The quota for the Net Energy Metering (NEM) programme under the domestic category, known as NEM Rakyat, has been increased by an additional 100 megawatts (MW), bringing the total quota allocated since the programme's inception in 2011 to 600MW.

NEM Rakyat quota increased by 100MW to 600MW — ministry

The Gombak-Hulu Langat (GHL) Geopark was declared the first national geopark in Selangor by Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah last November. This brought the total to 10 national geoparks and two Unesco Global Geoparks (UGGp) in the country.

However, this brings to question whether a geopar...

Environment: Can geopark status protect natural sites?

Increasing scrutiny on ESG has led to a global rise in litigation against companies that commit greenwashing. At the same time, several countries are coming up with regulations and guidelines to prevent the activity.

Malaysian companies have also been accused of greenwashing, which is t...

Regulations: Should Malaysia have a law against greenwashing?

The question many are asking today is: Is DEI still relevant? The short answer is — now more than ever! International Women’s Day 2025, with the theme “Accelerate action” and celebrated globally in March, reaffirms the commitment to powering progress and impact through diversity, equity and inclu...

Views: Is DEI still relevant?

In January, during a routine firefly survey in Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Jack Tan, a research assistant and master’s student in environmental science at Monash University, unintentionally rediscovered a firefly species last seen a century ago in Malaysia. His find marks the nin...

Biodiversity: Protecting fireflies in urban forests

Of the many threats to the survival of tigers in Malaysia, one of the most overlooked is the decline of its primary prey: the sambar deer, one of the largest deer species in Southeast Asia. Marked by a dark brown coat and large antlers in males, sambar deer are vital in sustaining the population ...

Cover Story: Saving the Malayan tiger by protecting its prey

Mayamode, a co-working fashion design space, is the central hub for the Fashion Design Technology course at Taylor’s University in Subang Jaya. It is home to a community of aspiring designers who are sewing and weaving fashion and sustainability into their creations.

The Fashion Design ...

Fashion: Sewing sustainably

Low Yuan Heng, founder of YHL Aquatic, was inspired to start his shrimp farming business in 2018 when he came across research from the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the University of British Columbia on the environmental impact of shrimp consumption.

Shrimps are either caught in...

Circular Economy: Making aquaculture more sustainable

Datuk Shah Redza Hussein, whose career in conservation spans close to 30 years, took on the role of CEO at the Malaysia Forest Fund (MFF) in January this year to fulfil his goal of attracting more funding to the conservation of forests in Malaysia.

Shah Redza is perhaps best known for h...

Profile: A conservationist in search of solutions

(May 20): Some of the world’s leading natural gas producers pitched their fuel as the solution to countries grappling with expanding use of intermittent renewables to cut their emissions.

Gas giants pitch their fossil fuel as best way to curb emissions

KLUANG (May 20): Malaysia’s palm oil waste industry has the potential to generate up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, according to Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

Malaysia’s palm oil waste can generate up to 1,000MW of energy, says Johari

As much as 303 million metric tonnes per year of new high-emitting blast furnace capacity is under development, especially in major steel producers India and China, new research showed, suggesting it will still make up the vast majority of production by 2030.

Global steel sector lagging on green transition as coal-powered production rises, research shows

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (May 19): Brazilian environmental agency Ibama said on Monday that it approved Petrobras' concept of an emergency plan to assist local fauna, in case of an oil spill in the Foz do Amazonas basin, putting the firm closer to a licence to drill in the area.

Petrobras closer to environmental licence to drill in Foz do Amazonas basin

KLANG PORT (May 19): The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) will intensify port controls, particularly at Port Klang, to block the entry of illegal waste.

Nik Nazmi: Stricter port enforcement to prevent Malaysia from becoming a dumping ground

IJM Corp Bhd (KL:IJM) on Friday announced that its unit New Pantai Expressway Sdn Bhd has received the government’s approval to build the 15km fully elevated extension to the New Pantai Highway which was previously scrapped by the government.

IJM wins govt go-ahead for previously scrapped New Pantai Highway extension

Property developer Paramount Corp Bhd's (KL:PARAMON) net profit surged 87.2% to RM14.4 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 (1QFY2025) from RM7.71 million a year earlier, primarily driven by the improvement in the property segment.

Paramount Corp 1Q net profit surges 87% on higher property sales

An earnings report from semiconductor giant and artificial intelligence (AI) bellwether Nvidia takes centre stage for Wall Street in the coming week, as stocks hit a speed bump of worries over federal deficits driving up Treasury yields.

Nvidia earnings in focus next week as rising US yields, debt rattle markets

TIME dotCom Bhd (KL:TIMECOM) posted a marginal 2.1% increase in net profit to RM112.99 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 (1QFY2025) from RM110.67 million a year earlier, on sustained demand for its data and connectivity services, particularly from the retail segment.

TIME dotCom’s 1Q net profit up 2.1% on retail-driven data demand

InNature Bhd (KL:INNATURE) — operator of The Body Shop stores in Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia — is seeking to acquire The Body Shop business in Singapore from The Body Shop International Ltd (TBSI).

InNature seeks to acquire The Body Shop in Singapore

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac), through Tourism Malaysia, is organising the ‘Malaysia Photo Hunt 2025’ photo and video competition from June 1 to Aug 31, as part of efforts to intensify the promotion of tourism destinations in the lead-up to Visit Malaysia 2026 (TMM2026).

Tourism Malaysia organising Malaysia Photo Hunt 2025 with prizes worth RM400,000

Investors should buy the sell-off in long-dated Treasuries as the government is likely to heed warnings from bond vigilantes to bring its debt under control, according to Bank of America Corp’s Michael Hartnett.

