Eco-Business

Sort by

Relevance Date

Showing results 621–640 of 760

Press Releases / Unilever Asia Pte Ltd

Unilever sees sustainability supporting growth

Four years into its ambitious and wide-ranging Sustainable Living Plan, Unilever says it is making a growing and positive impact on its business in terms of growth, cost efficiency and resilience for ...

7 May 2015

Unilever sees sustainability supporting growth

News / Carbon & Climate

Palm oil standard tested for usage by end-2014

...smallholders. The third part involves 33 criteria and 117 indicators for oil palm plantations and organised smallholders, while the fourth part covers 26 criteria and 87 indicators for palm oil mills....

4 Sep 2014

Palm oil standard tested for usage by end-2014

News / Food & Agriculture

When is tree-cutting deforestation? Palm oil companies set their definition

...smallholders,” Jonathon Porritt, co-chair of the HCS Science Study Steering Committee, said in a statement. A draft of the report released in October was found wanting by conservationists and other fo...

21 Dec 2015

When is tree-cutting deforestation? Palm oil companies set their definition

News / Corporate Responsibility

Unilever plan on track, but cutting emissions tough

It has been four years since consumer goods giant Unilever announced its ambitious 'Sustainable Living Plan' and the report card is out. While it has done well on social indicators like improving comm...

18 May 2015

Unilever plan on track, but cutting emissions tough

News / Water

Water impact ignored in palm oil production: study

Significant erosion of freshwater quality has been added to the list of risks associated with palm oil cultivation, according to a recent study conducted by United States scientists, who focused on sm...

16 Jul 2014

Water impact ignored in palm oil production: study

News / Food & Agriculture

RSPO Smallholders Support Fund applications total RM3.36 million

...smallholders towards RSPO certification, both in Malaysia and internationally. We hope to see more applications from smallholders this year," she said in a statement to Bernama. RSSF said smallholders...

10 Feb 2014

RSPO Smallholders Support Fund applications total RM3.36 million

Press Releases / Olam International

SRI methodology wins Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security

Olam International, a leading global agri-business operating across the value chain in 65 countries, is pleased to announce that the Olam International Prize for Innovation in Food Security has been a...

20 Mar 2015

SRI methodology wins Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security

News / Carbon & Climate

El Niño does hit the monsoon, but some links still missing

Fears of the impact of a strong El Niño – the warming of the central to eastern tropical Pacific Ocean waters – on South Asia’s monsoon system seem to have been confirmed by deficit rains in the regio...

28 Aug 2015

El Niño does hit the monsoon, but some links still missing

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Fake Doritos ad pressures Pepsi over palm oil policy

...smallholders, and commit to labor standards and conflict resolution processes. "Rainforests across Southeast Asia are destroyed every day to make way for massive palm oil plantations," said Kaytee Rie...

19 Jan 2015

Fake Doritos ad pressures Pepsi over palm oil policy

News / Food & Agriculture

Is this Malaysian palm oil firm still destroying forest in Borneo — and selling to Wilmar?

The Malaysian-owned palm oil company Genting Plantations has again been accused of clearing ecologically important secondary forest in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province according to a recent report...

11 Feb 2016

Is this Malaysian palm oil firm still destroying forest in Borneo — and selling to Wilmar?

News / Policy & Finance

'Trying to follow the money': Opacity rules in Southeast Asia's land rush, finds study

As the rush for land in Southeast Asia continues at breakneck speed, often bringing with it social and environmental destruction, a new study by a major environmental research group explores how well ...

16 Jun 2015

'Trying to follow the money': Opacity rules in Southeast Asia's land rush, finds study

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Fighting haze and deforestation in our own backyard

...smallholders to clear land by burning. Timber and oil palm planted on cleared land are supplied to large firms and, throughout the supply chain, many benefit from the burning - still the cheapest way ...

30 Sep 2015

Fighting haze and deforestation in our own backyard

News / Corporate Responsibility

Strategic value creation: Asia's new CSR frontier

For many decades, charitable giving to social causes has been a mainstay of the global corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement. But more businesses are realising that traditional philanthropy ...

2 Sep 2015

Strategic value creation: Asia's new CSR frontier

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

What would it take to mainstream "alternative" agriculture?

The industrialized food system, studies have shown, is linked to greenhouse gas emissions, algal blooms, pesticide pollution, soil erosion and biodiversity loss, to name a few ecological troubles. Add...

27 Jul 2016

What would it take to mainstream "alternative" agriculture?

News / Carbon & Climate

Industrial concessions causing massive deforestation in Cambodia

Land concessions for large-scale agricultural plantations are stripping off Cambodia’s forest cover, according to a new report by Forest Trends, a US-based environmental protection group. By the end o...

28 Aug 2015

Industrial concessions causing massive deforestation in Cambodia

Press Releases / CSR Asia Ltd.

Conflicts over land in Asia

...smallholders and fair practices in integrating small producers in value chains is a key focus for sustainable business practices in both agriculture and aquaculture where small producers often lose ou...

2 Jul 2014

Conflicts over land in Asia

News / Carbon & Climate

Four ways to support locally controlled forestry and benefit people and the planet

...smallholders and increasing the scale of production and the quality of products; identifying adequate models of cooperation for smallholders, such as through cooperatives, federations and other arrang...

23 May 2014

Four ways to support locally controlled forestry and benefit people and the planet

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

China farming boom has left ecosystems in danger of total collapse

...smallholders, probably involving a more efficient coordination between agencies. Global problem But there’s a larger-scale context to this problem that may affect us all. China’s grain production has ...

27 Feb 2015

China farming boom has left ecosystems in danger of total collapse

Press Releases / CottonConnect

Cotton sustainability: Significant opportunity for brands in China

CottonConnect says the shifting cotton market in China offers a valuable window of opportunity for international companies to invest and build a more resilient cotton supply in one of the world’...

26 Feb 2015

Cotton sustainability: Significant opportunity for brands in China

News / Corporate Responsibility

Olam charts new path towards responsible growth

Please tell us, in a sentence, what it is you do. In my role as global head of corporate and sustainability communications, I am tasked with building and protecting reputational capital for Olam Inte...

13 Apr 2015

Olam charts new path towards responsible growth

Page 32

Press Releases / Unilever Asia Pte Ltd

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Corporate Responsibility

News / Water

News / Food & Agriculture

Press Releases / Olam International

News / Carbon & Climate

Videos / Carbon & Climate

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Policy & Finance

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

News / Corporate Responsibility

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

News / Carbon & Climate

Press Releases / CSR Asia Ltd.

News / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Press Releases / CottonConnect

News / Corporate Responsibility

Most popular

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Energy

News / Energy

News / Waste Management

News / Corporate Responsibility

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.