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Investing in the Community

Jorge Sturla
Central Romana Corporation

Moving forward with firm steps toward its commitments on corporate social responsibility, Central Romana Corporation, Ltd., has concluded its work of reorganizing and improving Batey Cacata, one of many agricultural communities in the Dominican Republic that harvests sugarcane. These measures involved an investment of more than $5 million and are part of a model pilot program that will be extended to all the bateys within the agricultural division of the company. more[...]

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Water valuation: Building the business case

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

This publication aims to demonstrate the business case for companies to engage in water valuation and is supported by a review of 21 business case studies that illustrate why and how different companies have carried out water valuation. It is a first response to Vision 2050, a WBCSD report that lays out a pathway leading to a world where 9 billion people live well, within the limits of the planet, by 2050 (WBCSD, 2010). Water Valuation: Building the business case paves the path towards the integration of true water values and true water costs into decision-making. more[...]

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Global Food and Farming Futures

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The Foresight project Global Food and Farming Futures explores the increasing pressures on the global food system between now and 2050. The Report highlights the decisions that policy makers need to take today, and in the years ahead, to ensure that a global population rising to nine billion or more can be fed sustainably and equitably. more[...] login_required

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FDS™: A Small-Scale Farming Revolution

Netafim

Hundreds of millions of smallholders are struggling to survive from subsistence farming in developing countries across South America, Asia, and Africa. Given the lack of water infrastructure throughout these and other areas, there is a critical need to make the most of the limited available water sources in such regions. In response, OECD countries, international donors, and NGOs have been promoting technologies such as drip irrigation, which optimizes resources, enhances global food security, and promotes sustainable productivity. more[...] login_required

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Yemen Water and Sanitation Project

Jeff Flood, Nexen
Nexen

Nexen has been an active member of the UNGC since 2001. In 2005, Dr. Randy Gossen (V.P. Global Business Development - Nexen) was appointed Special Advisor to the UNGC. Nexen’s commitment to the UNGC is linked directly to our corporate philosophy of sustainability and in “doing the right thing”. Through our operations in Yemen, we have developed programmes that: 1) emphasize the hiring of Yemeni nationals and sustainable employment practices ; 2) support community investment and the development of schools, infrastructure and other projects, and; 3) the development of a water and sanitation project with the UNDP and CIDA. more[...] login_required

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Mwangi, Wagaki

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Press Review Europe - March 2012

Malte Jonas Klingenhäger, macondo publishing GmbH

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Press Review Eastern Europe - March 2012

Malte Jonas Klingenhäger, macondo publishing GmbH

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Desertification Convention breaks new ground

Some of the COP10 achievements mark a first among the three environmental conventions of climate change, biodiversity and desertification that emerged from Rio in 1992. more[...] login_required

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Press Review Asia - March 2012

Malte Jonas Klingenhäger, macondo publishing GmbH

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Press Review Africa - March 2012

Malte Jonas Klingenhäger, macondo publishing GmbH

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Desertification Convention breaks new ground

Some of the COP10 achievements mark a first among the three environmental conventions of climate change, biodiversity and desertification that emerged from Rio in 1992. more[...] login_required

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Desertification Convention breaks new ground

Some of the COP10 achievements mark a first among the three environmental conventions of climate change, biodiversity and desertification that emerged from Rio in 1992. more[...] login_required

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Achieving land degradation neutrality no longer an option, claims UN

Members of the UN Decade for Deserts and the fight against Desertification (UNDDD), the International Year of Forests and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) meet in Algeria to discuss the international problem of growing drylands. more[...] login_required

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Achieving land degradation neutrality no longer an option, claims UN

Wagaki Mwangi, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Members of the UN Decade for Deserts and the fight against Desertification (UNDDD), the International Year of Forests and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) meet in Algeria to discuss the international problem of growing drylands. more[...] login_required

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