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Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

...tructure fund and aims to drive creation of new industrial hubs with CCS attached. The United States in turn has agreed to provide key tax credits for CCS technology to attract more investment. But fi...

5 Jul 2021

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

News / Carbon & Climate

Surviving Covid-19 and climate change: women on the frontline

...tment of Justice's Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to develop a new system that reliably monitors trafficking data in the Philippines. The system, known as the ProtectPortal Anti-Traf...

7 Mar 2022

Surviving Covid-19 and climate change: women on the frontline

Martyn Tickner, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Image: supplied

News / Waste

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

...t luxury and convenience at low cost, but now they don't want the environmental impact. But those things don’t all go together. Something’s got to give. People say that plastic is not sustainable. But...

20 May 2020

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Agriculture doesn't have to be the villain: regenerative farming can save our soils

...t secure that future unless we invest in the health of our soil. We know what needs to be done. It's up to us to accelerate this transformation. Together, we can generate the energy and creativity to ...

4 Dec 2020

Agriculture doesn't have to be the villain: regenerative farming can save our soils

women social entrepreneurship Ted talk on plastic pollution2

News / Policy & Finance

Will Covid-19 inspire young women to become social entrepreneurs?

...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...

17 Mar 2021

Will Covid-19 inspire young women to become social entrepreneurs?

Australian brands are doing what their government isn’t: addressing climate anxieties

News / Lifestyle

Australian consumers care more about environmental than social issues — and will pay more for green brands

...to vote and participate in politics. “Part of the reason that younger people don’t have much power is that they just don’t choose to get involved in the issues that matter, and they’re not giving them...

16 Mar 2021

Australian consumers care more about environmental than social issues — and will pay more for green brands

Plastic water bottles await collection for recycling in Africa.

News / Waste

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

...tic footprint calculator, but carbon impacts are not integrated into the calculator, the study notes. "If recycled plastic replaces virgin plastic, that has a direct climate benefit. But most programm...

16 Feb 2021

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

News / Policy & Finance

Students for sustainability… Stanford University’s Audrey Pe

...that women in the sector were paid up to 22 per cent less than their male counterparts and that in the Philippines, only 18 per cent of women were start-up founders. Instead of getting disheartened, t...

1 Jul 2020

Students for sustainability… Stanford University’s Audrey Pe

News / Policy & Finance

'Historic' labour law raises fear Indian workers will pay price

24 Sep 2020

'Historic' labour law raises fear Indian workers will pay price

Yaowarat Road in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand

News / Policy & Finance

Digital lifeline for women running Asia's small businesses

...t of a digital revolution that has mostly helped young men in cities. "I don't know how to use Facebook to attract more customers. It was a real headache," the 39-year-old mother told the Thomson Reut...

15 May 2020

Digital lifeline for women running Asia's small businesses

News / Corporate Responsibility

Amazon.com staff warned over criticising company's climate policy

...te Justice gave a statement to the Washington Post, signed by two employees, that criticized the company for "want(ing) to profit in businesses that are directly contributing to the climate catastroph...

7 Jan 2020

Amazon.com staff warned over criticising company's climate policy

News / Transport

Grounded by coronavirus lockdowns, aviation mustn't be allowed to return to carbon-heavy days: Report

...try expects to be operating at a lower capacity for the next three to five years. It isn’t just pilots, aircraft manufacturers and flight attendants who’ve lost their jobs. With international tourist ...

10 Feb 2021

Grounded by coronavirus lockdowns, aviation mustn't be allowed to return to carbon-heavy days: Report

Opinion / Policy & Finance

ESG investing today is somewhere between a joke and a scam. We need to act, fast

...tation impact and many other environmental factors. That would then show that most, if not all companies are publishing wrong numbers: balance sheets and income statements with material misstatements ...

4 Apr 2021

ESG investing today is somewhere between a joke and a scam. We need to act, fast

News / Policy & Finance

South Asian migrant workers seek justice as wage theft worsens under coronavirus

...tes responded to requests for comment. The Saudi government said workers can log violations through its online dispute settlement platform or, if that fails, take their case to a labour court. But it ...

15 Sep 2020

South Asian migrant workers seek justice as wage theft worsens under coronavirus

News / Corporate Responsibility

How to build back better: 8 ways sustainable businesses can survive in the post-Covid era

...the catering budget to the amount of food waste generated at the previous event, Earthys suggests. This would encourage organisers to monitor attendee turnout more closely, and adjust catering quantit...

19 Jun 2020

How to build back better: 8 ways sustainable businesses can survive in the post-Covid era

News / Policy & Finance

Climate legal cases in Asia have risen by 185% since 2018

...th activists also used violations of constitutional rights to sue the government, claiming that the nation’s climate change law does not go far enough to protect their future. The students argued that...

1 Mar 2021

Climate legal cases in Asia have risen by 185% since 2018

A farm worker manually irrigates a salad field, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Thies, Senegal.

News / Food & Agriculture

Quick fix for hunger and climate goals? More spending on small farmers

...tnership between Cornell University, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Of that money, $14 billion would need to come from d...

15 Oct 2020

Quick fix for hunger and climate goals? More spending on small farmers

News / Policy & Finance

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

...tarting out in sustainability? A lot of people I speak to get into sustainability because they feel strongly about a certain issue. That’s great and needed, but what they don’t realise is that it’s ex...

8 Apr 2020

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

Muslims praying and wearing face masks as precaution against Covid-19

News / Cities

In Covid-19's shadow, migrants find solace in Ramadan prayers and online iftars

...the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting that began this week under lockdown for a second year. "We are thirsty - not to eat or drink - but to meet people, to talk to them, to get into the community and to g...

20 Apr 2021

In Covid-19's shadow, migrants find solace in Ramadan prayers and online iftars

News / Food & Agriculture

Barriers to adopting alternative protein are decreasing, post-Covid-19: String Bio co-founder Ezhil Subbian

...t look at the toilet challenge that Bill Gates has been pushing forward: in the West, the toilet system requires a lot of water to deal with waste. Instead of taking that system and fitting it to Asia...

28 Jan 2021

Barriers to adopting alternative protein are decreasing, post-Covid-19: String Bio co-founder Ezhil Subbian

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