The maker of Toblerone, Cadbury and Milka has committed to switching to 100% sustainable cocoa.
Mondelez International currently sources around 43% of the cocoa through its Cocoa Life programme, which promotes sustainable farming...
The effects of climate change are fuelling conflict in Africa.
That’s the verdict from Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who speaking in Nigeria on a 5-day visit to Africa this week, said the effects...
Nestlé’s supply chain is now 77% deforestation-free.
In 2010 the company committed to ensuring that none of its products would be associated with the environmentally-damaging process of cutting down forests by 2020.
It says...
The World Bank has launched what is claimed to be the first ever fund dedicated to making mining for the low carbon energy transition “climate-smart” and sustainable.
The Climate-Smart Mining Facility, targeting a...
Nearly 170 million children in the world under the age of 10, including half a million in the UK and 2.5 million in the US, are unprotected from measles in the face...
Washington could become the first US state to allow ‘human composting’.
The state has passed a bill that would legalise the eco-friendly process, which could turn dead bodies into two wheelbarrows full of...
P&G brands Ariel and Lenor have committed to reducing plastic packaging use across Europe by 30% before 2025.
The parent company claims the amount of plastic saved by 2025 as a result of...
The bodies of at least 28 hippopotamuses have been found in Ethiopia's national park in the southwest of the country, local media reported Monday. The semi-aquatic mammals died in the Gibe Sheleko...
Climate change is eliminating giant chunks of ice from Greenland at such a speed that the melt has already made a significant contribution to sea level rise, according to a new study....
Ralph Lauren has unveiled a new line of polo shirts made from recycled plastic bottles.
The shirts are made in Taiwan, which is where the bottles are collected, and are dyed without needing...
Apple has quadrupled the number of locations customers can send their old iPhone to be disassembled by its recycling robots.
Customers can return their obsolete and damaged devices to Best Buy stores throughout...
New Zealand's pristine image as a haven of untouched forests and landscapes was tarnished this week by a brand new government report. The Environment Aotearoa 2019 painted a bleak image of the...
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature reached agreement on one of the most pro-environmental budget sessions in many years.
Not surprisingly, Albany’s agreement on a new comprehensive congestion...
One-sixth of the carbon footprint of the average diet in the European Union can be directly linked to deforestation in tropical countries, according to a new study from researchers at Chalmers University...
There have been more than 400 arrests linked to the Extinction Rebellion protests across London and reports suggest the capital’s cells are rapidly filling up.
The Metropolitan police would not release up-to-date figures...
The Arbor Day Foundation today announced the launch of its Time for Trees initiative, a commitment to plant 100 million trees in forests and communities worldwide by 2022 – the 150th anniversary...
