ESG Investing and Proxy Voting: DOL’s New Final Rule
13 Desember 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentExecutive Summary: The Department of Labor released a final rule that addresses fiduciary duties when (1) considering ESG factors in selecting investments, and (2) considering whether and how to vote proxies, for plans subject to ERISA. The rule is intended to remove what DOL perceived as a chilling effect of […]
Read MoreMore than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Yemen Source: UN Children’s Fund Almost eight years since the escalation of the conflict, more than 23.4 million people, including 12.9 million children, are in need of humanitarian assistance – almost three-quarters of the entire population.
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New food technologies could release 80% of the world’s farmland back to nature
12 Desember 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/acandraja Here’s the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food, so more forests and other natural ecosystems are cleared, and farms intensify and become less hospitable to many wild animals and […]
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Time to Denounce Antisemitism Worldwide
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentNew York City, January 5, 2020: People marching from Manhattan to Brooklyn against the rise in antisemitism in New York. Antisemitic incidents reached an all-time high in the United States in 2021. Credit: Shutterstock. By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Dec 12 2022 (IPS) It’s time to step up, speak out and […]
Read MoreChand bats for universal basic income scheme (The Financial Express)
11 Desember 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentChand bats for universal basic income scheme (The Financial Express) eanisimova Fri, 12/09/2022 – 15:22 Chand bats for universal basic income scheme (The Financial Express) In the News Dec 9, 2022
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Dignity, Freedom and Justice
10 Desember 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentECW Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on Human Rights Day By Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Dec 10 2022 (IPS-Partners) As we commemorate Human Rights Day, let us recall the opening preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948: “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable […]
Read MoreWorld: Ending the recruitment and use of children in conflict
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: World Sources: Save the Children, UN Children’s Fund A new handbook provides comprehensive guidance on the Paris Principles for child protection specialists and government officials working to prevent the recruitment of children by armed actors.
Read MoreElectrifying the Renewable Fuel Standards: EPA Proposes a Major Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOn 1 December 2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a major new regulatory component of the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS) to recognize electricity produced from biomass and used to fuel electric vehicles (the Proposed eRINs Rule).1 Industry participants have waited on the Proposed eRINs Rule for several years, […]
Read MoreSeeking solutions for the costs and challenges of food insecurity (The Teller Window)
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentSeeking solutions for the costs and challenges of food insecurity (The Teller Window) pfowlkes Fri, 12/09/2022 – 12:10 Seeking solutions for the costs and challenges of food insecurity (The Teller Window) In the News Dec 8, 2022
Read MoreUNHCR ramps up assistance to refugees, IDPs in northern Ethiopia after peace deal signed
9 Desember 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountries: Eritrea, Ethiopia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR has sent 61 trucks into Tigray, carrying 2,400 tons of much-needed relief, including medicine, shelter materials, blankets and household items, and a tanker carrying 20,000 litres of fuel.
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