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News / Food & Agriculture

Asian palm oil buyers lag behind in global green push—survey

...that buy and use palm oil agreed in 2010 to ensure their supplies did not contribute to deforestation within a decade, but many are struggling to meet their pledges. Out of those contacted for the sur...

20 Jan 2020

Asian palm oil buyers lag behind in global green push—survey

News / Policy & Finance

Explainer: what are green bonds?

...t, but that does not mean they will not drive positive action within companies and governments, charges Kidney of CBI. “You really have to get governments and then other institutions to shift their st...

22 Mar 2021

Explainer: what are green bonds?

Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade in Singapore

News / Cities

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich top index of world's smartest cities

...to embrace technology, but researchers said the real test was whether citizens felt the benefits. "The world's 'smart' cities don't simply adopt new technology, they make sure it truly improves citize...

21 Sep 2020

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich top index of world's smartest cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Flood prevention could bring 'huge' payoff as global risks rise

...t what the impacts are going to be," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The United States is far from the only rich country likely to be hit hard, the tool indicated, with the Netherlands and Ge...

24 Apr 2020

Flood prevention could bring 'huge' payoff as global risks rise

The homepage of TheGuardian.com, the world's most popular international website for sustainability news, is swamped with coverage of the coronavirus on Wednesday 25 March. Image: www.theguardian.com/international screengrab

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?

...ts trying to get a sustainability story that is not related to a certain pathogen into the mainstream press, it’s been a frustrating time. "The urgent need to respond to the [Covid-19] pandemic and it...

27 Mar 2020

How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?

News / Policy & Finance

Why Cambodia's environmentalists fear new internet firewall

...ther Nature started using puppets in its videos to protect the identities of its activists In the ensuing years, a new wave of activists have been slowly returning to front of camera. But following th...

6 Apr 2021

Why Cambodia's environmentalists fear new internet firewall

Tan Szue Hann is, among other roles, chairman of sustainability for Singapore Institute of Architects. He says students need to be aware that "they do have agency in contributing towards environmental sustainability." Image: Tann Szue Hann

News / Green Buildings

How I got here... architect and green building advocate, Tan Szue Hann

...the common perception is that sustainability adds to capital expenditures, and does not contribute to the bottom line. The truth is far more complex than that, and it can be easily proven that sustain...

5 Apr 2020

How I got here... architect and green building advocate, Tan Szue Hann

News / Policy & Finance

Biden urged to work with business, China to protect Southeast Asia rainforest

...This starts by enacting stricter due-diligence regulations that require financiers and importers to provide proof that products entering the US are not linked to deforestation or human rights abuses."...

17 Nov 2020

Biden urged to work with business, China to protect Southeast Asia rainforest

News / Green Buildings

Sliding walls, hideable offices: How pandemic could change home design

...tter protection against the spread of viruses, the architect noted. But it will take time to make these adjustments, he said. "We're all still trying to understand what the world is going to be like –...

5 Aug 2020

Sliding walls, hideable offices: How pandemic could change home design

News / Corporate Responsibility

Who is the man Jeff Bezos chose to spend $10 billion as head of his Earth Fund?

...That money will go to two initiatives: the development of a satellite-based system to monitor carbon emissions and capture damage to forests, wetlands and other natural systems, and the electrificatio...

11 Mar 2021

Who is the man Jeff Bezos chose to spend $10 billion as head of his Earth Fund?

Press Releases / The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

Australian fisheries seeking sustainability certification largely driven by social responsibility

...to different organisations that make frequent requests for this data (i.e. retail, non-government organisations, and the Australian government) through the MSC certification reports. There are cu...

26 May 2020

Australian fisheries seeking sustainability certification largely driven by social responsibility

Musim Mas and IFC have engaged smallholder farmers in sustainable cultivation practices.

News / Food & Agriculture

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

...ts on its website, by letter or text message. Tichit says the company is fortunate that there are not many cases of reported abuse, but worries that workers have not been provided with the right tools...

22 Jul 2021

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

News / Carbon & Climate

Banana ban and meatless menus, but how green is Davos summit?

...trekked to the ski resort over two days. "This is the most important topic that we are facing today," Marila, 19, a student from Olten, Switzerland, who did not want to give both names, told the Thoms...

22 Jan 2020

Banana ban and meatless menus, but how green is Davos summit?

News / Corporate Responsibility

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

...ten given little value," Leakena told the Thomson Reuters Foundation during a visit to the factory. "But now we make outfits that are suitable for queens." With the 'Markle Sparkle', the little-known ...

19 Nov 2019

Built to scale? Growing pains hit Cambodia's businesses for good

Air-conditioning units on a building in Singapore

News / Manufacturing

Playing it cool on climate: Cooling tech firms are not innovating or promoting energy-efficient products, report finds

...ttle ambition to reduce the climate impact of their products, the report titled Playing it cool from environmental measurement non-profit CDP found. This is reflected by the fact that 60 per cent of ...

8 Jun 2020

Playing it cool on climate: Cooling tech firms are not innovating or promoting energy-efficient products, report finds

60 per cent of Prudential Singapore's staff are women. A higher female ration has helped the company in two key ways: collaboration and relationship-building. Image: Prudential Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

How diversity is driving sustainability for one of Singapore’s biggest insurers

...to be among internal stakeholders. "We thought that ethics was a given, but it’s not. We thought it's hardwired, but it's not. We stumbled into the fact that we really needed an ethics team, as ethics...

21 Feb 2020

How diversity is driving sustainability for one of Singapore’s biggest insurers

News / Policy & Finance

Coronavirus vaccine passports: What you need to know

...t months. In October, Estonia and the World Health Organization started a pilot for a digital vaccine certificate, with the Baltic country announcing earlier this year that it had begun testing a sepa...

18 Feb 2021

Coronavirus vaccine passports: What you need to know

News / Transport

When air travel rebounds, will sustainability be a concern for business travellers?

...ty… we're beyond that. It's so fundamental to business culture now.” “They are not trying to reduce their carbon footprint just because it's the right thing to do: they are doing it because it’s susta...

15 Feb 2021

When air travel rebounds, will sustainability be a concern for business travellers?

News / Waste

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

...t people don’t see the direct impact of someone throwing rubbish into the street. Even if they are aware, they don’t know what to do about it, or don’t see the point. Few people separate their trash i...

22 Jun 2020

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

News / Energy

Zero-carbon water pumps turn Pakistan's barren mountains green

...tor at ICIMOD. The government's efforts to bring water to high-altitude communities may also get a boost from nature itself. Climate experts predict shifting rainfall patterns in Pakistan could in fut...

30 Mar 2020

Zero-carbon water pumps turn Pakistan's barren mountains green

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