CSR News
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ESG Book aims to shape the future of sustainability dataFinancial institutions including HSBC and Bridgewater Associates are backing a public database to simplify access to corporate sustainability data. 'ESG Book', created by data firm Arabesque, aims to standardise multiple corporate disclosures from around the world. -
Students for sustainability… Roots and Shoots club leader Raha IslamThis slow fashion advocate and Roots and Shoots club leader shares the importance of sticking to your beliefs and going against the grain despite meeting strong resistance at the beginning of her environmental activism journey.
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Rishi Kalra joins Accounting for Sustainability as co-chair of Asia Pacific chapterKalra, chief financial officer of agribusiness giant Olam, has become part of the global group of chief financial officers from large organisations which aims to embed social and environmental impacts in strategic planning. -
Marina Bay Sands recruits Chitra Venkatesh from WWF Singapore to lead education at ArtScience MuseumSingapore
Marina Bay Sands recruits Chitra Venkatesh from WWF Singapore to lead education at ArtScience Museum
Venkatesh moves on after six and a half years at WWF Singapore.
CSR Opinion
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Scoping out corporate carbon neutrality– Firms need to focus on slashing emissions from their own operations. They should use offsets that credibly remove greenhouse gases, and in the long run, stop using offsets altogether. -
Nature can't wait– Humanity is enmeshed in nature. Because we are capable of destroying it, we are responsible for protecting it. -
Finance must combat climate change - or else– Despite the increasing urgency of the climate crisis, many of the world’s most powerful financial actors have continued to invest in the fossil-fuel industry. But a new trend in the law is forcing institutional investors to decarbonise their portfolios – or be held legally accountable.
CSR Videos
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Sustainability One on One: Palm oil proponent Simon Lord in conversation with apparel futurist Pamela Mar
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Sustainability One on One: Palm oil proponent Simon Lord in conversation with apparel futurist Pamela Mar
– In the first in a new video series where sustainability leaders interview each other about the toughest things about their jobs, Simon Lord of Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of Hong Kong-based textile and apparel giant Fung Group. -
Combining old knowledge and new ideas in fishing in Kalimantan– Smallholder fish farmers in rural Kalimantan are turning towards sustainability, with some assistance from an agribusiness company.
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Meet the families working in Indonesia's palm oil industry– What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?
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Dodging falling fruit and venomous snakes: A day in the life of an oil palm harvester– Palm oil frequently makes headlines, but the faceless workers harvesting the fruit of the oil palm less so. What are the challenges of the job and how can their rights be safeguarded?
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