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Is the fashion industry fashionably late on tackling diversity?

...the report was an economic one. 37 per cent of black employees reported that they have to supplement their income, compared to just 23 per cent of their white counterparts. The study also found that t...

5 Feb 2021

Is the fashion industry fashionably late on tackling diversity?

News / Water

Why isn't water top of the climate agenda?

...tation and health. The true value of water The first step to protecting water resources would be to introduce the price of raw water—water found in the environment that has not been treated, such as...

30 Jun 2021

Why isn't water top of the climate agenda?

Press Releases / Montgomery Asia

Geo Connect Asia 2022 to host fast-developing industry solutions

...ts and opportunities is evident. With ever-expanding opportunities, we see the industry being transformed into an exciting space in which to operate. The addition of digital construction and UAV solu...

23 Dec 2021

Geo Connect Asia 2022 to host fast-developing industry solutions

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

How has the pandemic really affected air pollution?

...traffic, and the international media has reported breathily about blue skies seen in South Asian cities for the first time in a generation. But the air pollution picture is more complicated than that....

14 Oct 2020

How has the pandemic really affected air pollution?

News / Carbon & Climate

Connections to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector’s risk for buyers

...The latter says on its website that it has conducted an assessment on human rights risk and impact from its operations, but doesn’t give details. “The assessment is however not available on the websit...

27 Sep 2021

Connections to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector’s risk for buyers

News / Lifestyle

UK citizens' assembly calls coronavirus a 'test run' for greener lifestyles

...t is expected to submit over the summer its recommendations to the government on how Britain should meet a legally binding goal to cut its climate-heating emissions to net zero by 2050. But with coron...

20 Apr 2020

UK citizens' assembly calls coronavirus a 'test run' for greener lifestyles

CSRWorks managing director Rajesh Chhabara (centre) sits in between Tim Mohin of GRI and Madelyn Antoncic of SASB at the Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit. Mohin and Antoncic clashed over whose standard was better. Image: Eco-Business

News / Corporate Responsibility

Rival standards bodies team up to clarify sustainability reporting as Covid increases pressure to disclose ESG data

...tween the standards are. These materials will be launched before the end of the year. The two organisations were clear in their press statement that they are not merging, but said that the collaborati...

13 Jul 2020

Rival standards bodies team up to clarify sustainability reporting as Covid increases pressure to disclose ESG data

News / Policy & Finance

New Zealand PM Ardern urged to apply crisis skills to climate change

...t act is a lost opportunity and increases the future cost and the drastic nature of the transition needed to stop climate change, so it is essential that climate change is a priority for the governmen...

23 Oct 2020

New Zealand PM Ardern urged to apply crisis skills to climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Small price increase in palm oil based products could save forests: Report

...to introduce better traceability systems to track the palm oil they use back to the smallfarmers who grow it, to incentivise sustainable production, and allocate at least 2 per cent of their profits t...

15 Jun 2021

Small price increase in palm oil based products could save forests: Report

A truck moves past power-generating wind turbines

News / Energy

Siemens Energy senior vice president: gas is a 'stepping stone' before adoption of renewables in ASEAN

...t countries, and that's not true in Europe. This is an area only possible to rectify through government intervention. There’re lots of opportunities in the region but that kind of support and that dri...

20 Sep 2021

Siemens Energy senior vice president: gas is a 'stepping stone' before adoption of renewables in ASEAN

News / Energy

Powerless in a pandemic: Solar energy prescribed for off-grid healthcare

...told an online event this week. Most community health centres still struggle to pay for electricity, he said - but that problem was solved by getting the facilities to donate public land to site the g...

6 Jul 2020

Powerless in a pandemic: Solar energy prescribed for off-grid healthcare

phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

News / Policy & Finance

Poor countries seen missing out as rich nations hoard Covid-19 vaccines

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women’s rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit http://news.trust.o...

11 Dec 2020

Poor countries seen missing out as rich nations hoard Covid-19 vaccines

News / Carbon & Climate

Global push urged for Covid-19 vaccine could help climate too

...tems are to unexpected threats could help drive appetite for change. "There's an opportunity here not to talk about what we have to have less of (to deal with climate change) but how we can create a m...

18 May 2020

Global push urged for Covid-19 vaccine could help climate too

News / Carbon & Climate

Pacific island of Nauru presses UN to approve deep-sea mining

...to proceed. "I think that is going to be a key question—is there enough baseline data? The ISA must take into account their environmental mandate. The ISA is fully entitled to reject an application fo...

30 Jun 2021

Pacific island of Nauru presses UN to approve deep-sea mining

Nicole Han, 350.org, Asia Pacific communications manager

News / Carbon & Climate

Nicole Han moves from Vital Strategies to climate action group 350.org to lead Asia Pacific communications

...t and has particularly devastated the most vulnerable populations. Climate science tells us that if we don't limit the warming of the Earth, the life of future generations will be similarly affected. ...

12 Oct 2020

Nicole Han moves from Vital Strategies to climate action group 350.org to lead Asia Pacific communications

News / Transport

An 'elite minority' is responsible for most aviation pollution, and should be penalised for it, says NGO

...te charity based in the United Kingdom. The report, which collated data from the top 26 countries that produce the highest aviation emissions, shows that most air travel, even within the richest of ...

9 Apr 2021

An 'elite minority' is responsible for most aviation pollution, and should be penalised for it, says NGO

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Carbon dioxide removal mustn't become get-out-of-jail-free cards for corporate polluters

...the amount of global electricity that is currently generated and heat equivalent to half of all energy consumption. What do we say? Prevention in the first place is better than attempting to cure, and...

22 Jan 2021

Carbon dioxide removal mustn't become get-out-of-jail-free cards for corporate polluters

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Can plant-based diets save the planet?

...the planet. He recently gave a TedTalk on how to create the perfect farm — a nature-positive food system. Tune in as we talk about: Is being flexible the best way to eat? Why changing diets isn't tha...

27 Oct 2020

Can plant-based diets save the planet?

News / Policy & Finance

More nature, more jobs? Green investment seen as driver of coronavirus recovery

...t and energy minister, Costa Rica About half of the world's economy is built on activities that currently hurt nature, the report noted. But shifts are necessary, Perry said, and the benefits of achi...

17 Jul 2020

More nature, more jobs? Green investment seen as driver of coronavirus recovery

News / Policy & Finance

Global charities team up on coronavirus lifeline for social entrepreneurs

...t and lobbying governments to support their local sectors are among the alliance's other aims. As part of the initiative, Duke University in the United States has created a searchable database with in...

6 May 2020

Global charities team up on coronavirus lifeline for social entrepreneurs

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