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Fashion's deadliest disaster prompts Bangladeshi workers to opt for university

...tivity to the humanity of workers. These are people with dreams and families whose stories remained muted until catastrophe struck," AUW Support Foundation's President and CEO Kamal Ahmad told the Tho...

29 Apr 2016

Fashion's deadliest disaster prompts Bangladeshi workers to opt for university

Videos / Carbon & Climate

New map reveals ‘astronomical’ scale of human impact on forests

...tellite images, scientists have previously estimated that there are around 400bn trees on Earth. But satellites can only 'see' trees from above. This means that scientists have to estimate tree number...

4 Sep 2015

New map reveals ‘astronomical’ scale of human impact on forests

Opinion / Energy

Closing Victoria’s Hazelwood power station is no threat to electricity supply

...to make a decision on the future of the plant at its board meeting in October. There are many factors that would be contributing to their deliberation. These include, but are not limited to, the plant...

27 Sep 2016

Closing Victoria’s Hazelwood power station is no threat to electricity supply

Press Releases / Messe Düsseldorf India Pvt. Ltd.

Energy Storage India announces three successful years

...tant to get feedback from the industry about the expectations from us, so that we could also work out solutions that could work out good in the interest of public & the industry, since both of the...

7 Jul 2016

Energy Storage India announces three successful years

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Climate denial and the populist right

...te change is particularly important for the poorest people in the poorest countries who are most exposed to its destructive effects and have contributed the least to the creation of the problem. A wak...

22 Nov 2016

Climate denial and the populist right

News / Carbon & Climate

From Bangladesh flood map to the Bank of England, a "carbon bubble" is born

...th the idea of a sub-prime mortgage-style threat to the financial system. It was their Rockefeller connection that introduced the concept to American activist circles. A program director at the Rockef...

8 Dec 2015

From Bangladesh flood map to the Bank of England, a "carbon bubble" is born

News / Water

Bombay High Court slams cricket associations on 'criminal waste of water' for IPL

...t raised any objection to the proposed wastage.” The PIL also noted that the decision to host a third of the tournament in the state violated both the National Water Policy as well as the State Water ...

7 Apr 2016

Bombay High Court slams cricket associations on 'criminal waste of water' for IPL

News / Energy

High costs slowing Sri Lanka push toward solar energy

...to the country's energy grid by 2020, or about 10 per cent of the country's current daily electricity demand. By 2025, the country hopes to boost its solar power output to 1,000 megawatts to meet fast...

22 Sep 2016

High costs slowing Sri Lanka push toward solar energy

Opinion / Cities

Lessons for a 'cycling megacity'

...transport infrastructure. Currently there are 23 megacities – cities with populations of 10 million people and above – around the world. But by 2025 the UN predicts this total will rise to 37, with t...

10 May 2016

Lessons for a 'cycling megacity'

News / Carbon & Climate

Thorny issue of who will pay for climate damage simmers at UN talks

...te summit last year, developing countries won a hard-fought battle to secure its existence as part of the new global climate change accord. But for that happen, they had to accept a stipulation that t...

14 Nov 2016

Thorny issue of who will pay for climate damage simmers at UN talks

Press Releases / Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd

Eco Expo Asia 2016 closed with record-breaking exhibitor and visitor

...tiatives for the corporations taking part in this event. I encourage all my staff to attend this Expo and the conference in order to get in touch with these key decision-makers. The fact that the con...

4 Jan 2017

Eco Expo Asia 2016 closed with record-breaking exhibitor and visitor

News / Food & Agriculture

UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts

...t potato, which are more drought-tolerant than the staple maize. In Rwanda and Tanzania, where the "Patient Procurement Platform" - so-called due to the long-term commitment required from producers an...

15 Feb 2016

UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts

News / Carbon & Climate

New fund aims to fuel growth in market for clean cookstoves

...ts first loans this week to two U.S.-based social enterprise firms, Envirofit International and BioLite. They will use the money to expand production and distribution of smart stoves that cook faster ...

15 Aug 2016

New fund aims to fuel growth in market for clean cookstoves

News / Policy & Finance

Weakened rights language in Paris climate draft sparks alarm

...ting", noting it followed the earlier loss of references to gender equality and a just transition to a clean economy. The non-binding introduction to the latest version of the text acknowledges that c...

11 Dec 2015

Weakened rights language in Paris climate draft sparks alarm

News / Energy

Doubts pile up about UK’s Hinkley nuclear plant

...ts: "Nothing to worry about chaps, just a few ‘i’s to dot and ‘t’s to cross – the new boss just wants to take a look under the bonnet." The plausibility of this line didn’t last long. Reports at the w...

12 Aug 2016

Doubts pile up about UK’s Hinkley nuclear plant

News / Policy & Finance

Indian state to crush "mica mafia" by legalising mines to stop child worker deaths

...that the government was also setting up skill development centres across the state to give people alternative job options such as mechanics or livestock breeding. "There is a whole solution to all the...

10 Aug 2016

Indian state to crush "mica mafia" by legalising mines to stop child worker deaths

Women brick-kiln workers in India demand better work conditions

News / Policy & Finance

'Invisible' women brick-kiln workers in India's Punjab demand their rights

...to efforts in Maharashtra state. There are signs that women workers elsewhere are heeding the call to unionise and fight for their rights. Last week, protests in the southern states of Karnataka and T...

29 Apr 2016

'Invisible' women brick-kiln workers in India's Punjab demand their rights

Research / The Crowd

The business case for SDGs and what’s needed to achieve them

...tunity to create a system change. They bring together the three main actors – government, business and the third sector – around a set of values that matter most to the world. It is the in...

3 Jun 2016

The business case for SDGs and what’s needed to achieve them

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Radical realism about climate change

...there is a strong case to be made for implementing strategies that target the biggest emitters. For example, it makes little sense that airlines – which actually serve just 7 per cent of the global po...

3 Nov 2016

Radical realism about climate change

Press Releases / Ethical Corporation @Ethical_Corp

Top tips: Creating successful partnerships

...tential partners Friend or Foe? Invite all your stakeholders to the table to understand their business better and assess the impact that a partnership will have Be proactive rather than reactive wit...

28 Dec 2015

Top tips: Creating successful partnerships

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