Global Stories
Report: India has second-highest number of smokers in the world
The biennial report, Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR), published by UK-based public health agency Knowledge Action Change, finds that...
CSR: Sysco Announces 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Sysco Corporation, a global foodservice distribution company, has published its 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, documenting the company’s progress toward its 2025 CSR...
Impact Future Project may unlock $1 trillion in India for SDGs
Aspire Impact, a social enterprise focussed on leadership and ecosystem development in the social and environmental impact space has announced its flagship Impact Future...
Business leaders support multilateralism at Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2020
Eminent business leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region have expressed strong support for multilateralism and regional cooperation as well as increased public-private partnerships to...
World’s first sustainable packaging made from industrial carbon emissions
LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal have together premiered the world’s first sustainable packaging made from captured and recycled carbon emissions. The successful conversion process takes...
British fintech Util releases AI-driven analytics to tackle ESG blind spot
The last year has seen an incredible and exponential uptick in global demand for sustainable funds. Inflows, having already shattered records in 2019, grew...
Young voices inspire sustainable development action at UN75 regional commemoration
The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary at a time of great disruption for the world, compounded by an unprecedented global health crisis...
SBTi approves Capgemini’s carbon reduction targets
Capgemini announced today that its new carbon reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as being in line with...
UN High Commissioner appeals to Indian govt. to safeguard human rights NGOs
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday appealed to the Government of India to safeguard the rights of human rights defenders...
Asia-Pacific countries endorse action plan to strengthen social protection
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have endorsed an action plan pledging to collectively step up regional cooperation for social protection – a timely move...
Extreme child poverty will rise during the pandemic: World Bank report
An estimated one in six children or 356 million globally were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set...
Real estate group CapitaLand to triple sustainable finance portfolio to SGD 6 billion by 2030
Over the next decade, one of Asia's largest diversified real estate groups CapitaLand aims to spur ESG initiatives within the company. By 2030, the...