Looking back, looking forward
The beginning of the new year marks a time to look back and learn lessons for the future. John Dyer reports from Boston. In the world of sustainability, 2018 was a year of ominous...
Category: Social Responsibility
Recyclable takeaway containers would save the greenhouse gas emissions of 55,000 cars
As a new study highlights that 2025 million takeaway-food containers per year are being used in the European Union (EU) alone, scientists are warning that more should be done to tackle the growing environmental...
Buyer beware: sustainable investors should look out for ‘greenwashing’
While American investors are making record investments into sustainable assets, the sheer size of the volume suggest that some of the incentives are leading asset managers to ‘greenwash’ or exaggerate their ESG credentials. John...
Climate change is driving the world into financial crisis, say investors
Investors managing $32 trillion are accusing governments of failing to address the financial risks of climate change. John Dyer reports. Politicians around the world stood idle as a real estate bubble, Eurozone debt and...
Fighting smog in China could increase solar power production
China could significantly increase solar power production if it fought smog more aggressively, according to a new study. If emissions from all sectors were eliminated, China could provide up to 128 terawatt hours of...
The Beachcomber’s Guide to Marine Debris
By: Michael Stachowitsch This richly illustrated book serves as the ideal guide to the items that litter the world’s beaches. Forget sea shells and other fauna and flora. Here, you will find what a...
World Bank pledges $200 billion for climate action
The World Bank Group is doubling its five-year investments in climate action to around 200 billion dollars. It aims to fights the causes of climate change and adapt to the consequences affecting the world’s...
EU aims to be climate neutral by 2050
The European Commission has laid out plans to become climate neutral by 2050. In line with the Paris Agreement objective, it is urging Europe to invest in realistic technological solutions and empower citizens. The...
A second life for sustainable fashion at prelovedREVOLUTION
„I am against fashion that is fleeting. I cannot accept that you throw away clothes just because it’s spring.“ -Coco Chanel In the spirit of Coco Chanel, prelovedREVOLUTION offers ladies and gentlemen the first Swiss green platform...
Executive compensation is the path to sustainability
The key to corporate social responsibility is to link executive compensation to sustainability goals. John Dyer reports from Boston. Shareholders are increasingly calling on managers to devote more time and energy to achieving sustainability....
Baltimore makes history by banning water privatization
The city of Baltimore voted overwhelmingly last week to ban the privatization of its water and sewerage systems, making it the first large U.S. city to prevent private water companies from taking over this...
To achieve SDGs, involve science academies
A new guide published by InterAcademy Partnership seeks to raise awareness of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals among scientists, policymakers and other leaders and encourage them to get more involved in achieving those goals....
Calculating the future of cod in the Barents Sea
Together with a Norwegian team of scientists, coastal researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht have developed a statistical procedure that will help predict future cod stocks in the Barents Sea. This new method could sustainably improve...
New York sues Exxon
New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, accusing the oil giant of systematically and repeatedly deceiving investors about the risks that climate change posed to its business. If you ask...
Situated Sustainability: guidelines for conflict-affected settings
In the latest Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) Policy Brief, authors Esther Meininghaus and Katja Mielke introduce the concept of Situated Sustainability. It comprises local practices, understandings and imaginations of resource use across...
Over ninety per cent of people unaware of environmental impact of food
91 per cent of people fail to recognize that how we eat, produce and waste food is the single biggest threat to our planet, warns WWF in new research. The food system consumes natural...
Plastic waste in remote South Atlantic increases tenfold in a decade
The amount of plastic washing up on the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10 times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research from the British Antarctic Survey. Plastic...
Machine learning helps detect environmental violations
Machine learning methods could more than double the number of environmental violations detected, says new research. The finding could prevent some of the worst effects of hurricanes. When Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, it...
Microplastics found deep in sand where turtles nest
Microplastics have been found deep in the sand on beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs. Such pollution could eventually affect turtle breeding and even the ratio of male to female hatchlings. An average...
Big brands back ocean plastic waste pledge
Major multinationals such as Unilever, Coca-Cola and Volvo pledged to reduce marine plastic week when they signed the G7 Ocean Plastics Charter at a meeting of G7 environment ministers, businesses and NGOs in Halifax,...
