The creation of protected areas in Costa Rica has helped reduce poverty by up to two-thirds in local communities, mostly thanks to tourism, new research has...
There are several communities around the world whose prosperity depends on bananas. Despite one in three bananas sold in the UK being certified Fairtrade – meaning...
Sales in the UK’s Fairtrade sector rose by 14% in 2013 compared to the previous year, but campaigners have warned that there is much room for...
Bananas are one of the world’s favourite fruits. In the UK, we eat 100 bananas per year on average and spend hundreds of millions of pounds...
The Fairtrade Foundation kicked off Fairtrade Fortnight on Monday with a campaign asking UK supermarkets to pay a fair price for their bananas, with poor rates forcing farmers in developing world countries...
A rundown of the top money and personal finance stories from this Sunday’s national newspapers. RBS review puts focus on customers and UK economy Ross McEwan...
A range of leading fashion brands are now adopting sustainability. Morwenna Kearns reports on the recent London Fashion Week. For the first time since its foundation in...
Braintree is an ethical clothing company that focuses on ecological fabrics, fair work conditions and sustainability. The company was founded in the mid 1990s in Sydney,...
A consortium of retailers is calling on the government to conduct major reforms of how business rates are paid, recommending taxation on energy usage. The Business...
Fashion garments have the “blood” of workers on them, award-winning designer Katharine Hamnett has said in a scathing attack over the working conditions in the industry....
Green and Black’s produces chocolate products, using organic and Fairtrade ingredients, and has a strong focus on ethics. The company was set up as a small...
Major retailers, charities and recyclers have signed up to the Love Your Clothes campaign, an initiative to make clothes last longer and prevent them from ending...
Retail giant Primark has agreed to ‘detox’ its products to eliminate hazardous chemicals, following an appeal by Greenpeace to clean up big brands. The firm said...
Green energy supplier Ecotricity has set up a new tariff called Green Electricity + Car that gives customers 1,000 free miles a year and free access...
I’ve been to India many, many times – I even lived and worked there for a time – but even I found the situation at Sealdah...