BofA’s Hartnett says buy the dip in Treasuries as yields top 5%

SAM Engineering & Equipment (M) Bhd (KL:SAM), which manufactures production equipment and aerospace products, saw its net profit for its fourth financial quarter ended March 31, 2025 (4QFY2025) slip 2% to RM25.59 million from RM26.1 million a year earlier, on lower profit contributions from the equipment and aerospace segments.

SAM Engineering ends FY2025 on weaker note, pays 2.8 sen dividend

Eco World International Bhd (KL:EWINT) has teamed up with JLand Group (JLG), part of Johor Corporation, for its first project in Malaysia.

Eco World International inks first local deal after shift to Malaysian market

Eco-Shop Marketing Bhd (KL:ECOSHOP) rose 6% on its first day on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, after the dollar-store retail chain lowered the offering price of its shares.

Eco-Shop Marketing ends Main Market debut with 6% gain

YTL Power International Bhd's stock (KL:YTLPOWR) fell on Friday as investors reacted to a set of weaker-than-expected results. Parent company YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTL) also declined.

YTL Power, YTL Corp down amid weak quarterly results, analyst downgrades

KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): Lawyers for the late Tun Daim Zainuddin’s family have questioned the basis for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)’s recent comments that the former finance minister’s undeclared assets should be seized.&nbsp;

Lawyer questions basis for MACC’s comments that late Daim’s undeclared assets should be seized

Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Bhd (KL:LCTITAN) signed a three-year contract to purchase up to 400 kilotonnes (KT) of naphtha annually from Aramco Trading Singapore Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco.

Lotte Chemical Titan signs three-year contract to buy naphtha from Aramco

A Luxembourg court on Thursday fined Edmond de Rothschild over RM119 million for the bank's role in a money-laundering scandal involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), Agence France-Presse reported.

European bank fined RM119m over role in 1MDB scandal by court in Luxembourg

KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): The family lawyer of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh is perplexed by the authorities' assertion of her role as a witness, given remand order and travel ban imposed before her abduction.

Family lawyer doubts abducted Pamela Ling’s status as witness for MACC

KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has initiated contempt of court proceedings against former attorney general (AG) and sitting apex court judge Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh, over an alleged order which allows the ex-PM to serve his jail sentence under house arrest.

Najib initiates contempt proceedings against ex-AG Ahmad Terrirudin over addendum order

KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): Sunway PKNS Sdn Bhd has celebrated the topping-off of both 45-storey towers at Sunway d’hill Residences, with grocer Mercato confirmed as anchor tenant for the development’s retail component.

Topping-off milestone at Sunway d’hill Residences, grocer Mercato set to anchor retail component

The dollar headed for its first weekly fall in five weeks against major currencies on Friday and long-dated Treasury yields stayed elevated, as US debt concerns that have mounted for years started driving moves in currencies and global debt.

Dollar under pressure, all eyes on Treasuries as US fiscal anxiety rises

Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd on Thursday granted Pharmaniaga Bhd (KL:PHARMA) a three-month extension up to Aug 29 to implement its&nbsp;regularisation plan.

Pharmaniaga gets three-month extension to implement regularisation plan

Oil and gas services provider Velesto Energy Bhd (KL:VELESTO) has bagged a contract worth over US$90 million (RM383 million) to provide drilling rig services for the PC Ketapang II Ltd, PC North Madura II Ltd and Petronas North Ketapang Sdn Bhd programme in Indonesia, under which the group will assign its Naga 8 jack-up rig.

Velesto Energy bags US$90m job to provide drilling rig services

The Attorney General’s Chambers on Friday said it is considering setting aside imprisoned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application to institute contempt proceedings against former AG Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh.

AG’s Chambers considering setting aside Najib's contempt application against ex-AG Terrirudin

US&nbsp;President&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa

AME Elite Consortium Bhd (KL:AME) has proposed to provide up to RM100 million in financial assistance to Suling Hill Development Sdn Bhd, a 50%-owned jointly controlled entity of its wholly owned subsidiary Northern Industrial Park Sdn Bhd.

AME Elite to provide up to RM100m financial assistance for Penang industrial park project

BANFF, Alberta/OTTAWA, Canada/BENGALURU (May 22): Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven (G7) democracies papered over their differences on Thursday, pledging to address "excessive imbalances" in the global economy and saying they could increase sanctions on Russia.

G7 glosses over tariffs, pledges to cut global economic imbalances

Petronas Dagangan Bhd (KL:PETDAG) posted a 29.8% increase in net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 (1QFY2025), on higher Jet A1 aviation fuel and diesel sales from its commercial segment which offset declines in its retail segment.

Petronas Dagangan’s 1Q profit up 30% on stronger commercial fuel sales, lower costs

STERLING, Virginia/LONDON&nbsp;(May 22): Buyers of US President&nbsp;Donald Trump’s&nbsp;meme coin&nbsp;converged&nbsp;from around the globe on Thursday for an exclusive dinner at his private country club, overlooking the Potomac River, just outside the nation’s capital.

Wealthy foreign crypto investors descend on Trump's golf club for US$148 mil meme coin dinner

Hextar Global Bhd (KL:HEXTAR) reported an 11.18% increase in net profit to RM13.5 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025, supported by improved profit margins at its specialty chemicals and agriculture segments with better sales mix.

Hextar Global’s 1Q profit rises 11% on better margins at specialty chemicals and agriculture segments

The Ministry of Human Resources (Kesuma) is currently reviewing the proposal to raise the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65, said minister Steven Sim.

HR Ministry studying proposal to raise retirement age — Steven Sim

ocus Point Holdings Bhd (KL:FOCUSP) said the ongoing tariff turmoil could work in its favour by boosting its bargaining power with suppliers while the company continues to grow its network.

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