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Jonathon Porritt's Blog: RSPO Coming of Age

December 12, 2011
Jonathon Porritt
Keywords: Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil, Palm Oil, Round Table 9
 / ©: Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon
The Guardian: Can the Better Cotton Initiative transform the global textile industry?

December 9, 2011
Jo Confino
Keywords: Better Cotton Initiative, sustainable markets, cotton
Aerial view of palm oil plantation on deforested land, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / ©: naturepl.com/Juan Carlos Munoz / WWF

The New York Times: Palm Oil Companies Slow in Meeting Sustainability Goal

December 4, 2011
Sara Schonhardt
Keywords: WWF Palm Oil Buyers Score Card 2011, sustainable purchase, corporate commitment
 / ©: naturepl.com / Christophe Courteau / WWF
BBC Radio 4 - Food Programme: Palm Oil

October 31, 2011
Dan Saladino
Keywords: Palm Oil, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil, Consumption
Intensive cultivation of soybeans etc. using rotary irrigation system, near Brasilia. Goias State, ... / ©: WWF-Canon / Edward PARKER
The New York Times - Green Blog:  Deep Thinking About the Future of Food

October 12, 2011
Justin Gillis
Keywords: "Solutions for a Cultivated Planet", Jonathan A. Foley, Sustainable Agriculture
Dami Oil Research Station is a world-class producer of oil palm seed and continues its research in ... / ©: Jurgen Freund / WWF-Canon
Financial Times: Golden Agri Scheme Gains Traction

September 20, 2011
Kevin Brown
Keywords: Palm Oil, Golden Agri, Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
 / ©: Gilbert Van Ryckevorsel / WWF Canada
TIME Online: The End of the Line

July 07, 2011
Bryan Walsh
Keywords: Aquaculture, Barramundi, Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)
Cotton field Mato Grosso, Brazil. / ©: WWF-Canon / Michel Gunther
Telegraph UK: How Pakistan's Farmers are Cleaning Up Cotton

27 June, 2011
Sally Williams
Keywords: Cotton, Pakistan, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)
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Bloomberg: Coca-Cola Recognized by Eco Forum for Sustainability Efforts

June 7, 2011
Ehren Goossens
Keywords: Coca-Cola, Sustainability, Plant Bottles, Corporate Eco Forum
 / ©: Aaron McNevin / WWF US
The New York Times: Another Side of Tilapia, the Perfect Factory Fish

May 2, 2011
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Keywords: Aquaculture, Tilapia, Honduras, Aquaculture Stewardship Council
 / ©: WWF-Canon / Michel GUNTHER
The Guardian: Crops for animal feed destroying Brazilian Savannah, WWF warns

April 11, 2011
Dan J. Lloyd
Keywords: Soy, Brazilian Cerrado, Round Table for Responsible Soy, Water

South African Companies in the 21st Century: Opportunities for Global Leadership

This Report is one of a series being completed in the BRICS group of key emerging markets (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). It examines the attitudes of South African companies towards the issues of sustainability and environmental responsibility, as well as identifying opportunities for the development and implementation of sustainability solutions in South Africa, and the promotion of these internationally.
 / ©: Adriano Gambarini / WWF-Brazil
The Independent: Britain's taste for cheap food that's killing Brazil's 'other wilderness'

April 11, 2011
Martin Hickman
Keywords: Soy, Cerrado, Consumption, Roundtable for Responsible Soy (RTRS)

WWF International Finance Newsletter, October 2009

A quarterly update for financial institutions
Soft commodities such as food and fibre pose an increasing range of challenges and opportunities for the finance sector. Looking at the landscape, financial institutions increasingly consider the latest thinking and advances in terms of the environmental and social issues associated with the sector.

This edition features the key trends and issues in environmental and social standard-setting, the challenges of developing credible, sustainable certification systems for industrial production.
 / ©: Juan Pratginestos/WWF-Canon
The Guardian: Crops for Animal Feed Destroying Brazilian Savannah, WWF Warns

April 11, 2011
Dan J. Lloyd
Keywords: Soy, Deforestation, Cerrado, Brazil, Roundtable for Responsible Soy
 / ©: UN Convention on Biodiversity
TIME Online: The Natural Debt Crisis: Learning to Live Within Our Planet's Means

February 22, 2011
Bryan Walsh
Keywords: Consumption, Natural Debt, Fisheries
 / ©: Brent Stirton / Getty Images / WWF-UK
Green Biz: Is it Possible to Make a Hamburger Greener

January 6, 2011
Marc Gunther
Keywords: Livestock, Consumption, Global Conference on Sustainable Beef

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