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Half of rubber trade agrees to new policies to cut deforestation, human rights abuses from supply chains

...smallholders do not bear the burden of switching to sustainable practices. The higher cost of sustainable production has slowed the adoption of better practices in other sectors such as palm oil. Clea...

23 Sep 2020

Half of rubber trade agrees to new policies to cut deforestation, human rights abuses from supply chains

Berita / CSR

‘Mind-boggling’ that female garment makers are not paid a living wage: SukkhaCitta co-founder and CSO Bertram Flesch

Every day, the average consumer is bombarded with marketing and advertising that pushes the newest trends. Statistics point to how apparel sales have risen in recent years, in response to drastically ...

12 May 2023

‘Mind-boggling’ that female garment makers are not paid a living wage: SukkhaCitta co-founder and CSO Bertram Flesch

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

...smallholders and industrial growers, albeit at a reduced frequency, and pay them for it. Before the pandemic, smallholders delivered their rubber twice a month and were paid within a week of the deliv...

16 Jul 2020

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Deforestation surge continues amid worsening uncertainty in Myanmar

Carved out of the of the narrow isthmus that connects the Malay Peninsula to the rest of mainland Southeast Asia, Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region rises from the Andaman Sea in the west to the fo...

27 Aug 2021

Deforestation surge continues amid worsening uncertainty in Myanmar

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

One in five hectares of palm oil in Indonesia is criminal, report shows

Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, owes a substantial slice of that output to criminal deforestation, according to a new report showing that a fifth of its plantations are illegally ...

12 Nov 2021

One in five hectares of palm oil in Indonesia is criminal, report shows

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Coffee farmers in dire straits; large roasters and traders must step up: Report

The largest coffee companies in the world including Nestle, Starbucks, Lavazza and UCC are failing to report transparently on their sustainability commitments and are doing too little to improve the l...

16 Jan 2021

Coffee farmers in dire straits; large roasters and traders must step up: Report

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

UN report: land degradation now affects half the world’s population and economy

...smallholders, who are paid annual incentives to plant and maintain trees. Since it began in 2009, it has involved nearly 1,000 subsistence farmers, and 20,000 trees have been planted, earning more tha...

4 May 2022

UN report: land degradation now affects half the world’s population and economy

A palm oil mill in Southern Papua, Indonesia

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Will China produce its own palm oil?

...smallholders can use simple oil pressing equipment designed for peanuts to produce crude palm oil. Zeng says that while China is not ready for large-scale oil palm planting, it can start with small-sc...

9 Feb 2022

Will China produce its own palm oil?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Food crisis 2022: the many rethinks needed to feed the world

First went wheat and corn, when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, resulting in beseiged ports and trade embargoes. The two countries exported a quarter of the world’s wheat and a sixth of the world’...

1 Jun 2022

Food crisis 2022: the many rethinks needed to feed the world

Berita / Pengangkutan

Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’

The term “invasive alien species” refers to a species that human activities have enabled to move into a region outside its native habitat and that has established a self-sustaining population there, w...

15 Sep 2023

Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’

Oil palm plantations in Sarawak as seen from a plane.

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

...smallholders, since very few of them have been mapped despite accounting for 40 per cent of all palm oil production. “Despite the many challenges, I’m optimistic palm oil could be the first major defo...

2 Nov 2021

Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

For years, Indian farmer Chape Hanumaiya struggled to grow anything on his tiny plot of land—it was caked in the thick, red dust drifting from the iron ore mines that surrounded it. But today, Hanumai...

22 Sep 2021

In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020

...smallholders. Although most refiners and traders have made commitments to eliminate NDPE risks from their supply chains, it is unrealistic to expect full NDPE compliance before 2025 or sooner, because...

23 Nov 2020

Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020

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Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition

Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD), China Agricultural University and Zhejiang University jointly announced the launch of the 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition, an agricultural technology competition with the ai...

10 Aug 2021

Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

Nature was given prominence at the UN COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. It was the focus of the first major announcement at the world leaders’ summit which opened the talks, when more than 130 countries...

11 Jan 2022

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

...smallholders To help smallholders make the transition to more sustainable natural rubber cultivation, which includes paying workers fair wages, clearing land without burning it, and using fewer chemi...

15 Apr 2020

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Why India is neglecting its methane problem

Last month at COP26 in Glasgow, more than 100 countries pledged to reduce global methane emissions by 30 per cent by the end of the decade, compared to 2020 levels. If implemented in full, scientists ...

3 Dec 2021

Why India is neglecting its methane problem

palm oil farmer Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimtan, Indonesia

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

...smallholders is increasing faster than that of state-run and private plantation companies. A 2019 study by the Center for International Forestry (CIFOR) on smallholders in West and Central Kalimantan ...

29 Apr 2020

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

Bargaining Role Play on gender roles in agriculture in Saptari, Nepal.

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture

...smallholders, however, often have low bargaining power because of gender norms and structural disadvantages such as lower literacy levels. In agriculture, this could limit women's ability to negotiate...

29 Dec 2020

Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

Despite its low nutritional value, approximately 100 billion portions of instant noodles are eaten every year. But what if you could make this convenience food healthier, good for the planet and uplif...

5 Oct 2020

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

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Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn

Studio EB At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could …
Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb

India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis.
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Singapore’s Sembcorp eyes $4.3bn acquisition of Australia’s Alinta Energy

The Singapore firm has said it would buy the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned firm, but there are no …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Singapore dominates Southeast Asia’s green startup landscape, report finds

New mapping of climate firms shows region rich in solutions but constrained by grids, finance and coordination.
Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Three reasons why China wants global green leadership after COP30

China wants to lead the climate agenda on its own terms – exporting clean tech and influence, while …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Climate change in court: cases to watch in 2026

Lawsuits are reshaping climate justice following landmark 2025 rulings, with cases rising in the Global South.

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