Sustainability journalist, shark nut, cat servant, West Ham fan.
Joined April 2012
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Jun 11
Joining a strong a panel to talk about using words to protect nature in #Singapore – not an easy place to be a writer.
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Jun 4
Impact investing in Asia ‘small but accelerating’ as #Iranwar fuels climate and food resilience. But debate persists over what qualifies as #impactinvesting — and how it should be measured. eco-business.com/news/impact…
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Jun 4
NGO launches to support Bintan marine protected area as industrial park looms. It launches with startup funding from island resorts in Indonesia’s Riau archipelago. It aims to raise awareness of protected marine park in an area hit by heavy industry. eco-business.com/news/ngo-la…
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Jun 4
For US$100m a year, which includes the build-out costs of river plastic interceptors, “we can get clean oceans,” says @BoyanSlat, founder of @TheOceanCleanup, an NGO on a mission to rid the seas of plastic trash. “We don't see ourselves as a replacement, but as the quick fix.”
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May 29
‘For US$100m/year, we can get clean oceans’, says @TheOceanCleanup founder @BoyanSlat. The 31-year-old engineer responds to criticism that his NGO focuses downstream of the bigger problem with a “quick fix” and claims he can clean the ocean in a decade. eco-business.com/videos/for-…
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May 25
‘Show me the money’ – this is what sustainability has become: CIMB CSO Luanne Sieh. @ecobusinesscom podcast eco-business.com/podcasts/sh…
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May 21
Microplastic found in @Nestle and @Danone baby food, according to @Greenpeace investigation greenpeace.org/international…
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May 19
Demand among youth for careers in #sustainability is strong, but the pipeline of green jobs is tightening as corporate climate commitments weaken, firms consolidate #ESG roles, and #AI automates work once managed by junior execs.
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May 14
As conflict in the Middle East drives energy prices up, Singapore’s companies should adopt technologies that lower their electricity use and emissions, says minister eco-business.com/news/singap…
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May 12
Singapore sustainability consultancy CEO cites #ESGbacklash, corporate retreat from decarbonisation and burnout among #sustainability professionals as firm winds down. eco-business.com/news/singap…
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May 11
As tech firms race to frame #AI as key to solving the #climatecrisis, the deployment of AI tools to curb the energy intensity of the technology is not keeping pace with the sector’s voracious appetite for power, @IEA study finds. eco-business.com/news/ais-en…
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May 10
Eating plastic bags might have killed this cow. I noticed this carcass in a field in Ranthambore, Rajasthan a few days ago. There are about 5m free-roaming cows in India that forage through rubbish.
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Apr 30
Our #podcast series 'On the frontlines', which examines the mounting pressure on Asia’s chief #sustainability officers to demonstrate their value in the @realDonaldTrump era, won best use of audio at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards. eco-business.com/news/eco-bu…
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Apr 27
.@Crocs says used shoes will be donated or recycled in its first takeback scheme in Southeast Asia. Observers raise questions about #traceability and suggest the programme could drive further #consumption. eco-business.com/news/crocs-…
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Apr 10
Singapore firm signs deals in Indonesian to scale #biofuel. Sweet sorghum plantations are to be grown on depleted bauxite mines in Bintan. It can used as biofuel & green #naphtha, an ingredent for plastics in short supply #IranWar.
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This NASA visualization shows the CO2 emitted into the earth's atmosphere clarifies who is responsible for the climate crisis: we, the Global North.
There is not time to wait. #ActOnClimate
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Apr 6
Rising costs, consumer apathy and slowing climate action are holding Singapore’s #SMEs back on #sustainability – but for some, being green is a competitive edge that boosts the bottom line. eco-business.com/news/singap…
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Apr 3
Iran war rips through Asia’s plastics market, boosting demand for recycled resin. A “huge” increase in demand for #recycledplastic as virgin prices spike is complicated by stock availability, rising freight costs, and pressure on the informal sector. eco-business.com/news/iran-w…
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Apr 1
Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa is to end sourcing dolphins from the wild and halted a breeding program. The firm is assembling a team of experts to decide the future of 20 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins taken from Solomon Islands. news.mongabay.com/2026/03/si…
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Mar 31
Singapore's resources recovery scheme risks being a waste of resources; 2,000 reverse vending machines made from metal and plastic, weighing 800 tonnes and costing S$30m, will be deployed to recover metal and plastic containers.
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