Environmental sustainability is critically important to saving both money and energy, while also boosting brand reputation to attract talented staff and investors. An ongoing series of disruptions, from climatic to viral to technological to geopolitical, have made sustainability an essential issue across the business world. Yet even beyond reasons of self-interest, the reality of resource […]
The pandemic has had a massive global impact on commodity prices in general, with South-East Asian countries experiencing heavy fluctuations that continue to burden many businesses with heavy losses. As another COVID wave approaches, commodity traders and other businesses in South-East Asia must pay close attention to the key trends that are causing such fluctuations, […]
Natural gas, a relatively cheap commodity during the pandemic last year, has skyrocketed to record highs in price this year – due to an increase in demand and shortage in supply as entire regions gear up for a post-pandemic economic recovery. Asia’s spot liquified natural gas (LNG) price under the Japan-Korea Marker stood at less […]
Carbon trading has long been a key factor in shaping the industrial economy, and its impact is set to rapidly grow as countries redouble their efforts to forestall global warming. Since the 1990s, governments around the world have agreed to reduce total carbon emissions in an effort to slow the effects of climate change. Europe’s […]
As part of a cleaner path forward for business, the move toward renewable energy means incorporating green solutions like biofuels and hydrogen. Biofuels are produced from agricultural plants and waste, and emit less pollution compared to traditional non-renewable energy sources like coal, oil, and natural gas. Hydrogen is another efficient and clean source of energy, […]
