Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels Stephen Heintz, left, with Valerie Rockefeller Wayne and Steven Rockefeller on Tuesday. Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times · Share · · By JOHN SCHWARTZ September 21, 2014 John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Southeast U.S. should prepare for wild weather from climate change, expert says
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Southeast U.S. should prepare for wild weather from climate change, expert says Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:36 AM PST People who live in the southeastern united states should begin to prepare for more drastically changing weather conditions — everything from heat waves to …
CSR ASIA: Participate, network and learn from our speakers to explore key CSR issues and strategies across Asia.
HIGHLIGHTS 15% Early Bird Ends next Saturday! Participate, network and learn from our speakers to explore key CSR issues and strategies across Asia. Confirmed speakers from Coca-Cola, Standard Chartered Bank, New Britain Palm Oil Limited, Sompo Japan Insurance, Oxfam, Forest Peoples Programme, Shell, CLP Holdings, VSO, Rio Tinto, The Asia Foundation, …
Friends of the Earth: European Investments Assist Land Grabs for Palm Oil in Liberia
European Investments Assist Land Grabs for Palm Oil in Liberia European funded palm oil expansion in Liberia linked to social and environmental damage Monday, 24 June 2013 Press Release European banks, pension funds and private equity funds have given financial assistance worth more than €450 million to Malaysian palm …
EIOPA, ABP, PFZW, ATP, Crédit Agricole, Ahold, Euroclear, IPE-Quest
Today’s top stories EIOPA asks for more independence, ‘enhanced’ mandate EUROPE – Chairman suggests partial financing of independent budget by levying fees on industry. Read more… …
European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda
Partner of European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda Palm oil giant Wilmar International linked to community displacement and deforestation Brussels, May 21, 2013 European banks …
CSR Asia Weekly: The real price of cheap clothes / Sustainable palm oil agenda / Water Security
Vol. 9 Week 16 | 02 May 2013 HIGHLIGHT Corporate Community Investment Forum 2013, Singapore A pioneering forum which will give delegates access to the latest research and trends on corporate community investment in the Asean Region, with a specific focus on impact measurement. Click here for more details. CSR and the …
US agribusiness could carve ten Manhattans out of African forest: Greenpeace
US agribusiness could carve ten Manhattans out of African forest: GreenpeaceNew York, 19 February 2013 – Massive carbon emissions and the destruction of habitats critical to threatened animal species – those will be just some of the results if a palm oil plantation by New York-based agribusiness Herakles Farms in …
Green chemistry: Waste from palm oil extraction can be converted into useful sugar
Green chemistry: Waste from palm oil extraction can be converted into useful sugar Posted: 23 Nov 2012 10:26 AM PST The waste plant materials remaining from palm oil extraction processes can now be converted into a useful sugar. Nutrients from farmed salmon waste can feed new marine industry Posted: 23 …
Tough battle ahead on EU energy efficiency law
Tough battle ahead on EU energy efficiency law Legislation to improve energy efficiency in the EU is facing a long, tough battle, with observers describing the draft law as bloated, ?a mess? and unlikely to pass. More >>> Carbon market value to slump in 2012 ? BNEF The value of …
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