Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

Law 101

Law South America Government Ethics 101

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Agriculture's impact on local communities is a pertinent issue in South America and Southeast Asia where land conversion seriously impacts Indigenous peoples. In mid-July, Extinction Rebellion UK blockaded a McDonald's supplier to protest meat-eating as damaging to the climate.

Fossil fuels 69

Fossil fuels Agriculture Climate change South America 69

Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

The names of these mills - all in South America and Asia Pacific - are public and all produce oil certified by the RSPO. The most successful example of this simplification is in Mars' Asia-Pacific group of businesses, where one mill replaced 780.

Asia 58

Asia South America Carbon Sustainability 58

Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. And more heat will come, bringing parts of Mexico’s coasts and more of South Asia into the danger zone. That’s not ethical.” Rykaczewski said.

Climate change 126

Climate change Cooling Health Solar Energy Monitor 126