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News / Food & Agriculture

From weddings to the Olympics, the race to end food waste quickens

...t to the airport it gets sorted there for the cosmetic standards," said Robert Opp, head of innovation at WFP. "An estimated 25 per cent of that food, about 75 tonnes a day, is rejected," he told the ...

9 Aug 2016

From weddings to the Olympics, the race to end food waste quickens

Tigis and pv taiwan opening ceremony 2016

News / Manufacturing

Taiwan 'fights' for a greener future

...ted through its use will be sent to the grid as electricity. This year's TiGiS was held together with the 2016 Taiwan International Photovoltaic Exhibition, which showcased the latest solar PV systems...

17 Oct 2016

Taiwan 'fights' for a greener future

Press Releases / ENGIE

ENGIE and Ferrostaal join forces in Mongolian wind farm project

...tributes to the country’s ambitions to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 14 per cent. This objective was defined by the Mongolian authorities in the Intended National Determined Contributi...

6 Nov 2016

ENGIE and Ferrostaal join forces in Mongolian wind farm project

News / Waste

Plastic bag ban in Singapore sparks consumer backlash

...th some threatening to boycott the company until it reinstates the service. CarePrice, the most popular supermarket chain in the city-state of 5.4 million, implemented the “Fantastic no-plastic” regim...

1 Apr 2017

Plastic bag ban in Singapore sparks consumer backlash

Opinion / Lifestyle

Can tourism alleviate global poverty?

...the right questions may also send an important signal over time that tourists care about their impacts. Tourism will never end poverty. But if governments, industries and consumers start paying attent...

18 Jul 2017

Can tourism alleviate global poverty?

News / Waste

Cigarettes, tampons, toothbrushes: The company that wants to recycle everything

...t also sells the raw materials to industrial users. And for the cigarette butts it collects, the company composts the paper and tobacco components after shredding the waste, and turns the filter, whi...

5 Dec 2016

Cigarettes, tampons, toothbrushes: The company that wants to recycle everything

Erik Solheim, executive director, United Nations Environment Programme.

News / Policy & Finance

We need to engage business 'like never before', says new UNEP head

...tion that attempted to resolve the conflict between the government and separatists in 2002. In this interview, Solheim talks about how Asian businesses are adapting to the United Nations’ Sustainable ...

6 Jan 2017

We need to engage business 'like never before', says new UNEP head

Videos / Policy & Finance

2016 was the deadliest year ever for environmental defenders

...ts, companies and investors have a duty to guarantee that communities are consulted about the projects that affect them, that activists are protected from violence, and that perpetrators are brought t...

14 Jul 2017

2016 was the deadliest year ever for environmental defenders

News / Waste

Recycle your coffee capsules, support organic farming

...t Nestlé—to roll out large-scale recycling programmes to assure customers that their coffee habit does not come at the cost of the environment. Nespresso drinkers around the world know that when they...

10 Aug 2016

Recycle your coffee capsules, support organic farming

News / Food & Agriculture

Korindo should lose FSC certification over deforestation, says NGO

...take steps to terminate Korindo's FSC certificates until it strictly complies with its standards. Deborah Lapidus, campaign director, Mighty Earth To date, Mighty Earth said that Korindo has yet to s...

19 May 2017

Korindo should lose FSC certification over deforestation, says NGO

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Does ethical consumption have to cost so much?

...t paid a fair wage. But the lack of data makes it difficult to determine whether the high cost of sustainable products is justified or just marketing targeted at the rich – and the only way to get th...

3 May 2016

Does ethical consumption have to cost so much?

Chinese food at a Singapore coffee shop or hawker centre

News / Waste

Singapore's foodie culture can help it beat food waste: Tristram Stuart

...that if you celebrate and value food, the most logical thing is to eat it without throwing it away. Which industries have the most potential to take action against food waste? The greatest benefits c...

18 Aug 2017

Singapore's foodie culture can help it beat food waste: Tristram Stuart

Opinion / Lifestyle

Shark's fin soup: A cultural conundrum

...to imitate the toothsome crunch that the shark fin is known for, the substitute passed muster as the expert "had no idea" they were not real. In fact, even after finding out, she returned to the resta...

3 Feb 2016

Shark's fin soup: A cultural conundrum

News / Policy & Finance

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump face off in first presidential debate

...tint at the U.S. State Department. Also, as widely expected, Clinton mentioned Trump's past claim that U.S. President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Trump recently proclaimed that Oba...

27 Sep 2016

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump face off in first presidential debate

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Activists launch national wave of actions against dirty energy

...tal activists welcome President Duterte’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, they are still dismayed by the administration’s lack of concrete action in facilitating the swift transition ...

14 Mar 2017

Activists launch national wave of actions against dirty energy

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Carbon management: the next Copernican mindset shift?

...too, the aim is to showcase innovators working on potential breakthrough answers to the questions posed by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. At the heart of the initiative, SYSTEMIQ and the Future...

11 Apr 2017

Carbon management: the next Copernican mindset shift?

A model wears a dress designed and produced with zero waste

Opinion / Manufacturing

For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research

...ts so that all the pieces of a garment fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle and no waste was created. Conventional pattern cutting creates about 15 per cent wastage of material, even if the pattern ha...

16 Aug 2017

For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Finance can Trump the climate crisis

...ted States will play in the future of the climate talks and how the finance gap will be filled, as global temperatures continue to rise. It is now time for other wealthy countries to recognise that th...

16 Nov 2016

Finance can Trump the climate crisis

Press Releases / Kusaga Athletic

Sustainable fabrics that will replace cotton and polyester

...tter still, it uses less than 1% of the water needed to manufacture a standard cotton tee. “Not many people realise it can take 3,000 litres of water to make a single cotton t-shirt. With a sta...

4 Dec 2015

Sustainable fabrics that will replace cotton and polyester

News / Manufacturing

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

...t away to study forestry at Minnesota University in the USA. For the first 5 years of my life I knew my father from the letters he sent that told us about the things he learned. At his return, the for...

18 Jul 2017

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

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