Eco-Business Podcast

Feb 17 2025 110 ep. 28 mins 22

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To fight ESG scepticism, build alliances: Singtel’s Andrew Buay on the survival secrets of a CSO

Feb 17 2025 24 mins

Andrew Buay is VP of group sustainability for Singtel and Optus. He has spent the last eight years in sustainability in a dual role that also covers talent development, based in Australia – a country that has motivated him to work in sustainability, such is its exposure to climate impacts. He was in Australia in 2012, when the most intense cyclone in the country’s history –

As US pulls back, ‘huge opportunity’ for Asia to lead in green transition

Feb 04 2025 25 mins

Speaking at Eco-Business’s Sharpening the ESG focus: CSO Outlook 2025 dialogue held on 21 January in Singapore, Jaclyn Dove, global head of sustainable finance for Standard Chartered Bank and Mervyn Tang, Asia Pacific head of sustainability for asset management firm Schroders, joined a panel discussion moderated by Eco-Business founder Jessica Cheam. Tune in as they discuss: 20

Decarbonising Asia’s built environment – mission impossible?

Jan 20 2025 34 mins

CapitaLand sustainability chiefs Vinamra Srivastava and Giovanni Cossu tell the Eco-Business Podcast that there is a viable path to net zero for the world’s fastest growing cities. Tune in as we discuss: Where is Asia Pacific on the road to a net zero built environment? CapitaLand’s net zero progress The embodied carbon conundrum Decarbonising an Asian multinational Built env

How children's books are raising environmental awareness in Indonesia

Jan 06 2025 26 mins

Indonesian courts have seen a steady increase in climate litigation over the past decade. Last year alone, the indigenous Knasaimos peoples in Southwest Papua won a long fight for legal land rights, while citizens in South Sumatra sued three pulpwood companies for burning in their concessions that contributed to toxic haze air pollution. While these cases could have substantial im

Faraway tale of pastoralist struggles spotlights China’s green growth complexities

Nov 14 2024 35 mins

The joke in Alasha League in China’s Inner Mongolia region is that people in Beijing only discovered their existence when local newspapers blew over to the capital city in a sandstorm. Such growing pollution in the 1990s nearly spelt the end of traditional animal herding in Alasha (also spelt Alxa), as China banned livestock and resettled herders to tame the deserts and restore

What RSPO’s new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet

Nov 06 2024 34 mins

Joining the Eco-Business Podcast to discuss the implications of RSPO’s draft revised standard is the organisation's director of standards and sustainability, Yen Hun Seng. Tune in as we discuss: What’s changed about RSPO in the last five years How has RSPO managed lobbying from various interest groups? How has the new standard changed on deforestation? How does the standard ali

IPCC expert on fighting to keep to the science as global climate politics flares

Nov 05 2024 28 mins

A climate science group under the United Nations recently faced a fight over the date of its next set of reports – a seemingly small squabble that could have big implications on future global climate policy. Many countries want these reports, covering the science behind the latest trends and ways to tackle the growing risks, by 2028, in time for a review of whether global climat

The case for carbon offsets as interim solution for aviation emissions

Oct 14 2024 33 mins

With alternatives such as sustainable aviation fuel still too expensive and low in demand for the aviation industry to consider, carbon offsets could be a way to reduce emissions – if used right. EcoSecurities and the International Air Transport Association tell the Eco-Business podcast how airlines can ensure compliance when new regulations become mandatory

Dubai scales green spine concept as developers eye more ‘eco-friendly’ projects

Sep 23 2024 36 mins

Can a desert city be liveable? Eyes are on whether the Dubai's plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. Envisioned as a 64-kilometre corridor that people can easily walk and bike on, the development aims to challenge conventional urban planning norms in the Middle East and shift the residents of the metropolis away from their old habits, including heavy

‘Decarbonisation does not cost seconds on the track’: Mercedes F1 on the race to net zero

Aug 11 2024 22 mins

Joining the Eco-Business to discuss how the sport can reach the net zero finishing line in just six years is Mercedes F1’s head of sustainability, Alice Ashpitel. Tune in as we discuss: Why an earth sciences graduate chose to work in F1 What has been driving down Mercedes F1’s emissions? How sustainable is sustainable aviation fuel? Is sustainability accepted in F1 culture? W