Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

An interdisciplinary team of scientistshas found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia to migrate during the prehistoric period, increasing the genetic diversity of the region today.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JULY 10, 2023

Indonesia, home to the largest tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia and over 17,500 islands, is a country packed with biodiversity and endangered species. However, scientists studying the region's species and ecosystems are getting banned from Indonesia, and conservation plans are being blocked.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

SINGAPORE, January 11, 2024 /3BL/ - Arrow Electronics is helping technology startup Oyika roll out battery charging stations in Southeast Asia cities to support a new generation of clean and quiet electric motorbikes. Nearly 90 percent of families own at least one motorbike.

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3BL Media

MARCH 13, 2024

CBRE /3BL/ - The role of Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO*) is rapidly gaining prominence among the Asia Pacific region as investors display increased appetite for sustainable portfolios, according to CBRE’s Asia Pacific Real Estate Chief Sustainability Officer Survey. In collaboration with the U.S.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

The expansion significantly increases OREO production capacity to meet growing local and export demand in 35 countries across Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific and Middle East region. z International globally and a key market for us as we seek to lead the future of snacking around the world. z International.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

With funding from the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation, we are excited to invest $300,000 in GFN over the next two years to address these issues in regions with the most urgent needs, specifically the Food Bank Incubator Program in Southeast Asia. Food Insecurity Challenges in Southeast Asia.

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3BL Media

MAY 11, 2022

One such module is the University of St.Gallen’s (Switzerland) Asia Compact course on “Sustainability in Singapore and Southeast Asia, part of the Masters of General Management program. The course takes place over an intensive week at the St.Gallen Institute of Management’s satellite campus in Singapore.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 26, 2024

SDSN Indonesia and SDSN Youth Indonesia hosted a national competition for solutions under the youth track of the Southeast Asia and Indonesia Solutions Forum (SAISF). The SAISF was inspired by SDSN’s Global Solutions Forum (GSF) and The Asia-Pacific Solutions Forum (APSF).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This level of investment is almost triple the amount currently planned by Southeast Asian governments, IRENA said, adding that while ASEAN aims to ensure 23% of primary energy is being supplied by renewables by 2025, nations collectively achieved just 14.3% C temperature scenario. C temperature scenario.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

El Nino is far reaching—especially impacting Central America, South America, Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. Regions that are already overwhelmed by climate shocks will be doubly hit. How will El Nino impact Southeast Asia? About 90% of the world’s rice is grown and consumed in Asia.

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Environmental Finance

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Sustainable Finance Institute Asia (SFIA) has named ESG Book as a data partner for a planned database of ESG data for the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) region.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Singapore-based investment fund Circulate Capital has spent the past two years backing projects in South and Southeast Asia focused on tackling the regions’. The post Circulate sees opportunity in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 26, 2023

Hosted by SDSN and the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, the 2023 ASEAN Workshop on Sustainable Development (AWSD) focused on charting pathways for sustainable development in Southeast Asia ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit and 2024 Summit for the Future. The role of education: Of all the goals, there is none more important than education.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A $300,000 Grant Will Fund Food Bank Incubator Program in Southeast Asia. Over a two-year period, GFN will receive a $300,000 grant from HNF to address these issues in regions with the most urgent needs, specifically the Food Bank Incubator Program in Southeast Asia. SOURCE: Herbalife Nutrition.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 14, 2024

Following the success of our previous workshop for the Local Government of Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia in collaboration with the Semai Research and Sumedang Regency, SDSN Southeast Asia is proud to announce the continuation of its partnership with the local government of Sumedang Regency.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In Vietnam, the meeting also included a presentation from Eunice Doan, energy advisor and Country Representative of PDP Vietnam, and Lucia Hoang, regional manager of CSR Southeast Asia for Bureau Veritas, a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection, and assessment services.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Dr. Vidhura Ralapanawe, executive vice president, Epic Group and SAC board director, and Dr. Laxmikant Jawale, regional lead, South Asia & Southeast Asia, Apparel Impact Institute (Aii), will speak at the event. “We are thrilled to participate again this year.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

Shagun Kumar, TMF Group’s Head of APAC, explains how special purpose vehicles can support private sector investment in Asia’s renewables sector. The Asia Pacific region is expected to attract around 40% of total global investment in renewable energy capacity between now and 2050 , with Southeast Asia the focus.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Scaling up When the merger happened, the two groups said their first objective was to launch a solar energy debt fund with an investment capacity of US$500 million, aiming to support 70 projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America. There might be some small pockets of off-grid regions, but they’re much smaller.”

