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Major road developments threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

...to build roads in the districts around Kerinci Seblat. “[T]he districts, now relatively independent from the central government, increasingly began to question the contribution of the park to district...

10 Aug 2017

Major road developments threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Don’t blame climate change for the Hurricane Harvey disaster—blame society

...tated coastal settlements, after which the storm stalled, dumping immense rainfall over Houston. At the time of writing, the confirmed death toll had just reached 14 and there are expectations that th...

4 Sep 2017

Don’t blame climate change for the Hurricane Harvey disaster—blame society

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why calling for a new climate deal isn't such a bad idea

...tions to adapt to climate change. “ What drove the drafters to imagine that the climate treaty would receive the attention it deserves with no enforcement mechanisms? The anticipation was that throu...

16 Jun 2017

Why calling for a new climate deal isn't such a bad idea

News / Carbon & Climate

Zombies out, cool tech in: Climate comics sketch new vision of warmer world

...ter cities to spaceships big enough to tow the earth a bit further from the sun. In each case, researchers and students together looked at the science behind the ideas, and then tried to determine whi...

7 Jul 2016

Zombies out, cool tech in: Climate comics sketch new vision of warmer world

News / Food & Agriculture

A growing problem, child malnutrition costs Philippines $7bn in a year

...that the combined losses, calculated with data from 2013, are more than triple the cost of damage inflicted by 15 natural disasters that hit the Southeast Asian country last year. "Stunting costs are ...

31 Aug 2016

A growing problem, child malnutrition costs Philippines $7bn in a year

Press Releases / 350.org

350.org on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

...t that climate change is striking harder and faster than many scientists predicted, and that its impacts are taking a higher toll on the most vulnerable communities. As important as marking that the ...

19 Jan 2017

350.org on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

Press Releases / Genie Recycling

Genie recycling provides advice on how to recycle clothes

...that the benefit is that the clothes will be reused, but the disadvantage is that the client needs to find time to drop off the clothes and shouldn't expect any payment for their good quality clothing...

22 Nov 2016

Genie recycling provides advice on how to recycle clothes

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News / Carbon & Climate

Climate trauma: The invisible cost of climate change

...ter started to enter the house from a tube that connects the cables of the satellite dish to the TV. At first, the amount of water was small. Then everything changed." Little did they know that right ...

3 Nov 2017

Climate trauma: The invisible cost of climate change

News / Manufacturing

Levi’s dreams big to lead change in the fashion industry

...tacle, though. The technology to turn worn cotton into a quality material that looks like denim hasn’t been invented yet. But Michael Kobori, the vice president of sustainability at Levi’s, is the opt...

15 Feb 2017

Levi’s dreams big to lead change in the fashion industry

News / Water

From waste to energy: Danish plant flexes the power of wastewater

...t water treatment plants - that convert wastewater and sewage into something that can go back into the water cycle - are energy hogs, with the race on to find technologies to cut electricity usage to ...

7 Apr 2017

From waste to energy: Danish plant flexes the power of wastewater

News / Water

Armed guards protect last water in drought-parched Indian city

...tes on water issues in the region. "The situation has never been so bad," he added. "This is for the first time that the tussle over water has degenerated into a battle of sorts. We fear the situation...

10 May 2016

Armed guards protect last water in drought-parched Indian city

News / Manufacturing

In India's quarries, workers die to make pretty garden tiles

...that our kids will get sick. But what are we to do? We are not educated that we can get other jobs," he said. After activists drew the attention of foreign buyers to the conditions in the industry, U....

11 May 2016

In India's quarries, workers die to make pretty garden tiles

Press Releases / EarthCheck

Ixtapa – a leading destination in the Americas

...tes that 73 per cent of consumers want to know about the sustainability of a destination. Saying you have a sustainable and pristine destination is not good enough. It is important that independent sc...

17 Aug 2016

Ixtapa – a leading destination in the Americas

Opinion / Waste

Getting rid of plastic bags: a windfall for supermarkets but it won't do much for the environment

...timate of current costs. Estimated current costs While retailers stand to pocket this saving, the switch to stronger, multi-use plastic bag brings with it its own costs. To begin with, the bags alone...

19 Jul 2017

Getting rid of plastic bags: a windfall for supermarkets but it won't do much for the environment

Press Releases / Green Trade Project Office

Taiwan Pavilion opens at PV Japan 2016 to showcase latest solutions

...tion and Sun Rise E&T Corporation, and the Building Integrated Photovoltaic System (BIPV) solutions from Desun Technology. Inventec Energy Corporation will present its latest light-weighted bi-fa...

29 Jun 2016

Taiwan Pavilion opens at PV Japan 2016 to showcase latest solutions

Press Releases / Larsen & Toubro

Larsen & Toubro launches Sustainability Report 2015 'In Harmony'

...t respected body in the field of sustainability reporting. This report is also externally ‘Assured’ (Sustainability term for audit) by Ernst & Young for complete integrity of data. Th...

10 Feb 2016

Larsen & Toubro launches Sustainability Report 2015 'In Harmony'

Jane Goodall panel discussion in Singapore, MES Theatre

News / Waste

Singapore’s plastic bag debate balloons at Jane Goodall lecture

...tressed that the responsibility for tackling the plastic bag issue was not the government’s alone. “ You’ve got to get to people’s hearts if you want them to change, not argue with them and tell them...

8 Aug 2017

Singapore’s plastic bag debate balloons at Jane Goodall lecture

News / Energy

As prices plunge, Africa surges into clean, cheap solar energy

...to other areas not connected to the national grid. "We have a third of Kenya's population living in the northern part of the country, which is also two-thirds of the total area of the country, and it ...

12 Oct 2016

As prices plunge, Africa surges into clean, cheap solar energy

family crosses flooded street in Pakistan

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The mullah-led development model

...ttom-up solutions dictated by recipients? With the Trump administration proposing to cut the US State Department’s budget and reduce the amount of money various US agencies allocate to the world’s poo...

20 Apr 2017

The mullah-led development model

News / Corporate Responsibility

Building a ‘coalition of the willing’, one person at a time

...tomers is that we want the same quality with the same durability, just with the same price and just hell of a lot more sustainable. That's what our customers want and if we can't give it to them, we h...

16 Dec 2016

Building a ‘coalition of the willing’, one person at a time

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