The energy industry has played a vital role in ASEAN’s economic story to date. Countries like Indonesia and Malaysia have depended significantly on their abundance of energy related commodities – such as coal and oil – for trade and economic growth. And the role of...
Pre-Covid, during pandemic phase and the recovery phase, as people become accustomed to the dynamism of working environment, it is imperative for the Organizations to be vigilant to change management. Bringing everyone through the journey of recovery fruitfully will require thoughtful planning of how to...
PATRONILLO GARCIA, WYNCY EUSTAQUIO, JUN DE DIOS The second Monday of May 2022 is coming in less than 250 days and in non-pandemic circumstances this would have been an optimal time for Filipino political aspirants to strategize their entry to the Malacañang palace. This early period...
Let’s re-cap The COVID-19 pandemic rolls on 20 months since it started. Our world hasn’t ended, but nor is it remotely approaching normal. Let’s re-cap, re-assess and consider the future for Asia and ASEAN. We’ll look at the global pandemic’s waves to date; some (terrible) statistics,...
Shifting to cleaner energy is an important decision of ASEAN countries as they are most vulnerable to climate change. With a 50% rise in energy demand within a decade the region stands at crossroads in terms of their collective energy future. As of 2019,, the...
A year after the pandemic, President Jokowi in April 2021 announced on Twitter, the design vision for the Presidential Palace – “Istana President” in the new capital through an animated video. The video shows that touchstone infrastructure for a modern and green Indonesia. “One of...
Myanmar's military seized power in the country on 1 February 2021, after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders. The fears of a military coup had been simmering in the Southeast Asian nation since the military disputed the results of the November...
It is mid-2021 and the world is still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Though with vaccine availability, not all hope is lost, but countries are still reeling under different waves, supply chain issues and economic paralysis. ASEAN has not been immune. The pandemic has been...
“ESG investment is a set of operational standards that refers to three main criteria in measuring the sustainability and impact of an investment in a company, namely environment, social and governance criteria”. - B Triyono (Gajah Madah University, Indonesia, 2018) This clear definition of a worthy goal...
Two ASEAN behemoths- Indonesia and Malaysia have joined hands to tackle the wounded global image of palm oil. The two countries produce 85 per cent of the world’s palm oil, globally used in shampoo, detergents, bread, vitamins, creamer, fuel, even animal feed (in just about...
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