An organisation's environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices provide a vital metric for where investors should park their funds, according to RHB Research. So how are Malaysian businesses approaching sustainability, and how does this affect their bottom line?

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It’s been more than a month since the dreadful floods that severely affected homes and businesses in the Klang Valley. It’s no longer trending on Twitterjaya; the community campaigns to clean, feed and aid victims have slowly dwindled down, but those affected are still reeling from the loss of their homes and livelihoods.

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The Malaysian youth (18-35 years old) population has been through many crises over the past couple of years alone - politically and economically in particular - and yet they seem to still be retaining a sense of optimism overall. The ASEAN Youth Survey 2021 by Redhill sheds some light on this.

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After a huge volcanic eruption severed Tonga’s lone connection to the global internet, a difficult repair job, delving deep into the ocean, lies ahead.

What impact will this have on the economy of the island nation, and what measures might be taken elsewhere to ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again?

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Online retail is constantly evolving, and social media has become a pivotal part of the online shopping journey. While platforms like Instagram were used mainly for advertising products in the past, it has quickly turned into its own e-commerce platform, providing consumers with a more personalized shopping experience. Online shopping is here to stay, but it seems like social commerce is the form it’ll take moving forward.

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Digital transformation has only accelerated because of the pandemic. So what comes next? What are the key steps for SMEs to ensure that they don’t fall behind in the digital space?

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Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) is suggesting structural policies to the government to facilitate the adoption of e-commerce strategies, particularly by small and medium enterprises, taking the lessons from the pandemic years.

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Many of the food trends that are likely to dominate in 2022 have been spurred forward and in many cases – accelerated – by the Covid-19 pandemic. So will these trends continue to soar and surge even as the pandemic meets its highly-anticipated decline? Or will new, independent food trends emerge, entirely unrelated to the pandemic? We discuss.

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With the recent slew of floods that have devastated the nation, we take a look at the possible solutions, and how technology could be (and has been) used to assist in emergency situations like these.

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The number of unemployed people in the country fell to the lowest since April 2020 on an improved economic climate following the easing of lockdowns nationwide.

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