Malaysian palm giant bars supplier and identifies 54 'high- risk' ones in deforestation fight
Sime Darby Plantation, the world’s largest palm oil planter, has suspended a supplier for failing to meet its environmental standards and...
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UK's “ethical supermarket” Hisbe Food, with fruit & veg refill stations to open new store
Established in 2013 to create a more sustainable supermarket – offering ethical brands, loose fruit & veg and refill stations – Hisbe,...
Have no fear, Indonesia's Spider-Man will clean up your trash
Indonesian cafe worker Rudi Hartono struggled to persuade residents of his small coastal community of Parepare to follow his example and...
61% of consumers keen to drop brands that damage the environment in survey across Europe, APAC + US
Global survey commissioned by financial giant ING finds appetite for enhanced environmental performance among consumers, but warns green...
EU Commission considers general ban on plastic packaging
In a recent interview in Die Welt the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, considered the implications of a...
Renewables provided record 35% of EU power in 2019 as coal collapsed: report
The share of renewables in the European electricity mix hit a record high of 34.6% in 2019, a year that also saw power sector emissions...
BrewDog to upcycle + trade used cans for company equity, 45 billion cans go to landfill in US alone
The ‘BrewDog Tomorrow' plan focuses on resource efficiency as the way for the brewer to manage its environmental impact and ensure “we...
Nisa chain unveils new unpacked store with wall dispensers moving away from single-use plastics
Nisa retailer Eros Retail has introduced its first new-look unpacked store ahead of an estate-wide rollout. The eight-store convenience...
Eurostar takes on airlines with direct London to Amsterdam trains and 80% CO2 reduction
Eurostar is launching a "seamless" new high-speed rail service running directly between London and Amsterdam, in a bid to encourage more...
In 'Honeyland', One of Europe’s Last Wild Beekeepers Fights Environmental and Economic Hardships...
The documentary Honeyland premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it was the most awarded film, winning the Grand Jury Prize,...
The City of Montreal is moving to ban all plastic bags by the end of 2020
The City of Montreal is moving to ban all plastic bags by the end of 2020. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante tasked the city’s...
Edinburgh will plant one million trees by 2030
Edinburgh City Council has announced that they will plant one million trees by the end of the decade to become a ‘Million Tree City.’ The...
Coca-Cola insists recyclable bottles are only single-use ‘if thrown away’
Coca-Cola has defended its assertion that plastic bottles are only single-use ‘if they are thrown away’. Reacting to criticism from...
Lego to ditch virgin fossil plastics by 2030
Lego has vowed to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastics from its products within a decade, by investing heavily in recycled and...
UK's Sussex council bans coastal trawler fishing to cut greenhouse emissions + revive kelp forests
A campaign to restore a large underwater kelp forest has been helped by an agreement to ban trawler fishing off the West Sussex coast. A...
Cadbury trials paper packaging in Australia and New Zealand as it looks to phase out plastic wrapper
Cadbury has begun trials of paper packaging in Australia and New Zealand as it looks at ways to reduce and phase out plastic wrappers....
Oil giant Total is being sued by French cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough
Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough...
Barcelona has banned older most polluting cars to tackle air pollution
Barcelona has imposed a ban on older, more polluting vehicles during most of the day in a bid to reduce air pollution in Spain's second...
A yogurt pot, produced 44 years ago for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, found intact washed up on beach
The Yoplait container, celebrating the 1976 Montreal Olympics, was found was up on the beach in Denia, on Spain’s Costa Blanca....
Ryanair adverts banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for carrying 'misleading' CO2 claims
Ryanair’s latest advertising campaign claiming that it is Europe’s “lowest emissions airline“ has been banned by the Advertising...
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