Sustainable Business
No country has achieved gender equality in last 25 years
Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, […]
Category: Sustainable Business
Biodiversity
Medicinal plants disappearing in Jammu and Kashmir
Mudassir Kuloo The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but illegal trade and climate change are pushing species to […]
Sustainable Business
Start-ups ring the changes in farming phone-tech
Laura Owings Demand for phone-based agricultural services has shot up almost 60 per cent across Asia and Africa this year, but many services struggle […]
Aid
Billionaires need to feed the hungry
Ikhtiar Mohammad While there are millions who cannot afford bread and butter even once a day, there are others who have ample wealth which […]
Sustainable Business
Certification to help customers identify climate friendly dishes in restaurants
World Resources Institute (WRI) announced a new certification to help consumers identify climate-friendly menu items when they dine out. The new “Cool Food Meals” […]
Sustainable Business
Why Greenwashing matters
Dominic Tantram Greenwashing matters. It undermines the wider understanding of sustainability, erodes trust, adds confusion and fuels cynicism. However, the need for meaningful change […]
Aid
A Green Agenda for the Western Balkans: Where are the teeth?
Pippa Gallop The European Commission on Tuesday published its 2020 enlargement package and an Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans. This was […]
Sustainable Business
Of Hemp’s many uses, one of the most promising could be in construction
Nate Berg “Hempcrete,” made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentally friendly building material It has become almost a […]
Sustainable Business
Twitter Failing Women over Online Violence and Abuse
Twitter is still not doing enough to protect women from online violence and abuse, despite repeated promises to do so, new analysis by Amnesty […]
Sustainable Business
Despite setbacks, US on track to fulfil climate goals: Bloomberg Philanthropy
In the wake of President Trump’s initial announcement that he planned to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement in June 2017, an […]
Aid
State uses all power to curb environmental and social movements: David Graeber
On the passing of David Graeber; ground breaking writer and anarchist anthropologist, Jason Kirkpatrick recollects the interview he did in 2012 and reflects on […]
Sustainable Business
Industries lobby to counter Africa’s fight against plastic
The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry’s […]