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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

AXA’s group chief innovation officer Hassan El-Shabrawishi debates sustainable finance with Henrik du Toit, chief executive, Investec Asset Management

News / Policy & Finance

Sustainable finance: Making good business out of doing good

...tions indicating that the firm will not hesitate to vote against companies that ignored environmental, social and governance issues to protect clients’ long-term economic interests. Referring to an in...

13 Jun 2017

Sustainable finance: Making good business out of doing good

Press Releases / The Crowd

86 per cent of London’s corporate sustainability experts want to remain in EU

...t to leave, and 5 per cent were unsure. Was it a victory for remain or for intelligent debate? What startled us most was the positive atmosphere in the room after the debate. With much of the nationa...

2 Jun 2016

86 per cent of London’s corporate sustainability experts want to remain in EU

Opinion / Lifestyle

Dove's failed ad isn't Unilever's only blemish

...th the body wash prominently positioned in the foreground. The firm swiftly put out a statement saying it “deeply regret(s) the offence” it caused, and that "the video was intended to convey that Dov...

11 Oct 2017

Dove's failed ad isn't Unilever's only blemish

Press Releases / Environmental Investigation Agency

South Africa's rhino horn trade plan a gift to criminals?

...t regulations that would legitimise and regularise domestic trade in and, under certain circumstances, export of rhinoceros horn. In addition, the DEA also published draft regulations that prohibit t...

15 Mar 2017

South Africa's rhino horn trade plan a gift to criminals?

News / Cities

Slum dwellers squeezed out of India's ambitious Smart Cities plan, activists say

...tivist with Lok Raj Sangathan in Dharamsala. The city's mayor told reporters there was no option but to relocate residents, that due process was followed, and that they had been given enough time to m...

4 Oct 2016

Slum dwellers squeezed out of India's ambitious Smart Cities plan, activists say

Press Releases / 350.org

350Africa on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

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

24 Jan 2017

350Africa on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

Press Releases / Green Trade Project Office

Taiwan to present latest solutions, host conference at PV Japan 2016

...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-fac...

16 Jun 2016

Taiwan to present latest solutions, host conference at PV Japan 2016

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian farmers befriend soil to protect harvests from climate stress

...ture is at the mercy of extreme weather such as that brought by the El Nino climate pattern. "El Nino did not affect those practicing conservation agriculture, but those who weren't suffered a lot," t...

7 Jun 2017

Indonesian farmers befriend soil to protect harvests from climate stress

Press Releases / Marcus Evans

Smart Cities conference successfully kicks off in Incheon

...tic and international delegates to the event. Subsequently, the Keynote Mayoral Address by Hon. Cho Dong-am, Vice Mayor, Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea exceptionally set the tone for the event...

25 Oct 2016

Smart Cities conference successfully kicks off in Incheon

News / Green Buildings

New research labs open doors to greener living

...tifying ways to mitigate the environmental impact caused by external tropical elements and weather conditions. One research project that will take place at the T² Lab is an experimental study on integ...

14 Apr 2016

New research labs open doors to greener living

Press Releases / Reef Worlds Inc

Add art reefs, and watch habitat and revenue thrive

...tar resorts have one-star waterfronts,” says Douglas. Reef Worlds estimates there are 500,000 square miles of resort oceanfront with limited appeal to adventurous tourists due to rampant habitat...

20 May 2016

Add art reefs, and watch habitat and revenue thrive

Press Releases / Sustainability Knowledge Group

The transition to the GRI Reporting Standards

...the 17th meetup that will discuss the transition from the GRIG4 Guidelines to the GRI Standards, which aspires to be the 1st global standard for sustainability reporting! What are the changes in the ...

6 Feb 2017

The transition to the GRI Reporting Standards