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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Japan is leading on business climate engagement. Will ambitious policies follow?

...the United States throughout 2019 as the country with the largest number of companies with approved SBTs and clearly leads in the number of high-emissions companies. By the end of 2020, the Ministry o...

1 Jul 2019

Japan is leading on business climate engagement. Will ambitious policies follow?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

If you are flying, you should be buying carbon offsets

...the rich to buy themselves out of their guilt, carbon offsets end up exacerbating the injustice caused by climate change. The painful reality of climate change is that the people suffering the greates...

18 Mar 2019

If you are flying, you should be buying carbon offsets

News / Carbon & Climate

China’s ‘iron fist’ against pollution is softening

...their bosses without considering the impacts on businesses and the public. The blanket ban on coal heating in the winter of 2017, for example, left thousands of villagers shuddering in the cold. “ Pr...

18 Mar 2019

China’s ‘iron fist’ against pollution is softening

News / Corporate Responsibility

If you can't beat them, join them: Can rival businesses collaborate for sustainability?

...the Singapore Sustainability Academy and brought together industry experts to share how they integrate sustainable waste management into their business models. Partnerships between players in the priv...

16 Jan 2019

If you can't beat them, join them: Can rival businesses collaborate for sustainability?

Opinion / Manufacturing

By the numbers: The impacts of fast fashion

...the environment. This is only the beginning of the radical transformation required. Apparel companies will increasingly have to confront the elephant in the boardroom and decouple their business grow...

16 Jan 2019

By the numbers: The impacts of fast fashion

News / Waste

Singapore, this new service gets rid of single-use plastic from takeaways

...When people use the Revolv service, they order a takeaway drink or meal and leave a deposit for the containers. They get the deposit back after returning the containers to a drop-off point for cleanin...

15 Jan 2019

Singapore, this new service gets rid of single-use plastic from takeaways

News / Lifestyle

From plogging to veganism: Is sustainability the new normal for consumers?

...the most common association of the word sustainability amongst respondents: “responsible”. But does the notion of being responsible for the environment translate to action on the part of the consumer?...

3 Oct 2018

From plogging to veganism: Is sustainability the new normal for consumers?

Delegates discuss the future of the water industry at Singapore International Water Week. Image: SIWW

News / Water

Taking the water industry to new heights

...the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre. “Our goal was to achieve the sort of synergies you can get only when the industry’s key players are in the same room and on the same page, and there is...

18 May 2018

Taking the water industry to new heights

News / Policy & Finance

Coal in the Philippines—Are banks risking US$21 billion on stranded assets?

...the Philippines. IFC is the private sector arm of the World Bank. “ I would not agree with the statement that coal plants will become stranded assets in the long term since we all know the coal is th...

14 Sep 2018

Coal in the Philippines—Are banks risking US$21 billion on stranded assets?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

France and Britain must together help world reach climate safety

...the UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd when she was appointed to chair delicate finance negotiations in the closing days of the summit. When European leaders needed to crank up the pressure on other count...

23 Jan 2018

France and Britain must together help world reach climate safety

News / Green Buildings

5 ways green buildings are good for your health

...the work place. She said: “We used to sit in cubicles and smoking was largely allowed in the office. The workplace of the past looked very different.” These days, the industry is witnessing greater i...

1 Oct 2018

5 ways green buildings are good for your health

News / Policy & Finance

Red Cross plans to fight disasters with fast funding

...then use the money to support their families during the emergency, he said. The mechanism could change the way agencies tackle disasters, providing an incentive to act when the alarm bells start ringi...

9 May 2018

Red Cross plans to fight disasters with fast funding

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The costs of trade war

...When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.” The same is true for full-blown trade wars: when major economies clash, developing countries will be among the hardest hit. On June 1, the US admin...

22 Jun 2018

The costs of trade war

News / Corporate Responsibility

Businesses 'doing good'? Prove it

...they know much more than they think they do," he said. Baker's advice to social entrepreneurs is to build an impact measurement plan into the business from the start, rather than treating it as an aft...

12 Mar 2019

Businesses 'doing good'? Prove it

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The repression of environmental activists fuels climate change

...The people themselves might not characterise their struggle as directly ‘climate’ related, instead focusing on the protection of local land, livelihoods, and the natural world. But the opposition to t...

11 Feb 2019

The repression of environmental activists fuels climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Too late to plant green seed among world's forgotten palm oil farmers?

...the way to go about it is to work with the smallholders. Girish Deshpande, global business partner, Procter & Gamble The farmer planted oil palm on the carbon-rich peatland and then registered th...

3 Apr 2018

Too late to plant green seed among world's forgotten palm oil farmers?

Cargo ship swept ashore by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

News / Carbon & Climate

How will you respond to the IPCC's urgent climate warning?

...the Paris Agreement to the extent that they could—why is that? Uninsured countries are the least developed, and yet they are the most exposed to climate change. The straw houses are closest to the wol...

15 Oct 2018

How will you respond to the IPCC's urgent climate warning?

News / Carbon & Climate

Meet the young Asians skipping school to protest for climate action

...their kids to miss school. They are concerned about their grades but I tell them that caring for the environment is an equally important issue. Lilly Satidtanasarn, student activist, Thailand For the...

19 Sep 2019

Meet the young Asians skipping school to protest for climate action

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate

...the report’s senior author. The problem was that FAO analysts used a comprehensive life-cycle assessment to study the climate impact of livestock, but a different method when they analysed transportat...

31 Oct 2018

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate

News / Waste

The biggest problem with e-waste? What we don't know.

...The Global E-waste Monitor – 2017, a new report published by the United Nations University, the International Telecommunication Union and the International Solid Waste Association. That’s the weight e...

9 Feb 2018

The biggest problem with e-waste? What we don't know.

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