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In this second episode of Eco-Business’s Resilience podcast series, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and youth sustainability advocate Man Jing Kong dives into what resilience means for the city-state with Jessica Cheam. Watch as they discuss everything from climate adaptation to mental health and building public trust as an AI-driven economy reshapes daily life.

In this episode of On the frontlines, which profiles changemakers on the hard edge of sustainable business, CIMB chief sustainability officer Luanne Sieh shares how she built credibility in her field, what she's learned from dealing with activists, and why she feels criticism of sustainability finance is often misguided. Tune in as we discuss: * Learning on the job: how Sieh moved into the role of chief sustainability officer at CIMB * Embedding sustainability culture at a time of ESG pushback * Dealing with activists * "Show me the money": How investors are influenced by sustainability * Sustainable finance and greenwashing * How to survive in sustainability

Amid back‑to‑back trash slides and a landfill fire in one of Southeast Asia’s leakiest waste systems, Philippine environment undersecretary Jonas Leones touts new science‑based safeguards for a waste‑to‑energy buildout.

Former Yale-NUS environmental social sciences professor Michael Maniates tells the EB Podcast that individual actions like going vegetarian, using less plastic or avoiding air travel are not only insufficient in saving the planet – they are counterproductive.

What does it mean to build a truly resilient food system? For two of the palm oil sector's leading experts, the answer lies not in ticking sustainability boxes, but in fundamentally reshaping the trust, partnerships, and long-term thinking that hold global supply chains together - especially as geopolitical and climate shocks grow more frequent and more severe.

Government must call on development finance institutions to tap on risk management tools to make the capital-intensive technology more investible, Global Wind Energy Council’s Ann Margret Francisco tells the EB Podcast.

On this episode of the Eco-Business Podcast, climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith talks to Robin Hicks about a career turning one of the world’s most complex and anxiety-inducing problems into something people can actually talk about – even laugh at. Tune in as we discuss: Is climate comedy getting harder? Should climate comedy now be called something else? How is comedy more effective than traditional forms of communication at changing behaviour? Are there elements of climate change that just aren’t funny? How does comedy get through to corporates? How does climate comedy persuade people to lead more environmentally aware lifestyles? Climate gags that bombed

In the latest episode of the Climate Tech in Asia series, Eco-Business speaks to Breakthrough Energy and Green COP about what the shifting geopolitical landscape means for the climate tech ecosystem in Asia.

Critical minerals will be a key part of the discussion at this year’s Asean, said environment assistant secretary Noralene Uy, as the Philippines ushers the region towards domestic processing of raw ore in its role as summit chair.

In the second episode of a new podcast series that profiles Southeast Asia's clean energy pioneers, Eco-Business spoke with Frank Phuan, co-founder of Singapore solar pioneer Sunseap and now founder of Equator Renewables Asia, a new company focused on unlocking cross-border green power.

As a global powerhouse for clean technology and green finance, China can do more to help Southeast Asia lower its greenhouse gas emissions and transition to net zero, says Dr Jeffrey Sachs, economist, Columbia University professor and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Tune in to this episode of the Eco-Business podcast as we discuss: - How the GBA can help finance Asean's energy transition - Asean's rise as a strategically important player - How China can improve its climate leadership - Why investing in climate action and data still matters

Capping methane release in the oil and gas sector is one of the fastest – and cheapest – ways to tackle climate change. But measurement mandates are first needed to abate the dangerous climate agitant, Viknesh Andiappan and Shareen Yawanarajah tell the EB Podcast.

In this episode of On the frontlines, which profiles the changemakers on the hard edge of sustainable business, Anita Neville, chief sustainability and communications officer of palm oil company Golden Agri-Resources, talks about how the job of the chief sustainability officer is changing, and the growing influence of finance over the role in the context of the palm oil industry.

At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. A veteran attendee of the climate conference explains why.

As the Philippines gears up to lead the Southeast Asian bloc next year, Departmet of Energy director Michael Sinocruz says the government will push offshore wind power to bolster cross-border renewable energy trade, while protecting marine life impacted by structures. An Asean bloc must be formed at COPs to drive such initiatives.