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News / Energy

Diesel or solar: Could a push to power the Philippines turn greener?

...10 per cent of all households – in the Philippines lack electricity, according to a 2017 report by the country's Department of Energy. About three quarters are in remote rural locations, in a country ...

25 Oct 2018

Diesel or solar: Could a push to power the Philippines turn greener?

News / Policy & Finance

UN agency seeks to marry 'social good and profit making'

...16, UNSIF reflects the growing popularity of investments aimed at environmental and social benefits. The $114 billion market is expanding about 18 per cent a year, according to non-profit Global Impac...

24 May 2018

UN agency seeks to marry 'social good and profit making'

A firefighter in Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia looks across the smog generated by wildfires.

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Is Hothouse Earth inevitable?

...15. The 17 SDGs include social objectives like ending poverty and improving health, as well as critical environmental targets, including halting species extinctions, protecting our oceans, and reducin...

22 Oct 2018

Is Hothouse Earth inevitable?

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change could ruin Australia's A$40 billion tourism industry

...16 and 2017, and scientists have predicted that another round of bleaching could occur this year. According to Climate Council estimates, the death of the reef could cause the loss of more than 1 mill...

12 Feb 2018

Climate change could ruin Australia's A$40 billion tourism industry

News / Carbon & Climate

By air, land and sea, global warming rises

...17 the oceans in the upper 2000-metre layer of water were warmer than the second warmest year, 2015, and above the 1981-2010 climatological reference period. Thanks to their large heat capacity, the o...

22 Jan 2018

By air, land and sea, global warming rises

News / Manufacturing

Work with suppliers, not against them, to end modern slavery

...15, one of the most comprehensive pieces of anti-slavery legislation globally, 40 per cent of the UK government’s own top 100 suppliers did not meet the basic legal requirement of the act, showing the...

14 Nov 2018

Work with suppliers, not against them, to end modern slavery

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Why should companies care about social responsibility?

...1,900 per year indicates that a typical person survives barely on $5 per day. And moreover, Pakistan has a traditional culture where the earning of one person goes towards feeding 10 mouths). However,...

13 Nov 2018

Why should companies care about social responsibility?

News / Carbon & Climate

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

...10 stories that made Eco-Business' list of most-read stories for 2018. 1. Singapore university's plastic straw ban sparks backlash from students: 'I've been greatly inconvenienced' A news story that E...

2 Jan 2019

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

News / Policy & Finance

Can agriculture be profitable and sustainable?

...13, with an annual pesticide consumption of 1.8 million metric tonnes; India was in tenth place with 40,000 metric tonnes. Both are densely populated countries and are invested in maximising agricultu...

17 Oct 2018

Can agriculture be profitable and sustainable?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

...14. As I have described elsewhere, one of his first moves in office was to shut down a US$1 billion mitigation policy programme funded by the Norwegian government. This decision to close the agency br...

8 Dec 2018

Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

News / Water

The top 5 water stories in 2017

...17. 1. Smarter water solutions for cities Smart technology is helping cities and consumers become more efficient in water management. This is vital for countries facing water insecurity such as Hong...

29 Dec 2017

The top 5 water stories in 2017

News / Carbon & Climate

Earth bears a massive human load

...10 times the mass of all other living wild mammals. Research like this is fundamental. It is vital. And it is provisional. It is fundamental because, ultimately, it can help answer questions about how...

1 Jun 2018

Earth bears a massive human load

News / Policy & Finance

Hong Kong seeks bigger role in BRI

...18, we have seen over US$6 billion in growth of green bond issues in Hong Kong. This has already exceeded the full-year figure for 2017,” said Joseph Chan, under secretary for Financial Services and t...

20 Jul 2018

Hong Kong seeks bigger role in BRI

News / Energy

Developers press ahead with dams despite order to halt new projects

...10. “It also allows the country proposing the project to better understand such concerns and to identify measures to address them,” he said. Developers of the estimated U.S. $2.4 billion, 912-megawatt...

17 Aug 2018

Developers press ahead with dams despite order to halt new projects

News / Carbon & Climate

Record-high supply and demand on voluntary carbon markets in 2017, says study

...192 ICAO member states will be required to monitor, report, and verify their emissions starting January 1, 2019. “We’ve been tracking voluntary carbon markets for more than a decade, and it’s been abo...

17 Aug 2018

Record-high supply and demand on voluntary carbon markets in 2017, says study

News / Food & Agriculture

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

...16 that promised to triple the industry average, giving a yield of about 11.5 tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO) per hectare per year. The improved second version is cheaper, more climate-resilient and po...

13 Feb 2019

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

News / Waste

Waste ban forces unlicensed recyclers to clean up act

...1.com, unsorted waste paper imports will drop by 7.97 million tonnes, or 28 per cent, in 2018, compared to 28.11 million tonnes in 2017. And there have been reports of official Communist Party publish...

16 Mar 2018

Waste ban forces unlicensed recyclers to clean up act

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Despite challenges, Green Climate Fund is critical to global action

...19th board meeting this spring approved over $1 billion of investment across 23 new funding proposals. They include building the resilience of Caribbean islands to climate-induced hurricanes, an innov...

16 Aug 2018

Despite challenges, Green Climate Fund is critical to global action

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

...12 to 2017 Proactively reviewing a 100 per cent renewable energy target for its operations by 2050 Among the first in Singapore to voluntarily publish its climate-related financial disclosu...

9 May 2018

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

Opinion / Energy

The worst way for Australia to spend $1 billion: Financing new coal

...128 coal-fired generators. US coal production is at its lowest level since 1978. Last month, Britain had its first day of completely coal-free power since the industrial revolution and expects to full...

20 Jul 2017

The worst way for Australia to spend $1 billion: Financing new coal