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PETRONAS: Growing green shoots in the oil and gas industryThe first energy company in Asia to set a net zero goal is among major oil and gas firms expanding investments in cleaner and renewable energy. So what are its plans to bring about a greener future? -
'In the DNA': How social entrepreneurs are getting creative in pandemicOn Social Enterprise Day, businesses that do good are in focus for their innovative work to help communities affected by Covid-19.
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For sustainable business, how do ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules?The Science Based Targets Network, an initiative of the Global Commons Alliance, recently launched a corporate engagement programme to help companies set science-based targets that could help protect biodiversity and climate. -
Palm oil giant Korindo accused anew of illegally burning Papuan rainforestAn independent investigation based on satellite imagery has concluded that palm oil giant Korindo deliberately set fires to clear rainforest in its concession in Indonesia’s Papua province.
CSR Opinion
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Fighting climate change with bamboo– Bamboo is a surprisingly effective carbon sink and is being promoted by the government as a uniquely Chinese solution to climate change. -
Rethinking resilience in business– Instead of trying to strengthen their ability to resist change, companies must learn how to adapt and adjust if they are to continue to exist as employers, value creators for shareholders, and trusted members of communities around the world. -
While governments take a Covid-induced time out from sustainability, businesses should notSoutheast Asia
While governments take a Covid-induced time out from sustainability, businesses should not
– Gone are the days of shareholder primacy when all that mattered were financial returns. In this new era of corporate sustainability, no issue unites stakeholders as urgently as climate change does.
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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