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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil audit hopes to clean up ‘very dirty’ Indonesian industry
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Smallholders
’ plantations are bought by middle-sized companies, for instance. And then these are bought by the large ones,” he said during a recent press conference. Ukay cited data from the KPPU show...
30 Jun 2022
Palm oil audit hopes to clean up ‘very dirty’ Indonesian industry
Press Releases /
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes
Consumers and companies across the planet are increasingly choosing cotton produced in accordance with voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) such as Better Cotton or Cotton made in Afric...
16 Jan 2023
Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes
News /
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest
The stream that supplied Indah Lestari's family with fresh fish has dwindled to a trickle since rainforest surrounding her farm was cleared by Indonesian soldiers - leaving behind a barren and eerie ...
28 Jul 2023
Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest
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Carbon & Climate
What are chief sustainability officers prioritising in 2024?
As the “alphabet soup” of reporting standards shows signs of consolidating with the launch of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s standards last year, chief sustainability office...
28 Feb 2024
What are chief sustainability officers prioritising in 2024?
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Policy & Finance
Land mismanagement lands communities near Malaysia's Gunung Inas in deep water
...
Smallholders
Development Authority (RISDA), 98 hectares of rubber plantations have been damaged as well, jeopardising the livelihoods of 140 local
smallholders
. Though longtime residents of nearby Ka...
26 Jul 2022
Land mismanagement lands communities near Malaysia's Gunung Inas in deep water
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests
...
smallholders
establishing oil palm plantations inside forest areas. The government estimates there are 3.37 million hectares (8.33 million acres) of oil palm plantations currently operating illegally ...
11 Feb 2022
Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests
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Lifestyle
Café culture and sustainable development in Southeast Asia
...
smallholders
who often receive low prices for their produce. Coffee roasters and international traders, in contrast, dominate the global coffee commodity chain and capture significant shares of the pr...
6 Dec 2022
Café culture and sustainable development in Southeast Asia
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia
From politicians’ speeches to policy documents and media reports, the terms "low-carbon", "net-zero", "carbon neutral", and "decarbonisation" have been making their way into climate discussions in Sou...
12 Apr 2023
Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia
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Food & Agriculture
Incentivising sustainability: Training
smallholders
to grow sustainable palm oil
...
smallholders
’ needs. Nicholls stressed: “Any effort to boost
smallholders
’ sustainability must also improve their livelihoods. We must treat
smallholders
as operating businesses.” “
Smallholders
are ke...
18 Jun 2021
Incentivising sustainability: Training smallholders to grow sustainable palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study
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smallholders
into the investment portfolio would also foster competition. “It also benefits governments when the invisible market or informal markets are better seen by government agencies when they c...
8 Mar 2022
Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study
Press Releases /
WasteX
WasteX to help SE Asia’s producers convert waste into higher-value products that fight climate change
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smallholders
and large producers, and unlock 3-5x more value for them,” said Pawel Kuznicki, the Founder and CEO of WasteX. He added: “WasteX would not have been possible without the rigo...
2 Sep 2022
WasteX to help SE Asia’s producers convert waste into higher-value products that fight climate change
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Food & Agriculture
Former RSPO CEO Beverley Postma appointed to lead Grow Asia
...
smallholders
in Asia, Africa and Latin America to improve the nutrition of staple crops, and held senior corporate affairs and marketing roles with Kellogg’s and Syngenta. She was also executive direc...
8 Nov 2021
Former RSPO CEO Beverley Postma appointed to lead Grow Asia
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Policy & Finance
Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors
...
smallholders
involved in logging and oil palm cultivation. These
smallholders
contributed one-fifth of Indonesia’s forest loss between 2001 and 2016. A 2020 study found that a cash transfer program fo...
17 Mar 2022
Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors
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Food & Agriculture
How does climate change threaten global food production?
...
smallholders
that tend to be overlooked by major crop breeding companies. But with the rising likelihood of concurrent weather extremes, local farming adaptation is only half the solution. If the bal...
6 Feb 2023
How does climate change threaten global food production?
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Manufacturing
Chinese standard tries to kickstart a sustainable rubber revolution
...
smallholders
. Talking with representatives from Southeast Asia at the 2019 Global Rubber Conference showed Sun Lihui and Zhang Junzuo that they should work with the
smallholders
of the Mekong basin, i...
4 May 2022
Chinese standard tries to kickstart a sustainable rubber revolution
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Food & Agriculture
Food early warning systems can stave off famines
...
Smallholders
and Agribusiness (CASA) Programme. The study notes that lessons from the Ukraine conflict — which highlights that unforeseen crises in key staple food production areas can rapidly lead to...
2 Dec 2022
Food early warning systems can stave off famines
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Food & Agriculture
Amid frenzied competition in alternative protein sector, hemp-based meat startup claims soy gives men 'man boobs'
...
smallholders
and Global North farmer and food processing workers from the conservation about how to reshape food systems. "We are seeing a massive shift in investments and innovations around alternati...
13 May 2022
Amid frenzied competition in alternative protein sector, hemp-based meat startup claims soy gives men 'man boobs'
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Food & Agriculture
Can a palm oil company have social impact?
...
smallholders
is more than 20 per cent higher than the average yield for
smallholders
in Indonesia. 1,733 scheme
smallholders
have achieved RSPO certification, covering 3,494 ha of land. 74 villages en...
22 Jul 2021
Can a palm oil company have social impact?
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Food & Agriculture
Small price increase in palm oil based products could save forests: Report
...
smallholders
claim none of the profits (see chart). Profit distribution in the palm oil value chain. Source: Chain Reaction Research
Smallholders
, which generate six per cent of the palm oil market...
15 Jun 2021
Small price increase in palm oil based products could save forests: Report
News /
Food & Agriculture
Who gets to define sustainable palm oil?
...
smallholders
remain the most challenging segment.
Smallholders
(both organised and independent) only account for about 22 per cent of all certified planted areas, while they cultivate nearly 40 per ce...
8 Jun 2021
Who gets to define sustainable palm oil?
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Waste Management
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing ‘donations’ from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Singapore-based circular clothing enterprise Cloop said it does not want to encourage dumping of cheap clothing that cannot …
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing 'donations' from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
New Singapore-based initiative aims to aggregate demand for high-integrity carbon credits and unlock financing for early-stage climate projects …
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
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Corporate Responsibility
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
At a youth festival in Singapore, students and young eco-preneurs discussed the state of the green jobs market …
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
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Energy
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
As nuclear energy returns, the government, universities and companies are training the next generation of engineers to operate …
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia’s TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
The world is spending only about US$200 billion a year on nature-based solutions, against an estimated US$700 billion …
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia's TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
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Energy
Coal-dependent Indonesia shows strongest public support for phasing out the fossil fuel
Despite being the region's largest coal producer and one of the world's biggest users of coal power, Indonesians …
Coal-dependent Indonesia shows strongest public support for phasing out the fossil fuel
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