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Food & Agriculture
Olam introduces new tool for more transparent supply chains
Food manufacturers may soon be able to tell consumers exactly which farm their cashew nuts were grown in, with the help of a new traceability tool developed by Olam International for its clients. Unv...
19 Apr 2018
Olam introduces new tool for more transparent supply chains
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Chocolate’s sustainability challenge
In the 1970s and 1980s, when multinational firms first linked sustainability to business success, the chief catalyst was vulnerability, not altruism. Consumer pressure, political boycotts, and costly ...
3 May 2018
Chocolate’s sustainability challenge
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Why the next Tesla should take on agriculture
...
smallholders
’ incomes in the face of climate-related losses based on a weather-related index. With two billion
smallholders
bearing the brunt of billions of dollars of climate-related disasters, it re...
3 Nov 2017
Why the next Tesla should take on agriculture
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
In soil-stressed India, it's time to swap chemical pesticides for natural farming
India's green revolution, a period from 1960s onwards that advocated the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides to boost agriculture and food security, was useful in its time. But the time for a d...
8 Feb 2019
In soil-stressed India, it's time to swap chemical pesticides for natural farming
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Food & Agriculture
Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?
There is no questioning the value that certification could bring to agroforestry, a sector lumbered with a range of issues from the abuse of indigenous people's rights and deforestation, to biodiversi...
9 May 2018
Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Pushing GMS food up the value chain
...
smallholders
are also becoming better at reaching out to regional and global markets. Connectivity to international markets expands the income pathways of small farmers. Agricultural and food trade in...
4 Jan 2018
Pushing GMS food up the value chain
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Food & Agriculture
Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry in the direction of sustainability
...
Smallholders
turn slowly to integrated farming Faced with a rapidly deteriorating Mekong region and the challenge of working with thousands of small farmers like Hung and Le, Vietnamese authorities an...
20 Jul 2018
Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry in the direction of sustainability
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
The bleak fate of the Amazon
Last month, a deeply divided Brazil voted to elect its next president. Faced with a choice between Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party and the right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians...
22 Nov 2018
The bleak fate of the Amazon
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Food & Agriculture
Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment
...
smallholders
in the cases studied often struggle to move from subsistence to commercial farming, and the challenges involved are not currently well reflected in many intensification strategies. Phil D...
17 Jul 2018
Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
The power of rural women to reduce global food insecurity and cut emissions
My village, Tajpur, in the Lalmonirhat district of northern Bangladesh is very green and beautiful. It sits beside the river Tista and most of our community members work in agriculture. The area is pr...
18 Oct 2018
The power of rural women to reduce global food insecurity and cut emissions
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
10 biggest changes of the decade for forests
The last decade was pivotal for the world’s forests. The 2010s saw the rise of unprecedented new commitments — from governments and the private sector alike — to bring deforestation to heel. The UN RE...
20 Jan 2020
10 biggest changes of the decade for forests
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Policy & Finance
$1 billion programme launched to restore land, protect forests
Dutch bank Rabobank and U.N. Environment have announced a $1 billion programme to finance new ways of farming that curb emissions, restore the land and protect forests. Agriculture produces about 24 p...
20 Oct 2017
$1 billion programme launched to restore land, protect forests
Opinion /
Lifestyle
In the world of sustainability, colonialism is not dead
Last week, Scandinavian fashion label and global It-brand Ganni hardly caused a stir when it closed Copenhagen Fashion Week with a sustainability-themed showcase titled “Life on Earth.” Considering th...
13 Feb 2019
In the world of sustainability, colonialism is not dead
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Policy & Finance
Conservation entrepreneurs are ready to get down to business. Watch their pitches here.
Business is booming in the arena of “nature-based” companies, which includes ventures ranging from ecological restoration companies to ecotourism to sustainable commodity production. One study estimat...
20 Aug 2018
Conservation entrepreneurs are ready to get down to business. Watch their pitches here.
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Policy & Finance
Indonesian parliament pushes to pass palm oil legislation this year
...
smallholders
and rural and indigenous communities. A key criticism is that it advocates the clearing of peatlands for plantations — a position at odds with the administration of President Joko “Jokow...
16 Jan 2018
Indonesian parliament pushes to pass palm oil legislation this year
Opinion /
Corporate Responsibility
Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet
Trees do a lot more for us than you probably think. Their roots prevent soil from eroding, their canopies provide shade and their leaves decompose into nutrients for crops, which feed livestock. Trees...
27 Sep 2018
Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet
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Food & Agriculture
Can the palm oil industry ever be fully sustainable?
...
smallholders
, and navigate a web of cultural and behavioural factors to drive a change in how they operate, including the elimination of the slash and burn approach to land clearing that has troubled ...
10 Nov 2017
Can the palm oil industry ever be fully sustainable?
News /
Manufacturing
Work with suppliers, not against them, to end modern slavery
Companies that cut off a supply chain where forced or child labour exists may inadvertently worsen the situation for victims, said experts at a recent closed door event on modern slavery in Singapore....
14 Nov 2018
Work with suppliers, not against them, to end modern slavery
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Food & Agriculture
Blinding consumers to the true cost of soy?
...
smallholders
—to invest in certification. “For farmers who don’t have to change anything, it’s a no-regret effort to get certified,” Börner said. “But for those who would have to significantly adjust t...
12 Oct 2018
Blinding consumers to the true cost of soy?
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Agribusinesses can help ASEAN achieve the SDGs
...
smallholders
in their operations. As
smallholders
become more productive, they are able to invest in new business opportunities, increase their purchasing power, build resilience, and save for the fut...
29 May 2017
Agribusinesses can help ASEAN achieve the SDGs
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Waste Management
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing ‘donations’ from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Singapore-based circular clothing enterprise Cloop said it does not want to encourage dumping of cheap clothing that cannot …
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing 'donations' from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
New Singapore-based initiative aims to aggregate demand for high-integrity carbon credits and unlock financing for early-stage climate projects …
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
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Energy
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
As nuclear energy returns, the government, universities and companies are training the next generation of engineers to operate …
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
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Corporate Responsibility
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
At a youth festival in Singapore, students and young eco-preneurs discussed the state of the green jobs market …
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia’s TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
The world is spending only about US$200 billion a year on nature-based solutions, against an estimated US$700 billion …
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia's TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
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Carbon & Climate
Temasek cannot meet 2030 emissions targets, dragged by aviation, energy sectors: CEO
The fund maintained its goal of reaching net zero by 2050 but cited volatile global markets and higher …
Temasek cannot meet 2030 emissions targets, dragged by aviation, energy sectors: CEO
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