General News
The Star, Friday 29 December 2017
Singapore needs greener mindsets
The haze that has hit Singapore in previous years made eco issues more prominent
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Sustainable Brands, Friday 29 December 2017
PyeongChang 2018 Olympics Committee Launches Sustainability Report, Carbon Credit Campaign
With only a few short weeks left to go before the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee has unveiled details of the measures being taken to ensure the sustainability of this year’s event.<...
The Star, Wednesday 13 December 2017
Malaysia devours the resources of 2.5 planets! But it's not too late to stop
We are literally living beyond our means and borrowing Earth’s resources. To be exact, we are currently consuming the resources of 1.6 planets, says Nithi Nesadurai, president of the Environmental Protection Society Malaysia (EPSM).
CNBC, Tuesday 12 December 2017
World Bank Group will stop financing upstream oil and gas after 2019
The World Bank Group will cease to finance upstream oil and gas after 2019, it was announced Tuesday.
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Triple Pundit, Wednesday 6 December 2017
The Economist's Food Sustainability Index Has a Huge Surprise
The highest-ranking country when it comes to sustainable food is France; that designation is not much of a surprise considering the country’s longstanding embrace of small farmers. The country also scores high when it comes to food waste pol...
Forbes, Monday 4 December 2017
Sustainable Reporting: Lessons From The Fortune 500
Many companies extol their positive environmental performance, their social causes and exemplary governance (ESG). How do investors and other stakeholders verify those claims? A first step is to look to the company’s Sustainability Report.
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