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Opinion / Energy

Clean energy predictions for 2018 – and why I was wrong about 2017

...illion. Again I was wrong. The figure was over 2 million when the International Energy Agency published its mid-year annual report, and is now probably around 3 million. Countries in developing Asia l...

18 Jan 2018

Clean energy predictions for 2018 – and why I was wrong about 2017

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Scaling Antarctica's vertical limits

...imbing skills and getting acclimatised to the Antarctic conditions. The team practices rope work, crevasse rescue, navigation, weather observations, and polar camping skills. “ The continent is losin...

27 Jun 2018

Scaling Antarctica's vertical limits

Local villagers float past a pile of illegally logged trees in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Logging is claiming the last of Indonesia's forests

...ivers, which, if disturbed, can easily incite water scarcity for the 40 villages on the island. And given the island’s foundation on coral limestone, the forests play a crucial role in water maintenan...

27 Aug 2018

Logging is claiming the last of Indonesia's forests

Children play with informal waste pickers in Myanmar

News / Lifestyle

7 eco-friendly ways to stir the senses this Earth Day

...interviewing scientists and climate change experts to investigate how rising seas will impact humanity. Experience... MahaRaja Eco Dive Lodge MahaRaha Eco Dive Lodge, first with e-boats At a time wh...

24 Apr 2019

7 eco-friendly ways to stir the senses this Earth Day

News / Lifestyle

Social businesses take tourists off beaten path to 'spread the wealth'

...iness, the more we can reinvest," said Dresen, who runs a similar Good Hotel in Antigua, a city in the highlands of Guatemala, with a scheme to train and hire single mothers and provide apprenticeship...

16 Jul 2019

Social businesses take tourists off beaten path to 'spread the wealth'

News / Carbon & Climate

As Cambodia swelters, the heat is on deforestation's role in climate change

...In turn, this leads to less precipitation and higher temperatures. While the report is highly technical and doesn’t include data specific to Cambodia, Ledecq offered insight into what the findings cou...

18 Jun 2019

As Cambodia swelters, the heat is on deforestation's role in climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Report accuses coal-fired plant in Bali of pollution, loss of livelihoods

...ing the local environment and depriving residents of their livelihoods. This is in addition to long-running disputes over the 40 hectares (99 acres) of land on which it sits. In a report published in ...

16 May 2018

Report accuses coal-fired plant in Bali of pollution, loss of livelihoods

Press Releases / Rabobank

Rabobank announces 15 Agri-tech Start-ups and Innovators for SustainableAg Asia Challenge

...ands and Food & Agri, Rabobank is an international financial services provider with activities in 39 countries in the field of retail banking, wholesale banking, private banking, leasing and real ...

24 Sep 2019

Rabobank announces 15 Agri-tech Start-ups and Innovators for SustainableAg Asia Challenge

News / Food & Agriculture

Women in palm oil: invisible no more?

...id Fitri Arianti Sukardi, Indonesia relations officer at the California-based environmental organisation Rainforest Action Network (RAN). RAN, together with local non-profit OPPUK and the Internationa...

3 Dec 2018

Women in palm oil: invisible no more?

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Why should companies care about social responsibility?

...iety in making choices on what is good and a challenge for business in determining the meaning of social responsibility. Social responsibility is one of the most important issues that business is faci...

13 Nov 2018

Why should companies care about social responsibility?

News / Energy

Legal fight over Bali coal power plant illuminates Indonesia energy dilemma

...i is needed to meet rising power demand, Jisman Hutajulu, a senior electricity official at Indonesia's energy ministry, said by email. But the decision on whether to opt for more fossil fuel capacity ...

28 Jun 2018

Legal fight over Bali coal power plant illuminates Indonesia energy dilemma

Press Releases / Women's Forum for the Economy and Society

President of the Republic of Singapore to keynote Women's Forum Singapore 2018

...illars: shaping lives and leadership through innovation, embracing diversity for inclusive prosperity, driving towards equality and empowerment, and creating the condition for resilience and stability...

13 Aug 2018

President of the Republic of Singapore to keynote Women's Forum Singapore 2018

converted forest for wood fibre, Sumatra

News / Food & Agriculture

Asia Pulp & Paper involved in numerous land disputes, shirking demands for more transparency—report

...and grabs and land rights violations. For decades, it has been criticised for acquiring land without community consent and inflicting harm on indigenous communities. Some conflicts have been fatal. In...

9 Oct 2019

Asia Pulp & Paper involved in numerous land disputes, shirking demands for more transparency—report

Videos / Water

How clean water transforms lives

...it as our mission and responsibility to improve the lives of our consumers and employees, as well as serve the communities in which we live and work,” said Zukowski. While some countries in Southeast ...

27 Mar 2018

How clean water transforms lives

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How can we communicate all that nature does for us?

...is time it’s IPBES: the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. In a high-profile article senior scientists representing its consortium of 129 countries have ...

3 May 2018

How can we communicate all that nature does for us?

News / Policy & Finance

Development-bank climate funds seek new dollars, as competition heats up

...ipping 45 million to cope with the effects of climate change, and managing 36 million hectares of forests more sustainably, the statement said. "It is our view that we must build on these significant ...

9 Apr 2019

Development-bank climate funds seek new dollars, as competition heats up

News / Food & Agriculture

Have your cake and eat it too—hotels can serve buffets and still cut food waste

...ites that didn’t quite get their money back, and [these figures are] very specific to the hotel sector and North America, Europe and Asia, which are the regions WRAP is active in. Is there a differen...

18 Apr 2018

Have your cake and eat it too—hotels can serve buffets and still cut food waste

News / Energy

Should we burn trees for energy?

...icated than it looks. This is a complex problem because it involves time, including recovery time for plantations; it involves scale, in terms of the landscape and in terms of transportation; and it i...

17 Jan 2018

Should we burn trees for energy?

News / Policy & Finance

Can the Belt and Road Initiative push peace in South Asia?

...id that BRI is a geo-economic integration initiative and if India joins it, it can prove an effective channel to build confidence between India and Pakistan, which will provide better opportunities to...

15 Jan 2019

Can the Belt and Road Initiative push peace in South Asia?

News / Energy

The aesthetics of wind energy

...I see when I see your big windmill on the mountain.” In a light of this opposition, Saito has argued for a “societal effort to improve our ecological literacy and associated aesthetic sensibility.” In...

12 Feb 2018

The aesthetics of wind energy

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