Environment
Nadine Hawa, (Mar 10, 2015)
Circular economy’s potential job boost, new campaign to fight the global water crisis, Oxfam’s World Tax Summit, and China’s crackdown on labour advocates
Stephen Gardner, (Mar 4, 2015)
Grants for electric vehicles, the EU’s improved food labelling, dam suspension in Panama and curbing conflict minerals
Lucas Simons, (Mar 3, 2015)
The palm oil sector is on the verge of important structural change, but it’s still a long way from true sustainability
Greg Cohen, (Feb 27, 2015)
Some of the most insightful statistics on the subject of the environment, fossil fuels and emissions as taken from the February 2015 issue of the Ethical Corporation magazine
Stephen Gardner, (Feb 9, 2015)
Europe aims to revive its emissions trading system with mechanisms to ensure pollution comes at a price
Nadine Hawa, (Feb 4, 2015)
Greenpeace energy exposé, China fines polluters, ocean plastic debris, and big brands lag behind on sustainable packaging
Sam Phipps, (Feb 3, 2015)
New guidance helps companies curb emissions from the electricity they buy
Nadine Hawa, (Jan 6, 2015)
International offsetting mechanisms remained stunted in Lima
Stephen Gardner, (Jan 5, 2015)
The 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima, Peru, emphasised pragmatism over ambition
Sam Phipps, (Dec 5, 2014)
A batch of positive funding news, in both public and private sectors, has raised hopes of progress at international climate change talks
Jeni Yaghoubi, (Dec 5, 2014)
The US and China have reached a deal on greenhouse emissions. It has its detractors, but some see it as a potential catalyst for a global change of direction
Ellen Delisio, (Dec 2, 2014)
It’s time for countries, industries and corporations to put their money where their decarbonisation goals are
Ellen Delisio, (Dec 2, 2014)
Pension fund manager KLP announce divestment from companies that "derive a large proportion of their revenues from coal"
Nadine Hawa, (Dec 2, 2014)
Human rights a concern before Baku European games, Mercedes shamed, help with UK household energy bills and Oxfam report on wealth ineqaulity
Eric Marx, (Nov 4, 2014)
Big funds are pulling large sums out of fossil fuel investments, although the momentum towards their green alternatives is gathering only slowly
Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Nov 4, 2014)
Conflict minerals, Oxfam rankings, action on Ebola and forced labour in electronics industry
Oliver Balch, (Nov 4, 2014)
Expectational gaps and China’s green business drivers
Paul French, (Oct 9, 2014)
While garment workers’ minimum wages are rising in many Asian economies, in Cambodia, unusually, it is western brands that are responding to public pressure, not the government
Sam Phipps, (Oct 9, 2014)
Scotland shows independent-mindedness when it comes to the circular economy
Eric Marx, (Sep 12, 2014)
Government and business leaders meet this month in preparation for next year’s global climate negotiations, and much has changed since the last such gathering