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Comment on progress by Golden Agri Resources Ltd in implementing their Forest Conservation Policy
GAR announced a Forest Conservation Policy that aims to protect forests and peatlands in its estates, but does its implementation live up?
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The World Bank must stop support for coal in Indonesia
Activists are calling on the World Bank to heed its own advice and follow a clear pathway to low-carbon development – starting with its own energy sector operations.
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3M, banks pressure APRIL over deforestation
Singapore-based pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL) and its parent group, Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) are under pressure after “Post-It Notes” maker 3M became the latest company to suspend purchases from RGE because of the group’s ongoing destruction of Indonesian rainforests.
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Sime Darby must match New Britain Palm Oil’s Progress
The completed purchase of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd puts buyer Sime Darby Plantations on the spot: will it match NBPOL’s responsible palm oil practices on the ground, in particular by adopting a comprehensive forest conservation policy across its entire supply chain?
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Playing with fire: Why I want to stop the haze
So what does haze feel like in Singapore?
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Steering Group established to oversee the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach for implementing ‘No Deforestation’ commitments
A group of leading plantation companies with commitments to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, NGOs and technical support organisations met on 25th and 26th August in Singapore to establish a governance and standardisation body for the methodology, known as the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach, to be used to implement these commitments.
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Energy and water security for a robust, green economy
This year’s World Water Day theme addresses the critical dependencies between water and energy usage, also known as the “water-energy nexus.”
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In South Thailand: No fish, no future
Climate change and destructive fishing methods harm the ecosystem and the lives of fishermen.
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Point of No Return
The world is quickly reaching a point of no return for preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
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Tracking down Pablo
Dryness. Devastation. Desperation. These were the words that came into my mind as I travelled east of Davao City, to bear witness to the full impact of Typhoon Pablo’s fury (international name Bopha) in Southern Mindanao.
