… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the products we buy. … in the global economy. And, as firessetto clear land for palm oil plantations blazed in Indonesia throughoutthe fall of 2015, covering the region in haze, the ubiquitous commodity … was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, it is in our cookies, ourshampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plantwith efficient, …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancienttimes, it is only in the past few … 2000s, palm oil had become the most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Mas …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls … and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). … varieties of vegetables, fruit, flowers, and herbs, which issold in a farmer's market or donated to local food banks. The farm'sstaff of four manages community work days and …
… When Walmart de México y Centroamérica decided to buythe power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’s … boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might expect, he is … the roasters or customers and no knowledge of how their crops gettranslated into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffee sourced from good quality beans is hard to find. lly believesthatthe solution to the sad …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreementto end deforestation, … their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (asthe agreement was named) represented a dramatic advance in … land rights. Indonesian land-use laws were ambiguous and land ownership unmapped. This indeterminate state of affairs had led to widespread corruption, as companies …
… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who … company, Las VegasSands Corp., had worked hard to make operations and facilities more resource-efficient. The resort had garnered a Green Mark Platinum Award and was actively … top-ten species, and 50% of all of itsseafood - abouttwo million pieces per year - from responsiblesources by 2020. Withsome success under its belt, the MBSteam was looking to …
… A global leader in the insurance and asset management business, AXA had risen to the top ranks in terms of … Inside AXA in 1990, the company created AXA Atout Coeur ("Hearts in Action") to encourage and support community engagement by employees, and in 2001 it established the Group’s … for the company, which was adapted for each of the company’s major operating activities. This metric allowed AXA leadership to assessthe company’s CR work and provided a framework …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a … for the software while advancing its objectives as a nonprofit organization? How did this initiative fit into CI’s advocacy work and mission? Whom should CI charge for the use … and what factorsshould they take into account when deciding how much to charge? And withscientists increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda atthe …
… Pepsi has a new challenge. In 2007, PepsiCo became the first consumer company to use the Carbon … effortsto reduce carbon emissions. In early 2009, PepsiCo again announced it had partnered withthe Carbon Trustto calculate the carbon footprint of itsTropicana-brand orange juice. …