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Honest, accurate, transparent? How is China faring at sustainability reporting?

...them money. Another is the sheer volume of ESG standards in China that have proliferated over the past decade. When the Singapore stock exchange requires companies to report, they do not use their ow...

27 Aug 2019

Honest, accurate, transparent? How is China faring at sustainability reporting?

Millicent wind farm at sunrise in South Australia

News / Energy

Which energy storage technology is going to power Australia’s future?

...the day. Batteries can charge up during the middle of the day, when the sun is out; and then discharge in the early evening, when solar panels are no longer generating but household demand for energy...

28 Jun 2019

Which energy storage technology is going to power Australia’s future?

Opinion / Manufacturing

Managing the next gold rush in the Earth's seabed

...The ISA manages the mineral rights of more than 50 per cent of the world’s deep ocean floor, and its 168 member states have the right to vie for access to the resources there. But, given the risk of c...

23 Aug 2019

Managing the next gold rush in the Earth's seabed

Cattle raised for beef in a barn in Bangladesh

News / Food & Agriculture

Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic

...the average for wild animals is just 0.23 viruses, they say.As the global human population continues to surge, the number of domesticated animals that provide protein-hungry societies with food and th...

17 Jul 2020

Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic

News / Food & Agriculture

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

...the risks in the global natural rubber value chain and the gap between farmers’ current income and the amount that they need to survive, otherwise known as the living income gap. “Despite their impor...

16 Jul 2020

Can natural rubber be farmed sustainably in the time of Covid-19?

Videos / Food & Agriculture

Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?

...the animals are entering their plantations because their forest homes have been cut down. “Participants who went on our training course understand that the elephants need a place to live. When they h...

6 May 2019

Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?

Forests cleared for palm oil cultivation-2

News / Food & Agriculture

Investigation begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’

...the Republic of Congo. Its oil palm plantations in neighbouring Gabon are a joint venture with the Gabonese government, with Olam owning a 60 per cent share. The dispute centres on whether the land cl...

12 Aug 2020

Investigation begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Five strategies to boost the Sustainable Development Goals

...the end of the story unless we develop narratives together with those affected and then integrate these narratives within the policymaking process. People ask themselves why they should change their l...

6 Sep 2019

Five strategies to boost the Sustainable Development Goals

News / Carbon & Climate

Vietnam establishes new nature reserve, possible home to elusive ‘Asian unicorn’

...the Truong Son Mountains, known internationally as the Annamite Mountains. The area sits to the south of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, home to the world’s largest known cave. The name of the new re...

30 Sep 2020

Vietnam establishes new nature reserve, possible home to elusive ‘Asian unicorn’

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia faces harsher dry seasons as El Niño effects worsen, warn climate scientists

...theast Asia? While poorer countries in the world's third most populous geographical region do not emit as much carbon as wealthier nations, they suffer the most from global warming. But they have the ...

28 Sep 2019

Southeast Asia faces harsher dry seasons as El Niño effects worsen, warn climate scientists

Former textile factory worker Ngo Sinoun, 37, is now an insect farmer. to Image: Roberto Traina

News / Food & Agriculture

How insect farming is lifting Cambodians out of poverty

...the village to sell the family’s only form of income. Life was hard for the Ngos until last year when they were thrown a lifeline in the form of insect farming. “I was approached by staff from Farmers...

17 Dec 2019

How insect farming is lifting Cambodians out of poverty

Opinion / Waste

Why we will never be able to recycle or incinerate away ocean pollution

...The complexity of the issue demands a holistic, multi-level, multi-actor approach across the full life-cycle of the plastics value chain. There is no silver bullet or new wonder material that will sol...

16 Jun 2020

Why we will never be able to recycle or incinerate away ocean pollution

News / Carbon & Climate

2019 could see second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record

...the Arctic was the lowest it had been for July and the start of August since the beginning of the satellite record in 1979. But by mid-August, the polar region had recovered slightly, with 2019 ice ex...

20 Aug 2019

2019 could see second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record

Opinion / Cities

Covid-19 demonstrates urgent need for cities to prepare for pandemics

...their risks from future pandemics, just as they would for other more visible hazards like extreme weather events. These recent experiences and others, such as the Ebola outbreak, have led some count...

16 Jun 2020

Covid-19 demonstrates urgent need for cities to prepare for pandemics

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Child marriage is stunting development

...the chance to decide whether, when, and whom they marry. They deserve autonomy over their bodies, including when to have children, and how many. And they deserve the opportunity to pursue their dreams...

18 Oct 2019

Child marriage is stunting development

Press Releases / Solar Promotion International GmbH

The Smarter E South America will be postponed to November 16-18, 2020

...when taking this step, which provides a clear perspective to the sector and the market regarding the event in Brazil. Planning security is entirely in the interests of the photovoltaic sector, especia...

1 Apr 2020

The Smarter E South America will be postponed to November 16-18, 2020

News / Waste

Shanghai’s compulsory waste sorting begins

...the new fashion.” The city has become China’s waste-sorting pioneer. In the weeks before 1 July there was debate nationwide about the new rules, and the Shanghai municipal government made it clear the...

8 Jul 2019

Shanghai’s compulsory waste sorting begins

Environment and sustainability minister Grace Fu

News / Waste

Is industry doing enough to tackle Singapore's waste problem?

...They will have to fork out for [plastic bags], or decide not to bag their waste, which will lead to other problems," she said, pointing to the public health implications of wet waste thrown down the g...

21 Oct 2020

Is industry doing enough to tackle Singapore's waste problem?

News / Lifestyle

5 ways to usher in a climate-friendly Chinese New Year

...the opportunity to get rid of old possessions to make way for the new. Besides marking the start of a brand new zodiac cycle, the coming Year of the Rat offers consumers the opportunity to begin new a...

21 Jan 2020

5 ways to usher in a climate-friendly Chinese New Year

palm oil farmer Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimtan, Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

...they’ve received little to no assistance from the government,” Aziz Hidayat, the ISPO secretary, told Mongabay. “They set up their own plantations. They apply for credit from banks themselves.” By enr...

29 Apr 2020

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

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