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News / Cities

Can Carrie Lam make Hong Kong a green hub?

...te treatment facilities to deal with the city’s high food waste, with the first expected to be commissioned in 2017. The city’s first e-waste plant is also set to open later this year. The government ...

1 Jul 2017

Can Carrie Lam make Hong Kong a green hub?

Opinion / Lifestyle

Time to throw away our throwaway culture

...t to do with the fact that technology often advances faster than product lifespans. Necessity might be the mother of invention, but it is the desire for things that work better and competition to crea...

24 Feb 2016

Time to throw away our throwaway culture

News / Energy

Sticking to lower 1.5C warming limit would protect world economy - UN

...The report noted that putting in place the policies required to meet the 1.5 degree Celsius goal would mean countries that "were not participants in the past system of high carbon wealth creation will...

17 Nov 2016

Sticking to lower 1.5C warming limit would protect world economy - UN

News / Manufacturing

Eat your food packaging, don't bin it - scientists

...taste, but flavours could be added to it, as could vitamins, probiotics and other nutrients to make it nutritious, they said. The film looks similar to plastic wrapping, but is up to 500 times better ...

23 Aug 2016

Eat your food packaging, don't bin it - scientists

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Is Earth Hour still relevant?

...t party to alleviate human guilt, after which we all return to plundering the planet and melting the ice caps? Earth Hour’s harshest critics say that it gets in the way of climate action by letting ou...

24 Mar 2017

Is Earth Hour still relevant?

News / Carbon & Climate

Women's wisdom crucial to beating climate change, researchers say

...tart to eat and drink as little as possible. But the change has nothing to do with the availability of clean water and food. Instead, it's about minimising visits to the toilet at a time when floods m...

12 May 2016

Women's wisdom crucial to beating climate change, researchers say

Press Releases / Alesia Communications

New PM shaft generator order for Rederiet Stenersen’s chemical tankers

...to deliver its direct-drive permanent magnet (PM) shaft generator solution to a series of two 17500 DWT IMO class II chemical tankers. The order also includes the option for two more. The Switch, a t...

7 Sep 2016

New PM shaft generator order for Rederiet Stenersen’s chemical tankers

News / Policy & Finance

Investors urged to quench growing thirst for climate-friendly finance

...ted. Experts said work needs to crank up fast to turn countries' climate action plans - including their emissions reduction targets - submitted for the Paris climate agreement into concrete projects t...

23 Feb 2017

Investors urged to quench growing thirst for climate-friendly finance

News / Policy & Finance

Women and men won't reach economic equality until 2186, index says

...their job advancement. It stands at 59 per cent, meaning women's economic participation and opportunity is a little more than half of what men have, Zahidi said. At the current rate, and given that th...

27 Oct 2016

Women and men won't reach economic equality until 2186, index says

Press Releases / New Energy Update

Capture Every MWh – Wind O&M Dallas program launched for 2017

...tworking will ensure that attendees will leave with all the critical tools, insights and connections they need to protect the integrity and transform the productivity of their portfolio well into the ...

27 Oct 2016

Capture Every MWh – Wind O&M Dallas program launched for 2017

News / Food & Agriculture

Want to cut down on meat but can't face cold turkey? Try "reducetarianism"

...than getting an occasional carnivore to abstain completely, he notes. He also thinks cutting down may be a step to eventual abstinence. "If I am going to eat meat, I try to make it something that's ra...

23 Dec 2015

Want to cut down on meat but can't face cold turkey? Try "reducetarianism"

News / Corporate Responsibility

UK tsunami brothers combine charity, fashion and travel to fund children's homes

...to see the store and all that we've done and how far we've brought it with the children's homes because that's what they were passionate about," Rob told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "They were als...

7 Oct 2016

UK tsunami brothers combine charity, fashion and travel to fund children's homes

Press Releases / ENGIE

New “Hydrogen Council” launches in Davos

...their ambition to accelerate their significant investment in the development and commercialization of the hydrogen and fuel cell sectors. These investments currently amount to an estimated total value...

19 Jan 2017

New “Hydrogen Council” launches in Davos

News / Energy

Lessons from the $2 billion coal mining lawsuit against Indonesia

...tner, PT Ridlatama. The verdict is a victory for Indonesia; it is also an indictment of the local governments and regulators that oversee the country’s mining industry. Court documents indicate that f...

21 Dec 2016

Lessons from the $2 billion coal mining lawsuit against Indonesia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why smart investors are targeting the companies solving the world’s sustainability problems

...tides, and constantly innovating to address resource scarcity. Recognising this opportunity, World Resources Institute recently committed to integrating sustainability as a core part of the investment...

17 Jan 2017

Why smart investors are targeting the companies solving the world’s sustainability problems