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'Trying to follow the money': Opacity rules in Southeast Asia's land rush, finds study

As the rush for land in Southeast Asia continues at breakneck speed, often bringing with it social and environmental destruction, a new study by a major environmental research group explores how well ...

16 Jun 2015

'Trying to follow the money': Opacity rules in Southeast Asia's land rush, finds study

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Fighting haze and deforestation in our own backyard

...smallholders to clear land by burning. Timber and oil palm planted on cleared land are supplied to large firms and, throughout the supply chain, many benefit from the burning - still the cheapest way ...

30 Sep 2015

Fighting haze and deforestation in our own backyard

Berita / CSR

Strategic value creation: Asia's new CSR frontier

For many decades, charitable giving to social causes has been a mainstay of the global corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement. But more businesses are realising that traditional philanthropy ...

2 Sep 2015

Strategic value creation: Asia's new CSR frontier

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

What would it take to mainstream "alternative" agriculture?

The industrialized food system, studies have shown, is linked to greenhouse gas emissions, algal blooms, pesticide pollution, soil erosion and biodiversity loss, to name a few ecological troubles. Add...

27 Jul 2016

What would it take to mainstream "alternative" agriculture?

Press Releases / CSR Asia Ltd.

Conflicts over land in Asia

...smallholders and fair practices in integrating small producers in value chains is a key focus for sustainable business practices in both agriculture and aquaculture where small producers often lose ou...

2 Jul 2014

Conflicts over land in Asia

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Industrial concessions causing massive deforestation in Cambodia

Land concessions for large-scale agricultural plantations are stripping off Cambodia’s forest cover, according to a new report by Forest Trends, a US-based environmental protection group. By the end o...

28 Ogo 2015

Industrial concessions causing massive deforestation in Cambodia

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Four ways to support locally controlled forestry and benefit people and the planet

...smallholders and increasing the scale of production and the quality of products; identifying adequate models of cooperation for smallholders, such as through cooperatives, federations and other arrang...

23 Mei 2014

Four ways to support locally controlled forestry and benefit people and the planet

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

China farming boom has left ecosystems in danger of total collapse

...smallholders, probably involving a more efficient coordination between agencies. Global problem But there’s a larger-scale context to this problem that may affect us all. China’s grain production has ...

27 Feb 2015

China farming boom has left ecosystems in danger of total collapse

Press Releases / CottonConnect

Cotton sustainability: Significant opportunity for brands in China

CottonConnect says the shifting cotton market in China offers a valuable window of opportunity for international companies to invest and build a more resilient cotton supply in one of the world’...

26 Feb 2015

Cotton sustainability: Significant opportunity for brands in China

Berita / CSR

Olam charts new path towards responsible growth

Please tell us, in a sentence, what it is you do. In my role as global head of corporate and sustainability communications, I am tasked with building and protecting reputational capital for Olam Inte...

13 Apr 2015

Olam charts new path towards responsible growth

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

RSPO orders Golden Agri to stop new palm oil development

The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) on Wednesday ordered Singapore-based palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources to prove that its operations on a controversial concession in Indonesia have ad...

9 Mei 2015

RSPO orders Golden Agri to stop new palm oil development

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

PepsiCo signs contract-farming MoU with VN potato growers

PepsiCo Foods Vietnam Co (PFVC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnamese Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) and the Phivang Collaboration of Farmers in Vietnam ...

13 Okt 2014

PepsiCo signs contract-farming MoU with VN potato growers

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

5 things about palm oil expansion in the Philippines

...smallholders in planting this crop, which is different from their usual produce of either coconut, sugar, cacao and others. The working group recommended that the government increase education and tra...

30 Jul 2014

5 things about palm oil expansion in the Philippines

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

New ZSL toolkit boosts transparency for palm oil

...smallholders and the locations of mill sites to aid traceability and accountability. “We hope that more oil palm growers will consider their scores on the toolkit and discuss this with us,” said Horne...

19 Nov 2014

New ZSL toolkit boosts transparency for palm oil

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Who will pay for ecosystem services?

...smallholders will always be the wobbly leg on the PES negotiation table. While some exciting examples show how finance can be tapped, care needs to be in place. Deals must be fair, with meaningful inc...

29 Jan 2014

Who will pay for ecosystem services?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Biofuel development should not compromise food security, says CFS

...smallholders." The 7-11 October meeting drew nearly 750 people, including over 130 government delegations, 100 civil society and 50 private sector organizations. Following the talks, the CFS also agr...

14 Okt 2013

Biofuel development should not compromise food security, says CFS

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Using a cross-sectoral landscapes approach to improve forest livelihoods

...smallholders all over the world already use a landscape approach to managing resources, and the good news for them is that we have now, at last, actively embraced it too,” said Christine Padoch, direc...

21 Nov 2013

Using a cross-sectoral landscapes approach to improve forest livelihoods

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

The GMO dilemma

“The first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.” So said Norman Borlaug. Borlaug, a biologist and Nobel laureate, has been credited with saving a billion lives. Thro...

8 Jul 2014

The GMO dilemma

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Land rights: Both prerequisite and incentive for smallholder-based REDD+

...smallholders are often not the primary drivers of Amazonian deforestation – but they are a part of the picture, as clearing the forest is often used as a way to establish rights to land. In fact, Braz...

5 Nov 2013

Land rights: Both prerequisite and incentive for smallholder-based REDD+

Press Releases / CSR Asia Ltd.

Lifting the lid on the cocoa industry

...Smallholders can find better returns growing other commodities. Consumers, who have a growing passion for chocolate products, will ultimately pay a greater price if the industry does not shift to an i...

11 Jul 2014

Lifting the lid on the cocoa industry

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Pax Silica must not deepen inequality as the Philippines pursues AI ambitions, women in energy transition say

The United States-led partnership must embed climate justice, gender equity and community participation from the outset to ensure …
Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Will the US climate war with Canada become global?

For the first time, a great power has moved to price transboundary climate-driven harms–massive wildfires–and extract compensation unilaterally.
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Philippines pushes AI hub, gas, and nuclear to boost investment

In his fifth state of the nation address, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr elevated AI-driven Pax Silica project, …
Berita / Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat

Global sustainability hiring holds steady despite tougher business climate, survey finds

Profession grows more senior and diverse, but political backlash and regulation weigh on practitioners.
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

‘Climate adaptation is economic investment, not a cost’: UNDP senior official

United Nations Development Programme's Edward Vrkić warned that underinvesting in adaptation could be far costlier, as Malaysia develops …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Sentosa to host Asia’s first experiential climate adaptation hub as Singapore seeks public feedback on national plan

Singapore's National Adaptation Conversation will shape the country's first climate adaptation plan, due in 2027.

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