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Despite consensus, plastic continues to pile up
News, Edwin Seah & Natalie Harms, Published on 26/04/2021
» Plastic pollution is never far away in Southeast Asia. It's in the streets, the rivers, the forests, the beaches and almost anywhere else you care to look. According to a 2018 United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) analysis of plastics production, demand and waste, half of the world's plastic is produced in Asia and around 40 per cent of all plastic is consumed in the Asia-Pacific region. It is clear the region is at the heart of the global plastic waste crisis.
It's time to decarbonise your portfolio
Asia focus, Dr James Gifford and Edwin Tan, Published on 19/04/2021
» Climate change has rapidly become a key focus for investors and the financial industry. More than US$100 billion worth of sustainable bonds were issued globally in the first half of 2020 alone.
What families can teach wealth managers
Asia focus, Viola Steinhoff Werner and Edwin Tan, Published on 28/09/2020
» The recent, and in some countries, still ongoing lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak have seen families thrown together in a way many have never been before, both globally and in Thailand.