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Can insects help clean up palm oil's tarnished image?

...ion in areas with poor soils and water scarcity. Natural fungi and bacteria are added to this palm fruit waste to start the fermentation process, increasing its protein content and making it more dige...

25 Nov 2019

Can insects help clean up palm oil's tarnished image?

News / Energy

Mining sector in Indonesia takes a hit from Covid-19 pandemic

...inancial crisis. “Amid the coronavirus situation, a lot of companies stopped their production and this led to a decline in demand and the price [of tin] is kept being corrected,” Timah CEO Riza Pahlev...

3 Apr 2020

Mining sector in Indonesia takes a hit from Covid-19 pandemic

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate stress and coronavirus gang up on world's vulnerable

...Iceland, director of water initiatives, World Resources Institute 'Threat multipliers' Charles Iceland, WRI's director of water initiatives, said the fast-moving coronavirus was "upending civilisatio...

3 Apr 2020

Climate stress and coronavirus gang up on world's vulnerable

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

A business model for sustainability

...iness executives surveyed said they are integrating SDGs into their strategies. At the same time, the number of companies receiving B Corp Certification—which measures a firm’s social and environmenta...

20 Dec 2018

A business model for sustainability

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

The corporate world is helping to combat coronavirus—but mind the virus-washing

...irus conversation. The head of communications for Philip Morris, Marian Salzman, wrote a piece on LinkedIn in which she opined how the virus was, despite social distancing, bringing a divided society ...

2 Apr 2020

The corporate world is helping to combat coronavirus—but mind the virus-washing

News / Carbon & Climate

Faced with a crisis, airlines seek delay on climate measures

...ired airlines receiving financial aid to offset all emissions from domestic flights by 2025, and to support the commercialisation of sustainable aviation fuels.Elizabeth Gore, EDF senior vice presiden...

27 Apr 2020

Faced with a crisis, airlines seek delay on climate measures

Opinion / Green Buildings

How fungi can help create a green construction industry

...ing materials and building insulation. And NASA is currently researching using mycelium to build habitable dwellings on Mars. Recycled buildings I am investigating the development of mycelium material...

4 Feb 2020

How fungi can help create a green construction industry

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why the European Union's green taxonomy is risky business

...ially damaging consequences. The Commission’s focus on the question of which economic activities are sustainable entails defining and listing all activities that contribute to the energy transition, s...

3 Feb 2020

Why the European Union's green taxonomy is risky business

Coal being transported on the Yangtze River in China

News / Policy & Finance

China’s new carbon neutrality pledge: What next?

...in international politics, University of Sheffield Xi Jinping’s announcement of the aim to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 is a welcome indication of China’s commitment to carbon reduction. It is ...

25 Sep 2020

China’s new carbon neutrality pledge: What next?

News / Energy

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

...ired for their basic needs. India's government said it will give away millions of cylinders of cooking gas to those in need, while in Ghana, a state Covid-19 relief package subsidises electricity for ...

21 Apr 2020

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Extreme weather news may not change climate change sceptics’ minds

...ions, or deploying a kind of “jiu jitsu” persuasion that aligns with pre-existing attitudes, may prove more effective at influencing sceptics. In the meantime, social scientists will continue to inves...

28 Mar 2019

Extreme weather news may not change climate change sceptics’ minds

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Natural disasters increase inequality, and recovery funding may make things worse

...igher. Relief and recovery funding Our analysis suggests relief and recovery funding may contribute to widening the income gap, with the income gains for some groups indicating benefits are distrib...

27 Feb 2020

Natural disasters increase inequality, and recovery funding may make things worse

News / Food & Agriculture

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

...izing it as a hindrance to investment. That, activists say, will leave large palm oil companies with little justification to continue empowering local communities. “If the 20 per cent minimum requirem...

14 May 2020

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

deforestation imports impact Indonesia's forests

News / Food & Agriculture

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

...inks to deforestation] is seen as a swipe against palm oil in this region [Malaysia’s Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok called the EU's stance on palm oil is "unfair" and "discriminative" at SDSW...

21 May 2019

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

Press Releases / Green Is The New Black

Vegan, almost zero waste & carbon neutral: the Conscious Festival powered by Holland & Barrett is back for its 5th edition

...ight, and movements like #FridaysForFuture and Extinction Rebellion instill some hope in humanity. It's times like these where I feel both disempowered yet full of hope. However, I'm still optimistic ...

9 Oct 2019

Vegan, almost zero waste & carbon neutral: the Conscious Festival powered by Holland & Barrett is back for its 5th edition

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore makes room for allotment gardens as urban farming takes root

...is fast becoming popular. Singapore last year topped the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Food Security Index for the first time, scoring high on metrics such as affordability and availabili...

17 Apr 2019

Singapore makes room for allotment gardens as urban farming takes root

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

A little humour might help with climate change gloom

...ic about climate change. The studies, published in The Journal of Science Communication, Comedy Studies and Science Communication, added to the growing wave of scientists, entertainers and politicians...

11 Nov 2019

A little humour might help with climate change gloom

News / Food & Agriculture

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

...id: “Farm diversification is critically important because of its multiple benefits economically, socially and environmentally. It increases income, reduces plantations’ vulnerability to disease, and c...

15 Apr 2020

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

News / Food & Agriculture

How can businesses address biodiversity loss? Start by being less bad for nature

...ity of life—halt their deterioration, said Argentinian ecologist Sandra Diaz at a public talk in Singapore this week. Businesses in every industry have to examine their entire production chains to see...

24 Jan 2020

How can businesses address biodiversity loss? Start by being less bad for nature

News / Carbon & Climate

Who rules climate intervention on the high seas?

...ime” says Harrison. “Obviously bringing emissions down is the critical thing.” Climate intervention While Harrison’s project is small in scale, and in its infancy, marine cloud brightening is just one...

14 Sep 2020

Who rules climate intervention on the high seas?

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