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Villagers in Sumatra blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

...the company are those who live farther away, he adds. “They don’t get dust, don’t get the tremors, don’t get the noise. Of course they wouldn’t go against the company, since they profit.” When the com...

5 Jul 2018

Villagers in Sumatra blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why Asian hospitals need to shrink their carbon footprint

...they received the President’s Award for the Environment and the Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award which recognised their efforts of including the building and the environment in their patients...

2 Apr 2019

Why Asian hospitals need to shrink their carbon footprint

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil giants unite to tackle human rights challenges in Indonesia

...the 5.7 million people that work in the country’s palm oil industry. Discussions around the initiative began early last year, said the managing director at Forum for the Future Asia Pacific, Ariel Mul...

21 Jun 2019

Palm oil giants unite to tackle human rights challenges in Indonesia

News / Cities

Can venture capitalists help save the planet?

...theast Asia & India, which invests in high-growth start-ups in the region. “ The involvement of the private sector would help social start-ups develop their business model and expand their networ...

4 Jul 2018

Can venture capitalists help save the planet?

News / Policy & Finance

Work to make the world a better place: 5 things you need to know about ‘green jobs’

...the needs of the most vulnerable people are met. For the UN, these “green jobs,” play an important role in realising the vision of the future that practically all countries signed up to when they ado...

29 Apr 2019

Work to make the world a better place: 5 things you need to know about ‘green jobs’

News / Carbon & Climate

'Adapting to uncertainty' needed in face of climate shocks - experts

...the developing world often feel like "research commodities", she said. "They see academic teams visiting them from all over the world, but rarely have a say in the research process and ultimately rema...

16 May 2018

'Adapting to uncertainty' needed in face of climate shocks - experts

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News / Manufacturing

Can born-again materials become fashion’s next big trend?

...thes are produced, used by consumers and then disposed of in landfills. But this will not be the case if the waste is channeled back into the system. Companies must look at their business models and c...

20 Jun 2019

Can born-again materials become fashion’s next big trend?

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

What makes for happier business in the Asian Century?

...the bottom of the global rankings. Others, like Malaysia (6.3) and Singapore (6.4) do a little bit better. But the most striking thing about the data is the very weak link between economic growth and ...

11 Sep 2018

What makes for happier business in the Asian Century?

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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Nationals have changed their leader but kept the same climate story

...then. It seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same (unlike the climate). It is impossible to predict how and when the Nationals’ policies might change, especially in places where ...

2 Mar 2018

The Nationals have changed their leader but kept the same climate story

News / Food & Agriculture

Dayak women farmers grapple with the impacts of oil palm plantations

...the oil palm companies ensued over the subsequent decade. The Dayak Medang villagers tried every strategy they could, rallying their community to protest the land clearing, reporting to the district g...

21 Aug 2018

Dayak women farmers grapple with the impacts of oil palm plantations

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

So…Trump is wrong about climate change, what are you doing about it?

...the limited progress made towards to a greener economy under their leadership. Investors demonstrate the need to not only talk the talk but walk the walk when it comes to climate change. So, when cons...

29 Jun 2018

So…Trump is wrong about climate change, what are you doing about it?

News / Food & Agriculture

The Philippines—Asia's most dangerous country for environmental defenders

...theast Asia, representing 16 per cent of the global total. Last year, the bloodiest of incidents in the Philippines occurred on December 3 in Lake Sebu in the southern island Mindanao, when a militia ...

31 Jul 2018

The Philippines—Asia's most dangerous country for environmental defenders

News / Food & Agriculture

Here's how we can reduce the environmental costs of feeding the world's 7.6 billion

...the researchers write in a paper summarising the results of their analysis in the journal Science last month. “Two things that look the same in the shops can have very different impacts on the planet,...

16 Jul 2018

Here's how we can reduce the environmental costs of feeding the world's 7.6 billion

News / Carbon & Climate

IEA: Renewables should overtake coal 'within five years' to secure 1.5C goal

...the roadmap, IEA executive director Dr Fatih Birol says the NZE blueprint is the “energy future we all need to focus on”. What is the net-zero roadmap? The IEA report is a “how-to guide” for the world...

19 May 2021

IEA: Renewables should overtake coal 'within five years' to secure 1.5C goal

Polish firefighers battle the blaze in Karbole, Sweden

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

...thens showed burned-out cars lining the roads, abandoned by drivers who had fled into the sea. These were not the first deaths linked to climate change, and they won’t be the last. In Bangladesh hundr...

20 Aug 2018

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

Water Bodies, a VR experience by illustrator and visual artist Adeline Tan, takes you on a journey into the human stomach.

News / Lifestyle

Is experiential art better at sustainability storytelling than words?

...the human stomach. The visitor follows the journey of swallowed liquid down into the gut, where they encounter microscopic creatures which do not seem to belong. Armed with game controllers, the visit...

28 Feb 2019

Is experiential art better at sustainability storytelling than words?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

High time for a Green New Deal for Singapore

...The Prime Minister acknowledged that the Southeast Asian country is already feeling the impact of global warming through hotter weather (Singapore is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world – a...

28 Aug 2019

High time for a Green New Deal for Singapore

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

What the China-US trade war means for corporate sustainability

...the question, we need to examine the state of China's current trade relationships, the prospects for corporate sustainability in China over the next few years. How should companies respond? The trade ...

5 Aug 2019

What the China-US trade war means for corporate sustainability

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News / Policy & Finance

How China grew its US$30 billion green bond market

...the global green bond market in other ways. This month, its officials will meet their counterparts from the European Union, Canada, Japan and India to consider how to streamline standards in the marke...

29 Mar 2019

How China grew its US$30 billion green bond market

News / Carbon & Climate

Rising temperatures to carry big price tag in steamy Sri Lanka

...the kids out at four, they would faint of heatstroke. It's that bad," said the 40-year-old father of two, of the searing heat that has become part of everyday life here. Already steamy Colombo is expe...

30 Jul 2018

Rising temperatures to carry big price tag in steamy Sri Lanka

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