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Greenpeace ad used by Iceland in the United Kingdom has been banned for being political.

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This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned

...ical forests. Dr Simon Lord, Sime Darby Plantation's chief sustainability officer, said: "I don’t believe that a boycott is going to protect forests, and I certainly don’t think it is going to restore...

9 Nov 2018

This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned

News / Corporate Responsibility

If you can't beat them, join them: Can rival businesses collaborate for sustainability?

...improving their own reputation and brand image, as a growing proportion of eco-conscious consumers are making brand choices based on a company's sustainability and corporate social responsibility trac...

16 Jan 2019

If you can't beat them, join them: Can rival businesses collaborate for sustainability?

News / Cities

Philippine resort city chooses 'morally correct' low-carbon path

...ier in the Philippines. But it - like other Philippines cities - has motivation to act: the nation is one of those most severely hit by wild weather triggered by climate change, with its coastal citie...

8 Oct 2018

Philippine resort city chooses 'morally correct' low-carbon path

Some of Henkel's top laundry and home care brands. Image: Henkel

News / Corporate Responsibility

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

...ining the same environmental footprint. Getting people to back a strategy is not unique to sustainability, but it is particularly difficult in this field, said Bergmann, noting that for a sustainabili...

4 Mar 2020

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

News / Carbon & Climate

Global Carbon Project: Coronavirus causes ‘record fall’ in fossil-fuel emissions in 2020

...igh emissions in 2019”, which saw the highest rates of deforestation in the Amazon since 2008 and huge fires across Indonesia’s carbon-rich peatlands. Combining fossil and land-use emissions gives a t...

14 Dec 2020

Global Carbon Project: Coronavirus causes ‘record fall’ in fossil-fuel emissions in 2020

News / Food & Agriculture

Beijing’s food vision: quality and quantity

...ientiously fulfils its commitments to the WTO”, opening grain markets and actively cooperating internationally. Luo Shiming said it seems China will continue to focus primarily on being self-sufficien...

17 Jan 2020

Beijing’s food vision: quality and quantity

Opinion / Lifestyle

Global health versus online trolls

...and Viber. This means working in tandem to create guidelines and protocols for how information of public interest can be disseminated safely. In addition, social media companies can work with scientis...

4 Feb 2019

Global health versus online trolls

News / Manufacturing

Electric car demand fuelling rise in child labour in DR Congo—campaigners

...ings," she said. Congo's mining ministry said earlier this year it was launching new monitoring and tracing mechanisms to tackle child labour in cobalt and copper production. Rising demand in the last...

5 Nov 2018

Electric car demand fuelling rise in child labour in DR Congo—campaigners

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Youth not wasted on the young who fight for climate justice

...ide senior representatives from government and civil society. Young people are not sitting idly by Technological solutions presented by youth summit participants included 3D printing using plastic was...

1 Oct 2019

Youth not wasted on the young who fight for climate justice

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate leadership collapse leaves UN chief with a daunting task

...anding different national positions and restoring goodwill in Cancun may serve Espinosa well in Katowice, said David Waskow, director of the World Resources Institute’s international climate initiativ...

3 Dec 2018

Climate leadership collapse leaves UN chief with a daunting task

News / Manufacturing

Disney doll factory in China investigated over treatment of workers

...investigation, we will quickly and effectively address any issues identified which are in breach of our standards," said ETP spokesman Mark Robertson. "This investigation will include a review of each...

7 Dec 2018

Disney doll factory in China investigated over treatment of workers

Gateway to palm oil plantation Riau Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

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

...inforest alive, providing technical assistance and financial support to the tune of $12.7 million. The money is channeled through the NGO Burung Indonesia, the local affiliate of BirdLife Internationa...

12 Nov 2018

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

Devastated Tacloban City in the Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies

...issions elsewhere. Using negative emissions this way can be a powerful policy or economic lever. “ If we are unwilling to use the relatively cheap mitigation technologies to lower carbon emissions av...

11 Oct 2018

Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies

A chief sustainability officer working during Covid-19

News / Corporate Responsibility

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

...ive" in their response to the pandemic, rushing in with CSR-like initiatives such as distributing face masks and hand sanitiser, and overlooked more enduring opportunities. "It’s the less apparent thi...

6 Oct 2020

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

News / Carbon & Climate

COP25 to keep ocean focus despite moving to Madrid

...and thermal stratification, increasing ice melt and exacerbating sea-level rise. “We count on both Carolina Schmidt [Chile’s environment minister] and Teresa Ribera [Spain’s ecological transition mini...

20 Nov 2019

COP25 to keep ocean focus despite moving to Madrid

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate threats drive migration, Indian women find opportunities

...inked to climate change, are driving crop-killing seawater further inland - and driving farmers out. But for Susama Das and her husband, migrating part of the year from their village to India's Odisha...

18 Oct 2018

As climate threats drive migration, Indian women find opportunities

News / Corporate Responsibility

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

...itch from running the business to understanding how the business is run," said Neal Harrison, associate director at the Miller Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in California. With that in mind, Bart...

19 Nov 2019

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How can edible forests fight land clearing and world hunger?

...is driving this number up again, particularly in Africa and Asia, where competition over land for both farming and forest conservation is acute. But villagers in the Himalayas are turning to a traditi...

24 Sep 2019

How can edible forests fight land clearing and world hunger?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The right investments to address the human capital crisis

...ill likely increase. Investment in human capital can help drive inclusive, sustainable economic growth. But this is not just the domain of health and education ministers. Heads of state, finance minis...

24 Jan 2019

The right investments to address the human capital crisis

News / Food & Agriculture

Long road ahead for ethical palm oil in booming Indian market

...ith other oils and suits frying, a key consideration in preparing Indian food.What happens to palm oil demand in India has a significant effect on the entire industry. Since India’s palm oil imports a...

22 Jun 2020

Long road ahead for ethical palm oil in booming Indian market

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