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Press Releases / Fairtrade

More dough for cocoa farmers

...tions that they have implemented together with Fairtrade since 2015. These activities include productivity, diversification and co-operative strengthening which together support a living income strate...

18 Nov 2020

More dough for cocoa farmers

A beach clean up in Indonesia. Companies pay to have beaches cleaned to offset the plastic they cannot eliminate from their operations. Image: Seven Clean Seas

News / Waste

What is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?

...t Zero Waste SG, said that she thinks that plastic offsetting is "feasible" as part of the transition towards the circular economy, but companies should still look to reduce the plastic they use first...

13 Mar 2020

What is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?

Moray McLeish, vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, Olam International.

News / Corporate Responsibility

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

...t tough to deliver [sustainability] over the long term. We need to work out how we build for the long term without taking too many hits in the short term. What motivates you? I couldn’t get out of bed...

17 Apr 2020

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

A protest against industrial pulpwood firm PT Wirakarya Sakti by villagers from Lubuk Mandarsah in Jambi, Sumatra. Image: Mongabay

News / Food & Agriculture

NGOs call on businesses to break off deals with APP after poison sprayed on villagers' crops in land dispute

...trees rather than a claimed 2 hectares. It added that it would engage with the community to ensure that any future issues are amicably resolved. In an open letter sent to businesses including multinat...

18 May 2020

NGOs call on businesses to break off deals with APP after poison sprayed on villagers' crops in land dispute

News / Food & Agriculture

Asia's love of stinky durian could help power tuk-tuks and phones

...te professor at the university, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Monday. "We thought about using the template that nature provides - a waste material with zero cost that is typically sent to lan...

10 Mar 2020

Asia's love of stinky durian could help power tuk-tuks and phones

Opinion / Policy & Finance

BlackRock is getting serious about climate change. Is this a turning point for investors?

...teps to integrate climate change into their strategies? Will they also join the Climate Action 100+? If not, will activists turn their attention towards them now that BlackRock has committed to strong...

28 Jan 2020

BlackRock is getting serious about climate change. Is this a turning point for investors?

Assaad Razzouk, chief executive of Sindicatum, speaking at an event on energy and the blockchain.

News / Carbon & Climate

Got eco anxiety? Here are 10 reasons for climate optimism

...tment to tackle the climate emergency. "We have activist lawyers, activist teachers, activist unionists, activist engineers, activist consultants, and activist politicians. We even have some activist ...

6 Dec 2019

Got eco anxiety? Here are 10 reasons for climate optimism

The family of Chai Bunthonglek, a farmer who was killed in 2015 in a community farm in Klong Sai Pattana Thailand

News / Policy & Finance

Thai farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles

...ttana as a pilot for community farming, then asked them to leave, Pratheep said. The ALRO did not respond to requests for a comment. Root cause Land rights groups in Thailand estimate that there are ...

7 Oct 2020

Thai farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles

News / Policy & Finance

India's rural poor may lose out as drones map village land

...tinue to gain at the expense of the marginalised. The Swamitva Yojana also does not specify whether titles will be given jointly to women, and if customary titles that do not have a written record - s...

28 Apr 2020

India's rural poor may lose out as drones map village land

The Guddu coal power station in Sindh, Pakistan.

News / Energy

Scrapping imported coal projects, Pakistan fails to let go of local lignite

...this situation, it was Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech that won plaudits. After pointing out that Pakistan’s “global contribution to world emissions was less than 1 per cent” but it was th...

17 Dec 2020

Scrapping imported coal projects, Pakistan fails to let go of local lignite

News / Cities

Coronavirus boosts cloud kitchens as foodie Asians order in

...ts. Still, the National Restaurant Association of India predicts up to 40 per cent of restaurants in the country may close, with big cities hit the hardest. The Indonesia Hotel and Restaurants Associa...

28 Oct 2020

Coronavirus boosts cloud kitchens as foodie Asians order in

Press Releases / Jinko Solar Co.,Ltd.

JinkoSolar, JA Solar and Longi expect production capacity of 182mm modules to reach 54GW in 2021

...titutes, EPC enterprises and third-party certification institutions issued a comprehensive statement on the design, production cost, supporting infrastructure, system application and product certifica...

20 Nov 2020

JinkoSolar, JA Solar and Longi expect production capacity of 182mm modules to reach 54GW in 2021

News / Water

From Ikea to Gap, firms aim to use scarce water more wisely

...the company's British sustainability manager. It is also better monitoring water use in factories and harvesting rainwater for toilet flushing at its plants - one way to act as a better water steward,...

27 Aug 2019

From Ikea to Gap, firms aim to use scarce water more wisely

News / Carbon & Climate

Wildfire-hit countries in need of new strategies to tame burning threat

...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 Jan 2020

Wildfire-hit countries in need of new strategies to tame burning threat

News / Corporate Responsibility

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Janice Lao, hospitality trailblazer

...turing plant. The thing that struck me was the need for environmental scientists in a business setting. I decided that this was what I was going to do for the rest of my life. What’s the hardest thing...

16 Jan 2020

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Janice Lao, hospitality trailblazer

News / Food & Agriculture

Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals

...t (of higher quality), substituting for vegetables and other health foods where they can,” said Sinclair. The HSI said it is important that retailers understand the differences between products, so th...

15 Apr 2020

Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals

News / Energy

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

...ter to be cooled. At other times, extreme flooding events could threaten the structural integrity of dams. “ The plant may still get funded, but that does not stop it from being a white elephant. Tim...

16 Jul 2020

Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos' energy plans?

News / Carbon & Climate

Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints

...that the water entered the victims' homes while they were sleeping and they weren't warned... This is true to a certain extent," Rahman said. He added that it had not been possible to disseminate fore...

1 Oct 2019

Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints

Shell claims to be delivering a "carbon neutral" future in this advertising campaign.

News / Corporate Responsibility

Time of reckoning for ad and PR firms promoting carbon-intensive companies

...the most deceptive tactics to mislead the public about their intentions to decarbonise — and they are the biggest obstructionists, spending the most to stop meaningful action to limit the impact of cl...

6 Oct 2021

Time of reckoning for ad and PR firms promoting carbon-intensive companies

Aveda products, promoted as using post-consumer recycled plastic.

News / Waste

Coronavirus-induced oil price plunge is hurting the circular economy for plastic

...t plans" to meet its target of increasing the use of recycled plastic in its products to at least 25 per cent by 2025. The company estimates that just 5 per cent of its 2019 plastic footprint was recy...

6 Apr 2020

Coronavirus-induced oil price plunge is hurting the circular economy for plastic

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