At the close of the 4th Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labor in November 2017, the Network of Focal Points of the Regional Initiative, Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labor, of which Jamaica is a member, stood up to pledge its commitment to mapping national risks of child labor […]
According to the USDOL 2017 report, Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, the Government of Belize has made strides in the prevention of child labor. The government’s participation in social programs, such as Building Opportunities for Our Social Transformation, has strengthened Belize’s ability to eliminate child labor, while the country’s legislative efforts are […]
The book contains information about how to use a self-assessment tool for oil palm companies to measure its performance towards palm oil production and is conducted internally by the companies. We named the tool as Aliansi Sawit Lestari Indonesia (ASLI) – Responsible Palm Oil Transformation Tool or A-Report. This book is a result of ASLI […]
The A-Report provides a set of a Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that represent the key factors needed to assess sustainable practices. The A-Report covers three elements: an assessment checklist, a score-calculation system, and a report template.
The A-Report provides a set of a Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that represent the key factors needed to assess sustainable practices. The A-Report covers three elements: an assessment checklist, a score-calculation system, and a report template.
The A-Report provides a set of a Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that represent the key factors needed to assess sustainable practices. The A-Report covers three elements: an assessment checklist, a score-calculation system, and a report template.
Ramping up water infrastructure means looking beyond building new pipes and pumps. Natural infrastructure, like healthy forests, plays a valuable role in supporting clean water. Featured in this issue: Infrastructure Week: Don’t Forget Forests Crisis in Cape Town No Water, No Power Click here to subscribe to this newsletter.
Over the last 30 years Indonesia has become a dominant global commodity supplier of palm oil and pulp and paper and while this has been a major contributor to the economic development of the country, this production has resulted in significant forest loss and the draining of peatlands. This has led to degradation of the […]
Study assessing the ecosystem services and economic benefits of land uses and changes in land use in Northern Ghana. Abstract: Mounting pressure from population growth, natural resource shortages, development demands, and an increasingly erratic climate has left communities in northern Ghana to face significant challenges in balancing short-and long-term food security and financial needs. Produced […]
Worldwide, forests are being lost at an alarming rate, driven by the expansion of internationally traded commodities. In response, companies are making efforts to reduce and eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. In 2016, Hershey’s and Ecom Agroindustrial Corp (ECOM) began collaborating with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Tenure and Global Climate […]