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Carbon & Climate
Here's what Indonesia is doing about its deadly haze from forest and peatland fires
...
smallholders
and large plantation companies under a patchwork system with no comprehensive national oversight. The result was overlapping and conflicting boundaries, making it impossible to determine ...
14 Aug 2017
Here's what Indonesia is doing about its deadly haze from forest and peatland fires
News /
Policy & Finance
Queen Of The Netherlands: financial inclusion required to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change
All sectors of society require access to financial services, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands reminded participants during an adaptation conference that happened in Rotterdam last week. She says global...
19 May 2016
Queen Of The Netherlands: financial inclusion required to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change
Press Releases /
Earth on Board
Efficient agriculture, stronger economies in ASEAN
...
smallholders
, and how seed technology and digital technology can enhance productivity. “This paper contributes to a regional call for action for greater collaboration across industries. This is...
29 Apr 2016
Efficient agriculture, stronger economies in ASEAN
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Making 'no-deforestation' a political win-win for Indonesia
For those with an interest in supply chains and deforestation, this March is a busy month. The Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 is holding a General Assembly – its first – in Jakarta, Indonesia. The High...
10 Mar 2016
Making 'no-deforestation' a political win-win for Indonesia
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
A model for the eco-transformation of the shrimp industry
...
Smallholders
in aquaculture in developing markets do not have the collateral nor the credit history to access commercial loans from banks and other institutions. Added to this, aquaculture is traditio...
14 Sep 2016
A model for the eco-transformation of the shrimp industry
News /
Food & Agriculture
Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge disbands
...
smallholders
use slash-and-burn techniques to clear land for plantations. IPOP, which was signed at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014, was an effort by the world's biggest palm oil growers an...
1 Jul 2016
Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge disbands
News /
Food & Agriculture
RSPO rules on community complaint against Wilmar unit
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has ruled that a unit of Singapore-listed palm oil giant Wilmar had violated indigenous community rights in Indonesia’s West Sumatra region, signalling p...
8 Feb 2017
RSPO rules on community complaint against Wilmar unit
News /
Food & Agriculture
Palm oil's big issue:
Smallholders
...
smallholders
, scheme
smallholders
have higher yields than independent
smallholders
, he said. Improving productivity on existing plantations reduces the need for farmers to expand into new areas. Barri...
23 Nov 2015
Palm oil's big issue: Smallholders
News /
Food & Agriculture
Urbanisation can be a catalyst for rural development
Managing urbanisation sustainably poses new challenges and opportunities to recast food and agriculture systems in ways that benefit both cities and the countryside, according to a new report presente...
28 Mar 2017
Urbanisation can be a catalyst for rural development
News /
Food & Agriculture
NGOs dismiss IndoAgri sustainability policy as "corporate window dressing"
...
smallholders
, and third party suppliers. It supersedes IndoAgri's prior sustainable sourcing policies, which were announced in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Some of its commitments include getting all...
22 Feb 2017
NGOs dismiss IndoAgri sustainability policy as "corporate window dressing"
News /
Food & Agriculture
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
News /
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
News /
Food & Agriculture
Governments must do more to help end deforestation in commodities supply chains
...
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
News /
Food & Agriculture
Palm oil giant Astra pledges sustainability reforms
...
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
Research /
Earth on Board
Efficient agriculture, stronger economies in ASEAN
...
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
News /
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
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Why the local food trend will not cut it in a climate change future
...
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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Policy & Finance
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
Ahead of COP31’s opening on Monday, Brazil’s voluntary roadmap faces fossil fuel expansion and transition disputes, as rising …
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
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Policy & Finance
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
United States election results may embolden countries to push for stronger fossil fuel commitments, but observers expect limited …
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
News /
Policy & Finance
Developing countries ‘missing out’ on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
Simon Stiell acknowledged that many developing countries have struggled to engage with the summit’s Action Agenda and called …
Developing countries 'missing out' on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
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Cities
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
A resettlement village set up after the 2015 earthquake was washed away in the August floods. Khalte’s destruction …
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
News /
Waste Management
Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts
Research is ongoing into the health effects of the world’s roughly 350,000 synthetic chemicals, but what we know …
Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts
News /
Corporate Responsibility
Will Singapore’s tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
Singapore’s amended haze law empowers the government to cut companies off from banks, suppliers and insurers without a …
Will Singapore's tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
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