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Sustainability organisation WBCSD warns APRIL: clean up or get out

Jakarta, 17 January 2014 – APRIL, the second largest pulp and paper company in Indonesia, has today been threatened with expulsion from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a coalition of some 200 international companies committed to sustainability, unless it can demonstrate that it has ended its role in deforestation. APRIL’s membership has …

Myanmar Urban Development Conference

FOUR ENTRY POINTS FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF RAPID URBANISATION Think Piece for the Myanmar Urban Development Conference 6-8 May 2013, Yangon Introduction The temptation is strong to join the chorus of voices to the effect that Myanmar has a unique window of opportunity to avoid the mistakes committed by other rapidly  developing …