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Nepali women row against tide of discrimination on tourist lake

...tell them we can't even get a cup of tea with 10 or 20 rupees but foreigners don't understand us. We don't understand them, so whatever little they give, we just accept it," she said. To boost their e...

21 Feb 2017

Nepali women row against tide of discrimination on tourist lake

News / Energy

Brahmaputra boat clinic goes solar, powering up rural healthcare

...trip to the mainland to just get a filling done," he explained. The first of 15 Indian boat clinics to go solar, the S. B. Nahor has for the first time brought a dentist to the doorstep of tens of tho...

1 Nov 2017

Brahmaputra boat clinic goes solar, powering up rural healthcare

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Changing landscapes: key issues for action on sustainable development in 2018

...tical currents threaten climate finance, then it is more important than ever to demonstrate how to get money where it matters – to communities at the frontlines of climate change. One year into the T...

8 Jan 2018

Changing landscapes: key issues for action on sustainable development in 2018

News / Manufacturing

Five years on from Rana Plaza, has the fashion industry changed its ways?

...t take that first step [to be more sustainable] is that critics say they’re just being tokenistic.” “My response to that is to address it by developing a long-term action plan and demonstrate that you...

25 Apr 2018

Five years on from Rana Plaza, has the fashion industry changed its ways?

Press Releases / Redress

Redress searches worldwide for best sustainable fashion talent

...ted with the theory and techniques to enable them to create sustainable clothing via zero-waste, up-cycling and reconstruction. The competition puts emerging sustainable design talent in the spotlight...

16 Jan 2017

Redress searches worldwide for best sustainable fashion talent

Opinion / Manufacturing

How robot cleaners are changing the image of the cleaning industry

...to clean three times the area in the same amount of time, without the need for breaks. The robots can also be programmed to travel along the planned route, sensing and reacting to obstacles along the ...

16 Jun 2017

How robot cleaners are changing the image of the cleaning industry

A farmer in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia sits beside his crops

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

...Trade and Development and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, have convincingly demonstrated that agroecology—farming that imitates natural ecosystems—is the most promising pathway to sust...

28 Mar 2018

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

News / Energy

Trump's 'stupid' solar tax won't hurt Asian firms but will harm US jobs, say experts

...The tariff is the latest measure from the Trump administration to hamstring the global movement to fight climate change by boosting the renewable energy sector. Trump announced in June last year that...

24 Jan 2018

Trump's 'stupid' solar tax won't hurt Asian firms but will harm US jobs, say experts

News / Carbon & Climate

Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

...ted, and start using non-polluting materials that are designed to last and could save the industry $500 billion, it said. "The report presents a roadmap for us to create better businesses and a better...

30 Nov 2017

Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

News / Policy & Finance

India commits to global pacts on eradicating child slavery

...t risk due to poverty. Indian Minister of Labour Bandaru Dattatreya said in statement the ratification reaffirmed the country's "commitment to a child labour free society." The International Labour Or...

19 Jun 2017

India commits to global pacts on eradicating child slavery

News / Carbon & Climate

Make climate change an economic - not green - issue, urges ex-president of Maldives

...their world leadership. They can do that," said Nasheed, who now lives in exile in Britain. "But it's not going to stop the rest of the world. And it's not even going to stop the United States from tr...

18 Apr 2017

Make climate change an economic - not green - issue, urges ex-president of Maldives

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What impact investors can learn from activists

...tion, and the activist principles that will enable them to effect real social change. Add more value than you extract A lot of projects are pitched as being better than the status quo, but that doesn...

22 Mar 2018

What impact investors can learn from activists

A woman harvesting mung beans in Cambodia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Yes, humans are depleting Earth's resources, but 'footprint' estimates don't tell the full story

...The Global Footprint Network estimates when Earth Overshoot Day will arrive based on its National Footprint Accounts. These include extensive data sets that the organisation uses to calculate two over...

31 Jul 2018

Yes, humans are depleting Earth's resources, but 'footprint' estimates don't tell the full story

Opinion / Water

Water stress threatens nearly half the world’s thermal power plant capacity

...that the real threat may be water. When we overlaid areas of current water scarcity with existing power plant infrastructure, we found that 47 per cent of the world's thermal power plant capacity—most...

17 Apr 2018

Water stress threatens nearly half the world’s thermal power plant capacity

News / Policy & Finance

Commbank's new climate policy 'flagrant hypocrisy', say activists

...ted Eco-Business to the organisation's corporate repsonsibility report, which re-affirms its commitment to a net zero-emissions transition and its desire to play its part to cap global temperature ris...

18 Aug 2017

Commbank's new climate policy 'flagrant hypocrisy', say activists

News / Waste

'Zero-waste' stores put consumers on frontline in fight against packaging

...ternatives to typical throwaway products such as plastic cutlery, razors and sponges. "I want to help people understand that it's not difficult to be sustainable," Caldironi told the Thomson Reuters F...

5 Sep 2017

'Zero-waste' stores put consumers on frontline in fight against packaging

Opinion / Manufacturing

'Sustainable' Lego: plastics from plants won't solve a pollution crisis

...to be passed on to new owners than be broken down into microplastics, although it still contributes to the pollution problem. “ Though plants offer alternatives to oil-based plastics, they can’t yet ...

14 Mar 2018

'Sustainable' Lego: plastics from plants won't solve a pollution crisis

News / Energy

In rush to electrify, Cambodia stirs the living and dead

...tter to provincial authorities, the 62 families holding out in Srekor asked the government to recognise their new settlement as an "indigenous community" with rights to the land. The government should...

5 Jun 2018

In rush to electrify, Cambodia stirs the living and dead

News / Energy

Politics could short-circuit Australia's clean energy future

...tments don't falter after 2020, Australia's chief scientist Alan Finkel suggested in a recent review of the country’s electricity market, that Australia adopt a Clean Energy Target (CET) after 2020; t...

27 Jul 2017

Politics could short-circuit Australia's clean energy future

News / Corporate Responsibility

Coca-Cola, Walmart among global firms joining forces for women's equality

...They are huge global systems that include everything from production to transportation, they go from farms to laboratories, from offices to factories. "If we don't learn to work within those systems, ...

5 Dec 2017

Coca-Cola, Walmart among global firms joining forces for women's equality

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