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News / Food & Agriculture

KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut adopt zero deforestation policy for palm oil

...t covered under the commitment. This is where the commitment loses steam." Nonetheless Goodman said that the policy would boost Yum! on UCS's scorecard, moving it out of the bottom position it shared...

6 Apr 2015

KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut adopt zero deforestation policy for palm oil

Press Releases / ClimateCare

GYAPA™ COOKSTOVES CUT 1.8M TONNES CO2 & IMPROVE 4.1M LIVES

...t scale, and further, that the program is well-aligned with the market based approach to sustainable development we support. It is this sort of initiative that will continue to support the creation of...

10 Jun 2016

GYAPA™ COOKSTOVES CUT 1.8M TONNES CO2 & IMPROVE 4.1M LIVES

News / Carbon & Climate

Sultanpur National Park shut after 47 birds die

...team of doctors had examined the carcasses on Saturday after which they were sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal for avian flu tests. The report is expected withi...

12 Jan 2015

Sultanpur National Park shut after 47 birds die

Opinion / Energy

The UN climate talks just failed - now for the real battle

...tal to a level commensurate with their destructive activities. What better way to ensure the capital markets don't turn against them than by co-opting innocent brands like National Geographic to dilut...

17 Dec 2014

The UN climate talks just failed - now for the real battle

News / Transport

Vehicle users ignore E5 bio-fuel despite widespread availability

...t of the total petrol sold. According to a city Department of Industry and Trade study, most consumers prefer familiar fuels to the new E5 grade. Petrol stations do not want to stock the bio-fuel beca...

15 Jul 2015

Vehicle users ignore E5 bio-fuel despite widespread availability

News / Energy

‘India’s ambitious renewable energy target now seems achievable’

...ting Germany’s and China’s systematic electricity sector transformation, with the added advantage that the cost effectiveness of this is accentuated by the fact that the price of solar electricity has...

20 Aug 2015

‘India’s ambitious renewable energy target now seems achievable’

Press Releases / SGS Philippines

SGS presentaion on Global Food Safety Conference 2015

...tation Evaluation of available tools and methods to manage traceability and transparency in the supply chain and how they support the prevention, mitigation and management of risk View the present...

4 May 2015

SGS presentaion on Global Food Safety Conference 2015

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

2016: The end of the age of Oil

...trident will of the world to wean itself off fossil fuels. The capital markets will find themselves caught in a pincer movement by renewables costs that continue to drop and oil prices that continue t...

6 Jan 2016

2016: The end of the age of Oil

News / Carbon & Climate

Naomi Klein: We need a bigger leap than Paris talks

...tries that fail to stick to their promised cuts, she said. While activists will continue to lobby for stronger climate action, Klein suggested that governments implement policies that promote a just ...

7 Dec 2015

Naomi Klein: We need a bigger leap than Paris talks

News / Energy

Geely invests US$45.5m in methanol plant

...the investment will build on its existing methanol technology. This will help speed up the development of methanol-powered vehicles in China, the statement revealed. "It will also allow us to promote ...

7 Jul 2015

Geely invests US$45.5m in methanol plant

News / Water

A third of world's aquifers are being sucked dry: NASA data

...trying to raise red flags now to pinpoint where active management today could protect future lives and livelihoods," Alexandra Richey, lead author of both studies, said in a statement. The most overbu...

18 Jun 2015

A third of world's aquifers are being sucked dry: NASA data

Opinion / Water

What California's droughts mean for the construction industry

...t statewide regulations might put a stop to it. Some districts and municipalities have gone so far as to ban new pool construction altogether. Naturally, pool contractors aren’t happy about this. Some...

2 Nov 2015

What California's droughts mean for the construction industry

News / Water

Indian scientists develop low-cost arsenic water filter

...t was in the neighbouring district of Nadia that the team, again with the support of the district administration, had tried and found effective filtration units connected to hand pump outlets. The ide...

25 Jan 2016

Indian scientists develop low-cost arsenic water filter

News / Waste

Three more incinerators to burn mounting waste

...tors to triple the daily capacity of dealing with the increasing amount of garbage this year, while deputies suggest that the government improve the waste disposal process to protect the environment a...

2 Feb 2015

Three more incinerators to burn mounting waste

News / Energy

Discovery brightens solar's future, energy costs to be cut

...to the traditional version mounted on rooftops, except sunlight first passes through a thin layer of water contained inside the device. Tungsten diselenide, a non-toxic chemical, acts as a photocataly...

2 Jul 2015

Discovery brightens solar's future, energy costs to be cut

News / Carbon & Climate

Protecting forests for biodiversity won't stop its destruction: NUS

...tan, the north-west Sumatra and West Papua as areas that will be subject to the greatest rates of deforestation. They also found out that protected areas that were strictly set aside to protect biodiv...

18 Mar 2015

Protecting forests for biodiversity won't stop its destruction: NUS

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Emission reductions – going out of fashion?

...The baseline is built from a series of arguments to identify the technology that would provide the service in the absence of the emission reduction markets. Central to this assumption is the fact that...

26 Nov 2015

Emission reductions – going out of fashion?

News / Policy & Finance

Migration needs a home in global climate deal: UN experts

...t to climate stresses, potentially enabling them to stay in their homes. At the same time, governments should plan to protect those who do migrate, and even to relocate communities out of harm's way i...

26 Oct 2015

Migration needs a home in global climate deal: UN experts

News / Policy & Finance

New leader may not mean new climate policies, despite Australian solar success

...told Reuters. "It will take some time for his thought process to permeate the rest of the party and the government itself, but it's the first step." Close to 200 nations are set to meet in Paris from ...

25 Nov 2015

New leader may not mean new climate policies, despite Australian solar success

News / Carbon & Climate

India's air comes under US scanner

...thing as mundane as the quality of air in India is now deemed so suspect that the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it is going to start monitoring it — both to protect staff in its own...

20 Feb 2015

India's air comes under US scanner

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