Category: Responsible Living

• Sophisticated chocolate treats for a more sustainable Easter

  

  Chocolate eggs are a fun way to show your love, and to indulge yourself, but unfortunately the issues go beyond any impact on your waistline or the kids’ teeth. We’ve picked out a few of the most sustainable of the more grown-up Easter eggs.

• Global recycling crisis sparks fresh thinking on packaging

  

  Versatile and durable, plastic has revolutionised modern life. But 63% of products sold in the food and beverage, beauty, home care and pet food sectors are now packaged in plastic. More than 8bn tons of this near-indestructible material has been produced since 1960. Global efforts to recover and recycle it barely dent the problem. Before […]

• Respect for animals is shaping global markets, say researchers

  

  Animal-awareness was listed among the top 10 global consumer trends for 2019 in a report by independent market researchers Euromonitor International.

• Business offers best hope for the planet as green energy becomes the cheaper option

  

  Businesses are reducing their energy use and investing in renewables, not just to appease consumers or stay within government restrictions, but to boost their bottom lines.

• How a new green agenda is helping theatres to create a more sustainable future

  

  Most theatres in London now aim to ensure their productions are as environmentally sustainable as they are artistically valuable, despite the huge challenge that can at first appear. Large commercial venues have long put ecology at the heart of their businesses.

• Sustainable consumption and behavioural change

  

  Social scientists suggest 75% of a private individual’s direct resource consumption can be linked to everyday practices associated with either mobility, eating and drinking or household water and energy. But these very fundamental everyday practices pose a knotty problem for sustainability advocates, being deep-rooted and habitual, and therefore particularly difficult to change.