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News / Corporate Responsibility

Indonesian court fines palm oil firm US$18.5 million over forest fires in 2015

...the ministry had sought. A lawyer for the company, meanwhile, told local media it would appeal the verdict. The judgment, while far from the largest won by the state, is notable because it marks the l...

28 Oct 2019

Indonesian court fines palm oil firm US$18.5 million over forest fires in 2015

News / Policy & Finance

Major Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

...the forest, illegally cut down the most worthwhile trees, then set fire to the rest; they then sell the land for 100-200 times its previous worth to ranchers (considered the primary driver of Amazon d...

5 Sep 2019

Major Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

News / Carbon & Climate

Youth group says no to coal-fired power plants in Philippines island province

...the crisis, then they need to revisit the definition of true leadership and public service. They make the big decisions; we can only hope that they make the right ones,” Ariola said. While Y4CH consid...

19 Mar 2019

Youth group says no to coal-fired power plants in Philippines island province

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

...the science of climate change but also the complexity of the entire issue – which is critical for both diagnosing the problem and determining the prognosis and the prescription. Of the 21 right-wing ...

14 Feb 2020

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

Press Releases / Label for Recycling

Singaporeans will finally be able to know if their packaging is truly recyclable and recycled

...the programme's governance arrangements.These businesses will benefit from early training to position their companies to be first to market, thereby reflecting their commitment to the circular economy...

13 Nov 2019

Singaporeans will finally be able to know if their packaging is truly recyclable and recycled

News / Cities

Covid-19 measures leave Southeast Asia's migrant workers exposed, lay bare their living conditions

...when undocumented,” they said. “To avert a catastrophe, governments must do all they can to protect the rights and the health of everyone. Protecting the rights and the health of all people will in fa...

7 Apr 2020

Covid-19 measures leave Southeast Asia's migrant workers exposed, lay bare their living conditions

News / Carbon & Climate

Overheard in sustainability: 10 funny moments in 2018

...the process. Solheim’s farewell tweet, which read like the adieu of a departing hero, received the responses it probably deserved. “Champion the environment? You mean chomp on the environment.” “Dude,...

2 Jan 2019

Overheard in sustainability: 10 funny moments in 2018

News / Transport

How is the pandemic reshaping urban transport in China?

...when they have a range of at least 300km, rather than the previous threshold of 250km. Alongside subsidies, the government is also pushing ahead with EV infrastructure. On 14 April, the State Grid sta...

25 Aug 2020

How is the pandemic reshaping urban transport in China?

Opinion / Lifestyle

Can the coronavirus give us hope in tackling climate change?

...the costs and inconveniences these actions impose, the general public is generally quiescent, even approving. But coronavirus is not the only global crisis we face: the climate crisis, as others have ...

10 Mar 2020

Can the coronavirus give us hope in tackling climate change?

Opinion / Transport

Why the hate on electric scooters?

...the equivalent number of cars. The problem, of course, is that transportation managers, and the politicians who set their budgets, have not yet made the policy and infrastructure adjustments to accomm...

24 Jul 2019

Why the hate on electric scooters?

News / Food & Agriculture

On this Philippine island, indigenous groups take fight to big palm oil

...their ancestral land. They add that now, every time they pass by the plantation, they’re reminded of how their community forest was razed. To this day they are bitter that the situation persists and t...

12 Jul 2019

On this Philippine island, indigenous groups take fight to big palm oil

News / Carbon & Climate

Racing ice loss strips Greenland of mass

...their conclusions in the journal Nature. Greenland is not just the largest ice mass in the Arctic, it is probably the polar landscape studied for the longest time, and the most intensively. Researcher...

12 Dec 2019

Racing ice loss strips Greenland of mass

Women marching against gender-based violence in 2018