Water

Malaysia’s 10-year chip design goal is facing ‘ultimate test’: economy minister

The government is experimenting with new frameworks to help Malaysian firms move into chip design and higher-value activities

A corn field in Indiana in the US. Yield growth for the three main cereals – corn, rice and wheat – has nearly flatlined over the past five years.

World’s food security is facing a triple threat

Humanity’s risk of starvation is going up with falling crop yields, strained water supplies and restrictive food trade

Across South-east Asia, many cities seek foreign investment in the form of data centres, but must therefore grapple with the facilities’ insatiable demand for water.
BRUNCH

South-east Asia seeks data centre investments – but must reckon with their thirst

With rapid data centre growth straining the region’s water supply, the race is on for alternative water sources and cooling technologies.

The Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant in Singapore.

Singapore considering sixth desalination plant to safeguard water security

PUB says a tender will be called on Dec 26 for a study for such a facility

The move is the latest development in an ongoing scandal surrounding the Nestle owned brand since French media reported last year that Perrier and many other mineral water producers had been illegally treating their water to prevent contamination.

Is Perrier ‘natural’ mineral water? French court to decide

New filtration system is part of a broader dossier awaiting approval from local authorities

While pipe replacement delivers the deepest structural reduction in non-revenue water – treated water lost through leaks, theft or inaccurate metering – it can be prohibitively expensive.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Satellites can spot Malaysia’s water leaks, but can they fix them?

Digital tools can buy time, but without major pipe renewal, Malaysia will keep losing water faster than it can save it

A wildfire rages on Studeno mountain above Danilovgrad, Montenegro, Aug 15, 2025. Europe "continues to face degradation, overexploitation and biodiversity loss", noted the EEA, which compiled data from 38 countries across the continent for its report.

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report

EUROPE is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to protect its environment and improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union’s environment agency warn...

Bond markets penalise companies that stay on track for their climate targets, an MSCI analysis shows.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 157: Bond markets penalising decarbonisation; Pictet AM eyes adaptation, water investments

This week in ESG: MSCI analysis finds higher spreads for emissions-cutting firms; Pictet sees megatrends in climate change, power demand

Not all forms or uses of AI are equally important, even as the infrastructure required for such technology exacts a heavy environmental toll.
THINKING ALOUD

Trivial AI use can have devastating climate consequences

The unthinking use of resource-guzzling generative AI is bad not just for brains, but the planet

Cedric Lecamp leads Pictet Asset Management's water strategy, which marks 25 years in 2025.

Robust growth drivers for listed equities in water and environmental solutions: Pictet 

[GENEVA] While themes such as digital and robotics have been leading the way in financial performance in recent years at Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM) – a pioneer in thematic equities – the asse...