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Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Climate leadership needs more women
“The higher you go; the fewer women there are.” This observation by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and environmental trailblazer Wangari Maathai, reflects a reality familiar to all women who have asp...
3 May 2022
Climate leadership needs more women
News /
Food & Agriculture
Climate change drives down yields and nutrition of Indian crops
Rashpinder Singh, 36, is a farmer who owns 17 acres (almost seven hectares) of land in the state of Punjab. He took up the profession of his forefathers after completing his MTech degree. “I feel conn...
15 Jul 2022
Climate change drives down yields and nutrition of Indian crops
News /
Policy & Finance
Conferences highlight forests as a vital solution to converging crises
A series of recent high-level international conferences have brought record numbers of forestry experts and delegates together, calling for forests to be put at the centre of conversations on the worl...
12 Jul 2022
Conferences highlight forests as a vital solution to converging crises
News /
Carbon & Climate
Can only western buyers afford sustainable palm oil?
...
smallholders
and the premium and levels of demand are uncertain.” The challenge for small-scale farmers Small-scale farmers are in a particularly difficult position. According to the report, smallhold...
1 Jun 2021
Can only western buyers afford sustainable palm oil?
News /
Policy & Finance
Cloud technology could be the most disruptive digital tool for empowering ASEAN's vulnerable communities
...
smallholders
to tap into the e-commerce market using cloud-powered apps as the country’s growing middle class opts for online shopping over the traditional open-air ‘wet’ market, Purnama Adil Marata, ...
22 Mar 2021
Cloud technology could be the most disruptive digital tool for empowering ASEAN's vulnerable communities
News /
Food & Agriculture
The missing link in palm oil sustainability is trust: Musim Mas supply chain chief Olivier Tichit
...
Smallholders
Hub training session. Image: Musim Mas To scale up our outreach, we developed the
Smallholders
Hub approach, working with the local government on how to train
smallholders
in their distr...
1 Dec 2020
The missing link in palm oil sustainability is trust: Musim Mas supply chain chief Olivier Tichit
News /
Policy & Finance
Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry–what next?
...
smallholders
, or take a “landscape” approach, covering all commodities grown within a particular area. Companies across the palm oil supply chain are also making independent efforts to better map thei...
25 Feb 2021
Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry–what next?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Plant-based Bambara milk could launch in Singapore in Q2 of 2021
...
smallholders
. NamZ currently obtains its Bambara groundnut from two villages in Ghana, West Africa, each with a population of 100 to 200 people. It wants to expand its outreach to 2,000 farmers in Afr...
13 Jan 2021
Plant-based Bambara milk could launch in Singapore in Q2 of 2021
Press Releases /
CDP
CDP launches world’s first disclosure framework for banks integrating climate and forest impact
...
smallholders
. Despite their significance in palm oil and rubber production, a lack of access to credit for smallholder producers is driving behaviours that result in forest loss and increased emission...
25 Feb 2021
CDP launches world’s first disclosure framework for banks integrating climate and forest impact
News /
Policy & Finance
Indonesia's palm oil export ban met with condemnation and praise
...
smallholders
can have a bigger say in determining prices that are currently dominated by big companies. “This move needs to be done so that the state doesn’t always lose from a small number of busines...
27 Apr 2022
Indonesia's palm oil export ban met with condemnation and praise
News /
Food & Agriculture
Will the UN food systems summit bring change?
...
smallholders
, indigenous peoples, youth and women have all been involved in the summit action tracks, generating a greater share of ideas for improving food systems than private sector participants. T...
21 Sep 2021
Will the UN food systems summit bring change?
News /
Carbon & Climate
Decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
...
smallholders
in getting certified under sustainability schemes such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the government’s Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) program, Rudi said. “Th...
4 Jan 2022
Decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
News /
Policy & Finance
Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees — but how?
...
smallholders
.
Smallholders
are a major aspect of forestry in Vietnam, as they control at least half of the country’s planted forest area, and in rural areas such as the mountains outside Hue, plantati...
24 May 2021
Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees — but how?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
India needs a fast—and just—transition to meat alternatives
In the HBO documentary the “Weight of the Nation” it was noted that if you go with the flow and eat a typical diet in the United States, you will eventually become obese. As a medical doctor, and a ve...
22 Apr 2022
India needs a fast—and just—transition to meat alternatives
News /
Food & Agriculture
Half of rubber trade agrees to new policies to cut deforestation, human rights abuses from supply chains
...
smallholders
do not bear the burden of switching to sustainable practices. The higher cost of sustainable production has slowed the adoption of better practices in other sectors such as palm oil. Clea...
23 Sep 2020
Half of rubber trade agrees to new policies to cut deforestation, human rights abuses from supply chains
News /
Corporate Responsibility
‘Mind-boggling’ that female garment makers are not paid a living wage: SukkhaCitta co-founder and CSO Bertram Flesch
Every day, the average consumer is bombarded with marketing and advertising that pushes the newest trends. Statistics point to how apparel sales have risen in recent years, in response to drastically ...
12 May 2023
‘Mind-boggling’ that female garment makers are not paid a living wage: SukkhaCitta co-founder and CSO Bertram Flesch
News /
Food & Agriculture
Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?
...
smallholders
and industrial growers, albeit at a reduced frequency, and pay them for it. Before the pandemic,
smallholders
delivered their rubber twice a month and were paid within a week of the deliv...
16 Jul 2020
Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?
News /
Policy & Finance
Deforestation surge continues amid worsening uncertainty in Myanmar
Carved out of the of the narrow isthmus that connects the Malay Peninsula to the rest of mainland Southeast Asia, Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region rises from the Andaman Sea in the west to the fo...
27 Aug 2021
Deforestation surge continues amid worsening uncertainty in Myanmar
News /
Policy & Finance
One in five hectares of palm oil in Indonesia is criminal, report shows
Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, owes a substantial slice of that output to criminal deforestation, according to a new report showing that a fifth of its plantations are illegally ...
12 Nov 2021
One in five hectares of palm oil in Indonesia is criminal, report shows
News /
Food & Agriculture
Coffee farmers in dire straits; large roasters and traders must step up: Report
The largest coffee companies in the world including Nestle, Starbucks, Lavazza and UCC are failing to report transparently on their sustainability commitments and are doing too little to improve the l...
16 Jan 2021
Coffee farmers in dire straits; large roasters and traders must step up: Report
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Policy & Finance
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
Ahead of COP31’s opening on Monday, Brazil’s voluntary roadmap faces fossil fuel expansion and transition disputes, as rising …
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
News /
Policy & Finance
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
United States election results may embolden countries to push for stronger fossil fuel commitments, but observers expect limited …
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
News /
Policy & Finance
Developing countries ‘missing out’ on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
Simon Stiell acknowledged that many developing countries have struggled to engage with the summit’s Action Agenda and called …
Developing countries 'missing out' on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
News /
Cities
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
A resettlement village set up after the 2015 earthquake was washed away in the August floods. Khalte’s destruction …
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
News /
Waste Management
Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts
Research is ongoing into the health effects of the world’s roughly 350,000 synthetic chemicals, but what we know …
Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts
News /
Corporate Responsibility
Will Singapore’s tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
Singapore’s amended haze law empowers the government to cut companies off from banks, suppliers and insurers without a …
Will Singapore's tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
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