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CEOs urged to invest 'sleeping giant' corporate pensions in sustainability

...When we consider the capital that will be needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the multi-trillion-dollar corporate pension industry needs to be activated to join other actors in privat...

25 Apr 2017

CEOs urged to invest 'sleeping giant' corporate pensions in sustainability

Leaders of the G20 at the 2017 summit in Hamburg, Germany

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The G20 – on climate change, better than we feared but short of what we need

...the strong consensus of the other 19 nations in the final communiqué that the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is irreversible was crucial. In the run up to the G20, reports indicated the US had been...

13 Jul 2017

The G20 – on climate change, better than we feared but short of what we need

News / Carbon & Climate

Humans cause up to 70 per cent of sea ice loss

...the whole picture again. They found that the circulation of air – and its temperature and humidity – could contribute 60 per cent of the polar sea ice decline since 1979. They then looked at whether t...

20 Mar 2017

Humans cause up to 70 per cent of sea ice loss

Partners for the Environment 2017 closing plenary

News / Cities

Sustainable Singapore Movement: Less talk, more action needed

...the movement further, to entrench the value and meaning of sustainability messages into the minds of all of us in Singapore.” Emphasising the importance of collaboration, the minister said: "Collabora...

10 Aug 2017

Sustainable Singapore Movement: Less talk, more action needed

News / Waste

In the fishing industry, gear recycling is finally catching on

...their work out of a lump sum Aquafil gives to SHA. The pure nylon nets are then packed into bags, which will weigh 800 to 1,000 pounds (400 to 500 kilograms) when full. The bags are ready to ship when...

4 Apr 2017

In the fishing industry, gear recycling is finally catching on

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Changing landscapes: key issues for action on sustainable development in 2018

...the greatest successes of 2017 came late in the year: on 24 December, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to negotiate a treaty to protect biodiversity in the 'high seas' – the areas of the o...

8 Jan 2018

Changing landscapes: key issues for action on sustainable development in 2018

Choosing the responsible food option? A customer a supermarket in Singapore reaches for an item. Image: Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

What's the sustainability story inside our food?

...they make. Which areas of the DSM business need to be worked on the most to make the company more sustainable? At the moment, we are evaluating what the Paris Agreement will mean for the business. We ...

24 Jul 2017

What's the sustainability story inside our food?

News / Transport

Is India’s goods and services tax bad news for Bhutan’s environment?

...the application of the GST in India would exempt duties on the import of cars to Bhutan, reducing the cost of India-made cars by up to 20 per cent. Considering the likely impacts of the GST, the chang...

3 Oct 2017

Is India’s goods and services tax bad news for Bhutan’s environment?

Press Releases / Spintelligent

Cape Town’s water restrictions – necessary, new way of life?

...the city that have organised to give all the residents a big 10 litre bucket each to collect their grey water which is then used to water the gardens and used to clean the building and outside facilit...

7 Feb 2017

Cape Town’s water restrictions – necessary, new way of life?

China involved in coal projects in BRI countries

News / Energy

Asian banks are world's biggest investors in fossil fuels, study finds

...the report. Banks need to implement policies that will hold them accountable for their fossil fuel investments, and to curb their financing of these investments, stated the report. This is particularl...

10 Jul 2017

Asian banks are world's biggest investors in fossil fuels, study finds

Research / SolAbility

The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2016

...the World Bank and UN databases. The GSCI 2016 is topped by Sweden, followed by the other 4 Scandinavia nations. Countries from Northern Europe, the Baltic States and Eastern Europe dominate the top 2...

22 Dec 2016

The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2016

News / Policy & Finance

Trump’s wall puts wildlife at risk

...their hunting ground, obstruct the recolonisation of certain areas and reduces the genetic diversity of separated species. The cougar, the Mexican wolf, the black bear and the porcupine are some of th...

8 Feb 2017

Trump’s wall puts wildlife at risk

Opinion / Manufacturing

Why toy makers are switching to safe and sustainable plastics

...when their useful life has ended. “ Many of the chemicals used to give plastic their flexibility—plasticizers as they are known—have been shown to be endocrine disruptors and linked to the developme...

20 Jul 2016

Why toy makers are switching to safe and sustainable plastics

News / Energy

Record 'green' energy capacity added in 2016 as cost for renewables plunges

...the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). “ [The] withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement is unfortunate. But the renewables train has already left the statio...

8 Jun 2017

Record 'green' energy capacity added in 2016 as cost for renewables plunges

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Bolster safeguards through civil society to protect the environment

...the other hand, are more concerned about national safeguards in countries where governance is weak. The solution therefore seems pretty easy: strike the right balance between the two. Strengthening na...

8 Jun 2017

Bolster safeguards through civil society to protect the environment

Opinion / Transport

China's outward public investment—good news for the environment and tackling poverty?

...the Green Climate Fund, though it gets less attention. And the Belt and Road Initiative may come to dwarf the US-funded Marshall Plan. For the environment, the picture is mixed. While the NDB has a s...

26 Oct 2017

China's outward public investment—good news for the environment and tackling poverty?

News / Water

A startup that wants running water in every urban home

...they’re free to renew the service or not when their pre-paid water credit expires. Payments can be made via mobile money, and are recorded by the smart meter, which can then reactivate the water servi...

7 Jun 2017

A startup that wants running water in every urban home

News / Water

Land reclamation in Malaysia puts environment, endangered turtle at risk

...the Strait of Malacca, began reclamation in 1974, but the process has gathered pace over the past two decades and a slew of recent projects have deepened concern about the environmental cost. The isla...

6 Dec 2016

Land reclamation in Malaysia puts environment, endangered turtle at risk

News / Policy & Finance

Laos seizes cache of illegal logs allegedly owned by governor’s wife

...the wife of the governor of Attapeu province for sale across the border in Vietnam, according to an official source. The source, who inspects timber in the southern provinces of Laos, told RFA’s Lao S...

6 Jul 2017

Laos seizes cache of illegal logs allegedly owned by governor’s wife

News / Carbon & Climate

As scientists ponder 'hacking the climate,' poor countries are wary

...the brunt of climate change even as they had little to do with causing it. In 2015, the United States alone emitted more planet-warming carbon dioxide than the African continent's 54 countries. The bu...

23 Oct 2017

As scientists ponder 'hacking the climate,' poor countries are wary

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