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Asia Perspectives by Economist Impact

Alice Tong

Economist Impact combines the rigour of a think-tank with the creativity of a media brand to engage an influential global audience. We partner with corporations, foundations, NGOs and govern...

Episodes

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From silk road to skyscrapers: Charting the investment landscape between Asia-Pacific and the United Arab Emirates

The signs of a thriving business and investment ecosystem between Asia-Pacific and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are hard to miss. The two...

29:16Apr 16, 2024

Fandom and the creative economy

In this special podcast series on culture and the creative economy, Naka Kondo, editorial lead for global initiatives at Economist Impact sp...

36:53Mar 28, 2024

Overview: Roadmap to close the marine data pollution gap

Ocean pollution is a complex and multifaceted problem. It threatens ecosystems, human health and economies, but a lack of data about its imp...

25:02Mar 12, 2024

Clean construction: Tackling marine chemical pollution through technology

"The core concept really is that everything that gets discharged to the sewer, ends up in the environment, in one way or another" (Andrew Cr...

19:15Feb 26, 2024

Funding impact in Asia-Pacific

Increasingly more financial players are interested in tapping into the potential of ESG and impact investments in Asia-Pacific. To address s...

27:44Dec 18, 2023

Behind the Scenes: the sustainability of Australia's production ecosystem

Australia’s screen industry has been on a trajectory of an investment boom and demand for skilled production workers. This podcast features...

21:33Nov 27, 2023

Unlocking entrepreneurship in Asia-Pacific

On the global stage, India and China are becoming key players in terms of total number and valuation of startups, following the United State...

26:00Nov 13, 2023

Ensuring the role of science in the plastics treaty: insights from Global Plastics Summit

At our inaugural Global Plastics Summit held on Oct 11-12th in Bangkok, Naka Kondo, the lead editor of Back to Blue Initiative spoke to Winn...

17:05Nov 12, 2023

India’s time to shine? Opportunity and risk in India

In the last six years, India’s business environment rankings rose 10 places among the 82 countries assessed by the Economist Intelligence Un...

29:26Sep 27, 2023

Boosting ocean life's resilience to human impact - a conversation with Azul Bio

Back to Blue’s lead editor, Naka Kondo speaks to Ben Alva, the founder of Azul Bio, a startup developing microbiome-based treatments and pro...

22:29Sep 19, 2023

Limiting forever chemicals in drinking water

On March 14th 2023 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to establish legally enforceable levels for six types o...

16:13Aug 23, 2023

The Great Bubble Barrier

Back to Blue's lead editor, Naka Kondo speaks to Anne Marieke Eveleens, co-founder and chief strategy officer of the Great Bubble Barrier, a...

11:49Aug 15, 2023

How to invest in artificial intelligence in Asia-Pacific?

The era of AI has begun. Asia-Pacific’s spending on AI will reach around $50 billion in 2026. In the sixth episode of the series "Shelter fr...

26:31Aug 7, 2023

Ocean Census: Species discovery at speed and scale

Charles Darwin once dismissed the ocean as a ‘tedious waste, a desert of water.’ Some of his contemporaries disagreed. The brave Challenger...

22:22Jun 16, 2023

Opportunities for procurement in uncertain times

Against a backdrop of economic headwinds, peaking inflation and ongoing geopolitical tension, the world looks uncertain for business and par...

39:45May 24, 2023

What would a protracted war in Ukraine mean for Asia-Pacific economies?

The war in Ukraine is entering its second year, with no end in sight. In the fifth episode of the series "Shelter from the storm: Investing...

30:49May 9, 2023

Takeaways from the World Ocean Summit 2023

The World Ocean Summit is an annual global event run by The Economist Group, which brings together the wide ocean community, from business a...

19:43Mar 22, 2023

Peak plastics: bending the consumption curve

The world will continue to drown in plastic waste unless a bold and comprehensive set of policy changes is applied – this is according to Pe...

13:35Mar 14, 2023

Ocean Acidification: A crisis in the making

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 14, Target 14.3, calls for minimising and addressing the impacts of ocean acidification through co-ope...

41:20Mar 9, 2023

How to weather the coming recession

The late 2022 predictions of an impending global recession have not materialised, but the global economy is not out of the woods yet. In the...

21:45Feb 22, 2023