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Businesses working with slavery survivors in India seek ways to offset Covid

...tern city of Kolkata, Destiny Reflection took feedback from customers to diversify their product line, that included tote bags and bookmarks among the most popular products "We are being told that the...

20 Aug 2020

Businesses working with slavery survivors in India seek ways to offset Covid

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Asia's rapid urbanisation, deforestation linked to deadly viruses

...t The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) in Bangkok. "Human health is connected to animal health, but also to the health of forests," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Strengthening the la...

11 Mar 2020

Asia's rapid urbanisation, deforestation linked to deadly viruses

News / Policy & Finance

Investigators cast doubt on China's ban on the pangolin trade

...ts that needs to be shut down. There’s a clear need for wildlife protection management departments to co-operate with the traditional Chinese medicine sector to eliminate potential illegal and unsusta...

26 Jun 2020

Investigators cast doubt on China's ban on the pangolin trade

News / Water

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

...tems and dams. The tiny country now has 17 reservoirs that collect the rain that falls on two-thirds of its land area. It is testing smart water meters that use wireless technology and immediately det...

10 Jun 2019

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

Some of Henkel's top laundry and home care brands. Image: Henkel

News / Corporate Responsibility

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

...to back a strategy is not unique to sustainability, but it is particularly difficult in this field, said Bergmann, noting that for a sustainability strategy to work, it’s not only important that staff...

4 Mar 2020

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

Singaporeans protest against government inaction on climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Singaporeans push government to set tougher emissions targets in first ever climate rally

...ting their steaks." Another posted: "After that they head over to watch the F1 Grand Prix, the event that consumes more electricity than any other event of the year." Not all the attendees came out i...

23 Sep 2019

Singaporeans push government to set tougher emissions targets in first ever climate rally

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China's coronavirus slowdown hits workers in India's diamond hub

...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...

6 Mar 2020

China's coronavirus slowdown hits workers in India's diamond hub

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Tuk-tuk warriors: The abuse victims who rode to women's rescue in lockdown India

...their tears to comfort them during a difficult time," she said. "A healing touch - that was what was most needed during Covid-19 - and that totally got lost." There is no quick end in sight to the out...

7 Sep 2020

Tuk-tuk warriors: The abuse victims who rode to women's rescue in lockdown India

News / Carbon & Climate

Don't decide our planet's future without us, say striking British students

...to get their attention." The global strike came on the heels of a new UN study warning that devastating temperature rise in the Arctic may now be inevitable. It also followed a report from the UN clim...

18 Mar 2019

Don't decide our planet's future without us, say striking British students

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate crisis hitting bottom 50 per cent hardest, say London protesters

...ton, outreach coordinator for Extinction Rebellion Youth. "Yet they are the ones that are dying first. If that isn't the greatest injustice that there has ever been then I don't know what is." The act...

22 Apr 2019

Climate crisis hitting bottom 50 per cent hardest, say London protesters

A solar installation in Singapore by LYS Energy Group. Image: LYS Energy

News / Energy

Fear? Cost? Fame? What’s turning on Asian businesses to renewable energy?

...teinitz talks about what's holding the energy transition back, why corporates make the switch to renewables, and why he's optimistic that the energy transition will happen faster that we think. What i...

24 Feb 2020

Fear? Cost? Fame? What’s turning on Asian businesses to renewable energy?

News / Policy & Finance

Asia's street food hawkers struggle during coronavirus lockdowns

26 Mar 2020

Asia's street food hawkers struggle during coronavirus lockdowns

The billion-dollar Gardens by the Bay project is built on 101 hectares of land in Marina Bay, the heart of Singapore's Central Business District.

News / Green Buildings

How will low-lying Singapore’s built environment survive rising seas?

...teady decline into the sea is to cost the metropolis its status as Indonesia's capital, Singapore is one of the world's cities best adapted to climate risks. But exactly how can Singapore protect its ...

30 Sep 2019

How will low-lying Singapore’s built environment survive rising seas?

News / Corporate Responsibility

From nutty bugs to candied veggies, does food by any other name taste as good?

...tudy climate change and nutrition. Words matter, and plant-based food options sell better when described as tasty and indulgent, said Sophie Attwood, senior behavioural scientist with the Better Buyin...

3 May 2019

From nutty bugs to candied veggies, does food by any other name taste as good?

News / Policy & Finance

Pandemic turns smartphones from luxury to must-have as India's schools go online

...tant to persist with virtual classes until offline solutions emerged. "It's important for us to stay connected with (the students) or they will be sent to farms to work and once parents start getting ...

29 Jul 2020

Pandemic turns smartphones from luxury to must-have as India's schools go online

Press Releases / The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation commits US$1 billion to catalyse a green recovery from pandemic

...tricity to communities that often receive the brunt of climate change is essential to creating the economic opportunity for them to lift themselves out of poverty. As a result of pioneering breakthrou...

27 Oct 2020

The Rockefeller Foundation commits US$1 billion to catalyse a green recovery from pandemic

Workers at this garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh

News / Corporate Responsibility

Workers making clothes for Australian fashion firms can't make ends meet—study

...tional governments to address the issue but did not give details. Cotton On did not reply to a request for comment. Australia last month became only the second country in the world to bring in an anti...

26 Feb 2019

Workers making clothes for Australian fashion firms can't make ends meet—study

News / Policy & Finance

'Should I buy a mask or food?'—South Asia's poor face stark choice

...t masks with the words, "a reminder that nature provides us with all that we need". He deleted the tweet saying it was "insensitive to the inequity of the situation" after others pointed out there was...

29 Apr 2020

'Should I buy a mask or food?'—South Asia's poor face stark choice

News / Carbon & Climate

Is this the best way yet to tell the global warming story?

...the last century or so. The world's warming history, from 1901 to 2018. Temperature relative to the average for the whole period. Image: #ShowYourStripes Here's how the United States, the world's la...

22 Jun 2019

Is this the best way yet to tell the global warming story?

Press Releases / Ethical Corporation

The Responsible Business Summit West Returns for 2019

...tors, NGOs and local and state governments to step up when others aren’t showing leadership. Shape the future and collaborate with the best at #RBSWEST The latest agenda, along with the up-to-d...

28 Jun 2019

The Responsible Business Summit West Returns for 2019

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