Malaysia

Malaysia's hospitals have been told to adopt green energy policies to lower energy bills. Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said 28 major hospitals would be using energy-saving methods to reduce electricity bills by 10 percent.

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic is investing MYR4 million (USD1.2 million) in the Panasonic Econation Centre, a a showcase for technology-based energy management innovations, it aims to educate Malaysian's on sustainable living

The world's palm oil industry is going through upheavals which bodes ill for the forests of south east Asia and is likely to have impacts as far away as Africa.The markets for palm oil are shifting, refined material prices are dropping, local tariffs are changing and the sustainable land-base is shrinking. These volatile market conditions are being faced by huge conglomerates, many of which have been implicated in breaking laws, ethics and green credentials in the past.

A carbon emissions' disclosure system is being developed by Malaysia as part of its green effort. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is helping the Malaysian government with a study to develop National Carbon Disclosure Program, reports Xinhua.

US solar photovoltaic imports from China fell dramatically in April while imports from elsewhere in Asian surged as a result of the imposition of anti-subsidy duties and in anticipation of anti-dumping and on Chinese-made products.