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INDONESIA: Adidas tackles energy efficiency at supplier factories
2013-09-03 15:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
An energy efficiency programme launched two years ago by the Adidas Group at its supplier factories in Indonesia has proved so successful that the company is looking to roll it out to other countries.
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Barry Callebaut opens new cocoa processing facility in Indonesia
2013-09-03 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Switzerland-based cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has opened its new, $33m cocoa processing facility in Makassar, Indonesia, which will cater to the increasing demand for cocoa in Asia.
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Indonesia: Where the forest ends
2013-09-01 15:36:36| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: The plantations spreading over Sumatra aren't spreading onto empty land; poor rural villages often get swept up in big decisions made in Jakarta for Indonesia's forests. Mitra Taj reports from Teluk Kabung, where the arrival of the pulpwood industry has devastated the cash crop of coconuts and left villagers with little hope for the future. Transcript CURWOOD: From the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios in Boston, this is Living on Earth. I'm Steve Curwood. The destruction and degradation of...
Indonesia: 500 fires rage across Sumatra
2013-08-30 00:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Nearly 500 fires are burning across the Indonesian island of Sumatra, raising fears that choking air pollution could return to Singapore and Malaysia. The fires, set to clear land for agriculture, are concentrated in Riau, Jambi, and South Sumatra provinces. Like the fires that charred the region two months ago, much of the burning is taking place on peat soils, making them difficult to extinguish. However unlike the June fires, which triggered severe air pollution warnings in neighboring Singapore...
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Indonesia Burning: Forest Fires Flare to Alarming Levels
2013-08-29 22:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Fires were ablaze once more on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, reaching levels almost as high as those of June 2013, when neighboring Singapore and Malaysia were smothered by record-breaking smog and haze. NASA satellites registered a total of 734 high-confidence fire alerts in Sumatras provinces for the period August 22-27. Fire alert numbers declined significantly August 28-29. WRI analyzed the alerts as part of an ongoing series on the fires and haze. We found that, similar to the June fires,...
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