Opinion / #palm oil
Policy & Finance
Nature risk is financial risk
With investors already confronting the consequences of environmental instability, there can no longer be any doubt that nature risk is financial risk. Asset owners, central banks and institutions like the International Monetary Fund have a responsibility to integrate this awareness into all their activities.
Transport
Can the shipping industry decarbonise?
As the UN’s shipping regulator explores ways to decarbonise global shipping, biofuels aren’t the green alternatives they are portrayed to be.
Food & Agriculture
Reconciling Indonesia’s food sufficiency ambitions with climate commitments
As Indonesia forges ahead with plans to become an advanced economy, an honest reckoning needs to occur, to ensure that it does not squander its vast environmental resources for short-term gain.
Manufacturing
Fast fashion has a serious coal problem
A handful of fashion brands – H&M, Ralph Lauren, Decathlon and Adidas – are working to stop using coal to power their factories in 2025, while others are prioritising decarbonisation at lower levels of ambition.
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