Author: Tom Konrad Ph.D. CFA

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September 24, 2024 Sustainability

Malaysian companies must report Scope 3 emissions starting 2027

National accounting and corporate legislation will be amended to account for new sustainability reporting requirements, with large listed companies the first group that must make climate-related disclosures by 2025.

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September 24, 2024 Sustainability

Southeast Asian clean energy firms do not have policies to protect environmental defenders: report

ACEN and B Grimm are among the renewables firms that lack policies to protect environment defenders in Southeast Asia, but they are the only companies with pledges to respect Indigenous peoples’ rights, new analysis finds.

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September 24, 2024 Manufacturing

European Union Ditching Fossil Gas Fast, Replacing with Solar & Wind

The European Commission recently published its State of the Energy Union Report 2024. The Commission says that the report “describes how the EU has managed unprecedented challenges in the energy policy landscape during this Commission’s mandate, equi...

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September 24, 2024 Manufacturing

Polestar 3 SUV — First Drive

Last week, I got to drive the new Polestar 3 SUV about 85 miles through the mountains of Wyoming and Idaho, and I was mostly impressed with the car. Driving the Polestar 3, I was impressed by its luxury, performance, and tech. However, its efficiency...

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September 24, 2024 Manufacturing

Regarding FSD & Robotaxis, I Don’t Think Elon Musk Has Been “Lying” For A Decade

I’ve seen this claim countless times, and I understand where it’s coming from, but I don’t believe it. I normally brush past it, but given that a top computer scientist known as the “Godfather of AI” just said it, and also given the enormous controve...

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September 24, 2024 Manufacturing

Floating Solar Project Withstands Super Typhoon Capricorn

One of the fiercest typhoons to hit the area of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, since 1949 was Super Typhoon Capricorn this month. In this wild weather, torrential winds and giant waves, what is the durability of floating solar panels? If you were antic...

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September 24, 2024 Sustainability

Sarawak should be classified as high-risk for deforestation under EUDR, says Human Rights Watch

A year-long investigation also found Indigenous rights violations in the Malaysian state. Malaysian and Indonesian officials recently blocked civil society representatives from participating in a key EUDR meeting in Brussels.

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September 23, 2024 Sustainability

Can a desert city be liveable? Dubai scales green spine concept as developers eye ‘eco-friendly’ projects in harsh climate

Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai’s “Sustainable City” brand....

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September 23, 2024 Sustainability

Philippines hydro boom costs Indigenous communities

The Philippine government has approved 99 hydropower projects in the mountainous Cordillera region, part of a broader plan to rely on renewable energy sources for 35 per cent of the country’s power by 2030.