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Food & Agriculture
Crisis resilience ‘critical’ to stem rising hunger
A shift towards permanent “crisis resilience” from short-term aid is crucial to mitigate increasingly frequent shocks to the global food system and tackle rising global hunger, say food policy researc...
21 Apr 2023
Crisis resilience ‘critical’ to stem rising hunger
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Cities
Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out
In fast-growing Dhaka, which is losing what is left of its green spaces and water bodies to urban development, residents are rallying to protect their environment and fight climate change. In May, wh...
2 Aug 2023
Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out
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Food & Agriculture
Project aims to restore degraded Indonesian forests — by partnering with timber giants
Last year, 11 million hectares of tropical tree cover disappeared. If forests continue to be lost at the current rate, they will be mostly be gone by the end of the century, scientists warn. A new typ...
4 Aug 2022
Project aims to restore degraded Indonesian forests — by partnering with timber giants
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Cities
Sumatran elephants cornered by oil palm industry deforestation
Saleh Kadri, a young farmer from Leubok Pusaka village in North Aceh district, was on his way to his plantation when he spotted eight elephants on the riverbank. From his canoe, he recorded a video wi...
15 Aug 2022
Sumatran elephants cornered by oil palm industry deforestation
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Restoring wildlife to oil palm landscapes
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smallholders
and is frequently done illegally. “That’s why it’s important to have a project on the ground taking care of an area. Otherwise, they just sneak in and start clearing,” he adds. Model for ...
23 Feb 2023
Restoring wildlife to oil palm landscapes
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Food & Agriculture
RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz: we need to get better at telling the sustainable palm oil story
...
smallholders
; building a sector that provides sustainability for these
smallholders
is a huge opportunity and an important challenge. What about the big markets, India — the world's biggest consumer o...
20 Jun 2022
RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz: we need to get better at telling the sustainable palm oil story
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Royal Golden Eagle
RGE closes inaugural US$550 million sustainability-linked derivative with MUFG
Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), a global group of resource-based manufacturing companies, has announced that its member company Apical Group (Apical), a global leading processor of vegetable oil, has closed...
6 Feb 2023
RGE closes inaugural US$550 million sustainability-linked derivative with MUFG
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Food & Agriculture
Bayer appoints Cherie Tan from APR to lead sustainability in Asia Pacific
German agrochemicals firm Bayer has appointed Cherie Tan from Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) to lead the company's sustainability, public affairs and science function in Asia Pacific. She joins a company wi...
23 Feb 2022
Bayer appoints Cherie Tan from APR to lead sustainability in Asia Pacific
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Water
Bangladesh’s rice farmers tap underground ‘reservoirs’
The pumping up of groundwater by Bangladesh’s 16 million smallholder farmers has led to a massive storage capture of underground reservoirs rivalling the storage capacity of the world’s large dams, ac...
4 Oct 2022
Bangladesh’s rice farmers tap underground ‘reservoirs’
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Food & Agriculture
Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world
These “genetically modified organisms” (GMOs) are planted extensively across swathes of North and South America, in particular, but remain strictly limited in many countries. However, these stringent ...
7 Jun 2024
Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil audit hopes to clean up ‘very dirty’ Indonesian industry
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Smallholders
’ plantations are bought by middle-sized companies, for instance. And then these are bought by the large ones,” he said during a recent press conference. Ukay cited data from the KPPU show...
30 Jun 2022
Palm oil audit hopes to clean up ‘very dirty’ Indonesian industry
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes
Consumers and companies across the planet are increasingly choosing cotton produced in accordance with voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) such as Better Cotton or Cotton made in Afric...
16 Jan 2023
Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest
The stream that supplied Indah Lestari's family with fresh fish has dwindled to a trickle since rainforest surrounding her farm was cleared by Indonesian soldiers - leaving behind a barren and eerie ...
28 Jul 2023
Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest
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Carbon & Climate
What are chief sustainability officers prioritising in 2024?
As the “alphabet soup” of reporting standards shows signs of consolidating with the launch of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s standards last year, chief sustainability office...
28 Feb 2024
What are chief sustainability officers prioritising in 2024?
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Policy & Finance
Land mismanagement lands communities near Malaysia's Gunung Inas in deep water
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Smallholders
Development Authority (RISDA), 98 hectares of rubber plantations have been damaged as well, jeopardising the livelihoods of 140 local
smallholders
. Though longtime residents of nearby Ka...
26 Jul 2022
Land mismanagement lands communities near Malaysia's Gunung Inas in deep water
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests
...
smallholders
establishing oil palm plantations inside forest areas. The government estimates there are 3.37 million hectares (8.33 million acres) of oil palm plantations currently operating illegally ...
11 Feb 2022
Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests
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Lifestyle
Café culture and sustainable development in Southeast Asia
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smallholders
who often receive low prices for their produce. Coffee roasters and international traders, in contrast, dominate the global coffee commodity chain and capture significant shares of the pr...
6 Dec 2022
Café culture and sustainable development in Southeast Asia
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Policy & Finance
Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia
From politicians’ speeches to policy documents and media reports, the terms "low-carbon", "net-zero", "carbon neutral", and "decarbonisation" have been making their way into climate discussions in Sou...
12 Apr 2023
Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia
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Food & Agriculture
Incentivising sustainability: Training
smallholders
to grow sustainable palm oil
...
smallholders
’ needs. Nicholls stressed: “Any effort to boost
smallholders
’ sustainability must also improve their livelihoods. We must treat
smallholders
as operating businesses.” “
Smallholders
are ke...
18 Jun 2021
Incentivising sustainability: Training smallholders to grow sustainable palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study
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smallholders
into the investment portfolio would also foster competition. “It also benefits governments when the invisible market or informal markets are better seen by government agencies when they c...
8 Mar 2022
Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study
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Energy
Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in …
Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
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Energy
Inside China’s solar villages
For a decade, solar power has been bringing opportunities to China’s villages. What does that mean today?
Inside China’s solar villages
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Policy & Finance
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
Landslide election win strengthens push to link decarbonisation with economic security, boosting nuclear, domestic clean tech and state-led …
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
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Waste Management
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
The position had been vacant for four months amid a deadlock in negotiations for the treaty to curb …
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
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Cities
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published a new case study examining the financial risks that …
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
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Policy & Finance
Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout
The government shifts focus to rooftop solar and offshore wind, says power supply will remain stable despite regulatory …
Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout
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