Observer Ethical Awards on the lookout for green heroes
The Observer Ethical Awards has launched its 2013 edition, looking for virtuous individuals or organisations that have excelled in the sustainability space over the past 12 months. The event, sponsored by Ecover, a leader in ecological cleaning products that featured in Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Ethical Shopping...
Introducing: The Guide to Sustainable Investment 2013
Welcome to Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Sustainable Investment 2013 – our flagship report and the first of two editions to come this year. Inside, you’ll find exclusive interviews with some of the sustainable investment industry’s key players – not just from the UK, but across Europe –...
Ecology updates housing scheme to offer mortgage discounts to sustainable homes
Ecology Building Society has launched an updated version of its C-Change sustainable homes scheme, to offer owners of energy efficient, low-carbon homes discounts on their mortgages. Buildings that were built or renovated using the Passivhaus method – a German-developed sustainable homes standard – will be eligible for interest rate...
Argentinian capital sets sights on transport and waste management improvements
Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is to focus on making public transport more sustainable and improving its waste management practices. Mayor Mauricio Macri revealed his eight-pillar agenda for 2013 to the city’s council, stating, “We have two big goals, which are the establishment of a more sustainable public...
Beyond Tourism launched to make sustainable holidaying the norm
Beyond Tourism – an agency dedicated to making responsible tourism mainstream – has been launched with an aim of helping individuals consider the ethical and environmental impact of their holidays, while not sacrificing the quality. Working with partners that share its commitment in responsible tourism, as well as with...
Charity sees 600% sales boost on its way to placing solar lights in every African home
Solar power charity SolarAid, which sells portable solar lights, expects to have sold 320,000 products in a year by the end of March – an almost 600% increase on the previous 12 months. The charity’s trading arm, SunnyMoney, wants to make solar lights available to everyone in Africa, where...
Shrinking Arctic will create shipping bonanza in region
The Atlantic and Pacific oceans could be connected by a shipping route through the Arctic in less than 40 years, if ice melt in the region continues at its current rate. According to research by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), sea ice in the Arctic has never...
Global conference seeks to stop the ‘killing frenzy’ for ivory
An international conference in Thailand is attempting to implement an overarching ivory ban, in order to cut back on the poaching of rhinos and elephants known as the “killing frenzy”. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) started its two-week meeting on Sunday in Bangkok, to restrain...
Government calls for responsible investment to unlock ‘vast potential’ of Burma
Foreign office minister Hugo Swire yesterday sat down with campaigners to discuss the UK’s role in supporting Burma through responsible investment. Swire met activists from Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) to analyse the situation of a country exhausted by over 50 years of military regime that brought about human rights...
UK innovation celebrated as Climate Week 2013 begins
Climate Week 2013 was launched at an event at the House of Commons yesterday, where 14 companies, projects and individuals were given awards for their work to tackle climate change in the past year. Among the winners was Chasing Ice – a documentary film that follows photographer James Balog’s journey...
Environment Agency: climate change means we need to adapt to extreme weather
Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith has told the BBC that the UK will have to adapt to floods and droughts and be prepared to face more extreme weather in the coming years because of climate change. Floods have hit Britain on one in every five days in 2012 and one...
Report ‘ends comfortable myths about poverty’
The media has created myths that blame the most vulnerable people for our economic and societal woes by twisting and misusing statistics, according to a hard-hitting report from a group of churches. The report, entitled The lies we tell ourselves: ending comfortable myths about poverty, was published on Friday by...
New nuclear stations essential to meet climate goals, says energy committee
If the UK fails in building a new set of power stations to replace the ones that are closing, it will be much more expensive and extremely challenging to achieve climate change targets, according to the energy and climate change select committee. Its report, released today, urges ministers to...
‘Sustainability is the driver of returns’
David Gait, senior portfolio manager of First State, has criticised the wider investment industry, saying it is “not fit for purpose” due to its inherent short-term attitude. Speaking to What Investment, Gait emphasised the need for taking on a long-term perspective and argued, “Sustainability is the driver of returns.”...
Programme launched to monitor changes in bee population
A US research team has tabled a proposal to develop a global monitoring method that will detect small changes in the bee population. The research was approved last year and has been labelled by the European Commission as a valuable instrument to keep the pollinators under control. After alarming...
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