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Illegal loggers in Sulawesi use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity

Illegal logging of rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi surged by 70 per cent in 2020, according to findings by local NGO JURnal Celebes. The group attributes the increase to monitoring ac...

25 May 2021

Illegal loggers in Sulawesi use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity

News / Carbon & Climate

Faced with a crisis, airlines seek delay on climate measures

...Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), airlines have committed to ensure that all growth in international flights post-2020 is carbon neutral by buying offsets. CO...

27 Apr 2020

Faced with a crisis, airlines seek delay on climate measures

Opinion / Lifestyle

Four ways to reduce the carbon in your food basket

...carbon footprint. Transport is an important contributor to the carbon cost of foods but its not the only carbon cost. In fact, the carbon contribution of transport is higher in low-carbon than high-ca...

8 Jan 2020

Four ways to reduce the carbon in your food basket

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore announces ambition to go net zero beyond 2050

...carbon-dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride. Steps that Singapore will take in the low-carbon transition include increasing adoption of renewa...

28 Feb 2020

Singapore announces ambition to go net zero beyond 2050

Podcasts / Energy

Who will foot the bill of Laos’ big bet on coal?

On its website, the operator of Laos’ only coal-fired power plant makes several bold claims. The facility, Hongsa Power suggests, is “environmentally friendly and respected by the local community”. It...

16 Feb 2021

Who will foot the bill of Laos’ big bet on coal?

News / Food & Agriculture

How satellite imagery is helping precision agriculture grow to new heights

...carbon footprint and increasing the efficiency of operations,” states Roberts. There might also be one other currently untapped benefit to adopting this technology-driven approach, relating to issues ...

2 Mar 2021

How satellite imagery is helping precision agriculture grow to new heights

News / Corporate Responsibility

WWF global media relations manager Lotika Mehta joins IKEA Foundation

World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Singapore-based global media relations manager Lotika Mehta is moving to a role with IKEA in Europe. She joins the Swedish homeware company's philanthropic arm, IKEA...

12 Oct 2020

WWF global media relations manager Lotika Mehta joins IKEA Foundation

Dr Snigdha Sharma joins Bizsu environment and sustainability advisor.

News / Manufacturing

Green products startup Bizsu hires Dr Snigdha Sharma as sustainability advisor

Bizsu, a sustainable products firm based in Singapore, has hired environmental engineer Dr Snigdha Sharma as environment and sustainability advisor. Sharma, who holds a doctorate in environmental scie...

22 Oct 2020

Green products startup Bizsu hires Dr Snigdha Sharma as sustainability advisor

News / Carbon & Climate

Threatened mangrove forests won’t protect coasts

...carbon each year, and a couple of sq kms of this saltwater forest can harbour nursery space for what could become 100 tonnes of commercial fish catch every year. They also provide shelter for a huge r...

18 Jun 2020

Threatened mangrove forests won’t protect coasts

News / Carbon & Climate

How to save economy and climate together

The warnings are stark. With the Covid-19 crisis wreaking global havoc and the overheating atmosphere threatening far worse in the long term, especially if governments rely on the same old carbon-inte...

11 May 2020

How to save economy and climate together

Aerial View of Palm Oil Plantation in Indonesia

News / Carbon & Climate

Palm oil firms in Papua fight lawsuit after permits are revoked

Three palm oil companies have sued the local government in Indonesia’s West Papua province after their plantation licenses were revoked following a recent audit. This has prompted concerns that other ...

6 Sep 2021

Palm oil firms in Papua fight lawsuit after permits are revoked

News / Water

Central Asian drought highlights water vulnerability

A severe drought in Central Asia is causing mass livestock die-offs and shortages of water for irrigation. In two provinces of Kazakhstan, more than 2,000 domesticated animals have died due to lack of...

15 Jul 2021

Central Asian drought highlights water vulnerability

News / Carbon & Climate

Are Bhutan’s monsoon landslides becoming more deadly?

On the morning of 16 June, Bhutan woke up to the tragic news that 10 people had been killed in a landslide at around 1am in the northern district of Gasa. This was the largest number of fatalities in ...

15 Jul 2021

Are Bhutan’s monsoon landslides becoming more deadly?

News / Manufacturing

How a focus on sustainability will help the fashion industry emerge stronger from Covid-19

...carbon footprint across all activities (inclusive of our supply chain and manufacturing of the products we sell) in order to set our carbon emissions baseline, identify our greatest impacts, and devel...

12 May 2020

How a focus on sustainability will help the fashion industry emerge stronger from Covid-19

News / Policy & Finance

COP26: Rifts remain over finance for adaptation, loss and damage

US$300 billion a year by 2030, and US$500 billion by 2050. Those are the estimated annual costs for developing countries to adapt to increased floods, droughts, heatwaves and other extreme weather. Th...

15 Nov 2021

COP26: Rifts remain over finance for adaptation, loss and damage

News / Energy

Efficient energy cuts UK electricity’s carbon output

...carbon footprint has shrunk, not simply the energy sector’s contribution. The total of the three main greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, peaked in 2007 and had dropped 21 per...

26 Mar 2020

Efficient energy cuts UK electricity’s carbon output

News / Policy & Finance

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of preventing deforestation

A UN fund has approved a $103.8 million payment to Indonesia for preventing deforestation-based carbon emissions — its biggest payout yet, and one that critics say can’t be justified. The Green Clima...

10 Sep 2020

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of preventing deforestation

Opinion / Policy & Finance

With the private sector now on board, this is our year to turn the tide on biodiversity loss

Overexploitation of nature is putting our societies, economies and financial system on a path toward disaster – but we have a golden opportunity to help bend the curve of biodiversity loss downward at...

14 Jul 2021

With the private sector now on board, this is our year to turn the tide on biodiversity loss

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Want to really hold businesses to account? Look at their supply chains

...carbon footprint and can amount to four times the organisation’s own operational emissions. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a charity running the global disclosure system on carbon emissions for ...

24 Jan 2020

Want to really hold businesses to account? Look at their supply chains

Vivian Wendan Zheng comes on board as senior ESG business development manager for Trucost Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Image: Vivian Wendan Zheng

News / Policy & Finance

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico and Vivian Wendan Zheng to drive ESG analytics growth in Asia Pacific

...carbon pricing firm he co-founded. Vivian Wendan Zheng comes on board as senior ESG business development manager for Trucost Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Zheng, who in her career has worked for...

23 Apr 2020

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico and Vivian Wendan Zheng to drive ESG analytics growth in Asia Pacific

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