Former EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has been appointed as part of Dieselgate-shaken Volkswagen’s ‘Sustainability Council’ in an attempt to improve the company’s public image. Corporate Europe Observatory’s...
The long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings of Électricité de France (EDF) have today been downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) from A3 from A2, together with its perpetual junior subordinated debt ratings...
Today civil society organisations around the world are raising awareness regarding the dangers to people, forests, water and the climate that throwaway cups cause. The Environmental Paper...
Today environmental finance campaigners, Market Forces, released a report revealing the multi-million dollar bonuses awarded to Australian and international fossil fuel company executives for expanding reserves which are...
According to research released by sustainability consultancy Brite Green, English universities have made steps forward in reducing carbon emissions in the academic year ending in 2015. However, targets...
The UK’s fastest growing supermarket over the last year, Lidl UK, has pledged today to remove single-use plastic carrier bags from sale across all stores in...
A new report published today from Green Alliance and the National Trust [1] state that farmers may benefit from a new scheme that aims to give millions...
According to official figures emerging today cycling rates have decreased in Scotland, leading to campaigners calling for the Scottish Government to increase its spending on walking and...
Following news of the arrival on the first shipment of ethane from fracked US shale gas to Scotland today Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Head of Campaigns, Mary...
A global market-based measure (GMBM) is set to be adopted by 191 countries after 20 years of international negotiations aimed at addressing emissions growth from international aviation...
Scottish and Chinese research centres will collaborate to provide students with the opportunity to enhance their work prospects in the field of carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
For the first time in 30 years, increasing the protection for a monkey species will finally be discussed by the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in...
The Green Business Network have partnered with Investors in the Environment (iiE), the green accreditation scheme for organisations throughout the UK. As of September 2016 the running of the Yorkshire and...
Queensland-based international leaders in sustainable destinations and ecotourism, EarthCheck, have received an endorsement from the Queensland Government as certifiers of ecotourism products and operations. The Queensland Department...
All imports and exports from IOI, the palm oil trader, were blocked off this morning in Rotterdam harbour – the palm oil gateway into Europe –...