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Food & Agriculture
Coronavirus thumps palm oil demand
...
smallholders
’ income if they or their families contract the virus, and not all
smallholders
have access to medical facilities. Katie Major, conservation psychologist, Global Alliance for Sustainable P...
9 Apr 2020
Coronavirus thumps palm oil demand
News /
Food & Agriculture
Mango exports boom in Cambodia, but farmers face challenges
It’s been three years since the forest was shorn from the hillside to make way for plantation. And yet Prum Ya only received permission this year to begin planting mango trees on 20 hectares of these ...
14 Dec 2021
Mango exports boom in Cambodia, but farmers face challenges
News /
Food & Agriculture
Economic growth based on forest conversion has ‘no future’
Agricultural companies risk having stranded assets as the world responds to the climate crisis but large, vertically integrated palm oil players like Sime Darby, Wilmar and Golden Agri Resources are w...
23 Dec 2020
Economic growth based on forest conversion has ‘no future’
News /
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia allocates US$195 million subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over
smallholders
...
smallholders
also benefitted from the biodiesel programme as it ensured long term domestic demand for palm oil. This in turn helps to stabilise the price of palm oil while ensuring that
smallholders
c...
2 Jul 2020
Indonesia allocates US$195 million subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders
Podcasts /
Food & Agriculture
After another haze outbreak chokes Southeast Asia, can palm oil
smallholders
shift to sustainable farming?
...
smallholders
towards sustainable practices? Is certification out of reach for
smallholders
? How has RSPO's new standard for
smallholders
affected the market? What a sustainable future look like for s...
30 Oct 2019
After another haze outbreak chokes Southeast Asia, can palm oil smallholders shift to sustainable farming?
Press Releases /
&Green Fund
&Green Fund makes palm oil sector investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk
PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk. (“DSNG”) has signed a US$ 30.0 million 10-year loan facility from Stichting andgreen.fund (“&Green”), a globally-focused impact investment fu...
9 Jun 2020
&Green Fund makes palm oil sector investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk
News /
Carbon & Climate
Some businesses still go for the cheapest carbon credits: The Nature Conservancy APAC chief
...
smallholders
on the margins. Also, the forest may not be managed so it's just degrading over time. So it's not always easy to understand whether a forest is 100 per cent protected already. Yayasan Kon...
7 Apr 2022
Some businesses still go for the cheapest carbon credits: The Nature Conservancy APAC chief
News /
Food & Agriculture
The world is converging on the need for sustainable agri-food systems
...
smallholders
and marginalised people. The breadth of topics illustrates just how complex a task the shift to sustainable agri-food systems will be. "Agri-food systems lie at the heart of sustainable d...
17 May 2021
The world is converging on the need for sustainable agri-food systems
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Policy & Finance
State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh
Mohammad Harun once owned a small plot of land on the Bay of Bengal coast, about 60 km south of Chattogram, the second-largest city in Bangladesh. He used it as a salt pan until it was acquired in 201...
18 Jun 2021
State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh
News /
Food & Agriculture
Sime Darby Plantation cites budget concerns after withdrawing from High Carbon Stock Approach
Sime Darby Plantation, one of the world's largest palm oil companies, has withdrawn from the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), a methodology companies use to implement commitments to stop cutting dow...
28 Jul 2020
Sime Darby Plantation cites budget concerns after withdrawing from High Carbon Stock Approach
Videos /
Food & Agriculture
How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?
A group of smallholder farmers from Tegal Mulyo village, South Sumatra, made history when it entered Indonesia's national book of records for the second time in a row last year. The cooperative, KUD B...
16 Oct 2019
How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Certification has failed to stop rampant deforestation—so, how to improve it?
The eco labels that certify forest-risk commodities such as palm oil, soy, wood and cocoa have failed to stop ongoing deforestation despite their sustainability assurances, and are in need of an overh...
11 Mar 2021
Certification has failed to stop rampant deforestation—so, how to improve it?
