27 Sep SDSWR2016: Panel 2 – Greening the Palm Oil Supply Chain: Progress and Challenges
From regulators to financiers, producers, traders, buyers and end-consumers, every actor has a crucial part to play in greening the palm oil supply chain. This panel discussion was recorded at the 3rd Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources 2015, held at the Grand Ballroom of the...
17 Aug Conference Highlights: 3rd SDSWR (Global Consensus, Regional Actions: Recommitting to Sustainable Growth)
Date :17 Aug 2016 The case for sustainable business is now clearer than ever. Left unchecked, the exploitation of resources will have profoundly negative impacts on the environment and vulnerable communities across ASEAN. On 15 April 2016, the SIIA hosted the Third Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources...
23 Jul Post-IPOP: How Indonesia can lead in palm oil sustainability
Palm oil is a vital ingredient for many products and the industry provides a significant source of national revenue and employment for millions of farmers. Indonesia and Malaysia collectively account for 85 to 90 percent of global palm oil production. But palm oil is often associated...
09 Jun 3-on-3 with Hendry Predy Yang: Indonesia should lead in palm oil sustainability
Indonesia needs to pave the way in sustainability, says Hendry Predy Yang in this 3-on-3 interview with the SIIA - three questions, three minutes. He is Palm Oil Coordinator (South & South East Asia) for the Solidaridad Network, an international NGO facilitating the development of...
11 May Fighting the Flames: Sustainability Revisited [Channel NewsAsia]
In partnership with Channel NewsAsia, "Fighting the Flames: Sustainability Revisited" explores the current challenges that face the palm oil industry and its multiple stakeholders in the venture towards greening the supply chain. This programme, which aired on Channel NewsAsia on 6 May 2016, is based on...
06 May How Indonesia’s neighbours can help it fight the haze
Indonesia is making every effort to ensure that the terrible fires and haze suffered last year will not recur. This reassurance was given at the recent 3rd Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources (SDSWR) by Mr Nazir Foead, who heads the newly created Peatland Restoration...
22 Apr Media Coverage: 3rd S’pore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources
On 15 April 2016, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs held our 3rd Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources on the theme of "Global Consensus, Regional Actions: Recommitting to Sustainable Growth", bringing together over 350 policymakers, industry delegates, NGO representatives, academics and members of the...
04 Apr To prevent haze, financial players, smallholders have outsized role to play
Signs warn that haze may soon return to the skies of South-east Asia. Fires have already broken out in Riau and a state of emergency declared earlier this month. Yet, while some fear the worst, the declaration shows the urgent attention that the Indonesian President...
27 Nov Palm Oil: The Good, the Bad and the Coy
A recent call in France to boycott Nutella had many Italians going nuts. “We should stop eating Nutella,” French Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal urged in a television interview. Her reason: the iconic chocolatehazelnut spread by Italy’s Ferrero Group is made with palm oil. “Oil palms...
27 Nov Mobilizing Mass Efforts to Fight the Haze in Southeast Asia
The recent haze crisis has set a few new records in the region. Given the massive human and environmental costs, it will go down in history as one of the worst environmental disasters in Southeast Asia. The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has...