sustainable industry

Can palm oil be sustainable?

Can palm oil be sustainable?

5 September 2012

Johanna Sorrell asks if large-scale sustainable production of palm oil is a viable option for the palm oil industry.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2degrees, Brazil, Cognis, Colombia, Friends of the Earth, GreenPalm, Greenpeace, IOI, Johanna Sorrell, Kit Kat, Liberia, Malaysia, monoculture, Nestlé, Nigeria, non-edibles, Oil Buyers Scorecard, palm oil, palm oil mill effluent, palm oil production, Palm Oil Promise, paraquat, rainforest, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm, RSPO, Sinar Mas, sustainability, sustainable industry, sustainable production, Thailand, The Forest Trust, uganda, Unilever Global, WWF

Hot topic: Climate justice--inclusive sustainable development

Hot topic: Climate justice–inclusive sustainable development

24 February 2012

Mary Robinson on putting justice for the poor at the heart of the climate debate

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, climate change, Climate Justice, Cold War, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, entrepreneurship, environment, global security community, green industry, green technology, HIV/AIDS, human rights, human security, humanitarian responsibility, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, Mary Robinson, Mary Robinson Foundation, migration, militarizing climate change, MRFCJ, NATO, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, rio+20, social, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources, women's leadership, World Conference on Sustainable Development, World Development Report 2012

Hot topic: Rethinking climate security

Hot topic: Rethinking climate security

24 February 2012

Corinne Schoch asks if militarizing climate change might harm those communities most affected by the problem

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, Al Gore, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, climate change, Climate Change Group, Cold War, Corinne Schoch, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, environment, global security community, green industry, HIV/AIDS, human security, humanitarian responsibility, IIED, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, International Institute for Environment and Development, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, migration, militarizing climate change, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources

Sustainability: a lever for economic growth

Sustainability: a lever for economic growth

20 February 2012

Antonio Tajani explains how the European Union is finding solutions that neither compromise growth nor the climate and environment

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2020 strategy, Antonio Tajani, climate change, development, economic downturn, economy, employment, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, financial and economic crisis, green industry, growth and jobs, Industrial Development Organization, issue 9, Making It, opportunities for EU industry, our low-carbon future, policy, population, productivity, resource efficiency, social cohesion, sustainable, sustainable industry, UNIDO, United Nations, Vice-President of the European Commission