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7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018

...1 youths aged 11 to 22 against the US government, arrived at the highest level of court. However, despite the US administration continuing to cast a dark shadow over the state of global climate policy...

8 Dec 2018

7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018

Gateway to palm oil plantation Riau Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

End of funding dims hopes for a Sumatran forest targeted by palm oil growers

...11 to 2016, the bill for protecting the Harapan rainforest averaged $1.66 million a year, before dipping to $1.48 million in 2017. Fire in the forest Teguh spends her days in the Harapan forest huntin...

12 Nov 2018

End of funding dims hopes for a Sumatran forest targeted by palm oil growers

News / Carbon & Climate

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming

...1.5 degree Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) increase by 2100. Earth has already warmed about 1 degree Celsius since 1900. The CLARA study comes in response to the United Nations special report and Sum...

18 Oct 2018

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming

News / Waste

Why rethinking waste may be good for business

...17, only 6 per cent of Singapore's plastic and 16 per cent of its food waste got recycled, and the city-state's only landfill is rapidly filling up. “ Nothing is waste until it’s wasted. Masagos Zulk...

30 May 2018

Why rethinking waste may be good for business

News / Waste

5 ways Australian businesses can shrink their plastic footprint

...1984, many with illnesses related to ingesting plastic. Here are some of Taronga’s suggestions for how businesses can reduce plastic use to protect the oceans and marine life. 1. Impact calculator The...

21 Sep 2018

5 ways Australian businesses can shrink their plastic footprint

Press Releases / Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW)

Singapore International Energy Week to lead discussions on “Transforming Energy: Invest, Innovate, Integrate”

...18 will be held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore from 29 October 2018 to 2 November 2018. Registration will open on 1 July. -END- About Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW)...

10 Apr 2018

Singapore International Energy Week to lead discussions on “Transforming Energy: Invest, Innovate, Integrate”

News / Waste

Singapore's new online grocer wants to prove sustainability and e-commerce can go hand in hand

...10 per cent discount on orders between S$50-$99, 15 per cent off for purchases of S$100-$149.90, and 20 per cent off for deliveries of over S$150. Vishal Gupta, one half of the husband-and-wife team t...

28 May 2018

Singapore's new online grocer wants to prove sustainability and e-commerce can go hand in hand

News / Waste

Asia-Pacific chefs chew over ways to slim down food waste

...1 spent on curbing food waste, according to a new report by the Champions 12.3 coalition, which analysed 42 hotels in 15 countries. Within the first year of implementing a food waste-reduction program...

6 Apr 2018

Asia-Pacific chefs chew over ways to slim down food waste

Mars stakeholder workshop at Responsible Business Forum, Singapore. Image: Mars

News / Food & Agriculture

Mars to boost $1bn sustainability plan with ‘sense of urgency’

...1 per cent of global supply. The company has bought only certified oil through the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil since 2013, and in 2014 embarked on a sustainable palm policy to ensure its supply...

5 Dec 2017

Mars to boost $1bn sustainability plan with ‘sense of urgency’

A sports car getting a wash at the factory

Opinion / Manufacturing

The hidden carbon cost of everyday products

...1 per cent increase in GDP there is a corresponding 0.5 to 0.7 per cent rise in carbon emissions. The growing demand for day-to-day conveniences exacerbates this problem. For metal ores alone, the ext...

23 May 2018

The hidden carbon cost of everyday products

News / Policy & Finance

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

...18 World Press Freedom Index, which ranked China 176th out of 180 countries for free press. "People who want to know about the BRI have to work very hard to do it, and they could be breaking the law,"...

14 Sep 2018

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

News / Carbon & Climate

World temperature rise nears danger level

...11, an estimated 767 million people were living on less than US$1.90 per day, classed as extreme poverty, and the researchers estimated that 3.5 billion more people were “vulnerable to poverty”, livin...

23 May 2018

World temperature rise nears danger level

News / Energy

Power play—who's winning Southeast Asia's renewables race?

...164 environment and land defenders killed in 2018, 17 were killed protesting against dam projects. Adding to such problems are growing safety concerns. Last year’s dam collapse in Laos, for instance, ...

31 Jul 2019

Power play—who's winning Southeast Asia's renewables race?

News / Carbon & Climate

The 5 funniest reactions to Trump's Paris pull-out

...1, 2017 3. These priorities 4. This abundance of proof from The Weather Channel 5. This familiar-sounding projection at the US Embassy in Berlin Image: @MLPSTA

3 Jun 2017

The 5 funniest reactions to Trump's Paris pull-out

News / Lifestyle

From plogging to veganism: Is sustainability the new normal for consumers?

...11 per cent. Chinese consumers are highly aware of the need to protect the environment but one-third of respondents think it is too much effort. But when it comes to barriers to living sustainably, c...

3 Oct 2018

From plogging to veganism: Is sustainability the new normal for consumers?

News / Carbon & Climate

Half a degree warmer means a lot

...1960 to 1979 and 1991 to 2010, a period when the thermometer averages climbed by a whole half a degree. Significant changes They found that the intensity of extreme rainfall had increased by 9 per cen...

5 Jul 2017

Half a degree warmer means a lot

News / Green Buildings

5 ways green buildings are good for your health

...17 study by researchers from Harvard University, Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University on the Impact of Green Buildings on Cognitive Function found that participants in green office ...

1 Oct 2018

5 ways green buildings are good for your health

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Fixing the crisis of confidence in the Green Climate Fund

...14, contributors pledged $10.3 billion to the GCF, making it the biggest multilateral climate fund. This money is used to stimulate environmentally sustainable economic growth in developing countries ...

1 Oct 2018

Fixing the crisis of confidence in the Green Climate Fund

Singapore Institute of Directors Willie Cheng

News / Policy & Finance

Look beyond the bottom line for growth, Asian corporates urged

...1, 2016 and December 31, 2016 to be eligible for the awards.

18 Sep 2017

Look beyond the bottom line for growth, Asian corporates urged

News / Corporate Responsibility

The top 5 CSR stories in 2017

...17: 1. Companies across the globe pledge billions to corporate responsibility efforts America's largest bank JPMorgan committed in July to injecting $200 billion into its clean energy and general sust...

21 Dec 2017

The top 5 CSR stories in 2017

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