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Across Southeast Asia, sustainability reporting is entering a new phase as regulators move to align corporate disclosures with ISSB standards.

This week in Southeast Asia, renewable energy, carbon governance, and marine sustainability take center stage. Indonesia’s Danantara fund backs PLN to speed up green projects, while the government cracks down on illegal palm oil and mining.

A quieter form of tourism is taking shape in Southeast Asia — one that places greater emphasis on local communities, lighter environmental footprints, and experiences that don’t need a filter to feel meaningful.

The European Parliament voted on Dec. 17 to delay a key antideforestation regulation that was adopted in 2023 and originally supposed to be implemented at the end of 2024.

The COP30 climate summit has brought these minerals, and China’s central role, to the fore of just transition debates.

Thailand targets 100% plastic reuse by 2027. Both government and industry are preparing petrochemical producers for the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which may soon extend to plastics.

Whale tourism in Timor-Leste needs regulation, enforcement and legal compliance to ensure sustainable, inclusive growth, experts say.

The regional multi-sport event SEA Games, which began in Thailand more than six decades ago, returns this year to its birthplace with a new mandate to couple athletic excellence with climate-conscious hosting.

ASEAN once enjoyed spillover gains from the U.S.–China trade war during Trump’s first term. In the Trump 2.0 era, however, such third-party dividends are far more elusive, coinciding with the region’s broader push to green its supply chains.

Southeast Asia is highly exposed to floods, but weak funding and governance slow adaptation — and the shock will travel through global supply chains.