Projects

Three projects built on sustainability data: one follows the news, two look at nature around real places.

ESG Daily News

A short digest of the day's sustainability news from Taiwan and around the world, delivered every morning with the most important stories first.

629stories selected
252news outlets
32daily digests
8 amarrives each day

What the news covers

Environment 71%
Governance 24%
Social 4%

23 September to 25 October 2026: 444 stories from Taiwan and 185 from abroad.

How each digest comes together

GatherScans the news for topics like net zero, carbon fees and new disclosure rules.
Remove repeatsWhen several outlets run the same story, it is kept only once.
Sort and rankEach story is filed under environment, social or governance and rated for importance.
SummariseEvery story gets a two-line summary and is added to a running archive.
DeliverThe digest arrives by message and email before the working day starts.

From the 25 October digest

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深耕淨零轉型政府「六大制度創新」助產業升級Government plan to help industry reach net zero
E
亞太碳市場供需失衡：買家激增供應卻下降More buyers than sellers in Asia's carbon credit market
World
UN warns rapid emissions cuts needed to minimise peak warming at 1.8°CNation.Cymru

Species Search

Turns a list of addresses into the plants and animals recorded around each one, using Taiwan's national biodiversity data.

How it works

LocateEach address is turned into map coordinates.
SearchCollects every species sighting shared with TBiA within the chosen distance, from 1 to 5 km.
Check statusMatches each species against TaiCOL, Taiwan's official species list, for red list, protection, endemic and introduced status.
ExportLists each species once, with how often and how close it was seen, ready to download as Excel.

Why it helps

Supports biodiversity and nature-related disclosures
Flags species that need attention near each site
Switches to global GBIF records if TBiA is down
Checks up to 30 sites at once

Plant Carbon

Estimates how much carbon the vegetation around each address takes up in a year, from NASA satellite data processed in Google Earth Engine.

How it works

LocateEach address is turned into map coordinates.
Draw the areaA circle of the chosen size, from 1 to 5 km, is drawn around the site.
MeasureAdds up the yearly carbon uptake (net primary production) that the MODIS satellite records inside the circle.
CompareShows each year on its own, never summed, so sites and years can be compared side by side.

Why it helps

Gives a simple number for how green an area is
Covers every year from 2001 to 2024
Needs no GIS or satellite skills
Results download as an Excel file