The Fairtrade system doesn’t just protect farmers and communities; it also ensures that food production is sustainable for the whole ecosystem, as this is the only...
The green building industry has urged the government to push ahead with zero-carbon non-domestic buildings, warning that a failure to do so could result in a...
The European Union has issued new guidance to member states on tobacco regulation, including a clamp down on e-cigarettes and packaging. It said that the current...
The government’s official immigration advisers have defended proposals to auction off the right to settle in Britain to wealthy foreign investors. The plans have been criticised...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
Manmade climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity, David Cameron said during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, after he was grilled over climate...
A research project that used mouse stem cells to grow test livers has won an international prize, with those behind it saying the technique can save...
Arguments that sustainable investment approaches are too simplistic and don’t offer competitive returns have been labelled as “out-of-date” by Kevin Parker, chief executive of Sustainable Insight...
Just Trade offers Fairtrade jewellery made by artists from developing countries and trains them to design and shape jewels in a co-operative way. It was set...
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg are among 14 influential centre-right figures to have contributed to a new report that aims to “reinvigorate” the conservative environmental agenda....
Shares in Tesla have hit a record high, after investment bank Morgan Stanley more than doubled its projected price for the stock. The move suggests that the electric carmaker...
A new partnership aims to attract finance for charities and social enterprises from the private sector, allowing investors to do good with their money as well...
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...
The energy regulator Ofgem has said that new measures that will come into force in March will make the energy market fairer and more transparent, which...
Natural disasters such as droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China economic losses of 421 billion yuan (£41 billion) in 2013, official data has revealed. This figure...