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News / Corporate Responsibility

Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart

...tainability efforts. "We can't just expect farmers to meet all the costs to get certified, with no real return," Rennie said. The Washington Post reported last year that UTZ had found farms it certifi...

2 Jul 2020

Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart

Haze over Singapore's skyline, September 2019

News / Food & Agriculture

Campaign aims to make Singapore the world's first sustainable palm oil country

...the only product type that promotes the sustainability of its palm oil content on the label in retail stores in Singapore. Some consumer brands are reluctant to draw attention to their products contai...

4 Dec 2019

Campaign aims to make Singapore the world's first sustainable palm oil country

News / Energy

Proposed steep tariff cut risks disruption in Vietnam’s wind market, industry body warns

...to complete their projects. They warned that investors will not take the risk to finance wind farms that may not be commissioned by next year's cut-off date, as projects become less attractive without...

4 Dec 2020

Proposed steep tariff cut risks disruption in Vietnam’s wind market, industry body warns

Press Releases / Rights and Resources Initiative

New study shows rights-based conservation as viable path to achieve global biodiversity agenda

...ts, multilateral institutions, and private sector actors to adopt institutional and market reforms that support the realisation of rights. By advancing a strategic understanding of the global threats...

1 Dec 2020

New study shows rights-based conservation as viable path to achieve global biodiversity agenda

News / Carbon & Climate

Efforts to fix air pollution gasp for funding, as pandemic pressure builds

...t home was not the way forward. "What we want to do is to have a green transition. What we want to see is that the stimulus funds that are now available are being put into a greener future for tomorro...

9 Sep 2020

Efforts to fix air pollution gasp for funding, as pandemic pressure builds

News / Waste

ADB: Coronavirus could leave major Southeast Asian cities with 1,000 extra tonnes of medical waste per day

...ted on its website in April, the multi-lateral lender identified five major cities in the region which may not have the capacity to deal with the extra waste. It estimated that hospitals in the Philip...

4 May 2020

ADB: Coronavirus could leave major Southeast Asian cities with 1,000 extra tonnes of medical waste per day

Wildflowers growing on the lawn outside the National Museum of Singapore, which is currently closed to the public.

News / Cities

In pictures: Nature is thriving in locked-down Singapore—is it time to rethink the city in a garden?

...ture that is expected to be much hotter. Green areas abate the urban heat island effect, which—in combination with climate change—has meant that the temperature in Singapore is rising at twice the glo...

20 May 2020

In pictures: Nature is thriving in locked-down Singapore—is it time to rethink the city in a garden?

Dr Jane Goodall speaking at a press conference in Singapore. She said complaints from hotel customers would help to phase out shark's fin. Image: Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

Hotel customers in Asia should complain if they see shark's fin on the menu: environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall

...t’s the customers. Write a complaint [to the company]. Say, 'the food was delicious, but I was shocked to see shark’s fin soup on the menu'. If people did that, it [the situation] would soon start to ...

27 Nov 2019

Hotel customers in Asia should complain if they see shark's fin on the menu: environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall

News / Energy

Can Southeast Asia quench corporate thirst for renewable energy?

...that it is building its third data centre in Singapore to meet rapid user growth in Southeast Asia, while Facebook has revealed that it will build the largest data centre in the city-state powered ful...

31 Oct 2019

Can Southeast Asia quench corporate thirst for renewable energy?

News / Food & Agriculture

With water scarce, Pakistan helps farmers grow more with less

...tres to about 1,300 cubic metres, according to a 2017 report by the United Nations Development Programme. That was the result of rapid population growth, urbanisation, industrialisation and water-inte...

1 Oct 2020

With water scarce, Pakistan helps farmers grow more with less

News / Green Buildings

'First line of defense': Covid-19 prompts rethink in role of buildings

...ther you get a disease that will kill you or not," said Rachel Gutter, president of the International WELL Building Institute. "That's a real shift in how we think about buildings," she told the Thoms...

20 Nov 2020

'First line of defense': Covid-19 prompts rethink in role of buildings

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

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

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

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

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 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

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