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April 23, 2026
Singapore updates sustainability playbook for food manufacturers amid export pressures
Enterprise Singapore's updated sustainability playbook sets 2030 targets of 15–25% energy and water intensity cuts for the sector's 1,500+ companies, whose SGD 11.2 billion in sales are 65% export-dependent.
April 23, 2026Taiwan firms must factor energy risk into Southeast Asia investments, legal experts say
Baker McKenzie advisors say energy and power reliability are now board-level M&A considerations for Taiwanese companies expanding in Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia—with deal structures being rewritten to absorb fuel price volatility.
April 23, 2026Geopolitics and power pricing are rewriting investment decisions in the $800 billion data center boom
Energy prices and access to electricity are increasingly becoming key considerations for companies when selecting data center locations.
April 23, 2026Malaysia delays carbon tax as energy prices rise, prioritizes carbon market framework
Rising global energy prices are pressuring decarbonization efforts. Malaysia’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability said on April 21 that Malaysia will delay a carbon tax on industries to ease business cost pressures.
April 22, 2026The Iran war shows why Indonesia must accelerate its energy transition
Indonesia seeks to shield society from inflation while managing the fiscal deficit. The immediate policy responses must not detract from the country’s paramount transition toward renewable energy.
April 22, 2026RECCESSARY webinar: CBAM enforcement and green power gaps put Thailand, Vietnam manufacturers on the clock
Vietnam's EU steel exposure is 18x Thailand's, and factories using CBAM default values face EUR 616,000 more per 10,000-tonne shipment by 2030. RECCESSARY's webinar recap covers verified data infrastructure, CN code mapping, and DPPA execution risks.
April 21, 2026Data center water use to double by 2030: Whose water is AI drinking in India?
AI has epoch-making potential, but its data centres are being built on the thirst of those who already have the least, academics argue.
April 20, 2026Indonesia, Malaysia scale up alternative fuels to tackle energy supply challenges
Southeast Asian countries are accelerating efforts to scale up sustainable fuels in response to ongoing global energy disruptions. In Malaysia, the government is working with 19 biodiesel producers to expand output capacity.
April 20, 2026Asia's GDP growth could fall to 2.4% amid Middle East fuel risks, IMF warns
The IMF warns Asia's oil and gas imports—nearly 4% of GDP—leave the region most exposed to Middle East disruption, with growth potentially falling to 2.4% in a downside scenario.
April 17, 2026Vietnam’s EVN proposes deep FiT cuts to resolve $13 billion renewable dispute
Vietnam’s long-running feed-in tariff (FiT) dispute has entered a new phase, with state utility EVN proposing to apply “transitional tariffs” to renewable energy projects with controversy.