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Chinese standard tries to kickstart a sustainable rubber revolution

...in third-party certification. “The point of certification is to identify problems, and the point of identifying problems is to solve them,” he said. He thinks certification without capacity building w...

4 May 2022

Chinese standard tries to kickstart a sustainable rubber revolution

Journalists at a palm oil plantation question a corporate communications official.

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Is the growing power of corporate communications hurting the sustainability press?

...and investing more in a publication, then its expectations for what journalists write about them increase. Iain Twine, founder and managing partner, Harrup Advisory Self-inflicted pain While corp com...

11 Dec 2019

Is the growing power of corporate communications hurting the sustainability press?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Amidst despair, enlightenment and hope for the climate in the United States

...islation, outlining the risks they face and the opportunities they may miss in the absence of policy certainty and growing climate impacts. Notably, they were mainly from heavy industries, and include...

11 Nov 2019

Amidst despair, enlightenment and hope for the climate in the United States

How Biden's climate agenda aims to trigger a 'good-paying' jobs boom

News / Policy & Finance

Biden’s pivot to Asia challenged by China’s rise, climate change and trade tensions

...itical competition with China will dominate the United States’ strategy in Asia under President Biden. Beijing’s continued investment in its formidable military and strategic regional infrastructure w...

5 Apr 2021

Biden’s pivot to Asia challenged by China’s rise, climate change and trade tensions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The top 1% income earners are mostly responsible for climate change, but not the 1% you are thinking of

...installations on their facilities, putting in the effort to convince sometimes suspicious senior managers. That is the kind of leadership we need. Influence on government and policy This is where mos...

23 May 2019

The top 1% income earners are mostly responsible for climate change, but not the 1% you are thinking of

The view from Dan Wells' office at The Shard, Central London.

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why sustainable investing is the best job ever

...in a cycle of offices, business trips, and conferences in hotels and, more offices. But working in sustainable investing, giving consideration to the interaction between finance, business and the natu...

13 May 2019

Why sustainable investing is the best job ever

News / Policy & Finance

Pandemic hikes concern over much-needed climate finance for poorest

...ide funding for pandemic-hit poorer countries to battle climate change if they are to meet a promise of raising $100 billion a year from 2020, climate finance officials and analysts said on Friday. In...

11 Nov 2020

Pandemic hikes concern over much-needed climate finance for poorest

Opinion / Cities

Living in Asia’s unliveable cities

...is rapidly increasing especially in the Asia-Pacific region which will have a profound impact on its economy, society and environment. In the Asia Pacific region, over 2.3 billion now live in cities...

8 Oct 2019

Living in Asia’s unliveable cities

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change is the new disease of despair. Psychologists need to step up to help.

...ir. Despair, when we give into it, is sinister and destructive. It is immobilising. It propagates itself, spreads, multiplies and leads people to give up. Colloquially, we talk about despair as “losin...

28 Feb 2020

Climate change is the new disease of despair. Psychologists need to step up to help.

News / Policy & Finance

Seeking justice against palm oil firms, victims call out Dutch banks behind them

...and Rabobank over their financial ties to Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL). They allege the palm oil company is involved in land grabbing in the Liberian counties of Sinoe and Grand Kru. Their activism e...

11 Oct 2019

Seeking justice against palm oil firms, victims call out Dutch banks behind them

News / Carbon & Climate

'Extinction denial’ is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory, biologists warn

...iner article, “How capitalism will save endangered species.” “ We are now reaching critical loss of habitat for many species in the tropics in places like the Philippines and eastern Brazil. It is in...

16 Sep 2020

'Extinction denial’ is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory, biologists warn

News / Lifestyle

Eco anxiety and grief: It’s real, and there are ways to cope

...is by the University of Queensland, which will document climate change loss and grief among Pacific Islanders in the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands and Vanuatu. The project will involve interviews and...

20 Nov 2019

Eco anxiety and grief: It’s real, and there are ways to cope

News / Carbon & Climate

In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat

...and discourages building of permanent hospitals, researchers say. But floating hospital ships, run by a non-governmental organisation and equipped with medical facilities and doctors, now provide free...

23 May 2019

In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Stopping Cambodia’s reckless urban development

...ivil registration system and a modern land registry. If India, with more than a billion people, can do it, then Cambodia, with 16 million, has no excuse. But ING City is now filling the wetlands with...

17 Aug 2020

Stopping Cambodia’s reckless urban development

News / Energy

Proposed steep tariff cut risks disruption in Vietnam’s wind market, industry body warns

...irus crisis into account. "It is important for Vietnam to ramp up capacity quickly to meet surging demand and avoid building more coal plants. Due to the reduction in levelised cost of electricity, it...

4 Dec 2020

Proposed steep tariff cut risks disruption in Vietnam’s wind market, industry body warns

News / Policy & Finance

More nature, more jobs? Green investment seen as driver of coronavirus recovery

...itzerland. If similar shifts - from adopting smarter farming to slashing fossil fuel subsidies and rethinking urban land use - happened globally, they could create 395 million jobs and $10 trillion in...

17 Jul 2020

More nature, more jobs? Green investment seen as driver of coronavirus recovery

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysian activists call on road planners to learn the lessons of history

...ing secondary roads in places identified by residents and district officers working in the area. The aim of these networks was to connect existing communities and jump-start rural economies. Wilson sa...

18 Nov 2020

Malaysian activists call on road planners to learn the lessons of history

News / Energy

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, activists urge the same for biomass energy

...iming, the coalition emphasises that much is at stake in raising awareness that burning wood pellets instead of coal is not a climate mitigation solution, as the biomass industry asserts. Instead, cri...

20 Apr 2020

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, activists urge the same for biomass energy

News / Policy & Finance

Xie Zhenhua: China’s top climate negotiator steps down

...ina’s leadership will retain a special representative for climate change, a position that carries a broader mandate and greater diplomatic flexibility than vice minister. This could affect China’s cli...

12 Dec 2019

Xie Zhenhua: China’s top climate negotiator steps down

Press Releases / Butterfield Trust in Asia

Butterfield expands scholarship to support next generation of environmental leaders to Singapore

...ies, while gaining experience in the field of disaster and development. I highly recommend students apply for this amazing opportunity.” Barisse is now developing strategies to improve crisis r...

25 Feb 2020

Butterfield expands scholarship to support next generation of environmental leaders to Singapore

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