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Day: October 15, 2026

New global report finds top Malaysian banks score high on sustainability policy; but severe haze is prompting calls for regulation to level the playing field

KUALA LUMPUR October 15, 2026 — Forty years of empty promises since 1982 have culminated in today’s transboundary haze crisis, exposing how voluntary frameworks merely shield poor enforcement while fueling the destructive expansion of large monoculture plantations. This ecological emergency requires a systemic response. Yet, the financial sector, as revealed by a new global Forests &...
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Global Asbestos Campaign Wins in Brazil

The Brazilian Supreme Court has confirmed that Brazil’s 2017 ban on asbestos includes mining asbestos for export. Brazil now joins Canada as a large former producer of chrysotile asbestos, which has banned chrysotile from being mined, exported, used, or manufactured into asbestos-containing materials. With this decision, only Russia, Kazakhstan, and China remain major producers of chrysotile...
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