Her sister was a force of nature. Berta Lopez is the tide.
Berta Lopez once thought she did not fit the mold of an environmentalist. Seven years into leading the ABS-CBN Foundation, she’s stopped asking if she qualifies.
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Sustina Trustee Carlo Chen-Delantar named World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
He is the first from the venture capital sector with a dedicated sustainability mandate to join the Young Global Leaders community.
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Join Sustina at Earth Week Happy Hours on April 25
This Earth Day, we’re skipping the panel. Five planeteers, five organizations, one big mixer.
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‘Not just trees along the shore’: Highlights from the Philippine Mangrove Conference
After a five-year hiatus, the Philippine Mangrove Conference returned to assess a decade of commitments and forge a clearer path toward coastal resilience.
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Her sister was a force of nature. Berta Lopez is the tide.
Berta Lopez once thought she did not fit the mold of an environmentalist. Seven years into leading the ABS-CBN Foundation, she’s stopped asking if she qualifies.
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Women founders are invited to join Nüshu Network’s SHELeads — Sustina is giving away one free slot
SHELeads is a virtual leadership program designed to help women entrepreneurs build resilient enterprises and prepare for growth
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She built the town that throws away nothing — these are her notes for the Philippines
As the Philippines transitions to waste-to-energy, Akira Sakano offers hard-won lessons from Japan, the country that went down that path long ago.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Too many stories end at the release of the annual report. A company pledges carbon neutrality. A conservation project is launched. A state of national calamity is declared. An excellence award is given. The cycle moves on. There is a gap between the press release and the outcomes we see on the ground.
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Her sister was a force of nature. Berta Lopez is the tide.
Berta Lopez once thought she did not fit the mold of an environmentalist. Seven years into leading the ABS-CBN Foundation, she’s stopped asking if she qualifies.
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She built the town that throws away nothing — these are her notes for the Philippines
As the Philippines transitions to waste-to-energy, Akira Sakano offers hard-won lessons from Japan, the country that went down that path long ago.
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How water draws the gender line
Women in the Philippines know their communities’ water needs better than anyone. Francelline Jimenez wants them in the room where decisions are made.
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Mangroves can’t speak, so she speaks for them
Camille Rivera on the challenges of being a young woman in environmental work, and why empathy is the key to saving ecosystems.
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These founders are building climate solutions from the bottom up
The Nexus for Equity Accelerator Impact Showcase spotlights social enterprises working across clean energy, circular economy, and sustainable food and packaging.
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Notes from the Philippine Decarbonization Forum: ‘Credible climate action requires credible data’
At the inaugural Philippine Decarbonization Forum, DENR and SEC officials addressed the country’s carbon market readiness and what still stands in the way.
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Read the full discussion: DENR, SEC, business leaders weigh in on carbon market readiness
‘We don’t have actual data on what organization, what communities, enter into agreement with the developers and proponents. Right now, we are trying to come up with a system.’
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An update from Carbon Majors, the database that informed the Philippines’ climate petition
Carbon Majors served as the basis for the Commission of Human Rights’ National Inquiry on Climate Change in 2022.
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