Sustainability – Asia Times

It’s not easy being green in South Korea

by Andrew Salmon September 7, 2021September 14, 2021

GANGWON PROVINCE, South Korea – Kim Han-il does not sell pizzas, but he has a good story about one. “There was this father and daughter who went into a pizza shop and the daughter ordered a pizza, but the father did not have enough money to pay for it,” Kim recounted. “The pizza shop owner […]

This picture taken in Feb 2017 shows thick smoke spewing from a crude palm oil factory in Kendawangan, West Kalimantan. The palm oil industry has been repeatedly accused over the years of failing to protect workers' rights and tearing down protected forest for plantations, prompting many companies to pledge greater efforts to improve conditions and halt deforestation. Photo: AFP / Adek Berry

Sustainability in Asia: dead-end shortcuts

by Pitamber Kaushik August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

The perils of simplistic ‘sustainability’ in South Asia

by Pitamber Kaushik August 1, 2020August 2, 2020

Why ‘it’s just business’ won’t work in long term

by Igor Kuchma July 18, 2019February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong

HK amusement parks build rooftop solar farms

by Chan Kai-gat July 11, 2019February 18, 2020

Bird watchers gather at a hideout as they wait for a glimpse of the bird-of-paradise, known locally as a cendrawasih bird, in Sorong's Malagufuk village. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, European Union, Indonesia, World

West Papua targeting conservation and ecotourism

by Christopel Paino November 18, 2018February 18, 2020

The bond will be run in the US on World Bank infrastructure using the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform and will sit on a private Ethereum-based blockchain. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Laos, World

World Bank shrugs off responsibility for hydro project in Laos

by Maureen Harris June 23, 2018

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit. It officially came into force on January 1, 2016. Picture: The United Nations

AT Finance, China, European Union, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Business sustainability starts with ‘why’

by Sun Xi June 20, 2018

Tourists walk amongst trash washed up on Bali's Kuta beach pushed to shore by seasonal winds. Photo: Reuters/Wira Suryantala/Antara Foto

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

SEAsia tourism a victim of its own success

by Alan Boyd April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Clean energy has come of age in India. Photo: Max Pixel

Asia-Pacific region pushes ahead with sustainable development

by Shamshad Akhtar April 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Joint action by city leaders is increasingly needed to crack the sustainability puzzle presented by growing populations in search of better lives. Failure is not an option, as Wall-e can attest. Photo: Tilemahos Efthimiadis via Flickr/Creative Commons

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, South Asia, Tianjin, World

Green cities will change the world

by Christiana Figueres March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

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