General News
The Star, Monday 31 July 2017
New species of mangrove slug named after USM marine biologist
A marine biologist who helped to discover a species of mangrove swamp slug has the honour of getting it named after her.
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SDG Knowldge Hub, Thursday 27 July 2017
SDG Report 2017 Provides Overview of Efforts to Achieve SDGs
'The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017' provides an overview of the first two years of SDG implementation and finds that increased efforts are needed to achieve the Goals by 2030. The report was launched in tandem with the 'Global SDG Indi...
Ecosystem Marketplace, Tuesday 25 July 2017
How The UN's Sustainable Development Goals Can Quietly Change Global Business
Forest carbon projects tap carbon markets to save and restore forests, and they work because carbon dioxide emissions are easy to quantify. But what about all those other good things forests do – like fortifying soil, replenishing groundwate...
GreenBiz, Monday 17 July 2017
How 'catalytic philanthropy' could solve global waste
The world faces a looming challenge of handling our waste, an increasing percentage of which is made of plastic, which simply does not go away.
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Climate Action Programme, Wednesday 12 July 2017
UN to partner with 11 global banks to encourage climate transparency in financial markets
UN Environment announced yesterday in a press release its new joint initiative to strengthen financial institutions’ assessment and disclosur...
Eco-Business, Saturday 8 July 2017
Singapore gets its first sustainability academy
The new building, built to the highest energy efficiency and green building standards, will serve as the prosperous city-state’s sustainability learning and collaboration hub.
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The Star, Friday 7 July 2017
From table scraps to compost
To reduce the amount of waste in landfills, Putrajaya Corporation (PPj) introduced a pilot project in 2009 to turn food waste into plant fertiliser...
Packaging Digest, Wednesday 5 July 2017
Sustainability, ecommerce and packaging design dominate in 2017
Packaging Digest actively presents insights into Sustainable Packaging, Packaging Design and Ecommerce Packaging.
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The Star, Monday 3 July 2017
Saving the coral reefs off Melaka
Coastal development needs to be well planned and properly managed to ensure sustainability of coral reefs.
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The Guardian, Sunday 2 July 2017
UK to 'take back control' of waters after exiting fishing convention
Michael Gove announces withdrawal from London fisheries convention and claims leaving EU fisheries policy will be good for environment.