swerving health and environmental costs.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Asia saw the greatest proportional growth in companies setting science-based targets, with the region witnessing a 127% increase in 2022. Companies with science-based targets represented 40% of the Nikkei index by the end of 2022. China experienced the steepest growth curve with a 194% increase in the number of companies validated.

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Eco-Business

MAY 27, 2020

Campaigners in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar have urged international donors to support community conservation efforts, rather than what they see as a top-down approach that excludes indigenous groups.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 21, 2019

China’s new infrastructure corridor through Myanmar crosses war-torn regions, risking further conflict and environmental degradation.

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James Militzer

MAY 31, 2022

The company’s mission is to create a fairer future for Myanmar, and to that end, we made significant strides: By 2020 the company estimated that over 11% of the country’s GDP was being transferred via its mobile money accounts.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 21, 2023

European countries continue to lead in the SDG Index – holding the top 10 spots – and are on track to achieve more targets than any other region, with Denmark, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, and the Slovak Republic as the top five countries that have achieved or are on track to achieving the largest number of SDG targets this year.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

“Factories are having to be creative to attract and retain workers and this may eventually lead to increased wages meaning that Asia, in time, could become less cost effective as an apparel sourcing region,” she says. Worker rights The low pay and poor treatment of workers in garment factories has been a persistent issue for the industry.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2024

Conflict is a global market supported by large companies across many sectors, from selling surveillance technologies to repressive regimes in Egypt and Libya, to financing the military junta in Myanmar. From the perspective of ESG-focused investors, funding weapons, conflict and surveillance is a highly complicated topic.

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