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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Making women's work count

...them – from preschool children to the sick, the disabled, and the elderly – and that they are universally accessible and affordable. “ As populations grow and age, the care sector will only increase ...

11 Aug 2017

Making women's work count

News / Cities

Ancient fort community in Bangkok loses 25-year battle against bulldozers

...the 18th century, is one of the oldest structures in Bangkok, one of 14 citadels that once guarded the city. Only one other fort remains. The eviction of the community and the demolition of their eleg...

7 May 2018

Ancient fort community in Bangkok loses 25-year battle against bulldozers

News / Corporate Responsibility

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

...thern Thailand for tourists to stay with local families and immerse themselves in hill-tribe culture. The aim was for the villagers to see some financial benefit from their country's multi-billion-dol...

9 Oct 2017

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

...the effects of climate change and natural catastrophes," said Stefan Hirche, board chairman of the InsuResilience Investment Fund, which is helping finance the new scheme. The goal is to reduce the vu...

22 Jan 2018

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

Marina Bay Financial Centre in Singapore.

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

How are Singaporean businesses stepping up to the challenge of the SDGs?

...the SDGs. Only 12 per cent of the SGX 50 have integrated the SDGs into their business or CR strategy while 18 per cent mapped their business or CR strategy to the SDGs. A reason for these numbers cou...

22 Jan 2018

How are Singaporean businesses stepping up to the challenge of the SDGs?

cargo shipping containers at The port of Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

Mapped: The world’s largest CO2 importers and exporters

...their 1990 emissions. The grey area represents the difference between the two. Based on data from the Global Carbon Project. Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts. When imported carbon is included, ...

6 Jul 2017

Mapped: The world’s largest CO2 importers and exporters

A garment factory worker in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Opinion / Manufacturing

How fashion brands are tackling modern slavery in Mauritius

...their rights before they leave, and when they arrive. Ultimately, the real measure of success will be whether these efforts effectively eliminate debt bonded labour. So far, however, the process has b...

9 Mar 2018

How fashion brands are tackling modern slavery in Mauritius

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon credit prices should be increased to protect forests from rubber

...the revenue generated by rubber plantations. A carbon credit is a way of paying landholders to keep their forests in the ground and the carbon they contain out of the atmosphere. These credits are adm...

9 Mar 2018

Carbon credit prices should be increased to protect forests from rubber

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Having more, owning less: How to fight throwaway culture

...the items they borrow and to do things for themselves. And given that the average electric drill is in use for just 15 minutes each year, and is kept in storage for the rest of the time, it’s clear th...

8 Aug 2017

Having more, owning less: How to fight throwaway culture

News / Carbon & Climate

Meet the winners of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize

...the 1960s and 80s. The indigenous Q’eqchi people who lived around the mine claimed that the company was forcibly removing them from their land without their consent. To find out if the community had l...

26 Apr 2017

Meet the winners of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize

News / Corporate Responsibility

How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'

...the company’s 2009 decision to add a consumer-facing tagline: “Doing the right thing”, coupled with an education campaign. Overhaul for the long haul The 2008 banking crisis hit the retail sector hard...

23 Jun 2017

How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'

News / Carbon & Climate

Limiting global warming to 1.5C could save two-thirds of Asia’s glacier ice

...the Earth’s surface.” In other words, as the glaciers retreat, they expose more of the dark, rocky ground beneath. This means the land then absorbs more of the sun’s radiation and heats up more quickl...

15 Sep 2017

Limiting global warming to 1.5C could save two-thirds of Asia’s glacier ice

Opinion / Transport

Is a dangerous complacency taking hold in shipping over climate goals?

...the shipping industry open in London, there are concerns that a dangerous complacency is taking hold in the sector. The main point of the meeting - which starts this week at the International Maritim...

5 Apr 2018

Is a dangerous complacency taking hold in shipping over climate goals?

Press Releases / Conergy Asia & ME

Conergy rolls out solutions to boost Philippine, ASEAN solar farm productivity and improve troubled solar farm operations

...the operations and maintenance units serving the Philippines and the region. “We believe some of the Philippine’s solar farms can perform much better than they do today, so we are making ...

30 Nov 2017

Conergy rolls out solutions to boost Philippine, ASEAN solar farm productivity and improve troubled solar farm operations

News / Water

The most expensive water in Nepal

...the lifeline of the town. The rise of the user committees Tansen’s drinking water was proving to be a burden for the government as it became one of the few projects the department, and then the munici...

7 Jul 2017

The most expensive water in Nepal

News / Cities

Cities, scientists unite in battle against climate change at UN summit

...when they gather at a U.N.-backed summit in Canada's Edmonton on Monday. The three day gathering marks the first time cities rather than nations are offered a seat at the table of the Intergovernmenta...

6 Mar 2018

Cities, scientists unite in battle against climate change at UN summit

News / Energy

Mind the hype: Despite huge potential, solar energy in SE Asia is behind a cloud

...the laggard of the region. Thailand is by a wide margin the leader with 62 per cent of Southeast Asia's total installed capacity of 3.5 gigawatts. The Philippines and Malaysia are the region's second ...

3 Oct 2017

Mind the hype: Despite huge potential, solar energy in SE Asia is behind a cloud

News / Food & Agriculture

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

...thers like it from the Environmental Defense Fund help countries that might not have access to the best data to understand how much they’re actually taking from the sea. The goal is then for managers ...

23 Oct 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

News / Energy

In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

...there tend to be no complaints. [But] in the dry seasons, there is so much dust. Those coal heaps in their stockpile, when the southern wind comes, they’d blow the dust from the pile all over.” In Oct...

6 Feb 2017

In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

News / Manufacturing

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

...the USA. For the first 5 years of my life I knew my father from the letters he sent that told us about the things he learned. At his return, the forestry industry was booming in Indonesia. My father w...

18 Jul 2017

Aida Greenbury talks about transforming business as usual in Indonesia

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