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Green Buildings
Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry
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smallholders
and policymakers. Speaking at a conference of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Paola Agostini of the World Bank summarised the problem: “I am convinced about bamboo, but we st...
18 Feb 2019
Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry
News /
Food & Agriculture
Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?
...
smallholders
. What options will a boycott leave them with? They can’t grow anything else, because of the density of palm oil cultivation. Their other option is either to burn that palm oil off, or mov...
5 Nov 2018
Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Cash is best when tackling hunger caused by drought - study
Cash handouts are the best way to support smallholder farmers struggling due to drought, but for farmers experiencing wetter weather, agricultural inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides help most, ...
29 Nov 2017
Cash is best when tackling hunger caused by drought - study
News /
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
News /
Carbon & Climate
Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions
For nearly a decade now, Vietnam has made “payment for forest ecosystem services” its key strategy for protecting forests and improving the lives of poor rural communities. Now, it plans to use the sa...
13 Mar 2020
Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions
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
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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
News /
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
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
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
News /
Food & Agriculture
Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry in the direction of sustainability
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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
News /
Food & Agriculture
Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment
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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
News /
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
News /
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.
News /
Policy & Finance
Indonesian parliament pushes to pass palm oil legislation this year
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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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Carbon & Climate
Pax Silica must not deepen inequality as the Philippines pursues AI ambitions, women in energy transition say
The United States-led partnership must embed climate justice, gender equity and community participation from the outset to ensure …
Pax Silica must not deepen inequality as the Philippines pursues AI ambitions, women in energy transition say
News /
Energy
Pakistan’s solar revolution leans on workers toiling in extreme heat
Nearly a fifth of all Pakistani households rely on solar energy, but the people installing and cleaning these …
Pakistan’s solar revolution leans on workers toiling in extreme heat
News /
Policy & Finance
Chinese transition mineral abuses surge 190% overseas, says new study
Allegations jumped from 51 in 2021 to 148 over a five-year period, found a new Business & Human …
Chinese transition mineral abuses surge 190% overseas, says new study
News /
Carbon & Climate
South Korea takes first legislative step toward binding post-2030 climate goals
The measure responds to Constitutional Court ruling and would require annual and sector-specific emissions reduction pathways through 2050.
South Korea takes first legislative step toward binding post-2030 climate goals
News /
Energy
Taiwan weighs requiring large power users to install on-site generation, storage
The proposal would initially target about 700 large electricity users as Taiwan seeks to ease pressure on its …
Taiwan weighs requiring large power users to install on-site generation, storage
News /
Corporate Responsibility
Global sustainability hiring holds steady despite tougher business climate, survey finds
Profession grows more senior and diverse, but political backlash and regulation weigh on practitioners.
Global sustainability hiring holds steady despite tougher business climate, survey finds
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