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Strong economic case for adopting SDGs, say Oz experts

...the end of 2015 was female and 46 per cent of all senior managers were women. When it comes to the goal of halving its environmental impact, however, the company reports mixed progress. The positive...

2 Aug 2016

Strong economic case for adopting SDGs, say Oz experts

Grenzach-Wyhlen along the German-Swiss border

News / Manufacturing

One town, two approaches to cleaning up polluted soil

...the Swiss side of the border in 1986, when an accident at a storehouse by Sandoz released tons of pollutants into the Rhine, turning it red. The Kesslergrube’s location close to the river was one of t...

2 Aug 2016

One town, two approaches to cleaning up polluted soil

News / Energy

Enabling the clean energy revolution

...the amount of energy they had used in the past. In Asia, the same concept can be applied to cooling, says Balakrishnan. “A chiller consumes power to chill the water when the power rates are low, and w...

7 Jan 2016

Enabling the clean energy revolution

News / Carbon & Climate

Arctic Ocean could be ice-free before mid-century

...the ice in the Arctic Ocean. If their sums are right, then by the time human beings have burned enough fossil fuels to add 1,000 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, the Arctic Ocean will...

4 Nov 2016

Arctic Ocean could be ice-free before mid-century

News / Carbon & Climate

Peatlands protection seen key to preventing climate change "tipping point"

...the launch of a global initiative to help prevent their destruction. Peatlands cover just 3 per cent of the world's land surface, but contain twice as much carbon as the entire biomass of the world's ...

21 Nov 2016

Peatlands protection seen key to preventing climate change "tipping point"

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

A year of turmoil - But optimism should rule for 2017

...the Paris Agreement to satisfy the criteria required to trigger it coming into force on 4 November, far earlier than expected. Corporate players also contributed to the good news when the Internationa...

9 Jan 2017

A year of turmoil - But optimism should rule for 2017

News / Food & Agriculture

Protection of forests ‘fundamental to security of humanity’s place on this planet,’ UN Forum told

...the Forums’ work for the next 13 years. “The Global Forest Goals reflect the way the Forum is transforming its work to more effectively address the challenges facing forests and the lives of the peopl...

3 May 2017

Protection of forests ‘fundamental to security of humanity’s place on this planet,’ UN Forum told

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Counting the costs of floods in China

...These lakes and wetlands used to store water during the flood years, reducing adverse impacts on the city. The 40 remaining lakes are not enough of a buffer to store flood waters. Furthermore, their s...

19 Aug 2016

Counting the costs of floods in China

News / Energy

Micro-grids powered by the sun boost fortunes of Lake Victoria fishermen

...the market rate because she had to get rid of the fish quickly in the searing heat bearing down on her village on the shore of Lake Victoria. Lack of electricity meant Atieno was at the mercy of comme...

4 Apr 2017

Micro-grids powered by the sun boost fortunes of Lake Victoria fishermen

News / Food & Agriculture

Senegal's farmers adopt new tool to boost harvests: mobile phones

...ther day." Djaby concurs. "When cultivating, if you don't have the right information then you're walking without seeing the path," he said. To broaden the weather service's reach, the meteorological a...

17 Jun 2016

Senegal's farmers adopt new tool to boost harvests: mobile phones

News / Food & Agriculture

Farm impasse at climate talks threatens goal to end hunger: FAO chief

...the sidelines of the negotiations. When farmers choose a new crop variety that is more resistant to weather extremes or pests, they are adapting to changing conditions. That variety may also help fix ...

17 Nov 2016

Farm impasse at climate talks threatens goal to end hunger: FAO chief

News / Cities

India needs to implement new plan to tackle air pollution

...These solutions (in the new report) are both technically feasible and cost effective and the most encouraging part is that the experts and expertise exist in India,” Ajay Mathur, director general of T...

17 Nov 2016

India needs to implement new plan to tackle air pollution

News / Carbon & Climate

Global warming already causing local extinctions

...the Public Library of Science Biology that he searched the biological databases for studies that recorded the “warm edge” of a species habitat: that is, the boundary of the range where conditions star...

20 Dec 2016

Global warming already causing local extinctions

Opinion / Cities

How to globalize the sustainable city

...the demands, ideas and needs they present. These are the key assets that differentiate cities and make them stand out from the crowd. When all three of these factors are strong, cities can transform t...

5 Jul 2016

How to globalize the sustainable city

coal-fired electric plant in Henan China

News / Manufacturing

China's cabinet urges fulfilling overcapacity cut targets

...the world's largest producer and consumer of steel and coal. The two industries have long been plagued by overcapacity and felt the pinch even more in the past two years as the economy cooled and dema...

28 Jul 2016

China's cabinet urges fulfilling overcapacity cut targets

News / Policy & Finance

Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

...the island of Borneo, has been working to keep the forests from an area known as Forest Management Unit 5 out of the sawmills. And they appeared to be on the cusp of preserving one of the best-protect...

3 Jan 2017

Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How farming giant seaweed can feed fish and fix the climate

...the only processing required would be the cutting of the kelp from the buoyancy devices and the disposal of the fronds overboard to sink. Once in the ocean depths, the carbon the kelp contains is esse...

2 Aug 2017

How farming giant seaweed can feed fish and fix the climate

News / Food & Agriculture

Many commitments, little transparency in cutting deforestation from corporate supply chains

...the final agreement passed by more than 190 countries. During the talks, many companies got in on the action, as well, pledging to do their part to reduce carbon emissions from their business operatio...

13 Jun 2016

Many commitments, little transparency in cutting deforestation from corporate supply chains

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EarthCheck releases first global CSR tool for tourism industry

...the economic development of the region while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families, as well as of the community and society at large.”

16 Aug 2016

EarthCheck releases first global CSR tool for tourism industry

Woman working on her laptop possibly doing sustainability reporting

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Innovation in sustainability reporting: New design trends and digital solutions for powerful storytelling

...The more they can convince the public, the media, NGOs and investors of their commitment, the more their credibility will grow. CSR Asia looked at how leading companies managed to develop creative and...

15 Jun 2017

Innovation in sustainability reporting: New design trends and digital solutions for powerful storytelling

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