Global Stories
Syngenta to invest $2 billion in sustainable agriculture by 2025
Having dealt with unparalleled upheaval because of the COVID-19 pandemic, close to 72% of farmers in India, USA, France, China, Brazil, and across Africa...
UN Report: Fisheries and tourism most promising sectors to support Pacific small islands’ recovery
Small island developing States (SIDS) in the region must take better advantage of their vast ocean resources and blue economy to accelerate sustainable development,...
Salesforce-Siemens collab bringing touchless tech to offices
Salesforce and Siemens have announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally to safely reopen and...
Fighting Light Skin Supremacy: Brands Remove Fair, White and Light from Skin Products
90’s children, while growing up, have often heard phrases like, “Don’t drink tea. It will make the skin dark’, ‘Drink milk, it will make...
Adidas to make shoes and clothes with 100% recycled polyester in 4 years
Global sportswear giant, adidas, in a bid to fight plastic pollution has launched a sustainability film to celebrate its 5-year successful partnership with Parley....
L’Oréal allocates €150 million to urgent sustainability issues
L’Oréal launches today its new sustainability program “L’Oréal for the future”, laying down the Group’s latest set of ambitions for 2030. In the context...
International Widows Day 2020: Cherie Blair QC CBE and Amitabh Kant call for widow empowerment
Former First Lady, Cherie Blair QC CBE and Amitabh Kant, CEO Niti Aayog joined The Loomba Foundation to call for coordinated international efforts towards...
LIXIL committing $1m for accelerated rollout of SATO Tap for handwashing
SATO, LIXIL Group Corporation’s social business that aims to solve water, sanitation, and hygiene problems by providing affordable and easy-to-install sanitation systems to local...
Public Service Day 2020: Award-winning Public Initiatives
The United Nations marks today as Public Service Day 2020. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of innovative and adaptive public...
Mars Wrigley Foundation announces INR 4 million India grant against Covid-19
Mars Wrigley Foundation has announced an India grant that will aid the daily wage workers, migrants, labour and vulnerable population by providing them dry...
UN forum calls for greater investments in statistics to ensure no one, nowhere is left behind post COVID-19
Increasing investments in official statistics as well as empowering users will be a crucial factor to support post-pandemic socio-economic recovery in the Asia-Pacific region,...
Tech Mahindra Signs UN Global Compact Initiative Statement on Climate Action
Tech Mahindra has joined 155 global companies in calling for policies that will build resilience against future shocks by supporting efforts to hold global...