As Ocean’s campaign to turn the tide on single-use plastic gathers pace, many people across the UK say eliminating plastic waste has become as important a national issue as Brexit.A new online study from research and insights firm delineate has surveyed UK adults to measure their attitudes towards…
Source: oceanoutdoor.com
The last time you threw something away, did you consider where “away” is? Obviously, there is no such place.
Amazon announced that it will invest $10 million in the Closed Loop Fund to promote recycling in the United States.
Adidas celebrates 20 years since joining the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, which gauges firms’ social and environmental standards.
Urban sustainability may be a hot topic, but is there a direct material benefit for cities that make an extra effort? Researchers at the University of Amsterdam Business School say there is. The international business scholars note that air quality improvement measures and good waste water treatment practices appear to make cities more attractive destinations when it comes to foreign direct investment.
…while electronics recycling isn’t bad — making it a panacea for the e-waste problem we currently have certainly is. Unfortunately, that’s how we tend to frame recycling — and companies are eager to jump on that bandwagon to appear more “green”.
Get to know the SSF Guidelines The principles in the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) address policies, strategies and legal frameworks concerning small-scale fisheries, but also other matters affecting lives and livelihood in fishing communities. They have a clear human rights-based approach, and they put people, rather than fish, in focus. The SSF Guidelines are global in scope, and they guide dialogue, policy processes and actions at national, regional and international level. Key issues in the SSF Guidelines include managing resources and allocating tenure rights responsibly; supporting social development and decent work; looking at fish workers along the entire value chain from catching through processing to trading fish; promoting gender equality; and taking into account climate change and disaster risk. Explore the content of the SSF Guidelines by clicking on the themes.