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Press Releases / Grundfos

Siemens and Grundfos sign digital partnership to tackle global water challenges and save energy

...the sum of their parts. Both parties are entering into this partnership with the aim of achieving sustainable global change by joining forces in digital solutions. “We are delighted to be furth...

2 Oct 2019

Siemens and Grundfos sign digital partnership to tackle global water challenges and save energy

A protest against industrial pulpwood firm PT Wirakarya Sakti by villagers from Lubuk Mandarsah in Jambi, Sumatra. Image: Mongabay

News / Food & Agriculture

NGOs call on businesses to break off deals with APP after poison sprayed on villagers' crops in land dispute

...when WKS reported a farmer to the police for encroaching on the company's land, while a villager accused WKS of harvesting too close to their farm. Crops damaged by herbicide. Image: Walhi Jambi Lub...

18 May 2020

NGOs call on businesses to break off deals with APP after poison sprayed on villagers' crops in land dispute

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia set to receive US$56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

...the first payment based on the results of the Southeast Asian country’s efforts to preserve its vast tropical rainforests to curb carbon dioxide emissions. The payment is for Indonesia preventing the ...

2 Jun 2020

Indonesia set to receive US$56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

News / Carbon & Climate

Coronavirus lockdowns cut air pollution globally. Jakarta was the exception

...the Suralaya power plants in the nearby province of Banten kept burning coal, and winds swept the lung-wrecking smoke into the city. This contributed to the air in the bustling metropolis of 10 millio...

18 Aug 2020

Coronavirus lockdowns cut air pollution globally. Jakarta was the exception

Opinion / Policy & Finance

BlackRock is getting serious about climate change. Is this a turning point for investors?

...their own bold steps to integrate climate change into their strategies? Will they also join the Climate Action 100+? If not, will activists turn their attention towards them now that BlackRock has com...

28 Jan 2020

BlackRock is getting serious about climate change. Is this a turning point for investors?

Press Releases / Circular Economy Transition

Doing business more sustainably after the crisis: 27 Swiss start-ups show how this can be possible

...the long term.” Anyone wishing to explore the potential solutions of the Circular Economy will have the opportunity to do so on Monday, 18 May, when all of the 27 teams will present their...

15 May 2020

Doing business more sustainably after the crisis: 27 Swiss start-ups show how this can be possible

signs and markings for social distancing

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How to live with the pandemic

...they emerge. What does this mean for the crucial period ahead? The arrival of summer in the Northern Hemisphere has brought a flurry of speculation that warmer and wetter weather – above the virus’s o...

17 Jul 2020

How to live with the pandemic

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Following bushfires, expect cyclones, floods and heatwaves

...thern Australia’s cyclone season is just gearing up. The events will stretch the ability of emergency services and the broader community to cope. The best way to prepare for these events is to keep an...

6 Jan 2020

Following bushfires, expect cyclones, floods and heatwaves

News / Policy & Finance

Thai coronavirus lockdown leaves migrant workers exposed

...the School of Economics at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. "But workers who have remained are at high risk for the virus. And if they choose to go back to their homes, they risk carryi...

24 Mar 2020

Thai coronavirus lockdown leaves migrant workers exposed

News / Policy & Finance

India's rural poor may lose out as drones map village land

...the first time in many Indian states, using drones and other technologies. The programme will be piloted in six states, and the titles can be used as collateral for loans, the prime minister said. It ...

28 Apr 2020

India's rural poor may lose out as drones map village land

News / Carbon & Climate

Post-Brexit UK – like other gas-producing nations – betting on uncommercial, unproven carbon capture and hydrogen

...The day after it formally left the European Union, the business and industry department announced that six projects across the UK will jointly receive £8 million (USD$11 million) in funding to help th...

14 Jan 2021

Post-Brexit UK – like other gas-producing nations – betting on uncommercial, unproven carbon capture and hydrogen

doctors wearing PPE and masks in Philippines

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Seizing the health opportunity

...These gains not only could help the global economy to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but also could counter longer-term demographic headwinds arising from an aging population. And t...

16 Jul 2020

Seizing the health opportunity

News / Corporate Responsibility

Students for sustainability... Savour! co-founder Katrina Lee

...they’re one of the rare fashion businesses that are completely transparent about the way they source and produce their clothes. Usually, the fashion industry is murky about the origins of their produc...

14 Aug 2020

Students for sustainability... Savour! co-founder Katrina Lee

News / Policy & Finance

Climate and energy in China’s 14th Five Year Plan—the signals so far

...the government as it drafts the actual plan. On this occasion, the meeting also provided guidance for a long-term vision for 2035, when the state has set the key deadline to “basically achieve sociali...

27 Nov 2020

Climate and energy in China’s 14th Five Year Plan—the signals so far

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Want to really hold businesses to account? Look at their supply chains

...the Euromed School of Management in Marseilles. If firms have to report all their emissions, from the supply chain to the customer, then what each one does affects the other. This makes the collaborat...

24 Jan 2020

Want to really hold businesses to account? Look at their supply chains

Opinion / Water

Are we underestimating the world's water access crisis?

...When households cannot obtain the minimum quantities of water to ensure health and well-being, the environment and economic productivity of the city and its residents are the first to be compromised. ...

14 Aug 2019

Are we underestimating the world's water access crisis?

News / Food & Agriculture

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

...When I was there, the workers were digging a canal from the west, while the others were digging from the east,” Suryadiputra said. “When these workers were about to meet in the middle, suddenly they s...

21 May 2020

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

A pile of plastic collected in Adis Ababa, Ethiopia. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Opinion / Waste

The plastic pandemic

...the environment. During the Covid-19 crisis, it is essential to protect the vulnerable, ensure that health workers have the tools and support they need to do their jobs safely, prevent health-care sys...

13 Jul 2020

The plastic pandemic

The Guddu coal power station in Sindh, Pakistan.

News / Energy

Scrapping imported coal projects, Pakistan fails to let go of local lignite

...The hydro projects included the 1,124 MW project at Kohala, the 884 MW project at Suki Kinari and the 720 MW project at Karot. These were in addition to the bigger ones like the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohm...

17 Dec 2020

Scrapping imported coal projects, Pakistan fails to let go of local lignite

plastic pollution Little Andaman in the Indian Ocean

News / Waste

Are microplastics ending up in biodiversity hotspots in the ocean?

...they can also be absorbed into the flesh of soft-bodied creatures. So they’re entering the food web at the lowest levels, and by the time you get to the bigger creatures in the trophic web, then they ...

7 May 2020

Are microplastics ending up in biodiversity hotspots in the ocean?

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