Palm Oil & Sustainability in Indonesia: Export Ban and Call for Reform
From shortage to RSPO’s sustainable palm oil campaign to export ban, so much has been happening in the Indonesian palm industry.
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Brief
Concise, easy-to-digest, and evergreen briefs.
GNA “Brief” platform brings to light complex issues, concepts, potential solutions, innovations, and easy summaries of research findings and reports from international organizations, governments, businesses, and civil society across the Asia Pacific and beyond in concise, easy-to-digest, and evergreen manner.
Sustainability Isn’t All Environment. Then, What Is It All About?
Sustainability is an intersectional concept that involves environmental, economic, social aspects, and more.
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Call a Spade a Spade: Why the Term “Revenge Porn” is Misleading
The term "revenge porn" has become somewhat well-known in the past couple of years, alongside the increase of cases of non-consensual distribution of sexual images. However, this term has a murky past and harmful implications.
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Leading with ESG: Why Executives & Boards Need Sustainability Education
Government regulations, investor pressure, and consumer demand all point in the same direction — considering ESG criteria is the future of business. ... Read More
How MNCs Can Thrive Towards Sustainable Supply Chain
More and more MNCs have committed to specific sustainability goals with a set of policies in place; however, these companies are still not immune from potential scandals that may expose them to economic and social risks. What should they do?... Read More
Intro to Digital Activism: Engage Responsibly
Digital activism has taken the world by storm. This article explores how you can start partaking in it responsibly.... Read More
An Overview of India’s Impact-Investing Ecosystem
In November 2021, Yunus Social Business, an organization that focuses on supporting businesses from early to growth stage, published a report on India's current social business landscape. Get to know the current situation, roadblocks, and recommendations.
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The Fatigue of Personal Responsibility in Fighting Climate Change
Within this past week alone, words of irresponsible industry practices blew up in social media, and most people’s responses showed bewilderment and exhaustion that their individual actions might be useless in fighting climate change.
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Changing the Workplace System: How to Create Decent Work for All
The well-being of workers is a right and an investment. The world, especially businesses, must view workers or employees as partners instead of tools.... Read More
Empowering Women for Gender-Responsive Climate Action
Women must hold a pivotal role as agents of change in designing, executing, and evaluating the climate change adaptation strategy.
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