1. Thailand moving ahead with plastic scrap import ban

2. The Future Of Sustainable Aquaculture In Emerging Markets

3. Seminal Biosciences Emerges from Stealth Mode With Cacao-Free Cocoa Butter

1. Australia’s seafood trade group picks target countries for export growth

2. WEF launches Crypto Sustainability Coalition with Stellar Lumens and Avalanche to battle climate change

3. British American Tobacco publishes ambitious roadmap to reach Net Zero by 2050

In this podcast episode, you will learn about:

1. Scientists grant a second life to durable plastics

2. Pensana's new ESG strategy, a blueprint for sustainable rare earths

3. China launches environment-monitoring satellites into space

In this episode, you will learn about: 

1. H&M and Decathlon Netherlands promise to adjust sustainability claims on products

2. BMW Group's latest sustainability and circular loop strategies

3. Nike and Ant Group joining hands to encourage sustainability.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

1. Indonesia, Norway ink deal to reward rainforest protection

2. ESG Reporting Standards at Exchanges

3. Expedia Group Launches New Global Social Impact & Sustainability Strategy

4. Vietnamese exporters urged to go green to optimise UKVFTA 

1. Lego invest USD$1 billion in Vietnam; and

2. Amata to develop Lao smart estate

In this episode, I share about the following:

1. How a startup is planning to tackle the plastic waste situation with their seaweed product; and

2. Survey on the adoption of ESG standards and its impact on businesses. 

In this episode, I shared about the following:

1. Japan's latest business strategy for the country's data centres; 
2. Data centres' quick shift to harnessing renewable energy sources;
3. Business case of owning a data centre and the gradual uptake in using colocation faciltiies; and
4. How ESG and Sustainability ratings and concerns might affect data centres in general and its potential impacts to data centres in Asia Pacific region.

In this episode, I shared about:

1. The mining operations of cryptocurrency; 

2. How crypto-mining is linked to sustainability; and

3. What can the mining community do to reduce their operations' environmental impacts. 

In this episode, I shared about: 

1. China's plan to produce Green Hydrogen; and 

2. New Zealand's reluctance to produce Green Hydrogen.

This is the introduction episode to our "ESG and Sustainability with Han-Jun" series. Please support us as we work hard to bring you the latest insights, mostly from Asia Pacific region.  

In this episode, I shared about:

1) Indonesia's recent initiative to install solar-powered LED street lighting across South Sumatra; 

2) its implications on urban planning; and

3) the market of these products in the future. 

In this episode, I shared about the following:

1. Glitter as a form of microplastics and how microplastics in general pollute our environment; and

2. Global temperature rise leading to bleaching of coral reefs and its impact on the fishing sector. 

In this episode, I shared about the following:

1. The use of bamboo as a construction material and some of the considerations in doing so; and

2. The general situation of deforestation in Southeast Asia and its contributing factors. 

In this episode, I share about the following:

1. Construction of waste-to-energy power plant in Tangerang city in Jakarta; and 

2. Australia's recent controversy with the exporting of "waste" fuel to developing countries. 

In this episode of ESG and Sustainability, I shared about the following:

1. Air-to-water refilling stations around Dubai Metro and shopping malls; and

2. Basic concept of water footprint. 

In this episode, I share about the latest ESG report by the Responsible Mining Foundation and also talked about general ESG risks in the mining sector as well. 

In this episode, I shared about China's latest policy to regulate its enterprises with yearly ESG reporting. 

In this episode, I talked about:

1. Bluescope achieving ResponsibleSteel Certification and how this trend will affect ESG certifications in the future; and 

2. Using steel in packaging, and recycling and reusing this material therefore reducing offload to landfill.