Beyond Tourism – an agency dedicated to making responsible tourism mainstream – has been launched with an aim of helping individuals consider the ethical and environmental...
The recent growth in popularity and size of impact investment shows that social and environmental challenges can be tackled using finance. Through impact investing, individuals decide...
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...
Sustainable investment holds the key to balancing the needs of people and the planet, whilst engaging in a prosperous financial opportunity. The term ‘sustainable’ is being...
A report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) last month uncovered some shocking statistics into global food waste, claiming that between 30-50% of food produced...
Whether the businesses involved are in environment protection, human rights or clean energy, socially responsible investment (SRI) can provide the right balance between investors’ interests and...
The government’s response to the horsemeat scandal has been shifting from blaming foreigners to blaming business. This strategy shows the vacuum of leadership and responsibility at...
Three-quarters of travellers will be considering the ethical or environmental impact of their holidays this year, while four out of five tour operators expect to see...
Ed Davey has issued a rallying cry for politicians, scientists and society to work together in coming up with solutions to fight climate change, calling those...
Samuel Johnson once said, “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” So how would the threat...
First it was big brands such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google squirming in parliament. Then it was the big four accountancy firms (KPMG, PwC, Ernst &...
Europe’s capacity to anticipate social and environmental disasters “appears to be limited” according to a comprehensive report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) last week. Raj Thamotheram offers...
One of the most contentious aspects of sustainable tourism is air travel. Can flying ever be ‘sustainable’ when considering the carbon footprint of your holiday? Alex...
Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated Lincoln (about the 16th US president, not the East Midlands town*) is released in the UK today. Simon Leadbetter argues that future generations...
All but two of the 27 EU member states boast public support for clean energy in excess of 50%, but only eight derive more than 20%...