Seven UK firms make it onto World’s Most Ethical Companies list
International thinktank the Ethisphere Institute has just revealed its annual rundown of the World’s Most Ethical Companies (WME), in which seven UK firms are included. The 2013 WME list contains 138 companies (down from 145 last year) from around the world. Since its foundation in 2007, 23 firms have...
Bill Gates joins investors in renewable energy storage firm
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined a group of investors in renewable energy storage research and development, after pledging towards a $35m investment in cleantech firm Aquion Energy. Aquion is developing a water-based battery system that uses saltwater to conduct electricity and stores wind and solar energy when this...
NUS to begin £5m sustainability engagement with education institutions
Sustainability engagement at universities and colleges has been given a boost, after the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced plans to invest £5m in a Students’ Green Fund. The National Union of Students (NUS), which has been awarded the sum, said the investment would help produce graduates...
Telegraph article right on sustainable tourism
Last week, sustainable investment specialists branded a Telegraph article as “wrong” when it came to ethical investing. But the newspaper is right on the money when it describes sustainable tourism as “luxury travel’s new trend”. In an article published last month, Lola Pedro of trendwatching.com writes how environmentally-conscious travellers...
Buying sustainable Easter eggs can save the rainforest
Ethical Consumer magazine and the Rainforest Foundation have collaborated to rank over 70 chocolate brands from the UK, based on their rainforest-friendly performance. Divine Chocolate and Booja Booja made it to the top of the table. As part of a new campaign to encourage companies to use more sustainably...
Apple gears towards 100% renewable energy switch
Technology giant Apple has announced plans to run its iCloud data centres on 100% renewable energy. While the company’s sustainability commitments have historically not been as market-leading as its products, with environmental campaign group Greenpeace and responsible investment research group EIRIS both ranking it poorly in past reviews of...
Tool launched to identify and support businesses pursuing sustainability
An online tool that enables businesses to better chart their sustainability journey and swiftly progress along it has entered its pilot stage. Responsible 100 is the product of Profit Through Ethics project, and describes itself as a “management tool, a business ranking, a public internet platform, an identification mark and...
Solar project wins Facebook competition
Solar crowdfunding website SunFunder has been announced as the winner of the Cleantech Goes Social competition, organised and run by Facebook and Cleantech Group. After being named as one of the three finalists earlier this month, the organisation beat off the competition to scoop the $25,000 prize. Its development will now...
WWF: government aviation framework looks to ‘wish away’ climate change impact
The government has launched the aviation policy framework – a document that aims to strengthen the industry by tackling its environmental footprint. The framework looks at ways to support aviation, which represents £18 billion of the UK’s economy and has been highlighted as a big driver of growth. “This...
Government accused of ‘obscuring the truth’ by school climate change petition
Over 21,000 people have signed a petition, created by a 15-year-old girl, against national curriculum changes that will prevent climate change from being taught to under-14s. Esha Marwaha from West London set up the campaign in order to allow schools to continue teaching climate change in key stages 1,...
Articles you may have missed: March 15-21
These are the articles that have attracted the most interest on our site in the past week, and we’re republishing the links here to ensure you don’t miss out. News that climate change is going to be removed from the national curriculum was Blue & Green Tomorrow’s most-read article...
Framework launched to boost human rights awareness among investment firms
A new set of guidelines have been launched in order to help investment firms boost the incorporation of human rights into a company’s business goals. Written collaboratively by the Institute for Human Rights and Business, the Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility and Calvert Investments, the framework aims to help...
New Energy & Cleantech Awards 2013: innovators prepare for London event
The New Energy & Cleantech Awards 2013 is set to celebrate green energy and clean technology innovators, entrepreneurs and investors in a ceremony at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square tonight. The event, which is now in its sixth year, announced its shortlist in February, and for the first...
Climate change to be removed from national curriculum
The topic of climate change has been removed from the latest draft guidelines of the national curriculum for children in key stages 1-3. The topic is no longer taught in geography and only a single reference occurs within chemistry. The proposed changes to the curriculum, put forward by the...
Parties agreed on press regulation measures
A deal has been reached for a royal charter, backed by a “small piece of legislation”, to be implemented in order to regulate the press. The agreement comes after Lord Justice Leveson’s report into media ethics and press intrusion called for an independent body, regulated by statute, to oversee...
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