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Most global companies are far too secretive about operations

...the corporate anti-corruption front, businesses remain far too opaque about their structure and country operations, it said in the latest corporate transparency rankings released on Wednesday. "What t...

5 Nov 2014

Most global companies are far too secretive about operations

Press Releases / EarthCheck

Book different and support the EarthCheck Research Institute

...titute The EarthCheck Research Institute brings leading scientists together with postdoctoral fellows, staff and students from around the globe to develop products and solutions that address climate ...

13 May 2014

Book different and support the EarthCheck Research Institute

News / Food & Agriculture

Want to grow more food? Boost investment, women's land tenure, researcher says

...ts 2010 constitution to provide protections for female property rights. In China, where women are estimated to account for more than 70 per cent of the agricultural workforce, the need to protect wome...

19 Nov 2014

Want to grow more food? Boost investment, women's land tenure, researcher says

News / Energy

Renewable energy ministry opposes anti-dumping duties on imported solar modules

...tate governments are siding with solar power project developers to say that the ministry of commerce should not impose an anti-dumping duty on international panels. Over the last few months, a battle...

9 May 2014

Renewable energy ministry opposes anti-dumping duties on imported solar modules

News / Transport

BYD unveils two electric buses with vast battery capacity

...t one, but two electric buses that can drive vast distances on a single battery charge. The Lancaster eBus was presented to enthralled onlookers at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA...

16 Oct 2014

BYD unveils two electric buses with vast battery capacity

News / Cities

First phase of Jurong Lake Gardens to be ready by 2017: Khaw

...ts to the transportation networks. "All these will take years to realise. We shall stage the implementation," the minister said. For instance, as part of the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) Land Tran...

19 Aug 2014

First phase of Jurong Lake Gardens to be ready by 2017: Khaw

News / Manufacturing

Circular economy solutions for a sustainable world

...The system delivers precise quantities of water from an elevated tank directly to the root zone of crops. The use of gravity to distribute water minimises the need for electricity and new infrastructu...

17 Jun 2014

Circular economy solutions for a sustainable world

News / Transport

Frontline teams 'unaware' of wildlife smuggler tactics

...the fight against trafficking. Their recent meeting with transport operators was the first of its kind. "There was a genuine shock (among participants from the transport industry in the meeting) as to...

11 Feb 2015

Frontline teams 'unaware' of wildlife smuggler tactics

News / Policy & Finance

UK to help India reduce emission without affecting growth

...try (MCCI). Stating that the notion was that developed countries were polluting for a longer time, she said that they were also ready to share their technology with developing nations in tackling the ...

7 Jul 2014

UK to help India reduce emission without affecting growth

News / Energy

Tepco can't yet be trusted to restart world's biggest nuclear plant: governor

...the utility developed a culture of "institutionalized lying." He said that unless the utility changes its corporate culture he won't be able to trust it to run the nuclear plant in the prefecture. "Th...

30 Oct 2013

Tepco can't yet be trusted to restart world's biggest nuclear plant: governor

News / Energy

Pakistan to pull solar energy into national power grid

...trar at the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, said consumers who intend to sell solar-generated electric power to a distribution company would need to register with his authority. "Net-met...

7 Jan 2015

Pakistan to pull solar energy into national power grid

News / Energy

Smarter software for a cleaner Asia

...tput in relation to its capacity. Grid operators have also been "historically very conservative" in how they operate their grids due to a lack of visibility into exactly how close to the network limit...

21 Apr 2015

Smarter software for a cleaner Asia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Can voodoo help to resolve climate change?

...tide sported T-shirts and banners quoting the then president: "Randevou bo tab la", or "Let's meet together at the table". Aristide's invitation was clear: everyone needed to come to the table to meet...

15 May 2014

Can voodoo help to resolve climate change?

News / Energy

Scientists beef up energy potential

...t at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, when electric current was transmitted wirelessly across a two-metre space. The technology remains – for the time being at least − costly...

14 May 2014

Scientists beef up energy potential

News / Energy

Shell resumes Arctic drilling but cuts $15bn from global investment

...tment], Shell hasn't taken the opportunity to cut its most high-cost high-risk project. "Shell is taking a massive risk doggedly chasing oil in the Arctic, not just with shareholder value, but with th...

30 Jan 2015

Shell resumes Arctic drilling but cuts $15bn from global investment

News / Policy & Finance

Climate Parliament recommends policy integration for renewable energy development to PM

...t to encourage private sector investment in this sector and additional central assistance to such states that constantly add renewable energy to the grid. The report has in it—how the planning commiss...

28 Jan 2014

Climate Parliament recommends policy integration for renewable energy development to PM

News / Carbon & Climate

India’s air quality among five worst

...there was a lot of anxiety among Delhi Pollution Control Committee scientists after a media report suggested that Delhi was ranked the world's most polluted city in the survey. Scientists who went thr...

30 Jan 2014

India’s air quality among five worst

News / Carbon & Climate

Reducing deforestation is good for business, argues report

...t potential material impacts on business operations and corporate strategy," Woolfe wrote in the report. "As long-term investors, climate-related effects will structurally and systematically affect th...

13 Nov 2014

Reducing deforestation is good for business, argues report

News / Carbon & Climate

APP boosting timber productivity to support zero deforestation policy

...truction in South Sumatra without having to pulp natural forests, argues a new report that also finds the forestry giant is successfully improving yields to support its zero deforestation commitment. ...

27 Nov 2014

APP boosting timber productivity to support zero deforestation policy

News / Policy & Finance

Ecologists cheer Modi's 'zero defect, zero effect' slogan

...t". He said, "Government alone cannot do this. It should be a people's movement. We have to tell the people that both development and environment protection can go together if we adopt the right appro...

18 Aug 2014

Ecologists cheer Modi's 'zero defect, zero effect' slogan

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