… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the … vegetable oils, production pressures have led to undeniable environmental and social impacts on both global and local scales. The most notable of those impactsstem from … in recent years to make way for plantations. This land use change plays a major role in driving global climatechange , with deforestation accounting for 20% of global greenhouse …
… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who … center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … team was looking to make its operations more sustainable. Was the resort on the right path? What projectsshould MBS prioritize and how should they make decisions? How should MBS …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades … and even in biofuel. This wide range of uses hasstimulated cultivation and oil extraction; annual global production has increased more than nine-fold since 1980. By the … in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Masbusiness group), GAR became the holding company for the family’s agribusinesses, including …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might … at a barely subsistence level. One bad harvest (made all the more likely by the ravages of climatechange) or a sudden decline in the commodity price of coffee can drop them below … good times, growers have little incentive to improve their operation – they have minor contact with the roasters or customers and no knowledge of how their crops get translated into …
… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreement to end deforestation, development of peat … many environmentalists believed that the agreement represented a breakthrough. The events of 2015 suggested otherwise, forcing businesses, NGOs and sympathetic government … to environmental concerns had their own set of questions to consider and unravel. What was the best policy for the long-term social welfare of Indonesia? How could the …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a … called Wildlife Insights. CI, however, anticipated that scientists, governments, NGOs, businesses, and landowners might want to operate "private instances" of the software, i.e., … into CI’s advocacy work and mission? Whom should CI charge for the use of the software, and what factorsshould they take into account when deciding how much to charge? And with …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining hallsserve more organic food. With support from the … manages community work days and organizes educational programs, including lectures by well-known chefs, cooking demonstrations, and classes on sustainable agriculture. The Farm works …