Research / Global
Policy & Finance
State of the World's Birds 2018—taking the pulse of the planet
With the tagline "Taking the Pulse of the Planet", State of the World's Birds is a major global assessment that uses bird species to measure the health of our ecosystems …
Companies have traditionally thought about climate change and environmental sustainability as reputational risks best managed through corporate social responsibility programs. In recent years, however, many companies have been caught unprepared …
Food & Agriculture
Economic Feasibility of Moringa- Castor Bean - Camelina: Dual cropping in same acreage for Sustainable Feedstock Based Biodiesel Production
In this article we are going to discuss the potentiality of Moringa oleifera: A multidimensional Perennial Biodiesel Tree intercropped with Camelina and Castor as rotational crop. The Advanced Biofuel Center …
Dutch manufacturing company AkzoNobel and sustainability media firm Eco-Business held the inaugural Cities:Possibilities forum on 8 November 2016. Read this outcome report for highlights from this insightful dialogue.
Carbon & Climate
The role of SCP in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Over the last decades, climate change has emerged as a significant threat, impacting on human health, ecosystems, biodiversity, food and energy security. Climate change has been fuelled, among others, by …
In July, the SWITCH-Asia Network Facility organised a conference on waste management and the circular economy in Asia, where participants from SWITCH-Asia projects, experts and policy-makers discussed waste management approaches …
The Harnessing Public-Private Cooperation to Deliver the New Urban Agenda report emphasises that the future of cities largely depends on the way urbanisation is managed and public-private collaboration is leveraged …
Carbon & Climate
Co-Benefits of the Sichuan Rural Poor-Household Biogas PoA
The Centre for Sustainable Environmental Sanitation (CSES) at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) was appointed by UPM Umwelt-Projekt-Management GmbH (UPM) to evaluate critically the actual and potential …
We are living in the most explosive era of road and infrastructure expansion in human history. Road building--and the Pandora's box of environmental changes it brings to forests and other …
Policy & Finance
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2016
Scandinavia tops the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2016; Germany ranked 14, Japan 15, UK 21, US only 32, China 37
Corporate responsibility (CR) has grown at a rapid pace in the past two decades. More companies are taking action and reporting on their social, environmental and economic performance. Investors are …
Against the backdrop of a shake-up in water supply and nascent technologies, how can governments and the water industry bridge the supply-demand gap and deploy systems to meet social needs …
