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Carbon & Climate
NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze
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Smallholders
are also feeling the heat — some companies have blamed small palm oil developers for setting fires that have spread into concession areas. The bad news is fires and haze may get worse bef...
1 Oct 2015
NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze
News /
Food & Agriculture
Collaboration crucial to food security in Southeast Asia
To ensure food security and nutrition in Southeast Asia amid a shrinking agricultural workforce, growing population and diminishing natural resources, businesses, governments and civil society need to...
9 Jul 2015
Collaboration crucial to food security in Southeast Asia
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
New EU-Indonesia timber agreement will improve forest protection
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smallholders
would be unable to meet the costs of certification. There were often times when I too thought the challenge was too great. Yet, in the end, the criticism of the SVLK and the pessimism abo...
18 May 2016
New EU-Indonesia timber agreement will improve forest protection
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Food & Agriculture
Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers?
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smallholders
- in many cases, helping them to replant," he noted. Sen, who also co-chairs the RSPO board, said Unilever is seeking to partner with governments in palm oil-producing nations, donor agen...
25 Feb 2015
Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Save our soils
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smallholders
, pastoralists, and indigenous people – has been affected by large-scale investment. The struggle to secure land rights for individuals and communities has thus become a matter of survival...
23 Apr 2015
Save our soils
News /
Food & Agriculture
How will we feed 10 billion people?
...
smallholders
. Grow Asia is a partnership between the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) secretariat and World Economic Forum. Its mandate is to leverage the strengths of multinational corp...
16 Oct 2015
How will we feed 10 billion people?
News /
Food & Agriculture
UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts
A new push to give farmers in developing countries better access to markets, led by the United Nations' food aid agency, could fall short of its goals if it does not prioritise helping poor farmers ad...
15 Feb 2016
UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts
News /
Food & Agriculture
Rethink needed on farming’s impacts
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smallholders
− to think again about how to manage the future. Organic farms cover only 1 per cent of global agricultural land, but their produce is big business in Europe and America. Professor Regano...
9 Feb 2016
Rethink needed on farming’s impacts
News /
Food & Agriculture
Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability
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smallholders
, it's not the consumers, and that does in fact weaken the advocacy potential of the group," he said. "We're working on that right now." Adam Schwarz, president of Asia Group Advisors, sa...
4 May 2015
Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
How we can help
smallholders
feed the world
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smallholders
worldwide are an opportunity for companies to diversify their portfolio of suppliers and reduce their carbon footprint. This also creates opportunities for the
smallholders
, who can bette...
15 Jan 2015
How we can help smallholders feed the world
News /
Food & Agriculture
Golden Agri gets more transparent
Palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) on Thursday announced that all the palm oil it processes in Indonesia can now be traced back to the mill where it was produced, a move which the company says...
26 Feb 2016
Golden Agri gets more transparent
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Food & Agriculture
Will Indonesia’s new palm oil subsidy undermine no-deforestation push?
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Smallholders
Union (SPKS), supports raising productivity but worries the money will actually be used to subsidize biodiesel in such a way as to drive further plantation expansion for corporate benefit...
2 Sep 2015
Will Indonesia’s new palm oil subsidy undermine no-deforestation push?
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Food & Agriculture
Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill
Burning season is in full swing in Indonesia. The annual haze caused by slash-and-burn forestry hasn't been as intense as in previous years, and neighbours Singapore and Malaysia haven't complained of...
14 Nov 2017
Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill
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Food & Agriculture
In pictures: Indonesia's forests, plantations, and people
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smallholders
, however, that have been blamed for the burning. For decades, palm oil, pulp and paper companies have been criticised for clearing forests to expand their plantations and sourcing raw mat...
18 Nov 2016
In pictures: Indonesia's forests, plantations, and people
News /
Food & Agriculture
Consumer goods giants under fire for poor palm oil record
Greenpeace International on Thursday released a new report slamming consumer goods giants such as Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson&Johnson, and PepsiCo for failing to cut deforestation out of their palm...
6 Mar 2016
Consumer goods giants under fire for poor palm oil record
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesia to Europe: Pay for sustainable palm oil
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smallholders
in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
22 Mar 2016
Indonesia to Europe: Pay for sustainable palm oil
Press Releases /
Olam International
Olam Livelihood Charter reaches milestone
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smallholders
224,352 farmers trained in Good Agricultural Practices, of whom 44,340 were women US$21.2 million quality premium paid · Over US$1.5 million social investments in community he...
27 Feb 2015
Olam Livelihood Charter reaches milestone
News /
Water
Bringing water back to Bundelkhand
The sight of water was startling. In a region wrung dry, the two-acre lake near Jignanda village in Bundelkhand still had a good eight feet standing. Glinting in the afternoon sun, it stirred hope in ...
5 May 2016
Bringing water back to Bundelkhand
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Food & Agriculture
POIG raises the bar for deforestation-free palm oil
The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), an international collective of palm oil growers and non-government organisations, on Thursday released new standards to verify that companies are producing the co...
14 Mar 2016
POIG raises the bar for deforestation-free palm oil
News /
Food & Agriculture
RSPO promises to defeat palm oil-linked deforestation
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Smallholders
have frequently been pinpointed as the one of the sources of illegal forest clearing and burning - a practice which is attributed to a lack of resources to clear land in a costlier but mo...
21 Nov 2014
RSPO promises to defeat palm oil-linked deforestation
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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
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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?
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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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Corporate Responsibility
Singapore’s top listed firms face climate data gaps a year into mandatory reporting
The first year of reports under Singapore’s new sustainability rules are cautious and uneven. With consultation on the …
Singapore's top listed firms face climate data gaps a year into mandatory reporting
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