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Opinion / Energy

China and Pakistan’s ‘no more coal power’ pledges don’t hold up to scrutiny

...These payments raise the per unit cost of power, in turn worsening the huge and unsustainable debt build-up within the power system, which is $14 billion and rising. The IMF has consequently insisted ...

24 Feb 2022

China and Pakistan’s ‘no more coal power’ pledges don’t hold up to scrutiny

News / Waste

Cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’ banks on mobilised Java communities

...they use to assess progress on the 13 initiatives mandated by the Citarum Harum program. These plans are set for completion in 2025, when the seven-year cycle of the president’s 2018 commitment expire...

6 Sep 2022

Cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’ banks on mobilised Java communities

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Human exploitation and environmental harm: What is the connection?

...The intersection between the environmental impacts of sourcing these and other materials used in the production of consumer electronics and goods, and the working conditions of people making these pro...

18 Feb 2021

Human exploitation and environmental harm: What is the connection?

News / Policy & Finance

Community control of forests hasn’t decreased deforestation, Indonesia study finds

...the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), said the researchers had failed to explain the details of how they measured deforestation. He said the locations of the forests they analysed, and when they d...

6 Jan 2022

Community control of forests hasn’t decreased deforestation, Indonesia study finds

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Myanmar’s military coup is a blow to democracy, and the nation’s stunning biodiversity

...ther rare animals. The country hosts the largest tiger reserve in the world and is home to newly described primates such as the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey and the Popa langur monkey. The mighty Ayeyarw...

21 Feb 2022

Myanmar’s military coup is a blow to democracy, and the nation’s stunning biodiversity

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia taps coastal communities in war on illegal fishing

...the marine police, the park agency, and the Navy. These authorities can then respond immediately to the reports for further investigation and potential arrests. The Pokmaswas groups carry out schedule...

12 May 2022

Indonesia taps coastal communities in war on illegal fishing

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Will China kick its coal habit?

...the face of the gathering climate crisis. China’s leaders began to recognize the need for change in the early 2000s. The largely coal-fuelled “economic growth at all costs” policy had brought great pr...

3 Aug 2021

Will China kick its coal habit?

News / Energy

Asia and the Middle East to be biggest financial losers from energy transition: report

...the results don’t mean the world needs to backtrack on the energy transition. “We need to acknowledge that we need to limit global warming for the health of the population and the planet,” he said, ad...

21 Jan 2022

Asia and the Middle East to be biggest financial losers from energy transition: report

News / Policy & Finance

Meeting Asia’s rising demand for disability devices

...the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and, at the regional level, the Pacific Framework for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. “There are opportunities, now the governmen...

2 Sep 2022

Meeting Asia’s rising demand for disability devices

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Despite “green” efforts, natural gas and LNG make little climate or economic sense

...ther the buyer or seller pays for them. This lack of transparency makes it impossible to know whether “green” cargoes have real climate benefits. The few carbon-neutral LNG deals that disclose the act...

18 Mar 2022

Despite “green” efforts, natural gas and LNG make little climate or economic sense

News / Carbon & Climate

As animals vanish, the plants they spread can't keep up with climate change

...these plant species will lose their ability to shift their locations to keep pace with escalating climate change, according to new research. “Headlines about the biodiversity crisis call it the sixth ...

20 Jan 2022

As animals vanish, the plants they spread can't keep up with climate change

Press Releases / Diversey

Diversey named finalist in Chemical Week Sustainability Awards 2021

...their operations, product development, and strategic planning, further underscoring the importance of the topic for the industry’s future. For instance, some of the most fascinating entries sho...

27 Sep 2021

Diversey named finalist in Chemical Week Sustainability Awards 2021

News / Energy

Is Asia high on hydrogen?

...the calculus of the energy transition in Asia,” he said. It remains unclear how clean or lucrative hydrogen can be. Hydrogen has been the promised fuel of the future since the 1970s but there have be...

29 Oct 2021

Is Asia high on hydrogen?

News / Food & Agriculture

RSPO faces challenges of post-pandemic palm oil

...the Netherlands. However, Timer Manurung of Indonesian NGO the Auriga Foundation, still thinks the RSPO has the edge: “RSPO could be the best certification there is. At least they have a grievance mec...

23 Dec 2022

RSPO faces challenges of post-pandemic palm oil

Unilever has ramped up soap production in Africa to address shortages of hygiene products

News / Corporate Responsibility

The fear that Covid would kill corporate sustainability was overblown, study finds

...the course of this year, with discrimination, inequality and the access to energy the fastest growing concerns, the research finds. One respondent from the United States noted that the recovery from C...

29 Jul 2021

The fear that Covid would kill corporate sustainability was overblown, study finds

The Emerging Threat of Extractives Sector to Intact Forest Landscapes

News / Carbon & Climate

Nearly 1 million square kilometres of intact forests menaced by extractives, study finds

...these leases are concentrated in the region’s west and central Amazon. Most of the projects considered in the study area are in the exploratory phases, so, the study authors argue, the window to imple...

29 Jul 2021

Nearly 1 million square kilometres of intact forests menaced by extractives, study finds

News / Policy & Finance

Displacement of Indigenous hamlet shows Nepal’s dire conservation challenge

...the park’s world-famous rhinos or tigers, but by officials from the park, backed by soldiers. The officers ordered the people to vacate the area and set fire to their huts. The reason? Their community...

11 Apr 2022

Displacement of Indigenous hamlet shows Nepal’s dire conservation challenge

coral reef landscape in Komodo National Park in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Wealth inequality fuels flow of wildlife from poor countries to rich, says new analysis

...the most comprehensive data sets on the legal trade comes from CITES, the global convention governing the wildlife trade. What was clear from the 21-year data set: richer countries are the biggest des...

19 May 2021

Wealth inequality fuels flow of wildlife from poor countries to rich, says new analysis

News / Transport

Legalising Bangladesh 'easy bike' taxis could drive safer, greener industry

...their illegal status. “ If there are any safety concerns about the designs of easy bikes, the government should help mitigate the concerns rather than taking drastic steps such as banning or seizing ...

5 May 2022

Legalising Bangladesh 'easy bike' taxis could drive safer, greener industry

Less than one in five female frontline health workers say protective clothing fits them properly, according to the Women in Global Health network

News / Policy & Finance

Medical PPE unfit for women on Covid-19 frontlines

...the pandemic,” the Women in Global Health (WGH) report says. “Therefore, if medical PPE is not fit for women, it is not fit for the majority of the health workforce.” According to the report, PPE of a...

30 Nov 2021

Medical PPE unfit for women on Covid-19 frontlines

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