Asia’s Opportunity to Innovate Today, Nourish Tomorrow
Contributed by: Kate Blaszak, Director – Protein Transition/Sustainable Food Systems, ARE A perfect storm on our plates This Friday is World Food Day, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has chosen a fitting theme:...
Indonesia's Energy Transition is Short of Confidence, Not Just Capital
By Wai-Shin Chan, Director of Research, Asia Research & Engagement When Sumatra experienced two major transmission grid failures within the space of a month earlier this year, it exposed more than a vulnerability in Indonesia’s electricity...
Asia Can't Afford to Wait for the Perfect Climate Plan
By Tiffany Qin Ting, CFA, Senior Manager, Investor Liaison The gap between climate ambition and action remains significant, and nowhere is it potentially more consequential than in Asia. Every year, the world’s green finance community meets...
From Disclosure to Delivery: Why Continued Engagement Will Shape China’s Agri-food Transition
Authored by Stella Chang, Agri-Food Transition Director, China Asian supermarket aisle (Source: Canva) China’s agri-food sector is entering a more demanding phase of transition. Across Asia, food companies are increasingly being assessed not only on product...
How Dairy Quietly Shapes India’s Protein Diet
Authored by Rituj Sahu, Director, Protein Transition, India When India speaks about dairy, it’s typically in the language of livelihoods, cooperatives, and rural incomes rather than nutrition policy. Yet, if we look at production data alongside...
Asia’s Protein Test: Turning Planetary Science into Financial Strategy
Contributed by: Rituj Sahu, Director, Protein Transition, India & Pongsagorn (Art) Satjipanon, Protein Transition Manager, Thailand When the EAT-Lancet Commission released its updated report in October 2025, much of the global discussion focused on the familiar headline:...
The Work That Lies Ahead
Contributed by: Mira Cordier, CFA, Research Manager, Energy Transition, ARE. 2025 marked a turning point in Asia’s energy transition — not because a single breakthrough emerged, but because a widely promoted false solution began to fall...
COP30 quietly marked a turning point for food systems, but not in the way headlines suggest
Contributed by: Rituj Sahu, Director, Protein Transition, India What stood out in Belém wasn’t a single “breakthrough text” but a cumulative shift. Food and agriculture finally moved from a side event to the central infrastructure...
北京超市可持续蛋白调查报告：进展可见，转型机遇已现
作者：赵一凝，ARE蛋白转型项目实习生 审阅与方法论支持：Kate Blaszak，ARE蛋白转型项目总监，Dave Luo，ARE蛋白转型项目经理 PLANT-BASED DAIRY Walmart Wumei Olé RT-Mart Yonghoi Chaoshita Metro Freshippo Sam’s Club fudi Availability 1.01 Is the product offered? ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 1.02 Are there...
Beijing Supermarkets Scorecard: Sustainable protein survey shows signs of progress and a clear opportunity for retailers
Scorecard and Author: Yining Zhao, ARE China Protein Transition (PT) intern Reviewer and Methodology: Kate Blaszak, PT Director Dave Luo, PT Manager PLANT-BASED DAIRY Walmart Wumei Olé RT-Mart Yonghoi Chaoshita Metro Freshippo Sam’s Club fudi Availability...
