Environmental Features
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Can the Olympics leave a landscape richer than before? Martin Wright reports on the quest for a restorative Games.
London 2012 set out to be a shining example of good green practice on resources and power use. But has it fulfilled that promise, asks Robin Yapp.
Corporates fought for the chance to work on London 201. But will the Games help companies become better businesses. Robin Yapp reports.
Institute for Sustainability searches for innovative solutions to help cut the lighting bill or water use of a major supermarket chain.
While some companies are taking genuine steps to supply healthier food to their customers, there is a long way to go before this is universal.
Faced with a volatile energy market and a growing focus on sustainability, organisations are increasingly looking at more energy efficient strategies. However, their efforts are not helped by the Government’s draft Energy Bill, says Bimal Parmar, vice president of marketing at Faronics.
Wales is fast becoming Europe's testbed for sustainable development and what the UN would call "the green economy".
Huw Spanner reports on Dairy2020, a collaborative project launched last month to get the dairy industry on a sustainable footing.
The original poster child of all that is bad about globalisation, Nike's new sustainability report focuses the company's ambitions on collaboration and innovation.
The hunt is on to produce food that can meet our growing population at less cost to the environment. Andrew Purvis scans the menu.
The global financial crisis has not only exposed deep flaws in our financial system, but also made it a lot harder to fund our transition to a green economy. So does 'democratic finance’ hold the key to a greener future? Louise Bateman finds out.
As the cost of photovoltaic panels drops to the tipping point, says Roger East, the holy grail of 'grid parity' is within our grasp. So, how will this reshape the world of power?
Despite enduring its driest 18 months for a century and first hosepipe ban in more than 20 years, the south Lincolnshire landscape shows few obvious signs of it.
McDonald's is pumping millions of pounds into training young agricultural workers to secure future supplies as research shows only a tenth of farms are innovating.
Tom Delay, the Carbon Trust's chief executive, cheerfully bats aside any criticism of the environmental consultancy.
