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Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Putting nutrition back on the menu
Human nutrition is of increasing importance to science. Of course, centuries of scientific research have been devoted to ensuring that enough food is produced for growing populations. But with obesity...
8 Feb 2018
Putting nutrition back on the menu
News /
Food & Agriculture
Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication
Technology has the potential to raise crop yields, cut fertiliser use, improve farming efficiency and, by its nature, make the world’s oldest and least digitised industry more sustainable. But without...
14 Jul 2017
Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication
News /
Food & Agriculture
As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure
...
smallholders
who are involved in this case of land conflict in a protected area. Pru Kaching was declared a National Reserve Forest in 1965, under the control of Thailand’s Royal Forest Department. Th...
27 Mar 2017
As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure
Opinion /
Water
Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure
With rapidly dwindling water supplies, Cape Town is making headlines as a city in the throes of a crisis. Residents, already experiencing impacts on their businesses and lives, are bracing for the wor...
26 Feb 2018
Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Food security's social network
In 2015, when the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were officially adopted, the clock began ticking on an ambitious goal: ending global hunger by 2030. At the time, that target seemed achi...
21 Mar 2018
Food security's social network
News /
Food & Agriculture
Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil
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smallholders
are the latest victims of the push into the relatively pristine forests of Central Sulawesi—and the island of Sulawesi in general—by a palm oil industry that has largely depleted the fore...
6 Jun 2018
Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil
News /
Food & Agriculture
What is sustainable palm oil?
...
smallholders
improve their yields and incomes, as well as to help them access new markets. To help
smallholders
access the certification without the costs, RSPO puts 10 per cent of the profits from CS...
23 Mar 2017
What is sustainable palm oil?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns
A new United Nations report warns that a third of the planet’s land is now severely degraded thanks to a doubling in the consumption of natural resources over the past 30 years. Some 15 billion trees ...
13 Sep 2017
Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns
News /
Food & Agriculture
Increasing food production without damaging the environment
To achieve sustainable development we must transform current agriculture and food systems, including by supporting
smallholders
and family farmers, reducing pesticide and chemical use, and improving l...
14 Jun 2017
Increasing food production without damaging the environment
News /
Food & Agriculture
Could the palm oil industry’s most productive seeds end deforestation?
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smallholders
that supply GAR. Smallholder farmers are reputed to produce the lowest yields, and are most commonly blamed for starting fires to clear land for planting. Daud Dharsono, president directo...
26 May 2017
Could the palm oil industry’s most productive seeds end deforestation?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Colombian palm oil firm takes RSPO certification to the next level
...
smallholders
.” Daabon, which has four palm oil estates in Northern Colombia spanning almost 10,000 hectares, has had all of its palm oil certified according to RSPO's baseline requirements since 2010....
2 May 2017
Colombian palm oil firm takes RSPO certification to the next level
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Bridging the two worlds of carbon forestry
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smallholders
and communities to global markets while protecting and providing environmental services is one example of this. My adventures have immersed me in these two contrasting worlds. I have crun...
10 Apr 2017
Bridging the two worlds of carbon forestry
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
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smallholders
, many of whom had farmed the delta for generations, would tell us that things were changing and their livelihoods would soon be untenable. In 2015-2016 disaster struck with the worst drou...
11 Jan 2018
Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam
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Food & Agriculture
Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground
...
smallholders
.” The hope is that having one set of guidelines agreed upon by industry and civil society will finally provide the necessary tools to clean up the global palm oil supply chain. “With the ...
11 May 2017
Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Here comes the sun: solar technology for agriculture
Solar energy technology is not new and has been used in a wide variety of ways, from providing energy through microgrids in remote areas, to solar powered cars and cell phone chargers. Solar has also ...
30 Apr 2018
Here comes the sun: solar technology for agriculture
Press Releases /
Cargill Asia Pacific
Cargill receives first RSPO certification for Poliplant plantation
...
smallholders
. John Hartmann, chief executive officer, Cargill Tropical Palm Holdings Pte Ltd, said,“The well-being of the neighboring village communities, our employees and the environment are ...
15 Oct 2016
Cargill receives first RSPO certification for Poliplant plantation
News /
Policy & Finance
How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals can quietly change global business
In 2006, the anti-poverty group World Vision launched a massive effort to help people in the Ethiopian district of Wolaita Sodo protect themselves from droughts. Ten years on, the project has been a s...
31 Jul 2017
How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals can quietly change global business
Videos /
Carbon & Climate
Can Indonesia stay haze free?
...
smallholders
(or "taking from the rich and giving it to the poor"), rather it is a plan to fairly distribute Indonesia's vast natural resources. BKPM was recently in the news for approving a plan to i...
28 Jun 2017
Can Indonesia stay haze free?
News /
CSR
How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'
When UK retailer Marks & Spencer launched its ambitious sustainability strategy in early 2007, it dubbed the strategy “Plan A” to remind us that we have just one planet, so there is no Plan B. Pla...
23 Jun 2017
How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'
News /
Food & Agriculture
Mounting protest over new Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on
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Smallholders
Union (SPKS) sued its management body, claiming the fund has only been used to benefit large companies.) Of the financial measures offered in the palm oil bill, Gadjah Mada University pro...
26 Jul 2017
Mounting protest over new Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on
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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
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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 /
Food & Agriculture
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
Large trials in Indonesia and Malaysia are showing it is possible to become sustainable without damaging productivity or …
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
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 /
Food & Agriculture
Industry pressure stalls EU anti-deforestation law rollout; NGOs call delay ‘an act of nature vandalism’
After sustained pressure from commodity producers and resistance from its own members, the EU Commission decided to postpone …
Industry pressure stalls EU anti-deforestation law rollout; NGOs call delay 'an act of nature vandalism'
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Energy
Japan’s decarbonisation projects in Southeast Asia are prolonging fossil fuel use: study
Projects involving liquified natural gas, ammonia co-firing with coal plants and carbon capture and storage are designed to …
Japan’s decarbonisation projects in Southeast Asia are prolonging fossil fuel use: study
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