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Approved and Released – Equator Principles III
Equator Principles (EP) Association Members have given overwhelming support to EP III – the third and most robust version of the EP to date. The vote in favour of EP III means that from 4 June 2013 more deals will be assessed under a strengthened environmental and social risk management framework. The EP framework for [...]
IFF and Amyris Announce a Multi-Year Collaboration to Develop and Commercialize Sustainable Ingredients for the Flavors and Fragrances Market
Amyris Breakthrough Industrial Biosynthesis Technology Platform to Reduce Supply Volatility of Critical Ingredients for the Aroma Industry NEW YORK and EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF), a leading global creator of flavors and fragrances for consumer products, and Amyris (Nasdaq:AMRS), a leading renewable products company, today announced [...]
RSPO failing to meet sustainability objectives for palm oil production, says WWF
An initiative that aims to improve the social and environmental performance of palm oil production is faltering in its mission by failing to establish strong performance standards on greenhouse gas emissions and pesticide use, argues a new statement issued by WWF, the initiative’s biggest green supporter. The statement [PDF], published on the eve of a [...]
UN experts urge World Bank to adopt human rights standards on the eve of key gathering in Washington
A group of United Nations independent experts on extreme poverty, indigenous peoples, right to food and foreign debt called on the Word Bank to adopt human rights standards this weekend, during the review of its environmental and social policies—also known as ‘safeguard policies’—which apply to project finance. “All activities supported by the World Bank, not [...]
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) formally expands scope to all biomaterials
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) is pleased to announce that RSB has a new name. Following a decision during a recent meeting of the RSB Assembly of Delegates, the new name of the organization is “Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials”. The name change reflects RSB’s expansion of scope – a decision originally taken in 2010 [...]
RBS sustainability report shows deliberate manipulation of truth by the state-owned bank
Commenting on an RBS sustainability report published last week (10th April 2013), Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “One third of RBS energy lending still goes to climate-trashing projects. The report looks solely at project funding, which excludes loans to companies involved in tar sands, or corporations who get coal [...]
Consumers in 2030 – Forecasts and projections for life in 2030
Why consumers in 2030? The Which? Consumers in 2030 project is designed to spark debate about the changing needs of UK consumers in the 21st century. Building on our unique history as the UK’s consumer champion, Which? is seeking to identify the areas where consumers will face both detriment, and opportunities, in 2030. Which? has [...]
Human Trafficking and Prostitution Scandal Threatens Belo Monte Dam
Brazil’s Parliamentary Commission on Human Trafficking (CPI) announced yesterday that it will summon the president of the Belo Monte dam-building consortium Norte Energia to explain its relationship to a nightclub, located within the dam’s work camp, where 18 young women and an adolescent girl were held hostage and forced to prostitute themselves before being freed [...]
Arch Coal, the Blair Mountain Battlefield, and Bank Human Rights Commitments
RAN’s March 2013 Coal Risk Update focuses on the potential human rights impacts of Arch Coal’s proposed Adkins Fork mountaintop removal mine in Blair, West Virginia. If approved, this mine would destroy the heart of a historically significant battlefield site and would also have severe impacts on the environment and human health. The update finds [...]
India’s rice revolution
In a village in India’s poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages? Sumant Kumar was overjoyed when he harvested his rice last year. There had been good rains in his village of Darveshpura in north-east India [...]
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