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Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge disbands

...smallholders use slash-and-burn techniques to clear land for plantations. IPOP, which was signed at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014, was an effort by the world's biggest palm oil growers an...

1 Jul 2016

Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge disbands

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

RSPO rules on community complaint against Wilmar unit

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has ruled that a unit of Singapore-listed palm oil giant Wilmar had violated indigenous community rights in Indonesia’s West Sumatra region, signalling p...

8 Feb 2017

RSPO rules on community complaint against Wilmar unit

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Palm oil's big issue: Smallholders

...smallholders, scheme smallholders have higher yields than independent smallholders, he said. Improving productivity on existing plantations reduces the need for farmers to expand into new areas. Barri...

23 Nov 2015

Palm oil's big issue: Smallholders

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Urbanisation can be a catalyst for rural development

Managing urbanisation sustainably poses new challenges and opportunities to recast food and agriculture systems in ways that benefit both cities and the countryside, according to a new report presente...

28 Mar 2017

Urbanisation can be a catalyst for rural development

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

NGOs dismiss IndoAgri sustainability policy as "corporate window dressing"

...smallholders, and third party suppliers. It supersedes IndoAgri's prior sustainable sourcing policies, which were announced in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Some of its commitments include getting all...

22 Feb 2017

NGOs dismiss IndoAgri sustainability policy as "corporate window dressing"

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Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Report finds a million "missing hectares" in palm oil industry

The world’s largest palm oil companies are not properly reporting the total land area they control, leaving almost a million hectares unaccounted for and vulnerable to destruction, a new report by Uni...

24 Mar 2017

Report finds a million "missing hectares" in palm oil industry

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Companies from Chanel to Ben and Jerry’s are benefiting from the new “carbon insetting” trend

Ten years ago, serendipity set Tristan Lecomte on his path to planting millions of trees around the world. Lecomte was CEO of the French organic and fair trade company Alter Eco, and his eco-conscious...

1 Feb 2017

Companies from Chanel to Ben and Jerry’s are benefiting from the new “carbon insetting” trend

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Governments must do more to help end deforestation in commodities supply chains

...smallholders and local companies were also seen as considerable challenges. Also, “The absence of global agreement on definitions and standards was seen as a problem; virtually every company we interv...

13 Apr 2017

Governments must do more to help end deforestation in commodities supply chains

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Palm oil giant Astra pledges sustainability reforms

...smallholders from their zero-deforestation pledges out of concern for their livelihoods. In response, IPOP has promised to balance forest protection with protecting smallholders and keeping Indonesian...

19 Feb 2016

Palm oil giant Astra pledges sustainability reforms

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

New approaches to sustainable palm oil

...smallholders only just behind at 4.75 tonnes. Compare this to the 1.5-2 tonne average achieved by smallholders outside of our supply chain and the enormous potential scope for improvement through bett...

23 Dec 2015

New approaches to sustainable palm oil

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

The US$5 trillion opportunity Asian businesses cannot afford to ignore

It was a heartening coincidence. As Asia’s business community was left wondering what the United States quitting the Paris climate change agreement might mean for their markets, a United Nations-backe...

5 Jun 2017

The US$5 trillion opportunity Asian businesses cannot afford to ignore

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

The climate finance architecture the world needs

The climate finance architecture—the system of specialized, public funds that help countries implement climate mitigation and adaptation projects and programs—is crucial if the world is to overcome th...

13 Mar 2017

The climate finance architecture the world needs

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Efficient agriculture, stronger economies in ASEAN

...smallholders, and the importance of harmonisation in crop protection regulations. By producing this paper, the global network partners of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Singapore...

28 Apr 2016

Efficient agriculture, stronger economies in ASEAN

Farmers in Pakistan use sms to warn of water

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Satellites and SMS help Pakistan’s farmers with smart irrigation

It is still beyond farmer Mohammad Ashraf’s comprehension that people in Islamabad can predict that it will rain in the next two days in his village. He is also astonished that, based on this predicti...

7 Aug 2017

Satellites and SMS help Pakistan’s farmers with smart irrigation

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Why the local food trend will not cut it in a climate change future

...smallholders. Yet it cannot stand alone; relying on a single cluster of high-rise buildings or peri-urban farms to provide a megacity with all the food it needs is just too risky. Instead, planning fo...

7 Mar 2017

Why the local food trend will not cut it in a climate change future

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers’ profits heat up

It is a hot and cloudless morning, a sign that it will be sunny right through the afternoon. Joseph Mailu moves along rows of fruiting mango trees with a long pole in his hand, harvesting the mature f...

22 Feb 2017

As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers’ profits heat up

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Sustainable food systems vital to achieving 2030 Agenda nutrition targets

...smallholders to markets.

19 Oct 2016

Sustainable food systems vital to achieving 2030 Agenda nutrition targets

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Researchers say natural regeneration an overlooked but low-cost option for forest restoration

Scientists and conservationists have long argued that, given the vast amount of degraded forestland in the tropics, large-scale and long-term restoration efforts are urgently needed, not just to help ...

14 Dec 2016

Researchers say natural regeneration an overlooked but low-cost option for forest restoration

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Certification is no ‘silver bullet’ to stop deforestation

After giving a talk expounding the benefits of sustainability certification in Singapore last week, Ben Gunneberg, chief executive officer of the world’s largest forest certification body, the Program...

11 Jul 2017

Certification is no ‘silver bullet’ to stop deforestation

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Our dying soils: The invisible crisis under our feet

...smallholders to multinational agricultural giants, says Montgomery. Even in commercial agriculture where economic reliance on a single agricultural commodity is core to the business, mulching and no-...

19 Mar 2018

Our dying soils: The invisible crisis under our feet

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Musim Mas stalwart Carolyn Lim joins palm oil rival Golden Agri-Resources

Lim has joined GAR to lead sustainability operations. Rob Nicholls has also left Musim Mas after several years …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Eight global climate tech start-ups to vie for S$4M in funding at The Liveability Challenge 2026

Ideas to keep cities cool and slash emissions were shortlisted in a record-breaking year for entries.
Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict

The Middle East conflict will have a double-whammy impact on Asean’s fertiliser imports and energy-intensive fertiliser production. The …
Berita / Tenaga

Renewables shift needed as Iran war exposes Asia’s fragile energy market: experts

As oil and gas firms reap windfall profits from wartime price spikes, regional climate advocates urge governments to …
Berita / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan

Iran war rips through Asia’s plastics market, boosting demand for recycled resin

A "huge" increase in demand for recycled plastic as virgin prices spike is complicated by stock availability, rising …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Former WWF sustainable finance head Kristina Anguelova joins The Nature Conservancy

Anguelova will work on establishing policies and partnerships for international carbon trading, based in Singapore.

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