Sustainability

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

No mention of fossil fuel phase-out in Azerbaijan’s COP29 informal agenda

Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 president and an oil industry veteran, detailed how he would prioritise a voluntary fund that should see fossil fuel producers contributing to it. Azerbaijan has not taken a hard stance on carbon-emitting dirty fuels.

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

Is ‘loss and damage’ fund at risk as COP29 approaches?

Securing finance for the “loss and damage” fund to help climate-vulnerable nations is now in question after rich countries refused to put it within the scope of a new climate finance goal at a technical briefing ahead of the climate talks...

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

MAS sustainability deputy director Pongsiri Vorapongse joins Thai fintech group SCBX

Vorapongse joins the parent group of Bangkok-based Siam Commercial Bank with an ambition to decarbonise its lending and investment portfolio by 2050. He previously helped develop a net zero action plan for Singapore’s central bank.

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

Prudential hires Standard Chartered veteran to lead sustainability governance and risk management

Zhi Ling Wong, who spent over a decade developing ESG risk frameworks for the British lender in response to global regulations, is one of the key APAC appointments the life insurer has made after its sustainability revamp in 2023.

Read More how-does-indonesia’s-palm-oil-industry-fuel-the-climate-crisis?
September 20, 2024 Sustainability

How does Indonesia’s palm oil industry fuel the climate crisis?

Booming global demand for the vegetable oil is spurring deforestation in Indonesia.

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

India’s milk industry struggles as the climate changes

The impacts of climate change, particularly high heat, are impacting milk production and the revenue of the small farmers dependent on it.

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

China’s changing fisheries, in numbers

Nearly 40 per cent of global fish production in 2022 was Chinese, and the country is the main driver of huge growth in aquaculture, shows major report.

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September 19, 2024 Sustainability

Aggressive hiring of sustainability talent from consultancies is creating expertise gap: recruiter

The industry is “eating itself” as companies find that there is a hollowing out of sustainability talent with specialist knowledge in consultancy firms, said Paddy Balfour from recruiting firm Acre at the ReThink conference in Hong Kong.

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September 19, 2024 Sustainability

A rural remedy for China’s EV slowdown

Faced with a hostile international market and growing domestic overcapacity, Chinese EV brands need to find new customers.