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Report finds a million "missing hectares" in palm oil industry
The world’s largest palm oil companies are not properly reporting the total land area they control, leaving almost a million hectares unaccounted for and vulnerable to destruction, a new report by Uni...
24 Mar 2017
Report finds a million "missing hectares" in palm oil industry
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Carbon & Climate
Companies from Chanel to Ben and Jerry’s are benefiting from the new “carbon insetting” trend
Ten years ago, serendipity set Tristan Lecomte on his path to planting millions of trees around the world. Lecomte was CEO of the French organic and fair trade company Alter Eco, and his eco-conscious...
1 Feb 2017
Companies from Chanel to Ben and Jerry’s are benefiting from the new “carbon insetting” trend
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Food & Agriculture
Governments must do more to help end deforestation in commodities supply chains
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smallholders
and local companies were also seen as considerable challenges. Also, “The absence of global agreement on definitions and standards was seen as a problem; virtually every company we interv...
13 Apr 2017
Governments must do more to help end deforestation in commodities supply chains
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil giant Astra pledges sustainability reforms
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smallholders
from their zero-deforestation pledges out of concern for their livelihoods. In response, IPOP has promised to balance forest protection with protecting
smallholders
and keeping Indonesian...
19 Feb 2016
Palm oil giant Astra pledges sustainability reforms
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
New approaches to sustainable palm oil
...
smallholders
only just behind at 4.75 tonnes. Compare this to the 1.5-2 tonne average achieved by
smallholders
outside of our supply chain and the enormous potential scope for improvement through bett...
23 Dec 2015
New approaches to sustainable palm oil
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
The US$5 trillion opportunity Asian businesses cannot afford to ignore
It was a heartening coincidence. As Asia’s business community was left wondering what the United States quitting the Paris climate change agreement might mean for their markets, a United Nations-backe...
5 Jun 2017
The US$5 trillion opportunity Asian businesses cannot afford to ignore
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
The climate finance architecture the world needs
The climate finance architecture—the system of specialized, public funds that help countries implement climate mitigation and adaptation projects and programs—is crucial if the world is to overcome th...
13 Mar 2017
The climate finance architecture the world needs
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Earth on Board
Efficient agriculture, stronger economies in ASEAN
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smallholders
, and the importance of harmonisation in crop protection regulations. By producing this paper, the global network partners of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Singapore...
28 Apr 2016
Efficient agriculture, stronger economies in ASEAN
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Water
Satellites and SMS help Pakistan’s farmers with smart irrigation
It is still beyond farmer Mohammad Ashraf’s comprehension that people in Islamabad can predict that it will rain in the next two days in his village. He is also astonished that, based on this predicti...
7 Aug 2017
Satellites and SMS help Pakistan’s farmers with smart irrigation
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Food & Agriculture
Why the local food trend will not cut it in a climate change future
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smallholders
. Yet it cannot stand alone; relying on a single cluster of high-rise buildings or peri-urban farms to provide a megacity with all the food it needs is just too risky. Instead, planning fo...
7 Mar 2017
Why the local food trend will not cut it in a climate change future
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Food & Agriculture
As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers’ profits heat up
It is a hot and cloudless morning, a sign that it will be sunny right through the afternoon. Joseph Mailu moves along rows of fruiting mango trees with a long pole in his hand, harvesting the mature f...
22 Feb 2017
As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers’ profits heat up
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Food & Agriculture
Sustainable food systems vital to achieving 2030 Agenda nutrition targets
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to markets.
19 Oct 2016
Sustainable food systems vital to achieving 2030 Agenda nutrition targets
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Food & Agriculture
Researchers say natural regeneration an overlooked but low-cost option for forest restoration
Scientists and conservationists have long argued that, given the vast amount of degraded forestland in the tropics, large-scale and long-term restoration efforts are urgently needed, not just to help ...
14 Dec 2016
Researchers say natural regeneration an overlooked but low-cost option for forest restoration
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Food & Agriculture
Certification is no ‘silver bullet’ to stop deforestation
After giving a talk expounding the benefits of sustainability certification in Singapore last week, Ben Gunneberg, chief executive officer of the world’s largest forest certification body, the Program...
11 Jul 2017
Certification is no ‘silver bullet’ to stop deforestation
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Food & Agriculture
Our dying soils: The invisible crisis under our feet
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smallholders
to multinational agricultural giants, says Montgomery. Even in commercial agriculture where economic reliance on a single agricultural commodity is core to the business, mulching and no-...
19 Mar 2018
Our dying soils: The invisible crisis under our feet
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Food & Agriculture
How a palm oil company is fighting slash and burn culture
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smallholders
in a way that is accurate and not too costly. The challenge is finding a simple platform that works in areas of low connectivity and bandwidth like West Kalimantan, and then scaling it, s...
11 Apr 2017
How a palm oil company is fighting slash and burn culture
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Carbon & Climate
10 things you need to know about the Better Business, Better World report
By growing their enterprises in ways that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the private sector could unlock US$5 trillion in business opportunities and create 230 million new jobs i...
5 Jun 2017
10 things you need to know about the Better Business, Better World report
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Food & Agriculture
New agri-business alliance to tackle hunger and food security
Thirty-six of the biggest names in agriculture have teamed up to launch the Global Agri-business Alliance (GAA), which aims to tackle the key challenges facing agricultural supply chains across the wo...
30 Nov 2016
New agri-business alliance to tackle hunger and food security
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Carbon & Climate
El Niño over, but its victims still need help
Over 400 million people have been affected by the El Niño weather event that ended around the middle of this year. The droughts it led to are continuing the affect farmers worldwide, says a report by ...
14 Nov 2016
El Niño over, but its victims still need help
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Food & Agriculture
Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain
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smallholders
and workers are properly accommodated,” Marcus Colchester of the Forest Peoples Programme said in a statement. “Respect for customary rights, food security, community involvement in land ...
10 Nov 2016
Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain
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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
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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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Policy & Finance
IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy
The “undervaluing” of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according …
IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy
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