Citing new data on the growing plastic pollution problem, California-based not-for-profit organisation As You Sow has filed shareholder proposals with 10 leading consumer goods companies and retailers, calling for commitments to absolute cuts in the use of plastic packaging.
The international competition recognises the most innovative startups supporting responsible, sustainable and inclusive beauty...
The harm that air pollution is doing on the African continent seems to be growing. Estimates of premature mortality attributed to air pollution have increased from about 570,000 in 1990 to over 700,000 in 2013...
Rebecca Garland and Paul Plantinga 12 Oct 2020
Squeezed by lower fuel demand during the pandemic and the rise of renewable energy, the oil industry is staking out a new future for itself in plastics...
Deirdre McKay 29 Sep 2020
Plastic production and consumption has snowballed since large-scale production began in the 1950s...
Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020
Timberland has set a goal for its products to have a net positive impact on nature by 2030, in en effort to address the negative environmental impact of the fashion industry...
The world's largest jewellery maker will stop using newly mined silver and gold in its jewellery by 2025 and only buy from recycled sources...
In light of the 57th Africa Day last month, we are prompted to reflect on the havoc that Covid-19 is wreaking not only across the continent, but across the world...
Adwoa Coleman 4 Jun 2020
The first in a series of masterclasses held by AFI tackled the topic of sustainability in the local fashion industry...
The Radisson Hotel Group is set to launch a global roll-out plan of plastic reduction - including the introduction of bulk amenities in all hotels across the group's portfolio by 2022...
The numbers are astronomical: to make one pair of jeans, it takes close to 8,000 litres of water - the amount a person drinks over seven years. Even a simple cotton shirt requires close to 3,000 litres of water...
Pavithra Rao 5 Mar 2020
British Airways has set a new target to remove more than 700 tonnes of single-use plastic on board its flights in 2020...
All 16 finalists will each receive a trophy, a certificate and £1,000 to expand the scope of their projects...
Four new members, two of which are from outside Europe, have joined the WEEE Forum, a Brussels-based, international not-for-profit association speaking for forty not-for-profit electrical and electronic equipment waste producer responsibility organisations...
