Eco-Business Podcast
Podcast by Eco-Business
Episodes
August 5, 2025 • 27 mins
Eco-Business spoke to Hang Lung Properties deputy director of sustainability John Haffner for the latest episode of On the frontlines, which profiles change-makers on the hard edge of sustainable business.
Tune as we discuss:
Discipline and sustainability spending
Are our sustainability targets too weak or too ambitious?
How do you justify your job?
Managing greenwashing risk
Advice for sustainability aspirants
Burnout risk
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The EB Podcast spoke to Dr Bosco Chan, WWF Hong Kong's head of conservation, and Dr Stephan Gale, head of flora conservation at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, about threats to Hong Kong's unique biodiversity from mega-projects.
We discussed:
Conservation with Dr Bosco Chan
The state of Hong Kong biodiversity: reasons for concern
The Northern Metropolis development – what will it mean for Hong Kong's wildlife?
How can develope...
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On the latest edition of On the frontlines, which profiles changemakers on the hard edge of sustainable business, Aun Abdullah tells the EB Podcast when corporate India cannot retreat from climate action at a time of conflicting priorities.
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May 21, 2025 • 22 mins
In the third episode of ‘On the frontlines’, the Christer Gaudiano, sustainability chief of Meralco’s power generation arm says Filipino companies show no sign of backtracking on their sustainability pledges.
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April 29, 2025 • 22 mins
In our series 'On the frontlines', which profiles changemakers on the hard edge of sustainable business, Hendrik Rosenthal, CLP’s sustainability director, tells the EB Podcast that open dialogue with internal stakeholders is key to transitioning a company that has committed to a complete exit from coal by 2040.
Tune in as we discuss:
Recycling, Chernobyl and Canadian wastewater: Rosenthal’s route into sustainability
Where does s...
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Podcast with climate scientist Professor Benjamin Horton.
Tune in as we discuss:
Horton’s career in climate science, built in the US, shaped by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy
How the US and Singapore view climate science differently
Why the attack on climate science in the US matters to Asia
The private sector’s response to climate policy
Why businesses need climate scientists
Climate risks, Singapore and Hong Kong compared
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April 17, 2025 • 27 mins
Despite a drop in high-profile cases of greenwashing, Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher tells the EB Podcast that the problem isn’t going away, it’s just changing form.
Tune in as we discuss:
Is greenwashing really in decline?
Why has greenhushing spread to Asia?
The vulnerability of the EU Greens Claims Directive
Why has the finance sector been the fastest to respond to greenwashing risk?
Is greenwashing awareness growing?
Is...
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April 15, 2025 • 19 mins
A podcast with the chief executive of World Resources Institute Ani Dasgupta on tariffs, funding cuts, climate finance and the COP climate talks
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April 11, 2025 • 25 mins
Fireside chat with Dr Mark Konyn, Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA Group with Jessica Cheam, CEO, Eco-Business
Hong Kong plays a pivotal role in Asia's growth, serving as a major hub for sustainable development investments. Leveraging its robust financial infrastructure and strategic position in the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong has emerged as a gateway for international investors seeking to capitalize on Asia's — and particularl...
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April 8, 2025 • 23 mins
Interview with the chief sustainability officer of one of India's largest conglomerates
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April 3, 2025 • 25 mins
Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.
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March 18, 2025 • 40 mins
On the podcast, moderated by Eco-Business associate editor Robin Hicks:
Adelia Dinda Sani, freelance contributing writer and multimedia journalist, Deutsche Welle
Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez, Philippines chief correspondent, Eco-Business
Gerald Flynn, Southeast Asia staff writer, Mongabay
Nadiah Rosli, freelance environmental journalist and capacity development programme manager, Ocean Discovery League
Tune in as we discuss:
The ...
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February 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 – Cyclone Yasi – struck.
Tune in as we discuss:
Why a Sin...
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February 4, 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:
2025’s sustainable finance and investment outlook
Do g...
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January 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 environment low-carbon solutions – what works?
Isn’t the o...
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January 6, 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 impacts on the environmental rights of Indonesians an...
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November 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 grasslands.
But community leaders lobbied for their ...
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November 6, 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 align with EUDR?
What about smallholders?
What to expect f...
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November 5, 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 climate efforts are sufficient. But others want a longer ti...
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October 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
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