Last Sunday, I laid eyes on a Mangkono tree for the first time. Or, rather, it is more likely that I had seen it before but didn’t know exactly what I was looking at.
Iconic Malaysian resort, The Datai Langkawi, has published its second Impact Report following the August 2021 launch of its wide-reaching sustainability, conservation and community support programme, The Datai Pledge. The report identifies significant measurable successes attained in key projects across all four pillars of The Datai Pledge, which aim to support marine life, terrestrial wildlife and local youth, as well as make the resort’s business operations more sustainable. Notably, the programme achieved zero-waste-to-landfill (and strives to do so consistently), saving 146,704kg of waste and 69,115 glass bottles; collected over 4,361 seedlings, including critically endangered species, to be germinated in the resort’s Native Tree Nursery; began work on creating a possibly world-first, trans-island wildlife corridor; created an in-situ hatchery and conducive turtle environment in Datai Bay, prompting its first turtle landing in over 10 years; and hosted an intern for six weeks a
Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program of Westmoreland, Indiana and Armstrong counties is hosting its third annual Native Tree and Shrub Sale.
3M recently released its 2022 Global Impact Report highlighting the progress it has made toward its goals in addition to the actions the company took in 2021 to accelerate ambitions through its environment, social and governance (ESG) commitments.