Archive for August 2018
Ready for a world without bananas and coffee?
A staggering 1.3 billion tons. That’s how much food we waste around the planet each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. All that food could feed millions upon millions of people in places like
Getting your business circular helps you and the environment
Aligning business operations with sustainability criteria is a new normal. Almost every global corporation has a sustainability strategy. yet in the complex landscape of interpretations, it may be hard to understand what is a truly responsible way to conduct business.
Tax havens linked to deforestation and illegal fishing
First there were the Panama Papers. Then came the Paradise Papers. Each leak of these documents shone a light on how companies and individuals avoid tax payments to governments, currently estimated at USD 2 billion annually. Now, these revelations have
In the treetops: Understanding the planet’s ‘rainbow water’
Scientists study blue water, the surface resources available to people from our lakes, rivers and aquifers. They study green water, which is held in our plants and soils. Now a team of researchers is calling attention to the importance of
Walking around Paris or Prague is like smoking cigarettes
When we think of excessive urban air pollution, we tend to think of cities in Asia. Mumbai. New Delhi. Beijing. Yet for many people living in Europe, unhealthy levels of air pollution are much closer to home than they may
Study: the planet’s forest cover hasn’t shrunk. It’s grown
When it comes to the state of forests on the planet, it may often seem like gloom and doom. Forest covers are being lost at alarming rates in many parts of the world from the island of Borneo in Southeast