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Food & Agriculture
Increasing food production without damaging the environment
To achieve sustainable development we must transform current agriculture and food systems, including by supporting
smallholders
and family farmers, reducing pesticide and chemical use, and improving l...
14 Jun 2017
Increasing food production without damaging the environment
News /
Food & Agriculture
Could the palm oil industry’s most productive seeds end deforestation?
...
smallholders
that supply GAR. Smallholder farmers are reputed to produce the lowest yields, and are most commonly blamed for starting fires to clear land for planting. Daud Dharsono, president directo...
26 May 2017
Could the palm oil industry’s most productive seeds end deforestation?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Colombian palm oil firm takes RSPO certification to the next level
...
smallholders
.” Daabon, which has four palm oil estates in Northern Colombia spanning almost 10,000 hectares, has had all of its palm oil certified according to RSPO's baseline requirements since 2010....
2 May 2017
Colombian palm oil firm takes RSPO certification to the next level
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Bridging the two worlds of carbon forestry
...
smallholders
and communities to global markets while protecting and providing environmental services is one example of this. My adventures have immersed me in these two contrasting worlds. I have crun...
10 Apr 2017
Bridging the two worlds of carbon forestry
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Here comes the sun: solar technology for agriculture
Solar energy technology is not new and has been used in a wide variety of ways, from providing energy through microgrids in remote areas, to solar powered cars and cell phone chargers. Solar has also ...
30 Apr 2018
Here comes the sun: solar technology for agriculture
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
...
smallholders
, many of whom had farmed the delta for generations, would tell us that things were changing and their livelihoods would soon be untenable. In 2015-2016 disaster struck with the worst drou...
11 Jan 2018
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
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Food & Agriculture
Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground
...
smallholders
.” The hope is that having one set of guidelines agreed upon by industry and civil society will finally provide the necessary tools to clean up the global palm oil supply chain. “With the ...
11 May 2017
Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground
Press Releases /
Cargill Asia Pacific
Cargill receives first RSPO certification for Poliplant plantation
...
smallholders
. John Hartmann, chief executive officer, Cargill Tropical Palm Holdings Pte Ltd, said,“The well-being of the neighboring village communities, our employees and the environment are ...
15 Oct 2016
Cargill receives first RSPO certification for Poliplant plantation
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Policy & Finance
How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals can quietly change global business
In 2006, the anti-poverty group World Vision launched a massive effort to help people in the Ethiopian district of Wolaita Sodo protect themselves from droughts. Ten years on, the project has been a s...
31 Jul 2017
How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals can quietly change global business
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Carbon & Climate
Can Indonesia stay haze free?
...
smallholders
(or "taking from the rich and giving it to the poor"), rather it is a plan to fairly distribute Indonesia's vast natural resources. BKPM was recently in the news for approving a plan to i...
28 Jun 2017
Can Indonesia stay haze free?
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Corporate Responsibility
How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'
When UK retailer Marks & Spencer launched its ambitious sustainability strategy in early 2007, it dubbed the strategy “Plan A” to remind us that we have just one planet, so there is no Plan B. Pla...
23 Jun 2017
How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'
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Food & Agriculture
Mounting protest over new Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on
...
Smallholders
Union (SPKS) sued its management body, claiming the fund has only been used to benefit large companies.) Of the financial measures offered in the palm oil bill, Gadjah Mada University pro...
26 Jul 2017
Mounting protest over new Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Delivering better livelihoods for smallholder farmers
In recent years, Olam has made extensive progress under its Livelihood Charter, which was launched in 2010 and aims to support
smallholders
in our supply chain. But smallholder productivity across Af...
9 Aug 2016
Delivering better livelihoods for smallholder farmers
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Food & Agriculture
How technology is making farming and recycling sexy in Asia
Technology is giving traditional industries such as agriculture and waste management a much-needed update as the world teeters on the edge of the fourth industrial revolution. While developed nations...
19 Jun 2017
How technology is making farming and recycling sexy in Asia
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Carbon & Climate
Climate change threatens agricultural trade in Pacific Rim economies, UN agency warns
With global warming expected to significantly impact future yields in countries located closer to the equator, the United Nations agriculture agency is calling on Asia-Pacific economies to take a lead...
26 Aug 2017
Climate change threatens agricultural trade in Pacific Rim economies, UN agency warns
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Carbon & Climate
While Trump addresses UN, businesses meet to address climate change
...
smallholders
increase their yields, and they will be the focus of a Wednesday event called “Going ‘All-In’ to Address Commodity-Driven Deforestation” The event runs from 3:30pm to 8pm at the Rockefell...
19 Sep 2017
While Trump addresses UN, businesses meet to address climate change
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Food & Agriculture
Q&A: We need to produce ‘different food’, not more
...
smallholders
will convert to largeholders, because that's what's necessary for that system to be profitable. So there is a degree of cultural imperialism in that business model, which is not necessari...
12 Dec 2017
Q&A: We need to produce ‘different food’, not more
News /
Food & Agriculture
Higher incomes driving Indonesian
smallholders
to oil palm and rubber
...
smallholders
who were very poor and started planting oil palm 20 years ago, and now are able to put their children into higher education.” The research “reconfirms what most people working in this lan...
4 Nov 2016
Higher incomes driving Indonesian smallholders to oil palm and rubber
News /
Policy & Finance
Indonesia will fund green projects and rural livelihoods
The Indonesian government and key partners have launched a unique financing platform that taps on public funding to unlock private finance for long-term green projects and to stimulate livelihoods in ...
3 Nov 2016
Indonesia will fund green projects and rural livelihoods
News /
Food & Agriculture
FAO warns of tilapia virus as outbreak spreads
...
smallholders
. China, Indonesia and Egypt are the three leading aquaculture producers of tilapia, a fish deemed to have great potential for expansion in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, world tilapia produ...
15 Jun 2017
FAO warns of tilapia virus as outbreak spreads
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Waste Management
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
The position had been vacant for four months amid a deadlock in negotiations for the treaty to curb …
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
Landslide election win strengthens push to link decarbonisation with economic security, boosting nuclear, domestic clean tech and state-led …
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
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Cities
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published a new case study examining the financial risks that …
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
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Food & Agriculture
Inside Singapore’s fish port, where experts say traceability gaps risk endangered species
Without traceability in the fisheries supply chain into Singapore, the catch traded at Jurong Fishery Port cannot be …
Inside Singapore’s fish port, where experts say traceability gaps risk endangered species
Opinion /
Energy
Can Moscow and Seoul help Vietnam achieve its nuclear energy ambitions?
Vietnam has grand plans to build a series of nuclear power plants. But it faces several challenges.
Can Moscow and Seoul help Vietnam achieve its nuclear energy ambitions?
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Energy
Nomura Real Estate launches 550-site solar project as Japan shifts towards company-backed renewable power
New solar network to supply about 40 per cent of Nomura’s electricity use, highlighting Japan’s move away from …
Nomura Real Estate launches 550-site solar project as Japan shifts towards company-backed renewable power
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