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

More than 80 percent of new cases occur in Asia, with Southeast Asian countries accounting for 67 percent of the global burden of all cancer. Nasopharyngeal cancer ranked ninth among incident cancers and eighth among cancer deaths in Southeast Asia. "We About TruSight Oncology 500.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

On 14 November 2023, ASEAN Green Future (AGF) presented at the Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW), which is one of four Regional Climate Weeks held this year to build momentum ahead of COP 28 in Dubai. The Asia Headquarters of SDSN is funded by the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation and hosted at Sunway University.

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3BL Media

MARCH 18, 2024

The workshop included deep dives into region-specific data insights, health and safety standards, and strategies local manufacturers, trade unions and service providers are leveraging to elevate workers’ voices in Bangladesh. Finally, attendees participated in a workshop on empowering workers and ensuring equity in Bangladeshi manufacturing.

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3BL Media

JULY 8, 2022

By Dr. Allinnettes Adigue, Head of GRI in the ASEAN Region. Business is very personal in Asia and there is a fear that data sharing will negatively affect the business – but gaining trust from suppliers is also key in driving a sustainability transformation in the supply chain.”. SOURCE: GRI. ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 20, 2023

Investment in energy infrastructure in Asia is vital to deliver low carbon transition across the region and bring its global carbon cost of GDP in line with the global average. The response is a “global partnership” with the region to deliver the technology and capital its needs to mitigate its impact on climate and nature.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Dr. Laxmikant Jawale, regional lead for South Asia & Southeast Asia at the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii), and Erlinda Lee, director of global membership development from the SAC, delved into a discussion that explored the dynamic collaboration between the SAC and Aii.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 14, 2024

Grace Fu suggested that the region's emissions allowance would be better spent on manufacturing industries needed to sustain the aspirations of a young and growing Southeast Asia.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A coordinated approach both regionally and globally is needed to ensure a just energy transition in Southeast Asia that stimulates economic growth.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The company’s Global Integrity Champions have spanned all business units, organizational levels, and regions, with each making the right decision when faced with a difficult ethical choice. Marcelo Tarkieltaub, regional director for Southeast Asia, hired someone he knew and recommended to Rockwell.

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MARCH 6, 2024

It’s important that such a region facilitates sustainability as well as economic progress by implementing a forward-looking and interoperable taxonomy that makes it easier for finance to flow into the region.” The post Too Much Leeway Offered by Updated ASEAN Taxonomy appeared first on ESG Investor.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Launched last year, CIDF aims to support sustainable low-carbon economic development in developing countries in South and Southeast Asia, offering grants to high-impact projects that can have direct and measurable positive climate-related outcomes, including both climate mitigation and adaptation.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This business–focused event examined recruitment corridors across the region and provided a timely opportunity to showcase concrete actions and solutions. The workshop was opened by the organisers, who recalled the complex realities to which migrant workers are confronted globally and more specifically across Southeast Asia.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

The new dataset highlights elevated air pollution levels as a result of climate change events, such as sandstorms and wildfires, and pollution gains from the rapid urbanization of cities, in regions such as Southeast Asia. In South Asia: Indian and Pakistani cities again dominate the world’s most polluted cities for PM2.5

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

CRM solutions provider Salesforce announced today a new commitment to purchase 280,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable energy in emerging markets over the next eight years, in a move aimed at delivering clean energy access in regions highly dependent on fossil fuels, and supporting the company’s sustainability goals.

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Business and financial activities in “ APAC ”, the Asia / Pacific Basin Region are vital to the economies of the rest of the world. Think of the region’s leading sovereign economies…in order of magnitude, consider the impact of the economies of China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia (the top economies).

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 19, 2021

The gift allowed The Master in Sustainable Development Management program to roll out in January 2019 which has since attracted widespread interest and participation first in Malaysia and now throughout much of Asia. Woo Wing Thye , Vice President for Asia at SDSN, will head the SDSN Asia office which will be housed at Sunway University.

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Eco-Business

MARCH 21, 2024

To leverage artificial intelligence to address Southeast Asia's growing threats to food security in light of climate change, the region needs to build capacity, improve financing access and alleviate risks for technology users.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 6, 2023

Air pollution is dangerous at local and regional levels, while climate was beyond the harmful levels for humans in groups but not quite past the safety guideline for the planet as a system, the study from the Swedish group said.

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