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Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say businesses in India's Dharavi slum

...t of the Dharavi Garment Association. "These factories can't afford to stop work even for a week. It has been about four months now. About 80 per cent of the factories here are still shut," he told th...

8 Jul 2020

Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say businesses in India's Dharavi slum

News / Carbon & Climate

As companies chase net-zero, backers say carbon offsets are 'part of the answer'

...t Stephen Donofrio, director of ecosystem marketplace initiatives for Washington-based nonprofit Forest Trends, which works on economic tools to protect ecosystems, said offsetting investments in prot...

1 Feb 2021

As companies chase net-zero, backers say carbon offsets are 'part of the answer'

News / Policy & Finance

Twin threats: climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slavery

...te migrants in the international community". "There has been a collective - and rather successful - attempt to ignore the scale of the problem," she added. What is needed to protect climate migrants f...

23 Sep 2021

Twin threats: climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slavery

News / Carbon & Climate

In fast-warming world, Tokyo is barometer for future Olympics

...the fierce weather. "They have to start putting heat on the agenda. They're going to have to start thinking about the best time of the year and the best locations to have these events," said Mike Tipt...

30 Jul 2021

In fast-warming world, Tokyo is barometer for future Olympics

Press Releases / Imagine H2O Asia

Accelerate your water startup's growth in the Asia-Pacific: Apply to Imagine H2O Asia Cohort 3

...the first specialised accelerator exclusively focused on scaling water technology startups across South and Southeast Asia. From industrial wastewater treatment and reuse to utility water loss detecti...

26 Jul 2021

Accelerate your water startup's growth in the Asia-Pacific: Apply to Imagine H2O Asia Cohort 3

migrant worker, who works in a textile loom India

News / Policy & Finance

Indian garment workers cover bosses' lockdown losses

...the garment hubs of western Gujarat state everyday. "They don't want to upset their employer but they are unable to put two square meals on their table," Gajera said. "Their distress is mounting and c...

26 Oct 2020

Indian garment workers cover bosses' lockdown losses

Development and construction continues on a large scale housing project of over 600 homes in Oceanside, California, U.S.

News / Green Buildings

Wood, metal, paper and fabric can help cut climate-harming plastics

...the product from the previous stages. Andrew Scott, research fellow, Overseas Development Institute Lead researcher Andrew Scott told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that all but 1-2 per cent of plast...

22 Sep 2020

Wood, metal, paper and fabric can help cut climate-harming plastics

News / Carbon & Climate

6 times when sustainability was almost funny in 2020

...tweet back at him, almost a year later. She patiently waited almost a year for revenge. Youth environmental activist Greta Thunberg was goaded on Twitter by United States President Donald Trump after...

16 Dec 2020

6 times when sustainability was almost funny in 2020

News / Energy

Researchers link deadly Sichuan quake to fracking

...the fault, although stress created within the rock might have. But due to the lack of accurate injection data, the team has not been able to verify this theory. “We don’t have concrete evidence that t...

27 Oct 2020

Researchers link deadly Sichuan quake to fracking

News / Policy & Finance

New World Heritage Site forest imperils Thai indigenous people

...thorities, they walked more than two days in dense forest with about 60 other families to get to their resettlement site. They named the new site Bang Kloi, after their ancestral land that had been ho...

11 Oct 2021

New World Heritage Site forest imperils Thai indigenous people

News / Lifestyle

The coolest sustainability innovations of 2021

...To help it do this, it has starting laying solar panels on pathways. The first installation is 50 square metres of photovoltaic panels in a park in the Glòries district. The path will generate 7,560 k...

20 Dec 2021

The coolest sustainability innovations of 2021

Press Releases / Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric enhances EcoStruxure Triconex safety view

...that threaten the performance of their operations. Therefore, it contributes to better overall business performance, including better productivity, better profitability, and better sustainability. &l...

24 Jun 2021

Schneider Electric enhances EcoStruxure Triconex safety view

intensive care unit (ICU) in a hospital in Hebei Province, China

News / Policy & Finance

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2021

...tured the attention of our readers. Our journalists spent weeks researching and writing stories, so that they could put together a special report about the threats of urbanisation to some of the last ...

17 Dec 2021

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2021

News / Food & Agriculture

Drought and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying Covid ban

...ted in eight to 10 years, he noted. In the meantime, Thapa at the FAO suggested rice farmers should adopt drought-tolerant varieties and practice techniques to help their crop grow with less water. Th...

22 Oct 2020

Drought and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying Covid ban

Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas

News / Policy & Finance

Reality check needed on finance to keep people safe in a warming world

...to do so, and the United States is also expected to sign up. The hope is that the initiative can create political momentum for a strong statement on boosting funding for adaptation at the COP26 summit...

5 Oct 2021

Reality check needed on finance to keep people safe in a warming world

News / Cities

Coronavirus forces tourism rethink in world's most visited city

...t 30 per cent of the total market, and had not received much attention before, said Tanes Petsuwan, a deputy governor of marketing at the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). "This is the worst ever c...

21 Aug 2020

Coronavirus forces tourism rethink in world's most visited city

News / Corporate Responsibility

Resorts World Sentosa's new sustainability chief prepares for the return of eco-conscious visitors

...t for when travel returns. Singapore's hospitality sector is highly competitive. Are companies getting better at working together on sustainability issues? I sit on the hotel sustainability committee,...

9 Sep 2021

Resorts World Sentosa's new sustainability chief prepares for the return of eco-conscious visitors

News / Energy

Kepco and Samsung C&T to move ahead with proposed coal power plant in Vietnam

...th protests held at the electronics giant's stores in the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea. Campaigners have pointed out that Samsung’s involvement in the vent...

6 Oct 2020

Kepco and Samsung C&T to move ahead with proposed coal power plant in Vietnam

Press Releases / PCM Asia

The 2nd LNG & clean energy investment summit virtual edition

...ted to deplete and its franchise about to expire – the Philippines has been underscoring the need for big-ticket LNG infrastructure project to import natural gas, with the aim of diversifying it...

24 Feb 2021

The 2nd LNG & clean energy investment summit virtual edition

Vegetables and fruits, including manioc and sweet potatoes, are displayed in a grocery store

News / Food & Agriculture

Silver lining in the health crisis? Less food waste

...t want to go out as much, and things they found in their kitchen that normally they would throw away… now they were interested in doing research to find out if it was still okay to eat," the Washingto...

1 Oct 2020

Silver lining in the health crisis? Less food waste

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