Scientists have discovered that biodegradable glitter is no better for the environment than its microplastic counterpart.
In a first-of-its-kind study, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), Cambridge, found these so-called ‘eco-friendly’ sparkly accessories are just as detrimental to the environment as plastic ones and are damaging rivers and lakes.
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Information on the environment for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public…
The package includes the much-awaited detailed rules under the Taxonomy Regulation relating to climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation. Some sections in the draft rules are missing from the final rules and there is a new timeline for further work.
Final amendments to existing rules under the Solvency II Directive, the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD), MiFID II, the UCITS Directive and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), to incorporate sustainability considerations, are included in the package.
Mohammed said that the past one year had been momentous, adding that never in the history of Nigeria had so…
A white paper published by the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) provides FM organisations with a framework that can help propel them to leading sustainability status. Sustainable Ambition for the FM Sector outlines the challenges and opportunities for FM service providers during a period of massive social and political turmoil. It aims to provide the industry with the building blocks to transform environmental, social and governance (ESG) sustainability performance.
Food sovereignty has emerged as a leading sense-making framework for the nascent conceptualization of an agroecological urbanism – a radically new paradigm for urbanization, grounded in political a…
A survey of more than 9,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors has found that 96% want to improve their environmental and social practices – but that most are struggling to deliver this change due to a lack of funding or resources.