Press Releases /
Olam International
Olam wins Impact Award for digital platform that empowers smallholder farmers and improves incomes
Olam has been recognised for making a difference in farmers’ lives through its Olam Direct platform at Innovation Leader’s 2020 Impact Awards. Now in its third year running,...
23 Sep 2020
Olam wins Impact Award for digital platform that empowers smallholder farmers and improves incomes
News /
CSR
Unilever has pioneered sustainable business for the last decade. But has it done enough?
...
smallholders
get certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2018, but Greenbury said more investment was needed to motivate
smallholders
to farm according to no deforestation, no de...
13 May 2020
Unilever has pioneered sustainable business for the last decade. But has it done enough?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Explainer: Can satellite mapping really make agriculture more sustainable?
Can images from space help us achieve greener ways of growing food here on Earth? That’s the very real ambition behind precision agriculture, a new form of tech-driven farming which uses the data capt...
23 Feb 2021
Explainer: Can satellite mapping really make agriculture more sustainable?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Farmers hammered by unseasonal rain, Covid-19 lockdown
...
smallholders
, they are unable to withstand such earning shocks. In times of a pandemic, any unanticipated medical expanses could see them slide back into poverty and destitution. The Covid-19 pandemic...
14 Apr 2020
Farmers hammered by unseasonal rain, Covid-19 lockdown
News /
Food & Agriculture
Sustainable palm oil seeks breakthrough in China
...
smallholders
are allowed to put the RSPO credit logo (which is different from a certification logo) on products, despite them not necessarily containing certified palm oil. Another reason for the low ...
8 Jul 2020
Sustainable palm oil seeks breakthrough in China
News /
Food & Agriculture
Do
smallholders
hold the key to sustainable palm oil?
...
smallholders
nibbling at the edges of forests rather than by industrial-scale tree felling. Consequently, the industry is now paying concerted attention to the challenges
smallholders
face in switchin...
26 Jun 2019
Do smallholders hold the key to sustainable palm oil?
News /
CSR
Mars achieves 'deforestation-free' palm oil—what about the rest?
...
smallholders
, after many firms missed a 2020 "zero deforestation" target. This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers h...
9 Oct 2020
Mars achieves 'deforestation-free' palm oil—what about the rest?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests
The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinances have gone from sporadic in August 2020 to the biggest peaceful civil society protest in the world. Despite 11 rounds of...
25 Jan 2021
Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests
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Energy
Financing Indonesia’s energy transition can happen beyond sluggish JETP deals – here’s how
Experts say that rerouting subsidies and implementing a better tender process for renewables can help Indonesia reduce its …
Financing Indonesia’s energy transition can happen beyond sluggish JETP deals – here’s how
News /
Energy
Hong Kong power firm CLP appoints Swire Coca-Cola’s Suzanne Cheung to run environment function
Cheung was previously head of public affairs, communications and sustainability for Coca-Cola's bottler in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong power firm CLP appoints Swire Coca-Cola's Suzanne Cheung to run environment function
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Carbon & Climate
Japan-led decarbonisation forum called out for promoting ‘false’ climate solutions to Indonesia
Billed as a platform to advance decarbonisation and boosting economic growth, environmentalists say the Asia Zero Emission Community …
Japan-led decarbonisation forum called out for promoting 'false' climate solutions to Indonesia
News /
Carbon & Climate
Why is the weather becoming more extreme?
Climate change is making floods, heatwaves and storms more frequent and more intense; scientists warn emissions must be …
Why is the weather becoming more extreme?
News /
Manufacturing
‘Too much humiliation’: Why Samsung workers are striking in India
From poor pay to no holiday leave, hundreds of Samsung workers in India say they want basic rights …
'Too much humiliation': Why Samsung workers are striking in India
News /
Policy & Finance
Insurers and reinsurers need to play a role in lowering the cost of Asia’s coal phase-out: GFANZ
Several big insurers have pulled out of the coal business due to their exclusion policies in recent years. …
Insurers and reinsurers need to play a role in lowering the cost of Asia’s coal phase-out: GFANZ
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