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Can we make batteries better for the environment?

...renewables like wind and solar. But batteries themselves have environmental drawbacks, too. They contain toxic and in some cases flammable materials. And they require lots of energy to manufacture, wh...

31 Oct 2018

Can we make batteries better for the environment?

A freezer running on electricity generated by an off-grid solar system

Videos / Energy

An electrifying solution to improve livelihoods

A photograph of nine-year-old Filipino boy Daniel Cabrera doing his homework in the dim lighting of a nearby restaurant in 2015 drew media attention from all around the world, highlighting his tenacit...

27 Mar 2019

An electrifying solution to improve livelihoods

News / Carbon & Climate

Spain brings fresh impetus to climate fight after lost decade

Spain's prime minister vowed on Friday to make up for a decade of inaction on climate change brought on by a harsh economic recession during which he said the country lost its passion and creativity t...

21 Jan 2019

Spain brings fresh impetus to climate fight after lost decade

News / Energy

IEA: Renewables investment in India topped fossil fuels for first time in 2017

...renewables. Carbon Brief breaks down some of the key findings for 2017 from this year’s report, which include: 7 per cent global fall in renewable power investment More than a million electric cars s...

25 Jul 2018

IEA: Renewables investment in India topped fossil fuels for first time in 2017

News / Green Buildings

Can laboratories get smarter when it comes to sustainability?

Think of a research laboratory and pristine bare rooms lit by fluorescent lights come to mind. What doesn’t is that a lab can consume up to 100 times as much as energy as a similar sized office. Behin...

10 Oct 2019

Can laboratories get smarter when it comes to sustainability?

emissions from a power plant in moscow russia

News / Carbon & Climate

The number with the power to halt the climate crisis

Increased greenhouse emissions from human activity have put the Earth firmly on the path to a warmer future, with rising seas, melting glaciers, and increased mortality from heat and famine. But how w...

3 Jun 2019

The number with the power to halt the climate crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

Car giant plumps for carbon neutrality

...renewables for as much as 40 per cent of its energy supply and increase overall energy efficiency. It says what it describes as “unavoidable CO2 emissions” will be compensated for, or offset, by suppo...

17 May 2019

Car giant plumps for carbon neutrality

News / Energy

Infrastructure and energy bind Bangladesh to China

...renewables, some of its big-ticket investment projects these days revolve around fossil fuels, including a major coal production project in Pakistan. Similarly, many of Beijing’s infrastructure invest...

14 May 2019

Infrastructure and energy bind Bangladesh to China

News / Cities

Emerging cities could attract $29 trillion in climate cash

Cities in emerging markets could attract $29 trillion in climate-related investments like green buildings and electric vehicles over the next decade, the World Bank Group's International Finance Corpo...

30 Nov 2018

Emerging cities could attract $29 trillion in climate cash

Opinion / Energy

Storm warning for the fossil fuel industry

...renewables, the industry might shift production to private rather than publicly listed firms. Or production could migrate to less transparent firms in non-OECD countries. In either case, these corpora...

27 Sep 2018

Storm warning for the fossil fuel industry

News / Policy & Finance

Policy continuity and concerns in Indian elections

The resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition in India’s parliamentary election, with Narendra Modi back as Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy, means policy con...

27 May 2019

Policy continuity and concerns in Indian elections

News / Food & Agriculture

Renewable brew: Indonesian geothermal project energises women coffee growers

Coffee farmers in matrilineal villages in a mountainous region of Indonesia are getting assistance from a geothermal energy company, which said it is helping them to grow, roast and find global buyers...

2 Nov 2018

Renewable brew: Indonesian geothermal project energises women coffee growers

Research / Eco-Business

Power Trip: Southeast Asia's journey to a low carbon economy

A new ground-breaking study launched by Eco-Business puts a spotlight on Southeast Asia’s transition to the low carbon economy and identifies the top challenges for the region as insufficient re...

31 Oct 2018

Power Trip: Southeast Asia's journey to a low carbon economy

Press Releases / CDL and DBS

CDL and DBS set benchmark on innovation-focused financing for sustainable development

City Developments Limited (CDL) has secured a S$250 million SDG Innovation Loan, in the form of a three-year revolving credit facility provided by DBS Bank Ltd. (DBS). This is a first-of-its-kind conc...

11 Sep 2019

CDL and DBS set benchmark on innovation-focused financing for sustainable development

A chief sustainability officer working during Covid-19

News / Corporate Responsibility

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

A question corporate sustainability officers will have been asking themselves this year is, does my company value its environmental and social impact enough for my job to survive a pandemic? For many ...

6 Oct 2020

How a pandemic changed the chief sustainability officer

News / Policy & Finance

Michael Bloomberg to spend $500 million to close coal plants

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday he would contribute $500 million toward closing coal-fired power plants across the United States, in a clash with White House efforts to revive...

10 Jun 2019

Michael Bloomberg to spend $500 million to close coal plants

Press Releases / Henkel Singapore Pte Ltd

Henkel Singapore adopts 100% renewable energy for electricity use

Effective on 15 June, Henkel Singapore has switched to utilising 100 per cent solar energy from Sunseap Energy, the leading clean energy solutions provider in Singapore. With its regional office and G...

20 Jun 2018

Henkel Singapore adopts 100% renewable energy for electricity use

News / Carbon & Climate

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury from toxic coal energy and gold mining

Women of childbearing age from small-island states and countries have been found to have toxic levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin that can harm unborn children, a new report shows. The study took ...

28 Nov 2018

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury from toxic coal energy and gold mining

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change and the bleak prognosis for human health

“The life of every child born today will be profoundly affected by climate change,” according to a new report in the prestigious medical journal the Lancet. Our heating planet is an increasing danger ...

18 Nov 2019

Climate change and the bleak prognosis for human health

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

What we’ve learned from how sustainability and sustainable companies have weathered the Covid-19 crisis

Sustainability has been thrust to the fore of business strategy discussions in recent years, becoming such a focus that any business forum or conference would inevitably have a portion, if not the who...

24 Jun 2020

What we’ve learned from how sustainability and sustainable companies have weathered the Covid-19 crisis

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