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Indian women braid straps for big brands in conditions 'worse than sweatshops'

...t of the payment as commission. “ Their situation is worse than a sweatshop, because at least in the sweatshop they don't have to pay for electricity and water and rent and they get paid regularly. I...

5 Aug 2016

Indian women braid straps for big brands in conditions 'worse than sweatshops'

News / Food & Agriculture

Facebook post inspires landmark case for migrant workers in Thailand

...that they chose to sleep in hammocks in the room next to the chicken warehouse. "They play on the Wi-Fi, then go and look at their chickens. They don't have to work, but they just might think that if ...

16 Sep 2016

Facebook post inspires landmark case for migrant workers in Thailand

Press Releases / UPM Umwelt-Projekt-Management GmbH

New Study on Co-benefits of UPM's Sichuan household Biogas PoA

...tternsSDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsSDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertificat...

3 Feb 2017

New Study on Co-benefits of UPM's Sichuan household Biogas PoA

News / Food & Agriculture

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

...tor, Rockefeller Foundation The state Department of Agriculture estimates that 30 to 50 per cent of harvested fruit in Kenya goes to waste due to poor post-harvest handling. The majority of Kenya's s...

22 Feb 2017

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

News / Policy & Finance

Australian aid cuts may hit Asia-Pacific development

...t organisations, they rarely think about government aid. “The general population of Australia is pretty uninformed about international aid programmes and what it does in terms of contributing to a bet...

25 May 2017

Australian aid cuts may hit Asia-Pacific development

News / Carbon & Climate

4 ways to resist climate change deniers

...ts warned that the government needed to pay more attention to climate change due to its potential to fuel conflicts globally. Leading economists have also noted that the cost of taking action to fight...

10 Feb 2017

4 ways to resist climate change deniers

News / Corporate Responsibility

Companies in climate probe could lose investors: Philippine Human Rights Commission

...to the petition, the CHR in October this year sent notices to the companies mentioned in the petition, requesting them to attend the 11 December meeting to discuss how the investigation will be conduc...

14 Dec 2017

Companies in climate probe could lose investors: Philippine Human Rights Commission

Videos / Lifestyle

The comic video that shows Singapore's food waste problem is no laughing matter

...This means that they do not earn enough money to put food on the table throughout the whole month," Ng said. Quite a stark contrast to Singapore being a country with the largest concentration of milli...

28 Jun 2016

The comic video that shows Singapore's food waste problem is no laughing matter

News / Transport

End of the road for Volvo’s purely petrol and diesel-powered cars

...tteries that can be charged from a plug point, mild hybrids don't have an electric motor and battery storage. Rather, they have a combustion engine with an electric starter motor that turns off the en...

11 Jul 2017

End of the road for Volvo’s purely petrol and diesel-powered cars

News / Food & Agriculture

As millions go hungry, India eyes ways to stop wasting $14 billion of food a year

...trict of Uttar Pradesh state. "A small quantity of good quality rice is mixed with rotten portion to increase the volume and sold to us at subsidy. It is better to starve than to eat rodent-infested f...

5 Jan 2018

As millions go hungry, India eyes ways to stop wasting $14 billion of food a year

News / Manufacturing

Send children 'to work' at school to end child labour in India - activists

...toring more difficult," said Venkat Reddy of the M V Foundation, a charity in the coalition. The coalition's guidelines urge the private sector, civil society and government to work together on interv...

3 May 2017

Send children 'to work' at school to end child labour in India - activists

News / Energy

Skin powered by the sun? Energy-saving prosthetic limbs get better feeling

...thetic skin, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The technology could also increase the functionality of robots, allowing them to have a better understanding of what they touch and interact with, ...

27 Mar 2017

Skin powered by the sun? Energy-saving prosthetic limbs get better feeling

News / Carbon & Climate

As rural Sri Lanka dries out, young farmers look for new job options

...to be substantial, with more than a quarter of the country's labour force working in agriculture, a sector that contributes 8 percent of GDP, the report said. The situation is worst in villages like A...

21 Aug 2017

As rural Sri Lanka dries out, young farmers look for new job options

Press Releases / Spintelligent

National Water Week and World Water Day: are PPPs the solution?

...tation targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, improve the environmental footprints of utilities and municipalities in response to the Paris Agreement. The water track at Af...

20 Mar 2017

National Water Week and World Water Day: are PPPs the solution?

Opinion / Energy

Energy efficiency: Why not enough is being invested

...toward a decarbonised energy system. For that pathway to emerge, the IEA estimates that global energy intensity must improve 2.6 per cent annually until 2030. The IEA’s projection is consistent with t...

13 Oct 2017

Energy efficiency: Why not enough is being invested

News / Lifestyle

What to read, watch and listen to this Earth Day

...that collates data on environmental, economic and demographic indicators. Check it out for quantitative insights into everything from air pollution to income inequality to social attitudes like trust,...

21 Apr 2017

What to read, watch and listen to this Earth Day

News / Policy & Finance

Fears of SDG clashes overblown, study finds

...t's being written: in the first place, they have not contributed to it.” He added that Nigeria has resorted to creating a special unit to translate such reports. But Nilsson says that at this stage, t...

14 Jun 2017

Fears of SDG clashes overblown, study finds

Farmer under agricultural training in Thailand

News / Food & Agriculture

Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication

...the audience raised the possibility that digitisation could leave agriculture exposed to cyberattacks, such as the recent Ransomware attacks that shook internet-connected infrastructure all over the w...

14 Jul 2017

Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication

Videos / Policy & Finance

'Stand up for someone's rights today,' UN urges on Human Rights Day

...ting that human rights are also at the heart of the work of the UN. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948. One of its foundations is the notion that everyone is entitled to the...

12 Dec 2016

'Stand up for someone's rights today,' UN urges on Human Rights Day

News / Carbon & Climate

From traffic jams to floods, can Indonesia's 'Big Durian' be fixed?

...tructure and public transport to keep pace with its expansion. In addition to its infamous congestion - which is often cited by traffic studies as the worst in the world, and costs the city an estimat...

27 Nov 2017

From traffic jams to floods, can Indonesia's 'Big Durian' be fixed?

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