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Carbon & Climate
Are ‘no deforestation’ commitments working?
Using LANDSAT satellite data to observe annual changes in forest area and annual expansion of industrial plantations, scientists at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are assessing...
4 Dec 2017
Are ‘no deforestation’ commitments working?
News /
Food & Agriculture
How Cargill is feeding a changing, growing world
For most people, food represents pleasure, comfort, nourishment and economic sustenance. But in recent decades, growing and consuming food have become mired in difficult questions about hunger, climat...
22 Jan 2018
How Cargill is feeding a changing, growing world
News /
Carbon & Climate
Smallholders
team up to confront climate change impacts
Farmers in Mwingi, a remote, arid and impoverished region of Kitui County of Kenya have been experiencing unreliable rain patterns and problems associated with droughts. Smallholder farmers have been ...
18 Jan 2017
Smallholders team up to confront climate change impacts
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Food & Agriculture
New reporting guidelines set benchmark for palm oil transparency
...
smallholders
, compliance, and external initiatives. Specific data requirements include disclosing all of a company's concession maps, names of their suppliers, and detailed descriptions of how they ar...
27 Jan 2017
New reporting guidelines set benchmark for palm oil transparency
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Food & Agriculture
Coffee belt feels climate squeeze
...
smallholders
, who are among those most exposed to climate change. John Connor, CEO, Climate Institute Increased consumption John Connor, CEO of the Sydney-based Climate Institute, says: “Over 2.25 bi...
19 Dec 2016
Coffee belt feels climate squeeze
Press Releases /
Olam International
Olam sees major issues remaining for
smallholders
beyond 2020
...
Smallholders
grow globally consumed crops such as cocoa, coffee and cashew and if they don’t see farming as a viable livelihood then they will seek other work, typically in the cities. Since we ...
12 Jul 2016
Olam sees major issues remaining for smallholders beyond 2020
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Policy & Finance
Fears of SDG clashes overblown, study finds
Fears that progress towards some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may undermine achievements in others are largely unfounded, a science-based analysis of their interactions has concluded. The SDG...
14 Jun 2017
Fears of SDG clashes overblown, study finds
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Smallholder inclusion in company supply chains: top five success factors
...
smallholders
into company value chains. Integrating
smallholders
depends on mobilizing the intermediary companies in the supply chain and providing them with the knowledge and economic incentive. As ...
12 Apr 2016
Smallholder inclusion in company supply chains: top five success factors
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Food & Agriculture
Poor farmers--unlike rich--face uphill battle with Pakistan’s climate extremes
Since his father died in 2011, Moeez Assadullah has been looking after his family's farm alone. The 21-year-old tends the 3 hectares (7 acres) of land without the help of his two brothers, who lost in...
30 Mar 2017
Poor farmers--unlike rich--face uphill battle with Pakistan’s climate extremes
Press Releases /
Olam International
Olam reports on 2015 sustainability progress
...
smallholders
·254,146
smallholders
trained in Good Agricultural Practices ·1,816 model farms, demo plots and farmer field schools to reinforce training application ·120,000 far...
29 Jun 2016
Olam reports on 2015 sustainability progress
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Soil science for a hungry planet
According to the United Nations, sometime around 2050, the planet’s human population will be close to ten billion, a threshold that will stress many of the world’s most important systems, especially a...
4 Aug 2017
Soil science for a hungry planet
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
A quiet traceable revolution in the palm oil industry
...
smallholders
, rather than controlled by a handful of big companies. To provide an example, a staggering 40 per cent of all palm oil estates in Indonesia is managed by some two million
smallholders
. An...
15 Jun 2016
A quiet traceable revolution in the palm oil industry
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Carbon & Climate
New partnership between FAO and UNFCCC climate body
...
smallholders
, a large share of the population in many developing countries most exposed to climate change. The new collaboration will facilitate capacity building and the sharing of technical expertis...
24 Mar 2017
New partnership between FAO and UNFCCC climate body
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Changing landscapes: key issues for action on sustainable development in 2018
Last January, I set out the issues I felt were most likely to affect sustainable development practice over 2017, asking what damage might be done by the election of a climate denier to the US presiden...
8 Jan 2018
Changing landscapes: key issues for action on sustainable development in 2018
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Policy & Finance
To make financing sustainable agriculture work, farmers' terms must be met
Much of the deforestation in the world’s tropical rainforests comes so that we humans have enough to eat. But sustainable agricultural practices exist that help farmers coax more corn and soybeans, co...
5 Jun 2017
To make financing sustainable agriculture work, farmers' terms must be met
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Paia Consulting Pte Ltd
Charting materiality amongst Singapore’s sustainability reporters
With the Singapore Stock Exchange’s (SGX) announcement this year that sustainability reporting is to be introduced on a comply or explain basis for all listed companies from the end of FY2017, u...
27 Feb 2017
Charting materiality amongst Singapore’s sustainability reporters
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Food & Agriculture
The path to sustainable palm oil
...
smallholders
, because they are the entities that we have business transactions with. If the
smallholders
are submitting their food bunches to the mills that we buy from, then our leverage is through t...
12 May 2016
The path to sustainable palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
Mars to boost $1bn sustainability plan with ‘sense of urgency’
Chocolate giant Mars is exploring ways to turbo-charge its recently announced billion-dollar sustainability programme. The US$35 billion confectionary and pet care company wants to infuse the program...
5 Dec 2017
Mars to boost $1bn sustainability plan with ‘sense of urgency’
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Food & Agriculture
Land used for palm oil could double without damaging forests - researchers
The area covered by palm oil plantations worldwide could double without damaging protected areas or sensitive forests, Austrian researchers said on Tuesday. Researchers from the Austria-based Internat...
1 Aug 2016
Land used for palm oil could double without damaging forests - researchers
Opinion /
Corporate Responsibility
Why it pays to find your company's global purpose
Every company’s supply chain ends with a human being’s life. And the people who need a company’s services, use its products, or are on its payroll rely on one planet. And here is something most can ag...
11 Jan 2017
Why it pays to find your company's global purpose
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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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