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News / Corporate Responsibility

Fashion's deadliest disaster prompts Bangladeshi workers to opt for university

...the clothes sold in the gleaming high street stores of the West. In all, the bodies of 1,136 garment workers were pulled out of the rubble when the Rana Plaza building - an eight-floor factory complex...

29 Apr 2016

Fashion's deadliest disaster prompts Bangladeshi workers to opt for university

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian logging firm fined a record US$1.2 billion for deforestation

...ther the supplier had acted illegally back in 2013, "out of respect for the due process of law". However, the company will not source from MPL in the future, said the spokesman. The company added: ...

25 Nov 2016

Indonesian logging firm fined a record US$1.2 billion for deforestation

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why business will make or break the SDGs

...the effort to achieve the SDGs. But that is only one example of how the public and private sectors can work together to identify opportunities to advance the SDGs. If we take advantage of these possi...

8 Feb 2017

Why business will make or break the SDGs

News / Transport

Philippine engineers aspire for home-built trains

...the electric battery kicks in when the needle points to 200 kilowatts, halfway to the genset’s 500-kw rating, says electrical engineer Pablo Acuin, the project leader. Approaching stations, the train ...

12 Aug 2016

Philippine engineers aspire for home-built trains

traditional nepali houses with solar panel roofs

News / Energy

Can low-income housing be energy efficient and affordable?

...the cost of triple-glazed windows: They used to come from Europe, which made them expensive, but they are now being made in the U.S, which reduces overall building costs. The sharing of ideas and tool...

20 Jun 2016

Can low-income housing be energy efficient and affordable?

News / Manufacturing

Formosa Steel owns up to toxic spill, agrees to pay Vietnam $500 million

...the April spill determined that the release of toxic chemicals including cyanide from the plant caused the fish kill and the company, a subsidiary of the Formosa Plastics Group, apologised for the spi...

1 Jul 2016

Formosa Steel owns up to toxic spill, agrees to pay Vietnam $500 million

News / Green Buildings

Vietnam: Gov't to increase energy efficiency in buildings

...The system ensures that electric facilities in the building will only be used when necessary, preventing the wastage of energy. Statistics from the environmental monitoring centre of HCM City in the f...

22 Jan 2016

Vietnam: Gov't to increase energy efficiency in buildings

Illegal wildlife products, Kashmir, India

News / Corporate Responsibility

Amazon, eBay involved in illegal wildlife trade: Indian government

...them”, an Amazon India spokesperson told the Economic Times. “We have since engaged with the government and provided our utmost support to help monitor the situation. We have also provided information...

22 Jul 2016

Amazon, eBay involved in illegal wildlife trade: Indian government

News / Water

Landslide at Chinese dam site signals looming risks

...the Himalayas will have the highest dam density in the world. This region is also the largest global hotspot for landslide events and earthquakes; the mountains were created by the collision of the In...

19 May 2016

Landslide at Chinese dam site signals looming risks

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Making 'no-deforestation' a political win-win for Indonesia

...the last 12 months. The problem, put simply, is that ‘no-deforestation’ is perceived as the antithesis to economic development. Or, put another way, the way in which no-deforestation is being marketed...

10 Mar 2016

Making 'no-deforestation' a political win-win for Indonesia

News / Water

Breaking barriers: How California tackled its water challenges to become a global leader

...thern California’s greatest water supplies: the 154-kilometre-long Santa Ana River and the Orange County Groundwater Basin. When the basin started drying up in the 1960s, the first thing that the engi...

25 Jan 2016

Breaking barriers: How California tackled its water challenges to become a global leader

News / Food & Agriculture

Hundreds sickened in Indonesia’s Aceh as peat fires burn

...the boy. “It’s been more than three days of smoke. The government distributed masks, but it’s not a solution. “We’re tired — in the dry season we suffer from the haze; in the wet season the floods co...

9 Aug 2016

Hundreds sickened in Indonesia’s Aceh as peat fires burn

News / Carbon & Climate

‘Go vegetarian’ call angers Irish farmers

...the dangers to the climate posed by meat eating. “We have to change, we cannot go on with business as usual,” Robinson told a gathering of young people in Canada at the annual summit of the One Young ...

19 Oct 2016

‘Go vegetarian’ call angers Irish farmers

News / Policy & Finance

British aid to fund tech hub

...These have been incorporated into the design of the live streaming initiative," he said, and the themes identified in the report will serve as the starting point for the first round of proposals. The ...

4 Nov 2016

British aid to fund tech hub

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The role of climate change in eastern Australia’s wild storms

...whenever they happen they raise the question: did climate change play a role? Good news? Climate models suggest that the cyclones that move through the global mid-latitudes, around 30° to 50°S, are mo...

7 Jun 2016

The role of climate change in eastern Australia’s wild storms

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

One number to rule them all

...they may be gone in 100 years,” the headline warns. There is room for debate on that, but my objective is to find the number. And there it is: “Every year about 18m hectares of forest – an area the si...

31 Mar 2017

One number to rule them all

News / Corporate Responsibility

Cathay Pacific bans shark fin shipments

...the global wildlife trade. “On the issue of shark’s fin, with immediate effect we are happy to agree to ban the carriage,” Cathay Pacific said in a statement. The airline added that prior to last week...

29 Jun 2016

Cathay Pacific bans shark fin shipments

News / Policy & Finance

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

...The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tops the list of countries with the largest proportions of illicit timber, with more than 90 percent of its production illegally sourced. The report draws on...

5 Jan 2017

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

Press Releases / Sustainable Business Australia

SDGA16: Date set for Australian SDG conference

...the agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Exactly twelve months ago (26 September 2015), UN member countries adopted a new set of global goals to end poverty, protect the planet...

30 Sep 2016

SDGA16: Date set for Australian SDG conference

Press Releases / Clean the World Asia

Hong Kong's first Hygiene Kit Build

...the World Asia, “When a company cares for its community, everyone grows and prosper.” Guest Supply was proud to sponsor the amenities for the hygiene kits, and their staff members and som...

5 Jan 2017

Hong Kong's first Hygiene Kit Build