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Press Releases / Eco-Business

Eco-Business Sustainability Leadership A-List winners and CDG-EB Impact Sustainability Education Grant unveiled

...smallholders gain market access through fair pricing schemes and no-deforestation management efforts. Beyond policy, she also provides psychological support, inspiring optimism among smallholders faci...

2 Feb 2024

Eco-Business Sustainability Leadership A-List winners and CDG-EB Impact Sustainability Education Grant unveiled

News / Cities

Deforestation in Cambodia linked to stunting in children, anaemia in women: study

New research has linked prenatal exposure to deforestation in Cambodia to child stunting and anaemia among women. This link between human well-being and forest loss illustrates how the latter can comp...

16 Apr 2024

Deforestation in Cambodia linked to stunting in children, anaemia in women: study

Press Releases / Pandawa Agri Indonesia

Pandawa Agri unveils frameworks to accelerate sustainable farming in Indonesia

...smallholders financing. More than IDR 5 billion in total financing has been facilitated for smallholders through productive credit and product off-taking. Diva Tanzil, Impact Finance Consultant of Ra...

25 Jan 2023

Pandawa Agri unveils frameworks to accelerate sustainable farming in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

How can the palm oil industry reach net zero?

...smallholders. This is exactly why the cooperation and commitment of palm oil producers will be essential to realising such targets. How are emissions accounted in the palm oil industry? The Greenhouse...

21 Jun 2023

How can the palm oil industry reach net zero?

News / Carbon & Climate

How tech companies can fund and scale climate projects in APAC

...smallholders who lack the resources to adopt effective pest management systems. Mumbai-based not-for-profit organisation Wadhwani AI sought to find a solution. In 2019, Wadhwani AI received a US$2 mil...

9 Nov 2023

How tech companies can fund and scale climate projects in APAC

oil palm plantation in Gunung Leuser Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Three challenges of smallholder inclusion in sustainable agriculture traceability

...smallholders could gain access to certifications. Farmer-middlemen relations There are many accountability issues with the agricultural value chain that rely on middlemen as smallholders’ key access t...

1 Dec 2022

Three challenges of smallholder inclusion in sustainable agriculture traceability

News / Food & Agriculture

Musim Mas: Local champions needed to spark sustainable farming

...smallholders is one of the main drivers of deforestration. Savi said that “capacity building, working with smallholders, bridging this gap [in wealth] is the way we need to go to move forward.” Capaci...

16 Jan 2023

Musim Mas: Local champions needed to spark sustainable farming

Prince WIlliams at The Earthshot Prize 2021

News / Carbon & Climate

Which Asian sustainable business ideas have won The Earthshot Prize?

...smallholders in India Kheyti’s goal is for 50,000 farmers to have a Greenhouse-in-a-Box by 2050, up from the 1,000 farmers currently. Image: The Earthshot Prize India is home to 100 million smallhol...

19 May 2023

Which Asian sustainable business ideas have won The Earthshot Prize?

News / Food & Agriculture

Forest protection groups fear dilution of sustainable palm oil standards as RSPO mulls ‘flexible, modular’ approach

...smallholders, local communities and Indigenous Peoples.” “Voluntary sustainability standards such as RSPO could be more effective by being inclusive instead of exclusive, and cater to different realit...

19 Dec 2023

Forest protection groups fear dilution of sustainable palm oil standards as RSPO mulls ‘flexible, modular’ approach

News / Food & Agriculture

EU deforestation law risks making sustainable palm oil certification irrelevant, says grower

...smallholders to dealers and refiners. Indonesian palm oil producers are similarly required to be certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme. "We have the data...from smallholder...

16 Mar 2023

EU deforestation law risks making sustainable palm oil certification irrelevant, says grower

News / Food & Agriculture

RSPO faces challenges of post-pandemic palm oil

...smallholders? In Kuala Lumpur, the RSPO handed certification to Mexican smallholders working in the southern states of Chiapas and Tabasco. This gave them a significant place among growers hailing f...

23 Dec 2022

RSPO faces challenges of post-pandemic palm oil