Environment

‘Convergence’ growing on global plastics treaty: UN environment chief

Volunteers pick up trash as they participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day along Baseco Beach…

How single-use plastic still rules the world

Each year the world produces around 400 million tons of plastic waste, much of it…

Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants amid food shortages

HARARE — Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces an unprecedented drought that has…

Germany blocks carbon credits after suspected fraud in China

BERLIN—German authorities said on Friday that they had stopped delivering carbon credits to several companies…

Biodiversity degradation has ‘modest’ impact on banks so far, says BSP

Biodiversity losses only have a “modest” impact on the Philippine banking system, the Bangko Sentral…

BASIC bloc hits ‘leadership void’ on climate action, finance

SINGAPORE—Rich countries have left a “leadership void” in climate politics and must provide trillions of…

Geopolitical dimensions of climate policy

Starting in the 1990s, climate change has become a fixation for rich country politicians and…

Toyota conducts reforestation, livelihood development in Siniloan

Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) Corp., the country’s automotive leader, has expanded its nature conservation efforts…

We must act vs climate change, poverty, and hunger

The Asia-Pacific region is faltering on decades of progress in reducing poverty and hunger. Increasingly,…

ESG: Keeping PH firms in the path of sustainability

These days, investors are not just in it for the return on their investments, or…