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Green paradise or data-stealing dystopia? Toronto smart city sparks debate

...tte Matthews, director of sustainability for Sidewalk Labs, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Alphabet is the parent company of Google. "We are looking at taking the data that is already out there ...

12 Mar 2019

Green paradise or data-stealing dystopia? Toronto smart city sparks debate

News / Waste

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Jeannie Kwok, hotel waste warrior

...t looking at what is imminently in front us but thinking about the trends that need to set in place to ensure that climate change is a priority and that we are implementing initiatives related to that...

11 Feb 2020

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Jeannie Kwok, hotel waste warrior

News / Lifestyle

Arctic cruises accused of leaving indigenous people in the cold

...them," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "They arrive with their own guides. Villagers might be able to sell a little bit of local art—bone carvings or driftwood, but that is not sufficient to b...

15 Aug 2019

Arctic cruises accused of leaving indigenous people in the cold

News / Carbon & Climate

World can avoid catastrophic global warming with climate solutions in hand today—study

...tly what to do, but we are just not doing it." The three big forces obstructing climate action, he said, are markets that are failing to put a price on climate risks, corporations taking advantage of ...

5 Mar 2020

World can avoid catastrophic global warming with climate solutions in hand today—study

News / Carbon & Climate

Future of food under 'severe threat' as species diversity disappears—UN

...t malnutrition globally by bringing little-known but highly nutritious foods into the mainstream, like fonio, which is a small grain that is well-suited to hot climates with unpredictable weather patt...

25 Feb 2019

Future of food under 'severe threat' as species diversity disappears—UN

News / Policy & Finance

Honest, accurate, transparent? How is China faring at sustainability reporting?

...ternational ratings agencies]; a lot of the questions they’re asked are not relevant to the China context. “ There is a vacuum of structures that ensure reported information is accurate and honest. ...

27 Aug 2019

Honest, accurate, transparent? How is China faring at sustainability reporting?

News / Corporate Responsibility

Unilever has pioneered sustainable business for the last decade. But has it done enough?

...t the time, no company had set sustainability targets that reached so far beyond its own operations. Along with that goal were 50 time-bound targets that the company deemed critical to its business an...

13 May 2020

Unilever has pioneered sustainable business for the last decade. But has it done enough?

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News / Water

Poor water stewardship has flow-on effects in Australia's elections

...t has been interpreted as a protest vote against poor water management. Water is a hot-button in Australia, the world's driest continent. Despite its scarcity, Australians guzzle the most water per ca...

2 Apr 2019

Poor water stewardship has flow-on effects in Australia's elections

Wind turbines on a solar farm in Ningxia Province in Northern China

News / Food & Agriculture

Clean energy or food? Asian nations grapple with new demands on land

...ture last month. "The potential for dual-use, agrivoltaic systems may alleviate land competition for solar power development, creating a significant opportunity for future energy sustainability," it s...

10 Sep 2019

Clean energy or food? Asian nations grapple with new demands on land

Videos / Food & Agriculture

Mission Impossible: Satisfying Asia's meat appetite with plant-based food?

...ter than anywhere. But Brown is confident that engineering food from plants that looks, feels and tastes exactly like meat is the solution to what he describes as the biggest ongoing threat to the pla...

22 Mar 2019

Mission Impossible: Satisfying Asia's meat appetite with plant-based food?

News / Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia's dependence on fossil fuel subsidies 'like crack cocaine’

...theast Asia, but would not reveal specific targets for renewables growth, only saying the company's targets were "quite ambitious". He said that the big obstacle for the energy transition in Southeast...

5 Nov 2019

Southeast Asia's dependence on fossil fuel subsidies 'like crack cocaine’

News / Carbon & Climate

Students for sustainability… University of Oxford’s Natalie Chung

...the Amsterdam city government to adopt the doughnut model into their post-Covid city planning. To date, the global economy has been driven by continued growth, but it’s important to question if that’s...

10 Jun 2020

Students for sustainability… University of Oxford’s Natalie Chung

News / Carbon & Climate

Startups strive to recycle emissions for 'new carbon economy'

...teria that eats up CO2. It generates butanol, which goes into everyday products from perfume to paint. Phytonix is trying to raise $3 million to go commercial. "It takes a lot of time and effort to ex...

31 May 2019

Startups strive to recycle emissions for 'new carbon economy'

News / Lifestyle

Bursting at the seams: Can a reverse supply chain save the world from fashion waste?

...t container that houses the system. G2G, set up by The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) with funding from the H&M Foundation, Novetex Textiles Limited and the territor...

25 Apr 2020

Bursting at the seams: Can a reverse supply chain save the world from fashion waste?

News / Food & Agriculture

Breakfast at risk: Philippines tries to turn the tide on fish losses

...they do, then we've got a ball game." Plastic pollution One of the biggest threats to the sustainability of marine life is plastic pollution and the Philippines is now the third highest contributor to...

30 Nov 2018

Breakfast at risk: Philippines tries to turn the tide on fish losses

News / Waste

World waste could grow 70 per cent as cities boom, warns World Bank

...tries that often lack adequate disposal and treatment facilities, said the report. “ If we don't take any action it could have quite significant implications for health, productivity, environment, li...

24 Sep 2018

World waste could grow 70 per cent as cities boom, warns World Bank

News / Policy & Finance

Companies must commit to workplace equality—senior business leaders

...tive. "From a talent point of view, we want the best people on board at Accenture and if we do not tap into different pools of talent and have that culture of equality, we're not going to be the best ...

23 Jan 2019

Companies must commit to workplace equality—senior business leaders

News / Energy

How I got here... Sujay Malve, chief executive of Canopy Power

...to see, at that time (around 2007), how much that industry was dependent on government regulation, on tax credits. That's what we're given in the US—investment tax credits (to incentivise the developm...

1 Jun 2020

How I got here... Sujay Malve, chief executive of Canopy Power

Press Releases / IUCN

IUCN launches Call for Proposals to reduce plastic leakage into the ocean

...trate that the project fosters strong cooperation and coordination between various stakeholders (including regulators, private sector, civil society) across the plastic value chain (production, transf...

6 May 2019

IUCN launches Call for Proposals to reduce plastic leakage into the ocean

News / Waste

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

...theast of the tourism hotspot. They’re neither fishermen nor tour guides. They’re farmers, cultivating a watery crop that promises to be part of the solution to the increasingly urgent problem of mari...

25 Mar 2020

Seaweed over plastic: Indonesia's race towards sustainable packaging

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