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Major Islamic financier singled out for forest clearing in Indonesia

In a recent report by climate coalition Chain Reaction Research, Lembaga Tabung Haji, whose publicly traded palm oil firm TH Plantations controls 32 estates in Indonesia and Malaysia spanning 1,600 sq...

3 May 2018

Major Islamic financier singled out for forest clearing in Indonesia

Press Releases / Conergy

Conergy Asia Pacific acquired

Conergy Asia & ME Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiaries (“Conergy” or the “Company”) announced today that certain funds managed by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC (“TCP&rdq...

2 Aug 2017

Conergy Asia Pacific acquired

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Washington sets example at top of sustainable city ladder

On a work day, the U.S. capital does not appear much more "sustainable" than any other major city. Its streets are packed with cars, lights flicker in offices long after the occupants have gone home, ...

4 Jan 2018

Washington sets example at top of sustainable city ladder

News / Carbon & Climate

Fairer world may mean more modest dreams

A sustainable planet may not be attainable, and a fairer world may require us to temper our dreams. Justice, equity, sanitation and even clean water may be within the reach of all, but only if many of...

19 Feb 2018

Fairer world may mean more modest dreams

Opinion / Energy

Now more than ever, we need to address environment and human rights together

When you look to the year ahead, what do you see? Ensia recently invited eight global thought leaders to share their thoughts. In this interview with Ensia contributor Lisa Palmer for Ensia’s 2017 pri...

25 Jan 2017

Now more than ever, we need to address environment and human rights together

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Overcoming these three challenges can drive sustainable investing into the mainstream

...equities will struggle to find a consistent source of ESG data. Even in public equities, they will encounter a shortage of data for sector specific metrics, like carbon asset risk, commodities risk an...

6 Jan 2017

Overcoming these three challenges can drive sustainable investing into the mainstream

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Singapore: (Not yet) a rising green finance hub

The objective of the global green finance movement is clear: to provide the full range of financial services and products to support the transition to a low-carbon world. Two distinct approaches seem ...

28 Mar 2018

Singapore: (Not yet) a rising green finance hub

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

COP 23: On the road to somewhere

Another annual climate change conference has just come to an end. This is the second since the landmark Paris Agreement, the thirteenth since the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and the twenty thir...

27 Nov 2017

COP 23: On the road to somewhere

The Panasonic Kids School programme reached approximately 2.8 million young people around the world. Image: Panasonic

News / Corporate Responsibility

Green dreamers: How firms are grooming a generation of sustainability thinkers

As climate change and sustainable development edge into the mainstream, no demographic is more influenced and affected by today’s environmental and social challenges than young people. Home to some 70...

22 May 2018

Green dreamers: How firms are grooming a generation of sustainability thinkers

News / Policy & Finance

A new guide shows how equity investors can integrate ESG and make good profits

Investors are often blindsided as to how businesses which they invest their money in fare in terms of the business operations impacting the environment. But thanks to a new guide released by the Prin...

27 Sep 2016

A new guide shows how equity investors can integrate ESG and make good profits

News / Carbon & Climate

UK emissions should be ‘net-zero’ by 2070 at the latest, study says

The research, published (free to access) this week in the journal Nature Energy, looks at what the agreement means for UK emissions both now and later this century. It is the first paper to apply a Pa...

13 Mar 2017

UK emissions should be ‘net-zero’ by 2070 at the latest, study says

News / Policy & Finance

Climate investment incubator branches out into cloud forests, cattle ranches

Latin American cloud forests, energy-saving street lights in Rio de Janeiro and sustainable cattle ranching in the Amazon will get a boost from new financial instruments to channel capital for tacklin...

22 Sep 2017

Climate investment incubator branches out into cloud forests, cattle ranches

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Refugee doctors for refugee health

Syrian refugees are often portrayed as an unwelcome drain on the communities to which they relocate, especially with regard to health care. But, for those escaping Syria’s civil war, ignorance of thei...

7 Dec 2017

Refugee doctors for refugee health

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

32.8 per cent reduction in carbon emissions intensity[1] from 2007 levels, on track to meet its 38 per cent target for 2030 27.3 per cent reduction in energy use intensity[2] from 2007 levels, ...

9 May 2018

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Can Indonesia stay haze free?

Indonesia has promised its Southeast Asian neighbours that they will not have to suffer the choking haze caused by forest fires this year. But this is not a problem the country can solve overnight, sa...

28 Jun 2017

Can Indonesia stay haze free?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

SDGs: from adopted framework to political force for change

We are now 13 months into the 15-year lifespan of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – early enough that much of the framework for implementation has still to be put in place and for residual op...

20 Feb 2017

SDGs: from adopted framework to political force for change

News / Energy

NGOs to Singapore banks: Act on climate change and stop funding coal

A few weeks after the Singapore government launched an initaitive declaring 2018 the Year of Climate Action, a coalition of international green groups has issued an open letter calling on the country'...

8 Feb 2018

NGOs to Singapore banks: Act on climate change and stop funding coal

News / Carbon & Climate

China’s carbon emissions drive global uptick in 2017

China’s carbon emissions are projected to grow by 3.5 per cent in 2017, ending a trend that has seen emissions fall for the past three years globally, according to a new study launched at the UN clima...

15 Nov 2017

China’s carbon emissions drive global uptick in 2017

News / Waste

Despite state-level bans, plastic bags still suffocate India's cities

Half of India's states and union territories have introduced a blanket ban on plastic bags, and yet many shoppers remain wedded to the flimsy carrier bags while plastic waste still litters the streets...

2 Mar 2018

Despite state-level bans, plastic bags still suffocate India's cities

News / Corporate Responsibility

The top 5 CSR stories in 2017

It used to be just the governments who set the regulations for driving sustainability. But this year, the private sector has gained momentum in actually leading it. The transfer of leadership from gov...

21 Dec 2017

The top 5 CSR stories in 2017

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