
Author: Lim Shu Ling
Partnerships to advance sustainable palm oil – how the GAR Social and Environmental Policy aligns with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
dalam Blogs, Communities, Environment, Supply Chain / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 517 views / Posted: September 5, 2016
Partnerships are absolutely key for GAR to move forward on our sustainability journey. You can read all about this in our latest Sustainability Report 2015 which is based on the theme “Initiate, Collaborate, Innovate – … Continue reading “Partnerships to advance sustainable palm oil – how the GAR Social and Environmental Policy aligns with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals”
2015 Sustainability Report: Tracking our sustainability progress
dalam Blogs, Communities, Environment / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 532 views / Posted: August 29, 2016
It’s taken months of preparation and the collaboration of many colleagues and departments within GAR/PT SMART to produce our 2015 Sustainability Report which covers events in 2014 and 2015. Finally with the report going live, … Continue reading “2015 Sustainability Report: Tracking our sustainability progress”
Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 5
dalam Blogs, Smallholders, Supply Chain / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 235 views / Posted: August 22, 2016
In our continuing series on SDGs and the GSEP, we’re taking a look at SDG17: Revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development. At GAR we have a long history of partnering with many of our … Continue reading “Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 5”
Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 4
dalam Blogs, Environment, R&D and technology / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 399 views / Posted: August 1, 2016
In last week’s blog on Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs and the GSEP, we looked at SDG 15: Life on Land – Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss … Continue reading “Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 4”
Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 3
dalam Blogs, Environment / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 354 views / Posted: July 25, 2016
In our continuing series on Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs and the GSEP, we’re taking a look this week at SDG 15: Life on Land – Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land … Continue reading “Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 3”
Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 2
dalam Blogs, Communities, Smallholders / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 368 views / Posted: July 14, 2016
Last week, I wrote about how GAR through the GSEP is already working on some of the 17 goals launched by the UN known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. We looked at how … Continue reading “Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 2”
Water sustainability in Singapore
dalam Blogs, Environment, People / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 1,115 views / Posted: July 11, 2016
As part of the continuing World Environment Day (WED) campaign on sustainability in our daily lives at the GAR Singapore office, we took a look at water sustainability last week. Don’t take clean water for … Continue reading “Water sustainability in Singapore”
Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 1
dalam Blogs, Environment / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 650 views / Posted: July 7, 2016
Last year, the United Nations launched 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are related to 17 critical areas including eradicating poverty, tackling climate change, achieving gender equality and zero hunger. The aim is to … Continue reading “Ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals – 1”
Tackle forest fires through community outreach and technology
dalam Blogs, Communities, Environment, R&D and technology / Oleh Lim Shu Ling / 307 views / Posted: June 24, 2016
Forest fires have become a perennial phenomenon in Indonesia. Last year’s fires, which were the worst in 20 years, incurred huge losses for the Indonesian economy – the World Bank says that the economic cost … Continue reading “Tackle forest fires through community outreach and technology”