Eco-Business Podcast

GoTo, Indonesia’s largest internet company, has set what is arguably Southeast Asia’s most ambitious sustainability target — to be a zero-emissions firm by 2030. Tune in as we talk about: Setting sustainability targets in a pandemic, during a merger Are Goto’s targets ambitious — or unrealistic? Growth versus sustainability Regulating zero-emission targets Collaborating to decarbonise

Eco-Business asks two hospitality executives about balancing post-Covid recovery and the need for speed in going green. The guests are: Kwee Wei-Lin, president of the Singapore Hotel Association and head of hotels at Pontiac Land Group Andrew Dixon, director of Nikoi and Cempedak private islands The podcast was hosted by Eco-Business correspondent Liang Lei. Tune in as we discuss: The pace of sust...

In this podcast, Eco-Business speaks to two energy experts on plans for clean energy imports into Southeast Asia from its neighbouring countries. The guests are: Beni Suryadi, manager of the Power, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage department at the ASEAN Centre for Energy Elrika Hamdi, energy finance analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis The podcast was ho...

Joining the Eco-Business Podcast to talk about what can be done about greenwashing are: *James Lorenz, executive director of Action Speaks Louder, a non-profit that holds firms to account for their climate promises, *Janissa Ng, senior account director of public relations firm Spurwing, and the former head of PR and content at conservation group WWF-Singapore. Ng is chair of a new taskforce to add...

Joining the Eco-Business Podcast to talk about the benefits and challenges of retrofitting old buildings is Vinod Jethani, Asia Pacific business development manager, commercial buildings, for engineering company Danfoss.  Tune in as we talk about: Why retrofits matter to the climate fight Are retrofits always less carbon-intensive than building new Low-hanging retrofit fruit What ROI do we see fro...

The Eco-Business Podcast talks to client scientist Professor Ben Horton about how close the world is to reach crucial climate tipping points, and what can be done to stop runaway climate change.

In this new podcast series 'Climate Tech in Asia', we speak to Gogoro chairman and CEO Horace Luke on the company's recent listing on the Nasdaq and its quest to electrify Asia's ubiquitous two-wheelers and make battery swapping mainstream.

This Earth Day, we speak to oceanographer & marine biologist, and founder of Mission Blue, Dr Sylvia Earle about why the ocean plays a crucial role in our fight against climate change.

In this podcast, Eco-Business speaks to three contributing authors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report from Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The guests are: Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Winston Chow, from the Singapore Management University, Dr Zelina Ibrahim, from the Faculty of Forestry and Environment in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dr Rode...

Joining the Eco-Business Podcast to unpack the challenges of sustainable packaging are Alvin Lim, chief executive of packaging firm Rypax — which produces packaging from bamboo and sugarcane — and Professor Seeram Ramakrishna, chair of the Circular Economy Taskforce at the National University of Singapore. Tune in as we talk about: What is sustainable packaging? Why is sustainable packaging more e...

The Eco-Business Podcast talks to Madhumitha Ardhanari, senior sustainability strategist at Forum for the Future. Tune in as we talk about: - How the invisibility of sand contributes to its secrecy - How Singapore came to be the world’s biggest importer of sand - Why speaking up about sand extraction matters - The three different ways sand is discussed in Singapore, which continue to justify the e...

A US$22 billion project involving 12,000 hectares of solar panels and 3,800km of cabling running from Darwin to Singapore might be the most ambitious renewable energy project ever. How will it work? Eco-Business talked to Fraser Thompson of project developer Sun Cable.

Joining the Eco-Business Podcast are Vanessa Ho, executive director of Project X, an NGO that campaigns for the rights of sex workers in Singapore, and Bernadette Victorio, programme director for Fair Finance Asia, which pushes for a fairer, more sustainable finance system. Tune in as talk about: The rules of engagement for NGOs in Singapore A campaign to help Vietnamese KTV workers What FICA mean...

Joining the Eco-Business Podcast to talk about what the COP26 climate talks could mean for businesses in Asia is Malavika Bambawale, APAC MD of sustainability solutions for ENGIE Impact. Tune in as we discuss: The main themes to look out for at COP26 Taxes, subsidies, and carbon markets Asia’s “Chicken and egg hesitation” The net-zero backlash How can Asian businesses access climate finance? The n...

Burying archaic systems of waste management to make way for the circular economy is not an easy task, but it is urgently needed to support growing populations and to save our planet’s precious finite resources. Eco-Business speaks to Clarissa Morawski of Reloop about the government and corporate imperatives already driving this change in different parts of the world, as well as the legislative ste...

It is no longer business as usual when it comes to how we tackle climate change and rising global temperatures. Eco-Business speaks to Elena Philipova, Refinitiv about how data can ensure countries and businesses are delivering on pledges to decarbonise. Tune in as we discuss: How the recent IPCC climate report will likely shape conversation at COP26 Moving from rhetoric to implementation Net-zero...

Music is about escape, isn't it? When revellers are cutting shapes on the dance floor, can they really be inspired to take climate action? Eco-Business spoke to Robin Perkins, AKA El Búho, and Dilo from DJs For Climate Action, who argue why dance music can be a powerful force for the climate movement.

A plan is underway to enlarge the areas of the oceans that are safe havens for marine life. More than 190 countries have called for 30 per cent of the ocean to be protected by 2030. Joining the Eco-Business Podcast to talk about how target might be achieved is ‘Aulani Wilhelm, senior vice president, Center for Oceans at Conservation International. The Laysan albatross How marine protected areas wo...

With governments and companies racing towards net zero, Google has set a target to use clean energy for every location and every hour of operation by 2030. Is this possible?

The International Energy Agency was founded in 1970s to protect oil supplies. But in a bombshell report published last week, the IEA proposed an end to fossil fuels extraction if the world is to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. The Eco-Business Podcast spoke Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst for The Economist Intelligence Unit, about: * The IEA's backstory * The changing link betwe...

The World Economic Forum – best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos since 1971 – has been a dynamic platform bringing together the best in business, politics and society to shape global industry agendas. How is WEF helping to shape China’s economic goals alongside its environmental and societal priorities?

Forget Lady Gaga and K-pop. It’s time to celebrate those working feverishly to avert climate doom, says Aaron Olivera, the man behind a proposed research ship that will gather more than a hundred scientists to study climate solutions.

The Eco-Business Podcast talks to Assaad Razzouk, renewable energy entrepreneur and host of the popular podcast, Angry Clean Energy Guy. Tune in as we talk about: Which climate solutions are most flawed? 'No time for nature-based solutions' The corporate net-zero trap The ESG bandwagon The scale of greenwashing How to communicate sustainability

In this podcast, Eco-Business talks to womentech investor Ananya Chandra about the dangers of gender bias in design and the importance of technologies that center women’s needs.

In this Eco-Business podcast, Victoria Haldane, a researcher with the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems and a PhD candidate at the Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation at the University of Toronto unpacks the reasons why sustainability in the healthcare sector is an under-covered issue in the media and global healthcare forums, despite its outsized footprint.