Singapore shoppers given tool to choose products using ethical palm oil
Palm oil is the world's most widely used edible oil, found in everything from margarine to biscuits, and soap to soups
Solar tracking bracelets protect nomadic Kenyan mothers and babies
Beaded bracelets with solar-powered GPS enable health workers to monitor pregnant pastoralist women, preventing deaths in childbirth
From nutty bugs to candied veggies, does food by any other name taste as good?
Convincing people to eat plant-rich diets, avoid junk food and care about nutrition is seen as critical to global human health and tackling climate change
'Who owns the street corner?' Mexico City sex workers march for rights
There are around 800,000 sex workers in Mexico. They live with a higher prevalence of HIV than the general population
Polar opposites: the remote Alaskan village divided over oil drilling
A bitter debate has erupted in a remote village that has questioned who the true custodians of Native Alaskan land should be
INTERVIEW - 'Look for the laggards' - investors told to target modern slavery
Fund managers can put trillions of dollars worth of pressure on businesses that fail to stop slave labour by uniting to demand improvements and monitor progress, says Fiona Reynolds
OPINION: The decision to snub Caster Semenya plunges sport into a moral maelstrom
Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya can now only compete in female events if she suppress her natural level of testosterone
Boycott of Brunei-owned businesses over gay sex death penalty likely to expand
Hotels owned by Brunei are being shunned, while Shell is coming under pressure to protect its LGBT+ staff in the country
FACTBOX - South African athlete Semenya loses appeal against testosterone rule
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In parched South Africa, water-storing football fields give drought the boot
Football fields installed at schools in South Africa can store and filter rainwater and teachers have noticed improvements in health and class attendance of pupils