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Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

...1.5 billion in capital from private investors over the past 20 years and channeled that money to mission-driven organizations. “In many situations, a $20 million fund is boutique. It’s not going to be...

5 Jun 2018

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Greenpeace activists and customers visit HSBC in Kuala Lumpur

...1/1/2012 (including matured) for these six palm oil groups: US$16,341,898,120. Total amount of bonds involving HSBC since 1/1/12 (including matured) for these six palm oil groups: $1,996,087,395 [3]...

14 Feb 2017

Greenpeace activists and customers visit HSBC in Kuala Lumpur

News / Energy

7 ways to speed up Southeast Asia's switch to renewable energy

...100, a group of some of the world's most influential companies that have set a public goal to source 100 per cent of their global electricity needs from renewable sources by a specified year. The coll...

3 Oct 2018

7 ways to speed up Southeast Asia's switch to renewable energy

News / Policy & Finance

At UN, over $2 billion pledged to help hurricane-affected Caribbean nations ‘build back better’

...1.3 billion in pledges and more than $1 billion in loans and debt relief to help Caribbean nations recover from the strong hurricanes that pummelled the region a few months ago, during a meeting at Un...

24 Nov 2017

At UN, over $2 billion pledged to help hurricane-affected Caribbean nations ‘build back better’

Log barge on Musi River, OKI mill. Image: Eco-Business

News / None

Have APP and APRIL both broken their no-deforestation promises?

...1-2012 (in purple) and from 2013-2017 (in red). Sources: Forest cover from Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry land cover maps from 2000 and 2015, tree cover loss from Hansen et al. 2013 ...

17 Aug 2018

Have APP and APRIL both broken their no-deforestation promises?

Press Releases / Allance Composting

Compostable and biodegradable waste (bio waste) around us

...1. Collect the raw materials together first, then put them in the compost bin. (if if condition permits, please shred the dried hay into very small pieces-1/2 to 1 1/2 inches in size-is best for fast ...

4 Jan 2017

Compostable and biodegradable waste (bio waste) around us

News / Energy

Villages die as community makes way for coal in Germany

...18. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Stefanie Glinski Once finished, the company website says the mine will cover an operating surface of about 32 sq km. The size of the approved mining field is 114 sq km,...

14 Aug 2018

Villages die as community makes way for coal in Germany

News / Waste

Controls on solid waste tightened

...1996 Solid Waste Control Law was last revised 13 years ago. "The law cannot deal with the current situation and does not coordinate with other laws so it is in need of urgent revision," the report sai...

2 Nov 2017

Controls on solid waste tightened

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Rising temperatures imperil winter sports industry

...1080, but Olympic athletes aren’t the only ones who love winter sports. In the winter of 2015 and 2016, more than 20 million people took part in downhill skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling in the U...

27 Feb 2018

Rising temperatures imperil winter sports industry

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change "will hurt US economy, increase inequality" - study

...1 degree Celsius rise in global temperatures will cost the United States as a whole about 1.2 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product, researchers said in the journal Science. But the economic damage w...

5 Jul 2017

Climate change "will hurt US economy, increase inequality" - study

A farmer in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia sits beside his crops

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

...1 2010, no funds at all have been directed at or been committed to projects with the main focus on development or promotion of agroecological practices. It is true that minor funds have been directed ...

28 Mar 2018

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

News / Energy

Energy majors warn of falling fossil fuel demand

...16, energy consumption worldwide grew by less than 1 per cent – following on from growth of only 0.9 per cent in 2015 and 1 per cent the previous year. “The relentless drive to improve efficiency is c...

22 Jun 2017

Energy majors warn of falling fossil fuel demand

Oscar-winning actor and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation Forest Whitaker at Ecosperity

News / Policy & Finance

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

...100 million people drop below the poverty line each year in developing countries because of the high cost of healthcare. By 2030, another 200 million people in Asia will be elderly, placing a strain o...

19 Jun 2018

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

News / Waste

Chemical recycling is coming of age

...10 per cent is recycled. Much of it seeps in to the ocean, causing at least US$13 billion (89 billion yuan) worth of economic damage to marine ecosystems annually. Alarming statistics on the impact of...

8 Aug 2018

Chemical recycling is coming of age

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Forests: the Cinderella of climate solutions

...16 reported a spike of 51 per cent over the previous year, with record-high levels of tree cover loss in Brazil and Indonesia. Last but not least, who is the fairy godmother in this metaphor? As you...

23 Apr 2018

Forests: the Cinderella of climate solutions

News / Carbon & Climate

Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

...10, has pioneered the shift towards a "circular economy" in which raw materials and products are repeatedly reused to reduce waste and pollution. "In a new textiles economy, clothes would be designed ...

30 Nov 2017

Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

Research / Eco-Business

Circular Economy Industry Roundtable: Towards a Circular Singapore

...11-year history, Eco Action Day this year cast the spotlight on the circular economy. One of Singapore’s longest-running environmental initiatives, Eco Action Day is held annually to mark World ...

4 Oct 2017

Circular Economy Industry Roundtable: Towards a Circular Singapore

News / Lifestyle

What to read, watch and listen to this Earth Day

...1 billion participants annually. It has also been associated with some major environmental milestones, from the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 to a ceremony to sign th...

21 Apr 2017

What to read, watch and listen to this Earth Day

News / Manufacturing

Rupert Murdoch's Aussie papers linked to deforestation in Indonesia

...19 that “the only paper we procure from Aspex is 100 per cent recycled fibre content newsprint and this is Forest Stewardship Council certified”. “We plan to discuss the issues you mentioned with Aspe...

8 Sep 2017

Rupert Murdoch's Aussie papers linked to deforestation in Indonesia

Opinion / Water

The unswerving case for a blue economy

...1 billion people rely on fish as their main source of animal protein, and about 200 million work in the fishing sector. Fish and fish products are among the world’s most traded food commodities, total...

19 Mar 2018

The unswerving case for a blue economy

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