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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

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 / 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

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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

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

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

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 / 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'

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

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

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

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

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 / Green Trade Project Office

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

16 Jun 2016

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

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 / 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 / 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

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

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