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News / Food & Agriculture

With urban grit and pink lights, London warehouse farms fish and greens

...the areas around them equals the size of the European Union, a recent study said, while others estimate some 800 million urban farmers provide up to 20 per cent of the world's food. Unlike imported pr...

6 Aug 2017

With urban grit and pink lights, London warehouse farms fish and greens

Opinion / Transport

The transport revolution happening in our pockets

...the car in our affections—the smartphone. The smartphone which can call on all the transport modes we already have available: bus, rail, taxi, foot, bike and yes, the (shared) car, and put them togeth...

4 Oct 2017

The transport revolution happening in our pockets

Press Releases / Alesia Communications

New PM shaft generator order for Rederiet Stenersen’s chemical tankers

...The operating hours of the auxiliary generators are dramatically reduced, thanks to the use of the We Drive™. We don't need to run the auxiliary engines when using variable speed for the main en...

7 Sep 2016

New PM shaft generator order for Rederiet Stenersen’s chemical tankers

Burmese fishing crew onboard Thai fishing boat

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Human trafficking risks in Asia's supply chains: How should businesses respond?

...the unearthing of a mass grave in the jungle in the south of Thailand. Manas held a key post in maintaining security in Thailand’s southern border region and preventing illegal migration there, but pa...

4 Aug 2017

Human trafficking risks in Asia's supply chains: How should businesses respond?

News / Cities

Two hundred cities to use new tool to improve disaster-related resilience this year

...ther risks. The tool was released last week at the Global Platform for Risk Reduction summit held in Cancún, Mexico. Published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Disaster Resilience Sco...

30 May 2017

Two hundred cities to use new tool to improve disaster-related resilience this year

News / Food & Agriculture

Study maps 187 land conflicts as palm oil expands in Kalimantan

...The legal system is of little use, and there are far too few NGOs on the ground to cope with all these conflicts,” said Ward Berenschot, a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of...

21 Dec 2016

Study maps 187 land conflicts as palm oil expands in Kalimantan

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The dawning age of the earth-competent board

...their responsibility as agents of change, helping boards to fully assume their evolving role and will work in improving the regulatory environment of these questions. As the “guardian” of the level of...

2 Feb 2017

The dawning age of the earth-competent board

News / Food & Agriculture

As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers’ profits heat up

...the mature fruits. The succulent green mangoes drop inside a net tied to the tip of the pole which prevents them from falling on the ground and being damaged. The quality of the fruit is a big concern...

22 Feb 2017

As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers’ profits heat up

Press Releases / Hydro Tasmania

Entura completes Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Feasibility Study

...they help to maximise the use of the renewables that are subject to the vagaries of the weather. Pumped storage provides a load when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, and it also provides a ...

15 Nov 2016

Entura completes Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Feasibility Study

Opinion / Cities

Inclusive growth depends on cities

...the economy is rigged in favor of the few. Indeed, the gains from economic growth are increasingly going to the very highest earners. In OECD countries, people in the top 10 per cent of the income dis...

18 Nov 2016

Inclusive growth depends on cities

News / Food & Agriculture

UK supermarket pulls corned beef off shelves due to slavery fears

...thels, victims of debt bondage or born into servitude - with about 161,000 people in Brazil enslaved. JBS said the farm at the centre of the allegations had never been included in the government's "bl...

13 Jun 2017

UK supermarket pulls corned beef off shelves due to slavery fears

News / Food & Agriculture

Amnesty International finds human rights abuses in Wilmar supply chain

...the claims, while Procter and Gamble said it was working with the company to remedy these violations. However, most of the companies—with the exception of Kellogg’s and Reckitt Benckiser—declined to s...

2 Dec 2016

Amnesty International finds human rights abuses in Wilmar supply chain

Press Releases / My Power

Gloucester Cathedral appoints Mypower for the oldest solar PV install

...the Nave roof of the 1,000 year old Gloucester Cathedral. It is the building of its type in the world to have Solar PV. The 38kw solar array will help the cathedral cut its electricity bills by 25 pe...

7 Dec 2016

Gloucester Cathedral appoints Mypower for the oldest solar PV install

News / Transport

How the aviation industry is lowering its carbon footprint

...the Dreamliner’s engines include removing one of the heritage systems in the engine, the bleed air system, and using titanium aluminide instead of nickel alloy as material for some of the rotary blade...

18 Dec 2017

How the aviation industry is lowering its carbon footprint

News / Food & Agriculture

Greenpeace and WWF suspend engagement with APRIL

...the SAC and key stakeholders," said the company. "There is simply too much at stake". Fire law sparks tension The flashpoint for the fall-out between APRIL and the NGOs was a conflict over the company...

13 Jan 2017

Greenpeace and WWF suspend engagement with APRIL

News / Policy & Finance

First-ever index ranks urban areas on SDGs implementation

...the City Prosperity Index (CPI), for over 400 cities. It is pegged to the main issues in the New Urban Agenda, the UN’s 20-year urbanisation strategy, as well as the urban dimensions of the SDGs. [See...

29 Aug 2017

First-ever index ranks urban areas on SDGs implementation

News / Carbon & Climate

Rising sea levels could actually help coral reefs survive global warming: Study

...when waters that are warmer than normal cause coral to eject the algae that reside in their tissues and provide them with food as well as their vibrant colors. But a new study published in the journal...

26 Aug 2016

Rising sea levels could actually help coral reefs survive global warming: Study

News / Transport

End of the road for Volvo’s purely petrol and diesel-powered cars

...The country holds the third biggest share in the world in terms of the number of passenger electric cars successfully deployed, after Norway and The Netherlands. China’s central government, on the oth...

11 Jul 2017

End of the road for Volvo’s purely petrol and diesel-powered cars

News / Policy & Finance

'Findicators' track the path to Finland’s progress on the SDGs

...the data. Inconsistent or missing data was one of the problems researchers in Finland encountered when they started exploring the best way to implement the SDGs in their country. But they found a way ...

2 Dec 2016

'Findicators' track the path to Finland’s progress on the SDGs

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How and why we are moving beyond GDP as a measure of human progress

...The focus on GDP leads to mantras such as “jobs and growth” with an urgency that implies that there is neither the time nor the resources to make economic growth fair or sustainable. Further, short el...

4 Jan 2017

How and why we are moving beyond GDP as a measure of human progress

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